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: Extrajudicial Killings Under Scrutiny
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, Oct 30 (IPS) – The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties ”is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society as [...]
SRI LANKA: Tamil Rebels Defy Siege With Aerial Bombings
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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IPS Correspondents
COLOMBO, Oct 29 (IPS) – Aerial bombings carried out on the capital and a northern military base, late Tuesday night, have signalled that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remains a fighting force — despite [...]
POLITICS: Thai Tensions Form Apt Backdrop for ASEAN Meet
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Oct 28 (IPS) – The decision by Thai government to shift the venue of a regional summit from Bangkok to the northern city of Chiang Mai points to an administration unsure of its [...]
TALIBAN’S SHADOW OVER ZARDARI’S CHINA VISIT
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan is leaving Islamabad on October 14,2008, on an official visit to China. Thereafter, he will be attending the Asia Europe Summit, whis is being hosted by China this [...]
SEVEN YEARS OF OP ENDURING FREEDOM: NO LIGHT YET
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR— PAPER NO.455
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
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A bleeding stalemate on the ground in Afghanistan, a bleeding Pakistan tottering towards a possible collapse of the State and a total policy confusion in the corridors of power in Washington DC and other NATO capitals.
2. That has [...]
PRESIDENT ZARDARI—FORWARD & BACKWARD
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October 9, 2008
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An ability for fresh thinking on Pakistan’s relations with India and an inability to initiate a change of policy in line with the new thinking have been the defining characteristics of Asif Ali Zardari ever since he took over the leadership [...]
RIGHTS: Fighting the ‘War on Terror’
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Monday, September 08, 2008
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Julio Godoy
PARIS, Sep 8 (IPS) – The ”war on terror” in the aftermath of the attacks of Sep. 11, 2001 has undermined human rights globally, according to activists and experts who [...]
EUROPE: Divisions Rise Over Ex-Soviet Countries
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Monday, September 08, 2008
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Analysis by David Cronin
BRUSSELS, Sep 8 (IPS) – Few, if any, regions present a greater challenge for the European Union’s foreign policy than the former Soviet Union.
Despite a history of differing [...]
