Newsline 25 January 2010: "Aung San Suu Kyi will be released in November"; a new book defends the Dutch record on integration; and a cold snap in New Delhi endangers the homeless.
RNW launches special on microfinance
At a debate today in The Hague, opened by Dutch Crown princess Máxima, the UN's special ambassador for microfinance, we'll be asking if microfinance is a way out of poverty or a goldrush for unscrupulous lenders. Rita Sony heads the responsible banking division at India's Yes Bank and she's a firm believer in the benefits of microfinance
Follow the debate LIVE from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC
Aung San Suu Kyi to be released, Minister says
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed in November, according to the Home Minister, as quoted by a number of witnesses. Suu Kyi has been detained on and off for most of the past 20 years, and is currently serving out an 18 month house-arrest sentence. But Mark Farmener, director of The Burma Campaign UK, tells Newsline's Davion Ford he's not convinced by today's announcement.
Listen to the interview with Mark Farmener
Author says integration in the Netherlands a success
The increasing popularity of European anti-Islam movements such as Geert Wilders' Freedom Party is partly attributable to the belief that Muslims have failed to integrate into western societies. But a book published today argues that Dutch integration efforts have actually worked. Frans Verhagen, author of "Hoezo mislukt?" or "What do you mean, a failure?" told Newsline's Davion Ford that the integration discussion has become too narrow.
Listen to the interview with Frans Verhagen
Freezing temperatures in New Delhi threatens the homeless
It's not only Europe that's been hit by unusually cold weather over the past weeks - northern India has also been gripped by freezing cold. The consequences have been fatal for some of the many who are homeless in New Delhi. From New Delhi, Murali Krishnan reports.
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It would be interesting to see Frans Verhagen's book introduced as evidence on behalf of the prosecution during the proceedings of Geert Wilders' trial proceedings, to see how Geert's comments stand up to the factual findings the book uses to prove Verhagen's thesis. David Berridge.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...Amritsar is the coldest in North India...0 to -1 degree celsius, New Delhi isn't that cold.
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