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  • Recent Insights on the Threat of Climate Change
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   15 Mar, 2004    ·    #1337    ·    Commentary    
    The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) of 1992 had the objective of “stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate s...
  • Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Their Post-9/11 Developments in Repatriation
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   15 Mar, 2004    ·    #1336    ·    Commentary    
    Present-day Pakistan has been a haven for refugees from ancient times and many peoples have passed through this land, Afghans have been the single largest group. Afghan refugees had fled to Pakistan in 1978, after a communist government seized p...
  • Split in the Stripes: Rebellion within the LTTE
    N Manoharan    ·   11 Mar, 2004    ·    #1335    ·    Commentary    
    The latest rebellion in the higher levels of the LTTE brings to the fore its undemocratic nature. The rift was over, now deposed, LTTE commander of Amparai and Batticaloa, “Col” Karuna Amman’s letter to the LTTE chief seeking o...
  • Nuclear Impasse in the Korean Peninsula
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   11 Mar, 2004    ·    #1334    ·    Commentary    
    The Six-Party Talks held in Beijing from 25-28 February 2004 provided the best diplomatic route to resolve the seventeen month-old nuclear impasse in the Korean Peninsula. Hosted by China, the negotiations involved the United States, Japan, Russ...
  • Phalcon Sale to India: Regional Ramifications
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   09 Mar, 2004    ·    #1333    ·    Commentary    
    On 2 March 2004, the Israeli security cabinet cleared the decks for the sale of US $1.1billion Phalcon airborne warning and control system to India. The final terms for the deal were agreed upon in December 2003 during the Israeli Defence Minist...
  • Dissension in Tiger Camp
    RR Vinod    ·   09 Mar, 2004    ·    #1332    ·    Commentary    
    The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have always been proud of their discipline. Velupillai Prabhakaran, their supreme commander, has referred to the Tigers’ iron discipline in several interviews. Outside observers who have watched ...
  • The Pied-Piper Syndrome
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   09 Mar, 2004    ·    #1331    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's appeal to Muslims to think carefully before casting their votes merely rekindles the stereotype image of minorities as only being vote banks in the present political scenario. The minority dev...
  • The Bandipore Incident (Urdu Media Survey, 16- 29 February 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   09 Mar, 2004    ·    #1330    ·    Commentary    
    Gross human rights violations and the much-condemned Bandipore killings figured prominently in the Urdu media in the Kashmir Valley.        Srinagar Times (21 February) in its editorial, “Bandipore...
  • Centre-Hurriyat Dialogue and Elections (Urdu Media Survey, 1-15 February 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   08 Mar, 2004    ·    #1329    ·    Commentary    
    Center-Hurriyat Dialogue           In its editorial, the daily Nidi-e-Mushraq (1 February) commented on Hurriyat-Centre dialogue: “It appears that Abbas Ansari after his meeting with Prime...
  • MVA President Killed by Maoists (Nepal Media Survey February 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   08 Mar, 2004    ·    #1328    ·    Commentary    
    Maoists Victimization of the Victims On 15 February, Maoist insurgents killed the Maoists Victims Association (MVA) president, Ganesh Chilwal at Bagbazaar in Kathmandu.  The reason for his murder was believed to be his opposition to t...
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