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Open Thread: Did Iran Change the Regime in the USA?
The Democrats won control of both houses of Congress on 3 November. CBS News called the House for them at about 10:15 pm Eastern and the Senate at about 11:35 pm (CBS). Some races were still uncalled on Wednesday morning, including the Senate seats in Alaska and Mississippi. The new Congress takes office in January. This is the Open Thread for the US midterms. Continue reading →
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Two Innocent Bangladeshis Executed in Mecca: What Ta’zir Means
On 14 October Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshis, Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar, for what its Interior Ministry called immoral acts inside a mosque in Mecca. A Facebook post by the Pakistani journalist Ali K Chishti applauded the executions and said that “capital punishment is in Quran”.
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Arikamedu: The Port That Traded with Rome
Arikamedu, about four kilometres south of Pondicherry on the Ariyankuppam river, is one of India’s best-known excavated ports with evidence of trade with the Roman world. Agni visited on 17 October; the photographs are hers.
