Posted on 25 November 2010. Tags: Afghan, David Petraeus, Mark Sedwill, NATO, Politics of Afghanistan, Taliban, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Extending the Opium War President Obama extended by years America’s commitment to the Afghan war, which is hard to understand given his strategy’s lack of success and competing threats. Congress must demand that the President justify this extension. Last weekend at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) annual conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Obama declared, “My [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Jury, Léo Apotheker, Oracle Corporation, SAN FRANCISCO, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, United States Department of Justice
SAN FRANCISCO— On the losing end of a $1.3 billion jury verdict for stealing a rival’s intellectual property, SAP AG is facing the difficult decision about whether to double down — by appealing — or folding. Either route is going to cost the German company dearly, and will have implications for how other technology companies [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Aircraft carrier, China, military, People's Liberation Army Navy, Russian Navy, Shi Lang, Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, Varyag
November 24, 2010: Work is picking up on what appears to be China‘s first aircraft carrier, the Shi Lang. For eight years now, China has been tinkering with a half finished Russian aircraft carrier. Two years ago, this ex-Russian aircraft carrier, Varyag, was renamed the Shi Lang (after the Chinese general who took possession of [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, Emomalii Rahmon, Pakistan, President of Tajikistan, Prime Minister, Salman Bashir, Tajikistan, Yousaf Raza Gillani
President Emomali Rahmonov of Tajikistan Tajikistan wants access to sea through Gwadar. Pakistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday agreed to further strengthen their existing bilateral relations through increased co-operation in diverse fields, including trade and economy, energy, infrastructure, transportation, communication and people-to-people interaction. This was agreed between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Tajik President Emomali [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Afghan, Central Asia, Chaklala Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Prime Minister, Sayyid, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Tajikistan, Yousaf Raza Gillani
While Bharat wants to move closer to the US, the entire spectrum of Pakistani society is urging Pakistan to dump the so called US “Strategic Dialogue” and move closer to China and the Central Asia Republics. If the US wants to stay in Afghanistan for the next forty years, it is up to them. Pakistan [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Business, Exchange-traded fund, HSBC, Investing, MSCI, Persian Gulf, Sharia, United Arab Emirates
OIC flag The organization representing the world’s biggest grouping of Muslim-majority nations is seeking to attract more overseas investment by offering the first Shariah-compliant stock index from its 57 members. The Organization of the Islamic Conference based in Jeddah hired Standard & Poor’s to start an index of about 50 of the most-traded stocks in [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Asia, Bihar, BR Ambedkar, Caste and Communal Issues, Constitution of India, Dalit, India, South Asia
The Dalits are at the lowest rung of the ladder in India. It is an atrocity to which many Indian leaders have paid lip service to but in actuality done nothing. There is some tokenism, but the size of the ongoing travesty of justice has no parallel in human history. Nowhere in the world have [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010.
Image via Wikipedia Threats are a matter of perception. Their assessments take into account capacities, not so much intentions, of a potential adversary. For an accurate reading, the short term and long term objectives of all leading players in the world have to be judged. Applying this criterion will reveal that India is living in [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: Bangalore, Bobby Jindal, Gujarat, India, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Muslim, Narendra Modi, Sri Lanka
Things are not good in Gujarat and its capital of commerce Ahmedabad and Banglore. A few years ago Narendra Modi orchestrated a vile pogrom of bigotry against the Muslims. More than 3000 Muslims were systematically targeted and massacred. More than 400,000 were thrown out the state. They still yearn to return to their villages. Mr. [...]
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Posted on 24 November 2010. Tags: China, China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation, Dassault Mirage 5, JF-17 Thunder, Northrop F-5, Pakistan, Pakistan Airforce, People's Liberation Army Air Force
China is in discussions about selling the Chengdu Aircraft/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunder fighter to up to eight countries. The third-generation, single-engine fighter, which was jointly developed by Pakistan and China, is being pitched as a replacement for several existing types. These include the RSK MiG-21, Dassault Mirage 5, Northrop F-5 and Chinese models, such [...]
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