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46 Indian Nurses Made Captive In Iraq
By Countercurrents.org

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc030714.htm

46 Indian nurses stranded in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit in Iraq have been moved "against their will" to another location and are in ISIS captivity


July 4th Militarist Bunkum (an encore by request)
By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.countercurrents.org/roberts030714.htm

Did you know that 85 to 90 percent of war’s casualties are non-combatant civilians? That is the conclusion reached by a nine-person research team in the June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The deaths of soldiers who are fighting the war are a small part of the human and economic cost. Clearly, wars do not protect the lives of civilians. The notion that soldiers are dying for us is false. Non-combatants are the main victims of war. Keep that in mind for July 4th, which is arriving tomorrow


Dramatic Decline Of Caribbean Corals Can Be Reversed
By Marianne de Nazareth

http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth030714.htm

The massive explosion of our human population seems to be taking an adverse toll on every corner of the planet. Even the beautiful corals of the Caribbean have not been spared. Frightening, considering that, we humans do not realise that life is a complex web of all species of flora and fauna. Unless there is a balance of everything, we are doomed to a future which is bleak and unsustainable


Deforestation Remedies Can Have Unintended Consequences
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc030714A.htm

When it comes to fixing deforestation and forest degradation, good intentions can lead to bad outcomes, finds a new study by two University of Florida scientists


Climate Crisis Migration Is Increasing In Africa
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc030714B.htm

Climate crisis is forcing people to migrate, leave their homes and occupation. It's being observed in Africa and in the Pacific island states


Price Tag To 2° Celsius Target: $800 bln Additional Annual Global Investment Needed
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc030714C.htm

To limit climate change to 2° Celsius, low-carbon energy options will need additional investments of about US $800 billion a year globally from now to mid-century, finds a new study published in the journal Climate Change Economics


“This Land Is Your Land”: The Forgotten Verses (Know Your History)
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz030714.htm

If you were to open your mouth and belt out the words “this land is your land,” you could rest assured that someone nearby would add: “this land is my land.”


Bangladesh: The Enduring Legacy
By Fazal M. Kamal

http://www.countercurrents.org/kamal030714.htm

In spite of its complete hold on all branches of government, evidently, the enduring legacy of the present administration in Bangladesh is going to be its abject failure to ensure safety and security for people’s life, limb, liberty and property. Aside from its inability to solve murders and disappearances over the years the ruling party has been in office, now what is obvious and scary---and worse still---is the degeneration of many members of what are purported to be law enforcing units


The Hindu Extremist Agenda Of Residential And Social Segregation
By Vegetarian Supremacy And Caste Bigotry
By Iniyan Elango

http://www.countercurrents.org/elango030714.htm

There are very many flat complexes, gated communities, residential neighbourhoods and townships all over India which are openly advertised for “Brahmins Only” in the Indian printed and web media


Uttarakhand: A Disaster, Conveniently Forgotten
Sushmita

http://www.countercurrents.org/sushmita030714.pdf

I had written this article after our visit to Uttarakhand post disaster for a study on the impacted livelihoods of the people, initiated by Tata Institute of Social Sciences. I never published this. But the recent reports on the situation of Uttarakhand and rehabilitation measures (not ) taken so far are disturbing and hence I found it relevant to publish some of my observations from the fateful months that had followed the disaster


On Ramadan, Socialism And The Neighbor’s Beat Up Car
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud030714.htm

Ramadan was an exacting platform through which poverty and deprivation were devalued so that when Ramadan was over, we felt grateful for the little we had, before we resumed our struggle for the rights and freedoms we truly deserved


Acquiescing To Big Biotech: The Drive To Force GMOs Into Britain Is Relentless
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter030714.htm

A report just published by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on food security in Britain supports Environment Secretary Owen Paterson's plan to push ahead with growing genetically modified (GM) crops in England . However, it doesn't mention which crops would actually be grown


Pakistan : New Postcard From Hell
By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja

http://www.countercurrents.org/khawaja030714.htm

Once in power, recent Pakistani politicians act like kings and queens with marked indifference to the public interest. By their sadistic thinking and vicious design, they have created a new Hell for the masses to be entrenched in warfare. Pakistan needs a Navigational Change for its FUTURE and a new political system of governance to be articulated by the new educated and proactive visionary generation of the people


Pay No Attention To The Apocalypse Behind The Curtain
By David Swanson

http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson030714.htm

Having accepted war, we try for cheaper wars, better wars, even more one-sided wars, and what do we get? We get warnings from respectable war supporters that we're beginning to make war the norm and risking continual warfare


When Indira Gandhi Wanted To Acquire A Plot Of Land In Srinagar
By Abdul Majid Zargar

http://www.countercurrents.org/zaragar030714.htm

In May 1962, Indira Gandhi, while on a visit to Srinagar along with her Prime Minster Father Pandith Nehru, expressed her wish to Sadri-Riyasat , Karan Singh to acquire a plot of land in Srinagar. Singh readily offered one from his own estate of Karan Mahal adjoining Shankracharya hills, free of cost. Nehru agreed to the arrangement provided no rules or regulations had to be changed