| Academy strives maintain classical Pakistani dance tradition Jan 22nd 2013, 11:54 LAHORE, Pakistan — In small groups, the girls begin streaming in to the tiny concrete-walled room that serves as a dance academy. A dozen gangly youngsters plop down on the bare cement floor, chattering incessantly, pulling their hair back into elastic bands, fastening their payal, the cluster of bells braceleting the dancers' ankles and lower legs. The chatter hushes briefly as the call to prayer rings out from a nearby mosque and the students scramble to cover their heads with their shawls in silent deference. Read full article >>   |  | What the Osama bin Laden raid discovered on al-Qaeda's links in Algeria Jan 22nd 2013, 11:31 The disaster in Algeria this week began when militants seized a remote, multinational gas complex in the desert and ended when the Algerian military staged a guns-blazing "rescue" attempt that killed dozens of hostages. But Algeria's underlying crisis of militancy and extremism, much like the national security concerns it is prompting in the U.S, has been going on for years. It's that larger crisis that really matters, and the unanswered questions about its nature and threat to the U.S. often boil down to one very complicated question: What is the role of al-Qaeda? Read full article >>   | | In Mali town, militants are gone but challenges for French remain Jan 21st 2013, 23:19 Soon after French forces landed in Mali, radical fighters swept into this dusty hamlet of mud houses and red dirt, and for five days last week their presence stood as a potent symbol of defiance. The fighters went house to house, residents said, telling people not to fear. The militants insisted that they were targeting only "white guys and Malian soldiers," though they later beat local Christians. Read full article >>   | |
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