DRC: The Cost of War
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Stephanie Kale
KIGALI, Nov 8 (IPS) – War is expensive. The costs include not only the millions of dollars spent on military equipment and maintaining an army, but the financial and psychological toll it takes on the everyday lives of people caught in the crossfire.
When fighting takes place where [...]
NEPAL: Militarising or Demilitarising?
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
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Rita Manchanda
KATHMANDU, Nov 5 (IPS) – Fighting a decade long ‘People’s War’ for the revolutionary transformation of a feudal monarchy meant that the Maoists had to militarise Nepali society, including women and youth.
However, even after the Communist [...]
OBAMA:DANGERS OF INDO-PAK RE-HYPHENATION
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
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The Presidential campaign is over. The transition drill has begun. Senator Barrack Obama will take over as the President only on January 20 next, but his immense work as the President-elect would have already begun from the moment he left [...]
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Army Chief Steps Down
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, Nov 4 (IPS) – General Mario Montoya stepped down as Colombia’s army chief, putting an end to his career Tuesday. The general is under investigation by the attorney general’s office, although he has not [...]
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: UN Warns of Civilian Killings by Military
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, Nov 3 (IPS) – The extrajudicial executions that are being committed by government forces in Colombia constitute crimes against humanity, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said at the end of her six-day [...]
POLITICS-US – Racism Won’t Keep Arab Americans From Polls
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Habib Battah
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (IPS) – Arab Americans are expected to vote in large numbers Tuesday, despite concerns over voter intimidation and weak outreach from the presidential candidates, representatives of major community organisations say.
The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee [...]
AFGHANISTAN: ‘If Talks With Taliban Bring Peace, I’ll Support It’
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Monday, November 03, 2008
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Analysis by Anand Gopal
KABUL, Nov 3 (IPS) – Western officials are increasingly turning to new strategies in an effort to stabilise Afghanistan and defeat the insurgency here, according to U.S. and Afghan officials. The various initiatives — [...]
TIBET: ‘STATUS QUO PLUS’ AS AN OPTION?
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Monday, November 03, 2008
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B.RAMAN
There is a note of increasing dejection in the post-Olympics statements and comments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his spokesmen regarding the future of Tibet. His hopes that in the wake of the protest demonstrations in Tibet in [...]
THE INDIAN JIHADI NET
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 465
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Monday, November 03, 2008
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B.RAMAN
The number of fatalities in the serial explosions in Assam on the forenoon of October 30,2008, has since gone up to 75, with the death of some of the injured in the [...]
