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14Aug/17

70 years later, a survivor tells tales of India-Pakistan split

August 14, 2017ImmigrationAmritsar, British Empire, Demography, Divided regions, Forced migration, Human geography, Human migration, India, Lahore, Ludhiana, Mass migration, Pakistan, Pakistan Movement, Partition, Partition of India, Political geography, Province/State: Punjab, Punjab, Punjab India, Regions, Sialkot, Sikh, Sudheer Singh Kukreja, War/Conflictsmbale

AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (REUTERS)- The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 led to one of the largest known mass migrations in the human history with millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims displaced from their homelands. Continue reading →

08Jun/15

Newly-crowned Miss Tibet inspires women to stand up against China

June 8, 2015Human Interest14th Dalai Lama, Asia, China, Chinese government, Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, Dharamshala, Geography of Asia, India, Lobsang Kyizom, Lobsang Wangyal, Miss Himalaya Pageant, Miss Tibet, Monika Nataraj, Nepal, Pema Choedon, Politics, Politics of Tibet, Regions, Shawn Shaw, Tenzin Yangzom, Tibet, Tibetan culture, Tibetan independence movement, Tibetan people, Tsering Chungtak, Tsering Dolma, War/Conflictsmbale

Winner of Miss Tibet 2015, a beauty pageant held in India’s Himalayan foothill town of Dharamsala, hopes to inspire fellow Tibetan women-in-exile to stand up against Chinese rule.

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10Mar/15

Alexander the Great-era treasure found in Israel

March 10, 2015WorldAlexander the, Alexander the Great, Archaeology of Israel, Asia, Coin, Eitan, Eitan Klein, Galilee, Geography of Asia, Government of Israel, Iraq, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israeli culture, Jerusalem, Middle East, northern Israel, Regions, War/Conflict, Western Asiasmbale

(R Reports) – Two thousand, three hundred-year-old treasure recovered in northern Israel — the first of its kind to be found from the period of Alexander the Great.
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