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The poppy cultivation is the most lucrative trade in Afghanistan, inspite of the legal ban on the crop cultivation and risks involved in business. It is one of the largest contributors of drug exports throughout the world and the recent boom in opium...
History has a way of repeating itself. And also ways in which events in the world occur synchronously. In 1066 AD the French swamped England and imposed their culture and ethos on the unsuspecting Anglo-Saxons. British culture as we know it today is...
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...
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...
The International Energy Agency warned that demand for oil imports by China and India will almost quadruple by 2030 and could create a supply 'crunch' as soon as 2015 if oil producers do not step up production, energy efficiency fails to improve and...
General Musharraf just wants to live. He has long ago given up bothering about power. He knew he was dead man walking when the right-wing fundamentalists in Northern Pakistan bayed for his blood. That was when he had wanted to depose the now under...
With the security and political situation across Pakistan worsening by the day, there is every chance that the country's leaders, opposition and the army could get into an ugly political quagmire. The return of influential former Prime Minister...
The last time that Buddhist monks in Myanmar staged street protests calling for democracy was in 1988 when the noble uprising was severely crushed by the dictatorial military regime. But this time, it's hugely different. The monks have been staging...
The regional space race is heating up in Asia with China having launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday. This marked a step closer of Communist Party to fulfilling its ambitions of reaching on the moon.
The Chang'e-1 satellite, named after...
Myanmar might be the second largest opium producer in the world but it is not a threat to stability in the north east of India. This announcement by the United Nations ought to be gleefully cheered by the Indian administrators who have often failed...
India has often been caught napping on Nepal. The royal coup in 2005 by king Gyanendra had surprised India; while Pakistan and China had known beforehand of it. The announcement of postponement of the November elections in Nepal has left India...
The whole Asian continent is going through a tough phase now-a-days. Political and violent upheavals are the marked features of this week. As Pakistan is to face the presidential elections, Burma remains under sharp UN vigil whereas violent incidents...
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In another practice to destroy a rock engraved image of the Buddha, militants in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province exploded two devices to blow the rock by calling the image as' un-Islamic idol. According to the report, a group of militants...
Despite of the fact that US President George Bush extended support to Musharraf government in Pakistan, the US' Senate Committee on Foreign Relations named Pakistan as the most dangerous country in the world. The Senate committee has even slammed Bush...
Australian government is close to making a decision on selling uranium to India with Canberra dismissing fears that the South Asian nation might use it for nuclear weapons.
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