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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.… 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 (My 1,000th Post)
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.
