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  • China's own GPS
    Ajay Lele    ·   31 May, 2003    ·    #1047    ·    Commentary    
    On 25 May 2003 China launched a locally made navigation and positioning satellite. A Long March 3-A rocket carried this Beidou satellite, which is the third in the series of navigational satellite launches. This latest launch was the 28th consec...
  • LTTE's Demand for Interim Administration
    Ram Kumar    ·   28 May, 2003    ·    #1046    ·    Commentary    
    The cat is out of the bag. After a month long stalemate in the Sri Lankan Peace process, the LTTE has come out openly with the demand for an interim administration in North-East Sri Lanka. The LTTE announced its decision to review its participat...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – IX: Deadlock over Dead Claims and Locked Commitments
    N Manoharan    ·   27 May, 2003    ·    #1045    ·    Commentary    
    There was war. With the change of government in December 2001, there was a ceasefire, and the hope for peace. Consequently, with Norwegian mediation and sustained international pressure, there were peace talks. Six rounds were held till March 20...
  • George Fernandes and Sino-Indian Relations
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   27 May, 2003    ·    #1044    ·    Commentary    
    The recent visit to China by George Fernandes got good media coverage both within and outside India, despite the international focus on Iraq. The reason lay not in his being the first Defence Minister of India to have visited China in a decade, ...
  • “Everything remains unchanged”: Nayeem Khan
    Amin Masoodi    ·   27 May, 2003    ·    #1043    ·    Commentary    
    Is there any major change on ground with the Mufti-led coalition government in power? There is been no change on the ground; no decrease in bloodshed; and no decrease in violence. The Coalition government promised various changes like mergi...
  • A View from the Media
    Amin Masoodi    ·   27 May, 2003    ·    #1042    ·    Commentary    
    Bashir Manzar, Editor, Kashmir Images ·         On Mufti Government and its Healing Touch Policy There is some decline in violence in the Valley during Mufti’s government. However, t...
  • “Ready to talk to NN Vohra”: Shabir Shah
    Amin Masoodi    ·   26 May, 2003    ·    #1041    ·    Commentary    
    How do you see the situation in Kashmir under Mufti’s leadership? There has not been a major change on the ground until now under Mufti’s government. Mufti has failed to provide good governance. During election campaigning, Muf...
  • Popular Perception of the Kashmir Conflict: Srinagar Round
    Amin Masoodi    ·   26 May, 2003    ·    #1040    ·    Commentary    
    The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, conducted a survey on "Popular Perception of Kashmiri conflict” in Srinagar during 15 April to May 2003. The survey was based on informal conversations with 92 people from...
  • Casablanca: Al Qaeda’s Maritime Node
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   21 May, 2003    ·    #1039    ·    Commentary    
    From Morocco to Pakistan, a string of incidents (attack in the Saudi capital Riyadh that killed 34 people and in Karachi on Shell oil company gas stations) demonstrated that Western targets remain vulnerable to terrorist attacks. These incidents...
  • SARS Epidemic in China
    Sonika Gupta    ·   20 May, 2003    ·    #1038    ·    Commentary    
    The SARS epidemic in China is testing the Chinese leadership on more than one front. Apart from its economic implications, which are the major concern of the leadership, the Chinese government has to contend with its impact on Chinese polity and...
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