American activists, CODEPINK, visit Pakistan to join anti-drone march as reports of Taliban threats loom

A group of American anti-war activists are in Pakistan to join a march into the country’s tribal belt to protest U.S. drone strikes in the rugged northwest territory. Their presence has energized organizers behind the protest but also added to concerns that Islamist militants will target the weekend event. The two-day march — in reality…

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    Sacred texts that reveal a common heritage; British Library exhibition celebrates the links between three monotheistic faiths

    By Maev Kennedy For the first time, the oldest and most precious surviving texts of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths have gone on display side by side at the British Library. They include a tattered scrap of a Dead Sea Scroll and a Qur’an commissioned for a 14th-century Mongol ruler of modern Iran who…

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