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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Vajpayee, architect of India's transition into 21st century

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, born 100 years ago today, transformed India with stable governance, economic reforms, and key infrastructure projects. His leadership during the Pokhran nuclear tests, his commitment to the Constitution, and his pioneering use of Hindi at the UN underscore his legacy as a statesman and visionary.

France24.com (en) 

Christmas in post-Assad Syria tainted by fears for minority's future

But at a church in Damascus's historic centre, surrounded by some 500 faithful who were singing psalms on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, she could breathe a sigh of relief. "It wasn't easy to come together in the current circumstances and to joyfully pray, but thank God, we did it," Latifa told AFP at mass at the capital's Syriac Orthodox cathedral of Saint George. Syria's rulers who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. Читать дальше...