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  • Halting the Nuclear Trade
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1300    ·    Commentary    
    The US interception, in early October 2003, of a German-registered ship headed for Libya through the Suez Canal and carrying thousands of parts of uranium centrifuges, demonstrated the mushrooming of the illegal nuclear trade. The intercepted sh...
  • Nuclear Jehad
    Bobby Sharma    ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1299    ·    Commentary    
    There have been two assassination attempts on the life of General Musharraf within the space of a fortnight in Dec 03. President Musharaaf faces a serious threat to his life. After four years of military rule, he has a long list of enemies who w...
  • Nuclear Proliferation from Pakistan
       ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1298    ·    Commentary    
      Speaker: Amb G Parthasarathy   Pakistan’s decision to go nuclear was taken in January 1972 at a secret meeting of Pakistan’s top scientists in Multan. Pakistani sc...
  • Kashmir, UNSC Resolutions and Indo-Pak Rapprochement (Pakistan Media Survey, 9-14 January 2004)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   09 Feb, 2004    ·    #1297    ·    Commentary    
    General Musharraf in January 2004 announced his willingness to set aside UN Security Council resolutions in order to reach an agreement on Kashmir with India. The UNSC resolutions primarily call for a plebiscite to determine the wishes of Kashmi...
  • Northeast Celebrates Republic Day (Regional Media Survey, 16-31 January 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   06 Feb, 2004    ·    #1296    ·    Commentary    
    The Northeast celebrates Republic Day Republic Day was celebrated in the northeast amidst calls for boycott of the celebrations by several militant outfits. The newspapers in the region provided prominent coverage to the incident along with...
  • Dialogue with Pakistan: An Assessment
       ·   06 Feb, 2004    ·    #1295    ·    Commentary    
      Speakers: Lt. Gen. A M Vohra Prof. Satish Kumar   Lt. Gen. A M Vohra and Prof. Satish Kumar, members of the Indian Neemrana Group visited Pakistan recently to participa...
  • From War to Peace: Will It Last?
    Rizwan Zeb    ·   04 Feb, 2004    ·    #1294    ·    Commentary    
    An eminent South Asian expert recently while delivering the keynote address in a regional workshop recently held in Shanghai, said that one can be sure of two things only when one is dead: one, whether deterrence works, and second whether heaven...
  • Is Militancy Vanishing in Kashmir?
    Mehraj Hajini    ·   04 Feb, 2004    ·    #1293    ·    Commentary    
      Although, Kashmir had witnessed politics of protest and separatism earlier also but it used to be in defence of the perceived threat to its identity and it generally manifested itself either in the form of hartals or demonstrations. ...
  • The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: An Update
       ·   04 Feb, 2004    ·    #1292    ·    Commentary    
    The States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention have met at regular intervals to review its operation in 1980, 1986, 1991, 2001-02, and more recently, in 2003. These review conferences are configured around Final Declarations t...
  • Pre-Republic Day Scenario in Kashmir Valley
    Amin Masoodi    ·   04 Feb, 2004    ·    #1291    ·    Commentary    
    While elsewhere in the country people are eager to celebrate Republic Day, the same brings miseries and sufferings to the Kashmir valley people. In run-up to the occasion, life was badly hit in this turbulent valley. People were desperate to see...
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