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• Time For Generosity

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Anees Jillani

  The ruling UPFA (United People's Freedom Alliance), led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, has scored a decisive victory, securing 117 out of 180; results of 16 seats from the Kandy and Trincomalee districts are awaited due to repolling. Twenty nine seats wi...

• Google China

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Huma Yusuf

  With a high-profile global summit and Nobel Peace Prize in tow, the Obama administration has iterated its commitment to reducing the number of nuclear weapons worldwide. This noble goal has led in recent months to drastically improved Sino-U.S. relations....

• INTERVIEW - Ambassador Nihal Rodrigo

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Huma Iqbal

  ‘The central issue is to bring the benefits of economic development in the region to all its people.' - Ambassador Nihal Rodrigo, former Secretary General, SAARC, talks to Southasia about the regional developments and challenges. ...

• Netanyahu vs. Obama

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Tayyab Siddiqui

  Israel's relations with the U.S. are facing the most severe crisis since 1975.  The current state of relations are marked with tension and acrimony, which is without precedent.  The crisis originated from Israel's insistence that it will continue with t...

• SAARC: The Informal Approach

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Nishchal N. Pandey

  The much-anticipated 16th SAARC Summit was held in the Bhutanese capital Thimpu on April 28 and 29. In line with the theme of the summit - "Towards a green and happy South Asia," leaders pledged support and cooperation for the welfare and socio-economic a...

• Fruits of Unity

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Huma Iqbal

  South Asia, home to one-fifth of the total global population and a region credited with one of the most ancient living civilizations, has unique features that speak volumes for its bright future. And yet nearly half of the population in South Asia lives ...

• Interview

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Huma Iqbal

  ‘The central issue is to bring the benefits of economic development in the region to all its people.' Ambassador Nihal Rodrigo, former Secretary General, SAARC, talks to Southasia about the regional developments and challenges. ...

• Nuclear Developments And South Asia

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: S. M. Hali

  A number of developments took place in the month of April in the realm of nuclear weapons, which have a direct bearing on South Asia and merit discussion. Every U.S. President is obliged to review the U.S. Nuclear Policy at least once during his occupatio...

• After The Victory

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Fahmida Ashraf

  It is now one year since the end of the bloody 26-year civil war involving Tamil minority and Sinhalese majority in Sri Lanka. The country witnessed intensified military confrontations between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan...

• Unnecessary Trial

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Naushen Wasi

  Following its election pledge, the ruling Awami League in Bangladesh has announced it will conduct a 'symbolic' trial for the 1971 war crimes by trying the leaders who had collaborated with the forces unleashing violence and massacri...

• Unnecessary Trial

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Naushen Wasi

  Following its election pledge, the ruling Awami League in Bangladesh has announced it will conduct a 'symbolic' trial for the 1971 war crimes by trying the leaders who had collaborated with the forces unleashing violence and massacring thousands of unarme...

• The Whole Truth

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: SAO

  The Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Affairs and Law (KCFR) in collaboration with Pakistan-India Citizens Friendship Forum (PICFF) recently held an interactive session on ‘The Indus Water Treaty' in Karachi. H. E. Sharat Sabharwal, the Hig...

• A Case Of Water Hegemony

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Rizwan Zeb

  Water throughout history has been an important source of conflict.  Experts are of the view that most of the future wars will be fought over resources mainly water. Water is increasingly becoming a major issue in the South Asian politics. India, which is...

• Not A Bridge Too Far!

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: J. Enver

  After signing the 18th Amendment bill, President Asif Ali Zardari confidently informed the nation that dictatorship had been defeated forever. According to him, now no undemocratic force would dare destabilize democracy in Pakistan. Prime Minister Syed Y...

• Democracy Perception and Reality

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Ali Nawaz Chowhan

  From 19th century onwards the terms of democracy shifted to representative democracy i.e. Parliament.  According to John Stuart Mills, "This was the grand discovery of modern times in which the solution of all difficulties, both speculative and practical...

• Opportunity Lost

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Semu Bhatt

  Mayawati, the controversial queen of the Dalits, is in the news for all the wrong reasons ever since her crowning in 2007. Hers is the typical story of grit and determination to win against all odds. It is also the story of success of Indian democracy tha...

• Congress: The Power Tool

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: S.G. Jilanee

  Founded in 1885, by Allan Octavian Hume together with Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjea, Monomohun Ghose, Mahadev Govind Ranade and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress (INC) celebrated the one hu...

• New Voyage

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Zehra Fatima

  Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon."  - Edna Ferber. And what to say of the pleasures of such a week if...

• Sentient Beings

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Mahera Omar and Maheen Zia

  "All creatures on earth are sentient beings. There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings - but they are communities like you." (The Quran 6:38) Swiss animal rights lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, recently made international news when h...

• Disappearing Daughters

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  Created: May, 2010 Author: Jalil Ahmed

  Indiajoins well over 140 countries around the world on the second Sunday of May every year to celebrate Mother's Day, dedicated to honor caring mothers across the globe and express gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child. The day is ...