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With blood on the borders peace remains elusive

Region: India

T he latest reports say that the LoC (Line of Control) between Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) has cooled down. The cooling has come about after the stern statements made by a mostly mild and a namby pamby Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The brutal decapitation of an Indian soldier on the LoC raised the heckles of the people at large, the Opposition and the media – both... more

Biden Invites VCU into National Discussion

VCU Capital News Service a day ago

Region: Virginia

By Mechelle Hankerson Capital News Service RICHMOND – While Virginia Commonwealth University isn’t the center of the gun debate triggered by December’s school shootings in Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden got VCU’s help Friday in continuing the national dialogue on the matter. In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Biden assembled a panel of White House officials, former members of the Virginia Tech Review Panel, U.S. Se... more