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  • Uranium Heist
    Gargi    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1077    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 May 2003, the Bangladeshi police arrested four suspected members of a militant Islamic group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in village Puiya while smuggling uranium. The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that the recovered football-size...
  • An Alarming Threat
    Snehasis Das    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1076    ·    Commentary    
    Harassed by the ever-growing insecurity over availability of fossil fuels, India has recently decided to establish a strategic resource of petrol and diesel for six months consumption. On the other hand, the finance ministry is getting restless ...
  • Media Reflects Assembly Proceedings (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley 16-23 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   15 Jul, 2003    ·    #1075    ·    Commentary    
    Indo-Pak dialogue; Freedom Struggle; Role of J&K Police; NC government; and killing of former Minister for Law, Mushtaq Lone, raised much hue and cry in the Assembly. These events shared prominent space in the Urdu dailies in the Kashmir Val...
  • Lessons of Surankote
       ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1074    ·    Commentary    
    Operation Sarp Vinash at Surankote brought into light the existence of a fully functional transit camp with arms and ammunition, communication equipment and large stores of ration that could sustain 500 men for at least 15 days. Surankote,...
  • Ballistic Missile Stability in Southern Asia
       ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1073    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: PR Chari Director, IPCS Sp...
  • A Difficult Waste
    Gargi    ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1072    ·    Commentary    
    India’s nuclear programme is facing its toughest challenge: how to dispose off its huge amount of radioactive wastes? There is no safe method to dispose off them permanently. Not a single count...
  • Small Arms and Lawlessness in Bangladesh
    Anand Verma    ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1071    ·    Commentary    
    The spread of small arms has become a major challenge for the maintenance of law and order in Bangladesh. The country’s association with small arms is not new; what is new is its large scale us...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Process: Tough Road Ahead
       ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1070    ·    Commentary    
    The Norwegian facilitated Sri Lankan peace process faces a critical test after the Tokyo Donors’ conference. After six round of talks, followed by LTTE's exclusion from the Washington Semin...
  • Should the Indian Military Go to Post War Iraq?
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1069    ·    Commentary    
    The US is losing one solider a day on the average in Iraq. The battle is continuing and is likely to intensify in the near future. Pentagon’s latest operation, named Desert Scorpion, is aimed to ‘De-Baathise’ Iraq. The purging ...
  • Will LTTE Give Peace a Chance?
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   25 Jun, 2003    ·    #1068    ·    Commentary    
    On 14 June 2003, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) oil tanker Shoshin blew up and sank. According to the Sri Lanka navy, warning shots were fired but the vessel failed to stop. Its 12-member crew then destroyed the vessel before it cou...
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