COMMENTARIES
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Peace drizzles in the Northeast
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 12 Jan, 2003 · #947 · Commentary
The year 2003 seems to herald a culture of peace in
India’s northeast. The
continuing negotiation process with the National Socialist Council of
Nagaland–Isak-Muivah (NSCN-I...
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NWFP, Pakistan and Anti Americanism
D Suba Chandran · 10 Jan, 2003 · #946 · Commentary
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In the famous movie, First ...
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Pakistan Media Survey (18-24 November 2002): The First Baloch PM
D Suba Chandran · 10 Jan, 2003 · #945 · Commentary
The New Prime Minister
On Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becoming the Prime Minster, Dawn cautions in its editorial (“An uncertain start,â€Â...
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Jamali the Thirteenth
D Suba Chandran · 10 Jan, 2003 · #944 · Commentary
Zafarullah Khan Jamali was elected as the thirteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan on 21 November 2002, after more than a month of conducting elections. That he managed to get only the minimum required number of votes (172 of the total 329) in the ...
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Engaging Myanmar: Principles versus Pragmatism
Paolienlal Haokip · 06 Jan, 2003 · #943 · Commentary
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India’s current engagement with Myanmar seems to suggest that Indian foreign policy has forsa...
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Kashmir through Media: A Survey of the Kashmir Urdu Media, 15-30 November 2002
Irfan-ul-Haq · 06 Jan, 2003 · #942 · Commentary
The release of separatist political prisoners in Jammu & Kashmir by the Mufti-led coalition government generated considerable heat both in Srinagar as well as New Delhi. Although several leaders of the BJP have voiced their concern over the ...
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Oil Tankers: Vital but Risky Commerce
Vijay Sakhuja · 06 Jan, 2003 · #941 · Commentary
Prestige, an oil tanker laden with heavy fuel, broke in two and plunged three thousand five hundred meters to the bottom of the sea off Spain in November 2002. The ship spilt some five thousand tonnes of oil, with over 65,000 tonnes of oil still...
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King as an Emergency Light in Nepal
Nishchal N Pandey · 03 Jan, 2003 · #940 · Commentary
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The leaders of the political parties may have been shocked at the events of 4 October 2002; but, the international community and the ...
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‘Copy cat’ PWG and the al Qaeda cell model
P V Ramana · 02 Jan, 2003 · #939 · Commentary
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People’s War Gro...
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Iraq and the New World Order
Atul Bharadwaj · 01 Jan, 2003 · #938 · Commentary
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Iraq has been forced to lay bare in a 12000-page document its weapons programmes and other military details; Unrestrained, UN weapon ...
