Source: Herald Sun

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18823721%255E1702,00.html

On April 15, 2006 the Herald Sun reported, "More than 1000 Sikhs are using the Easter long weekend to compete in a variety of sports at the 19th Australian Sikh Games in Sydney. The games began in Concord in Sydney's west yesterday and run until tomorrow afternoon and feature competitors from Australia, the US, Malaysia, New Zealand,...

Source: CBS2.com

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_106022702.html

On April 15, 2006 CBS2.com reported, "Sikhs wear turbans that are conspicuous to other Americans, but they are not Muslims, Arabs or terrorists. 'Post-9/11 bias' and other issues that affect the global Sikh community will be among the topics discussed at Sunday's Sikh Dharma's Baisakhi 2006 meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Sheriff Lee Baca and Rep. Brad...

Source: Rediff

http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/15sikh.htm

On April 15, 2006 Rediff reported, "A man hailing from the birthplace of Guru Nanak Saturday became the first Sikh in Pakistan to be commissioned into the army. Wearing a blue turban and sporting a traditional beard, Hercharan Singh of Nankana Sahib marched to the military tunes at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul and was formally commissioned into the army at a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister...

Source: The Journal News

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/NEWS03/604140327/1019/NEWS03

On April 14, 2006 The Journal News reported, "Jaslin Chopra hosted a get-together last night to introduce her friends to an important celebration in her religion. Chopra, who came to America from India 30 years ago, is Sikh. She planned to mark the holy day known as Baisakhi with prayers at the gathering at...

Source: The Citizen

http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/news/prestonnews/display.var.731949.0.celebrate_sikh_faith.php

On April 13, 2006 The Citizen reported, "An arts, dance and music festival will be held in Preston to celebrate the Sikh faith and the anniversaries of two major Sikh groups in the city. The finishing touches are being put to celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Preston Sikh Cultural Association (PSCA...

Source: The Star

Source: INDOLink

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=041306085913

On April 13, 2006 INDOLink reported, "A new gangster culture is emerging in certain enclaves of the South Asian diaspora. Increasingly, the violence of guns, drugs, and honor killings involving South Asians are being reported from the United States, Canada, Britain, Malaysia, and Thailand. And it’s a culture of violence that appears to be the Desi community’s worst kept...

Source: SikhNet News

http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/RecentNewsHTML/79BF6F5E947D1BCD8725714D00657474!OpenDocument

On April 12, 2006 SikhNet News reported, "[For a Phoenix celebration of Vaisakhi, an Indian harvest festival], the interior of a one of kind, upcoming three-storied new building of Gurdwara Sahib, Guru Nanak Dwara, a combined project of the Sikh-Americans and American-Sikhs in central Phoenix, [was]...

Source: Zee News

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4894544.stm

On April 10, 2006 BBC News reported, "Tough government rules to prevent sham marriages discriminate against immigrants, the High Court has ruled. In a significant defeat for the government, Mr Justice Silber said the rules were unreasonable and breached human rights... The rules, introduced in February 2005, mean people born outside the EU and some bordering European nations who have only six months' permission to be in...

Source: The Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1095149.php

On April 10, 2006 The Orange County Register reported, "Many in the United States who practice Sikhism feared discrimination or physical confrontation and stopped wearing their turban after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks because they were assumed to be Muslim, said Chadha, co-director of interfaith activities of the California Sikh Council...

Source: SikhNet News/Rediff

http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/196344FCED2672958725714C0064271E

On April 10, 2006 Rediff reported, "To mark the festival of Baisakhi, the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation has conferred the 'Sewa Award 2006' on the Smithsonian Institution and the Sikh Heritage Foundation for creating a permanent exhibit on 'Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab' at the Museum of Natural History in Washington. The awards...

Source: The Indian Express

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=177220

On April 8, 2006 The Indian Express reported, "The children of thousands of Sikh families living in France are being deprived of their right to education as the Sikh students are not allowed to wear turbans in schools and other educational institutes of France.

This was reveled by a delegation of Sikhs, who are currently presiding in France, came to attend conference...

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/14239788p-15059751c.html

On April 7, 2006 The Sacramento Bee reported, "Outside Sunrise Mall two weeks after 9/11, a turbaned and bearded Sikh man and his 11-year-old son were taunted by passers-by: 'Terrorists, go back to Afghanistan!' 'People assumed we had something to do with terrorism, and they wanted to retaliate,' says Harkirat Hansra, now 15 and a sophomore at Mira Loma...

Source: Sikhnet

http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/2603182C5570FDD0872571490064CDE8

On April 7, 2006 Sikhnet reported, "Sikh truckers at the Port of Montreal say they remain victims of discrimination. They say they declared victory too soon, and say they are still being treated as second class citizens at the port. And now they're threatening legal action.

Workers are supposed to wear hard hats at the port....