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Cameron is like a cuttlefish squirting out ink: David Miliband

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David Cameron’s big splash on India, Israel and Afghanistan is no substitute for informed and considered foreign policy David Cameron has used the past two weeks to make a verbal splash on foreign policy. Like a cuttlefish squirting out ink, his words were copious and created a mess. The cancellation by the Pakistani intelligence agency, [...]

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The South China Sea belongs to China

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South China Sea

The South China Sea belongs to China

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Why India and the US dislike the ISI

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The ISI is the most competent and lethal Intelligence service on the planet. It has achieved remarkable success in every venture that it attacks. The ISI is not like any other agency in the world. It is formed of deputed officers from the Pakistan Army. — after thousands of classified United States Army documents were [...]

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The Kerry, Lugar Pakistan-US enterprise fund

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Pakistan-US enterprise fund

The Kerry, Lugar Pakistan-US enterprise fund

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The options in Afghanistan

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Based on media reports and think tank analysis, the US, ISAF and UK forces have few options in Afghanistan. It is obvious that they will begin withdrawing the forces in 2011. However the defeat has to be covered up. Therefore atrocious acts will happen which will make it look like a face saving defeat. Al ready defeat is cloaked in finger-pointing. This is exactly what the defeat in Vietnam looked like. Blame the Cambodians, blame the Laotians. Already the failed generals have tried to shift blame on the Pakistani Army and the Islamabad Intelligent Services. Wikileaks and the Cameron outbursts are part of the obfuscation strategy, followed by a media blitz–reminiscent of the of the wall to wall cover about the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Amazingly the same media outlets are leading the charge today. It was the New York Times which was one of the leading voices on the WMDs. The New York Times later apologized for its faulty reporting. Today it is in a similar paradigm–unwilling and unable to question the blunders of the occupation forces, and too ready to point fingers across the border.

The options in Afghanistan

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Unmasked: Was he born out of wedlock?

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Much has been written about Shivjai in Bharat (aka India). However there is nothing written criticizing the Maharashtra leader. All criticism of the iconoclastic leader has been stifled through book banning, manuscript burning and threats of death. Of course according to Mughal manuscripts Shiviji was a terrorists, pure and simple. Shivaji violently challenged the Mughal [...]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Unmasked: Was he born out of wedlock?

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Zardari slams Cameron: Comments can scuttle terror war

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Islamabad—A furious diplomatic row erupted between London and Islamabad Wednesday night after British Prime Minister David Cameron accused elements of the Pakistani state of promoting the export of terrorism. President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed disappointment over the statement of British Prime Minister David Cameron who alleged that Pakistan had been having relations with Taliban. [...]

Zardari slams Cameron: Comments can scuttle terror war

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Kalabagh dam would have prevented floods

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Kalabagh dam would have prevented floods

Kalabagh dam would have prevented floods

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Monsoon floods create a good case for Kalabagh Dam

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Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa flooding is a direct result of excess water coming from the rivers. Dams like the Kalabagh would have prevented this. Dams wold allow for better water management. Dams could route the water to the world’s largest canal system and take it away from the flood pains. The lives of more than 400 people should [...]

Monsoon floods create a good case for Kalabagh Dam

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Nepal: Can Pro-Chinese Prachanda shake off Pro-Indian Bhattarai

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For the past year, India’s energy in Nepal has been directed at isolating the Maoists politically. The relationship had dipped when Prachanda was PM — rising Chinese engagement India played an active role in blocking the Maoist move to dismiss the then army chief and putting together the Madhav Nepal government. Delhi has used its [...]

Nepal: Can Pro-Chinese Prachanda shake off Pro-Indian Bhattarai

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