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Vinod | Nov 30 2007
while at war
Six years have gone by since the 'War bells' rang in Afghanistan. The US led attacks on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, otherwise christened 'The War on Terror', has assumed various themes at different times during this period. While the initial stages...
Balbhadra Rana | Nov 28 2007
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Image credit Musharraf has finally taken off his military uniform. Tomorrow he will be sworn in as President again. Shedding the khakis must have been painful for the Pakistani general. Though his handpicked successor general Kiyani seems to be a...
Rhapsodysinger | Nov 27 2007
lashkar victims
It was recently pointed out that Bangladesh is being run by Mafioso-style leaders who do not care for the poor. Terrorists wax eloquent about the larger causes they profess to espouse, only to choose murder as the right path to silence all...
Balbhadra Rana | Nov 22 2007
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Image credit Pakistan is at the crossroads. Either it will fall into an abyss of fundamentalist rule or will harness its people's power and defeat the rising threat from Islamists. The man who will decide that is army strongman, Pervez Musharraf....
Balbhadra Rana | Nov 21 2007
wily musharraf
Image credit Negroponte might have urged Musharraf strongly to roll back the emergency but the US can do little beyond that. The wily Pakistani general, in a masterstroke, has converted all his cards into aces. Image credit He is again playing on...
Sunit | Nov 18 2007
north and south korean leaders
Tensions in the Korean peninsula have reduced dramatically since the North decided to stop its nuclear weapons programmes in return for economic aid. South Korea's economic help towards its impoverished northern neighbour and international pressure to...
Balbhadra Rana | Nov 17 2007
pakistanis burn us flag
Ordinary Pakistanis on the street are getting disillusioned with the US. They had hoped that US being a democracy would understand their clamour for freedom and normal democratic politics in their country and push Musharraf to let go of power or at least...
Mandira | Nov 16 2007
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In the few days old emergency ruling in Pakistan has troubled a lot the opponents of Prisident Pervez Musharraf who only wants to rule the country either winning Presidential election or taking oath as army chief again. In the recent political drama...
Rhapsodysinger | Nov 16 2007
kicking image
A nation which hates its own sons is lost. And we are not talking of any ordinary person, but of the legendary Imran Khan. A few years ago the whole of Pakistan went gaga over this man's cricketing. Now Pakistanis are mute spectators when President...
Sunit | Nov 15 2007
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It is very difficult to know the true intentions of Pakistani politicians. Given the intense domestic and international spotlight on President Musharraf for imposing emergency, it is hard to conclude whether the President's decision is a...
Sunit | Nov 14 2007
benazirs protesters
Where is Pakistan's political mayhem heading for? President Musharraf seems adamant to continue with the emergency to get a stronghold of the Pakistani political powerbase. This ambition of the country's military strongman pits himself directly against...
Sunit | Nov 13 2007
a national peoples army member
The Philippines, since the 1970s, has been engulfed in armed conflicts with various well-organized insurgent groups that have cost thousands of lives across the country. The communist insurgency which began in 1969 is one of the longest running...
Sunit | Nov 13 2007
bhutto banned from holding rallies
The Pakistani president Parvez Musharraf is under intense domestic and international pressure to restore democracy in the country. The imposition of emergency is a way by which President can consolidate his power in Pakistani politics - something...
Rhapsodysinger | Nov 12 2007
nuclear blast
General Musharraf will hold elections on January 9, 2008, under national emergency conditions. The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has eagerly welcomed this statement. She is scared stiff. Just in case Pakistan's nuclear weapons pass into the...
Pratyush | Nov 12 2007
pakistan a failed state
Pakistan, said to be the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has the population of 165 million people in the country. The citizens are divided among several tribal and linguistic groups. The country may be called as a united entity only when we talk about...

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