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This November the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) has attained a significant milestone; it has completed a decade of its existence. A decade which had begun in response to the Indian state going openly nuclear with five nuclear test explosions in May 1998.

Imprisonments of trade union leaders and activists remind us of a wider pattern of anti-union violence worldwide. And regrettably in our very own country such subjugation of union activists and leaders is no exception.
It is . . . important that the assassinations of Argenis Vasquez, Juana Bustillo and Nurul Islam do not bring a halt to their unfinished battles.

‘The Coalition against Exclusion and Violations caused by the Commonwealth Games’ organised a public meeting and media consultation with the communities affected by the Commonwealth Games (CWG). The coalition also released a charter of demands to Members of Parliament, Members of the Legislative Assembly, and the media.

According to Eaton, the recent Ayodhya judgment - which some have interpreted as ’legitimising’ the Babri demolition - is a "panchayat decision" and is symptomatic of the success with which Hindu fundamentalists have been able to project the concept of a ’Hindu nation’ versus a ’Muslim nation’ onto the 16th century.

"The idea of India as a nation or even two nations is a modern construct. And there was no sustained pattern of a Hindu resistance to Muslim rule unlike Chinese history which was marked by unstable dynasties and their violent overthrow," he says.

According to the toxic watchdog organization Basel Action Network (BAN), a U.S. flagged oil tanker named "Prince William Sound”, that is part owned by BP and formerly was used to haul BP oil, is about to be sold for scrapping on the notorious shipbreaking beaches in South Asia.
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Bangladesh Court directs ship-breakers to submit safety certificates before import

Tough action must be taken against those flouting the law