<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Ahsan-Waheed - Articles, Seeds</title><link>http://pakistan-pal.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Ahsan-Waheed - Articles, Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:22:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Forget regionalism, unite as Hindus: Thackeray</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepika Jaitley]]></dc:creator><link>http://deepika-jaitley.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524845-forget-regionalism-unite-as-hindus-thackeray</link><guid>http://deepika-jaitley.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524845-forget-regionalism-unite-as-hindus-thackeray</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A rejoinder to Dr. Subhash Kapila's article</title><description><![CDATA[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&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghalib Sultan]]></dc:creator><link>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524368-a-rejoinder-to-dr-subhash-kapilas-article</link><guid>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524368-a-rejoinder-to-dr-subhash-kapilas-article</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:08:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>India's meddling</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahsan-Waheed]]></dc:creator><link>http://pakistan-pal.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524352-indias-meddling</link><guid>http://pakistan-pal.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524352-indias-meddling</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tendulkar faces Thackery on 'home ground'</title><description><![CDATA[Bal Thackery slammed the Indian Super Star Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar over his remarks "Mumbai for all'.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rupali Gaurav]]></dc:creator><link>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524308-tendulkar-faces-thackery-on-home-ground</link><guid>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524308-tendulkar-faces-thackery-on-home-ground</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:41:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Face Down the Militarists and Get Out of Afghanistan</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bahram Zackarya]]></dc:creator><link>http://bahram-zackarya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524318-face-down-the-militarists-and-get-out-of-afghanistan</link><guid>http://bahram-zackarya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524318-face-down-the-militarists-and-get-out-of-afghanistan</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:39:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>1 killed, over 30 injured as train derails after Maoists blast tracks in Jharkhand</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rohit Kumar]]></dc:creator><link>http://rohit-kumar.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524249-1-killed-over-30-injured-as-train-derails-after-maoists-blast-tracks-in-jharkhand</link><guid>http://rohit-kumar.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524249-1-killed-over-30-injured-as-train-derails-after-maoists-blast-tracks-in-jharkhand</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:52:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Angry farmers protest sugarcane pricing; PM holds emergency meet</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rupali Gaurav]]></dc:creator><link>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524160-angry-farmers-protest-sugarcane-pricing-pm-holds-emergency-meet</link><guid>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524160-angry-farmers-protest-sugarcane-pricing-pm-holds-emergency-meet</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:15:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Taliban's Unseen Force Multiplier </title><description><![CDATA[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&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Matthews-007]]></dc:creator><link>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524105-the-talibans-unseen-force-multiplier-</link><guid>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524105-the-talibans-unseen-force-multiplier-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Four fake doctors arrested in Andheri</title><description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: Four fake doctors have been arrested for allegedly cheating people by claiming they could cure various diseases with ayurvedic medicines, police said today.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rohit Kumar]]></dc:creator><link>http://rohit-kumar.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524050-four-fake-doctors-arrested-in-andheri</link><guid>http://rohit-kumar.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524050-four-fake-doctors-arrested-in-andheri</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:38:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Leave Pak-India ties alone: Govt to meddling US</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rupali Gaurav]]></dc:creator><link>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524020-leave-pak-india-ties-alone-govt-to-meddling-us</link><guid>http://rupali-gaurav.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524020-leave-pak-india-ties-alone-govt-to-meddling-us</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:23:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009</title><description><![CDATA[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. 
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518717-us-army-suicides-set-to-hit-new-high-in-2009</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518717-us-army-suicides-set-to-hit-new-high-in-2009</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:04:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Curb settlements, Obama tells Israel</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fatima Rizvi]]></dc:creator><link>http://fatimarizvi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518706-curb-settlements-obama-tells-israel</link><guid>http://fatimarizvi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518706-curb-settlements-obama-tells-israel</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:58:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Face Down the Militarists and Get Out of Afghanistan</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518463-face-down-the-militarists-and-get-out-of-afghanistan</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518463-face-down-the-militarists-and-get-out-of-afghanistan</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:55:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How the U.S.-China Relationship Has Changed</title><description><![CDATA[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&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Matthews-007]]></dc:creator><link>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518310-how-the-us-china-relationship-has-changed</link><guid>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518310-how-the-us-china-relationship-has-changed</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Disillusionment in Afghanistan</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514790-disillusionment-in-afghanistan</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514790-disillusionment-in-afghanistan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The fallout of Quetta drones</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fatima Rizvi]]></dc:creator><link>http://fatimarizvi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514721-the-fallout-of-quetta-drones</link><guid>http://fatimarizvi.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514721-the-fallout-of-quetta-drones</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:35:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israel, Pakistan and US</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Matthews-007]]></dc:creator><link>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514712-israel-pakistan-and-us</link><guid>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514712-israel-pakistan-and-us</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:27:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Non Issues </title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahsan-Waheed]]></dc:creator><link>http://pakistan-pal.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514563-non-issues-</link><guid>http://pakistan-pal.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514563-non-issues-</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:55:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>India's Failures Are The Responsibilities Of Her Neighbours </title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghalib Sultan]]></dc:creator><link>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514660-indias-failures-are-the-responsibilities-of-her-neighbours-</link><guid>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514660-indias-failures-are-the-responsibilities-of-her-neighbours-</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Spreading Rot </title><description><![CDATA[  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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bahram Zackarya]]></dc:creator><link>http://bahram-zackarya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514492-the-spreading-rot-</link><guid>http://bahram-zackarya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514492-the-spreading-rot-</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:29:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/tn/bahram-zackarya/3514500.jpg" width="75" height="78" /></item><item><title>Washington hunts a way out of Afghanistan</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514448-washington-hunts-a-way-out-of-afghanistan</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514448-washington-hunts-a-way-out-of-afghanistan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S.:  Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Matthews-007]]></dc:creator><link>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514407-us-army-underreporting-suicides-says-gi-advocacy-group</link><guid>http://gregmatthews007.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514407-us-army-underreporting-suicides-says-gi-advocacy-group</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> India Blames China for Maoist Uprising</title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepika Jaitley]]></dc:creator><link>http://deepika-jaitley.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514404-india-blames-china-for-maoist-uprising</link><guid>http://deepika-jaitley.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514404-india-blames-china-for-maoist-uprising</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:51:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military</title><description><![CDATA[Affects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were felt for decades; Iraq also got the dose of depleted uranium]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514364-sharp-rise-in-birth-defects-in-iraqi-city-destroyed-by-us-military</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514364-sharp-rise-in-birth-defects-in-iraqi-city-destroyed-by-us-military</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:29:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Will a Maverick be the PPP's Messiah?</title><description><![CDATA[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&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghalib Sultan]]></dc:creator><link>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514321-will-a-maverick-be-the-ppps-messiah</link><guid>http://why-who-where-when.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514321-will-a-maverick-be-the-ppps-messiah</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:05:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>