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Forget regionalism, unite as Hindus: Thackeray
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:06 AM EST (Pakistan Politics)
Thackeray, who admits to being a "staunch Hindu", had once suggested that a memorial of Mangal Pandey, the hero of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, be erected at the disputed area in Ayodhya. However, on Thursday he said that Sena would complete building the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
A rejoinder to Dr. Subhash Kapila's article
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:08 AM EST (Asian Tribune)
Indian political leaders, writers and media analysts and intelligence agencies are past masters in creating doubts and misgivings between groups, communities, political parties and institutions to fan ethnic and sectarian tensions, political polarization and foment fissiparous te …
India's meddling
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:57 AM EST (The Nation)
FOR some time now the government has publicly been conceding that India has been meddling in Balochistan by aiding the militants and providing weapons and succour to them both in Pakistan and outside.
Tendulkar faces Thackery on 'home ground'
Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:41 AM EST
Bal Thackery slammed the Indian Super Star Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar over his remarks "Mumbai for all'.
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Face Down the Militarists and Get Out of Afghanistan
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:39 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Go to Washington any time in the past eight years and ask what influence Britain has over America's Afghan policy. The answer is a thumb and forefinger joined in a simple zero. The same was true in Iraq.
1 killed, over 30 injured as train derails after Maoists blast tracks in Jharkhand
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:52 AM EST (Times of India)
RANCHI/KOLKATA: One passenger was killed and over 30 others were injured when eight bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train derailed after Maoists blew up railway tracks on Thursday night in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
Angry farmers protest sugarcane pricing; PM holds emergency meet
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:15 AM EST (Hindustan Times)
Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue with senior cabinet colleagues.
The Taliban's Unseen Force Multiplier
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:59 AM EST (Opinion-Maker)
Even if analysts existed who understood Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the other countries of this region, their history, their people and why war and threat of war is a way of life, even if America's "decision makers" knew how ill conceived our policies are, how self def …
Four fake doctors arrested in Andheri
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:38 AM EST (Times of India)
MUMBAI: Four fake doctors have been arrested for allegedly cheating people by claiming they could cure various diseases with ayurvedic medicines, police said today.
Leave Pak-India ties alone: Govt to meddling US
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:23 AM EST (Hindustan Times)
India reacted sharply on Wednesday to the reference to India-Pakistan ties in the joint statement issued by US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao.
U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:04 AM EST (Reuters)
WASHINGTON - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan.
Curb settlements, Obama tells Israel
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:58 AM EST (Daily Times)
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama put fresh pressure on Israel on Wednesday to curb its settlement projects, saying continued building could lead to a dangerous situation with embittered Palestinians.
Face Down the Militarists and Get Out of Afghanistan
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:55 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Go to Washington any time in the past eight years and ask what influence Britain has over America's Afghan policy. The answer is a thumb and forefinger joined in a simple zero. The same was true in Iraq.
How the U.S.-China Relationship Has Changed
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:00 AM EST (The Atlantic Wire)
An undercurrent in commentary about President Obama's three-day trip to China is the anxious, decades-old question: has the Asian giant finally caught up? After debating Obama's town hall speech and negotiations over the trade imbalance, commentators have begun scrutinizing the o …
Disillusionment in Afghanistan
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:08 AM EST (CFR.org - Daily Analysis)
The international community is increasingly concerned about whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai can be an effective partner. Karzai recently won another term after an election fraught with accusations of fraud; his previous term was beset with allegations of corruption.
The fallout of Quetta drones
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:35 AM EST (The News International)
Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine revealed in October edition, that the number of US predator drone strikes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border by the CIA, has risen dramatically under President Obama.
Israel, Pakistan and US
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:27 AM EST (Khaleej Times)
When waging war "by way of deception," the motto of Israel's Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe.
Non Issues
Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:55 AM EST
If Pakistan is to have a parliamentary system eventually then does it really matter who is the President? Why all this fuss over a person? It would be far better to concentrate on the balance of powers in a parliamentary democracy.
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India's Failures Are The Responsibilities Of Her Neighbours
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:44 AM EST (veteranstoday)
Instead of addressing the root causes of the Maoist uprising, Indian government has started a blame game against China, alleging for supplying arms to these insurgents. Recently, Home Secretary of the Indian Union, G.K.
The Spreading Rot
Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:29 AM EST
According to media reports FazalUllah the cleric behind the Swat carnage in Pakistan's Malakand area has reached Afghanistan. This sounds logical because that is from where he was being supported and that is from where he can continue doing what his masters tell him to do.
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Washington hunts a way out of Afghanistan
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:10 AM EST (Arab News)
Finally, it seems, the penny has dropped. America's 'good war' cannot be won militarily. Signs indicate that the US president, who was so gung ho on Afghanistan before taking office, has got the message. More troops just won't cut it.
U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:52 AM EST (IPS-News)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 16 (IPS) - According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov.
India Blames China for Maoist Uprising
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:51 AM EST (Opinion Maker)
Instead of addressing the root causes of the Maoist uprising, Indian government has started a blame game against China, alleging for supplying arms to these insurgents.
Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:29 AM EST (OpinionMaker)
Affects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were felt for decades; Iraq also got the dose of depleted uranium
Will a Maverick be the PPP's Messiah?
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:05 AM EST (Opinion-Maker)
The evening of November 9th was a tumultuous affair: full of excitement, revelations, astounding robust thrills, political reverberations, media resonance and the restrained admittance of a Messiah-in-the-making by a resurgence of political association between once friends and re …
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Forget regionalism, unite as Hindus: ThackerayThackeray, who admits to being a "staunch Hindu", had once suggested that a memorial of Mangal Pandey, the hero of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, be erected at the disputed area in Ayodhya. However, on Thursday he said that Sena would complete building the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
- A rejoinder to Dr. Subhash Kapila's article
Indian political leaders, writers and media analysts and intelligence agencies are past masters in creating doubts and misgivings between groups, communities, political parties and institutions to fan ethnic and sectarian tensions, political polarization and foment fissiparous te …
- India's meddling
FOR some time now the government has publicly been conceding that India has been meddling in Balochistan by aiding the militants and providing weapons and succour to them both in Pakistan and outside.
- Face Down the Militarists and Get Out of Afghanistan
Go to Washington any time in the past eight years and ask what influence Britain has over America's Afghan policy. The answer is a thumb and forefinger joined in a simple zero. The same was true in Iraq.
Tendulkar faces Thackery on 'home ground'
Bal Thackery slammed the Indian Super Star Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar over his remarks "Mumbai for all'.
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