Global Peace Index: RoP at the bottom

Significantly, the least peaceful regions are Muslim countries — Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Pakistan.

Business Line: Peace index: Muslim nations at the bottom

Tytler cheated us: US firm to FBI

TCM Mobile LLC said its subsidiary entered into a joint venture promoted by Tytler's son Siddharth and arms agent Abhishek Verma to set up a cellular service for rural India after Tytler assured it had the blessings of Rahul and Sonia Gandhi. The $1.1 million that it put into the project was fraudulently withdrawn by Verma and his associates using forged documents. 

IE: Tytler cheated us; said Sonia, Rahul backed project: US firm to FBI

Global Shale Oil Deposits

There's a lot of shale oil outside the US - here's a worldwide map:

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515906/eia-says-worldwide-shale-oil-and-gas-potential-is-huge/

Lal Jaichand Advani

The old man is putting his own ego ahead of the nationalist cause by resigning in a fit of pique.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/full-text-lk-advanis-resignation-letter-to-rajnath-singh-857593.html

Bhishma Pitama he certainly isn't, no matter what delusions of grandeur he harbours about himself.

I used to defend this dour gent, but his own self-centred pride now leaves him alone and isolated. I'm waiting for him to put on a skullcap like Yeddyurappa did after his departure.

Communalist objects to Narendrabhai

In my estimation, the appointment of a rabid fundamentalist, seditious, genocidal Jihadi infamous for his massacre of Hindus in U.P
- as the state minister in charge of managing the Kumbha Mela -
was the greatest catastrophe over the past several months.

http://m.rediff.com/news/report/modi-s-appointment-unfortunate-azam-khan/20130610.htm#


The Samajwadi Party has termed the appointment of Narendra Modi as the chairman of BJP's campaign Committee "unfortunate" saying that he was responsible for the 2002 Godhra riots.

"Narendra Modi happens to be the person responsible for 'janta ke katle aam' (massacre of people). Hence his crowning as the chairman of BJP's campaigning committee is unfortunate," Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Affairs Minister Azam Khan said while talking to reporters on Sunday.

Indian Badminton Gets a New Star

K. Srikanth lifted his maiden singles title with a stunning straight-game triumph over top-seeded local favorite Boonsak Ponsana at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold on Sunday.

The Hindu: Srikanth stuns Ponsana to clinch Thailand Open

thomas friedman's oped generator! much like the postmodernism generator of old

hilarious. via @atanudey

http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com/about.php

friedman is like TED: good in small doses, but now getting distinctly middlebrow. he used to go gaga about infosys, which i guess was the kiss of death for them.

to refresh your memory, the pomo generator can easily create all the works of romila thapar, ramachandra guha, et al

http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/

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sent from samsung galaxy note, so please excuse brevity