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Bush's Callous Disregard for Human Life
17:23 08.04.2003 |
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USA spends billions on war as 40 million starve in Africa
George Bush, like Donald Rumsfeld, claims to be a religious man. Which religion, it is not clear but it certainly cannot be Christianity. After sending countless people to their deaths as governor of Texas, George Bush now spends billions of dollars on an illegal war in which war crimes are...
The American Monster: Who Can Stop It?
08:43 08.04.2003 |
Columnists
If the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem begins to look like a nail
A popular Chinese curse goes thus: "May you live in interesting times!" The world is indeed living in 'interesting' times courtesy of the only surviving super power (Robin Cook, the immediate past British Foreign Secretary would prefer to call it Hyper Power) on...
Life Off-Duty
10:41 07.04.2003 |
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Nobody wants to see a love story. It would remind people too much of home I guessA sure sign of easing war tensions? Possibly. The gym was shut down when the war began: troops were ordered to stay in uniform at all times -- even during off-hours -- so they would be best prepared for a possible chemical attack. The gym opened again earlier this week...
Does Russia Need India
06:28 07.04.2003 |
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It is wrong to say that Russian economy is ailing
Adhocism is haunting India's foreign policy balking a clear expression of its standpoint even on crucial issues like Iraq. Last week its foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal was in Moscow conveying to the Russian leaders India's agreement with their demand for a political settlement to the war. Based...
The Strategic Landscape After Iraq
08:56 01.04.2003 |
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Diplomacy is on hold for the moment, but there should be no mistaking the diplomatic significance of the war in Iraq. While the debates in the United Nations failed to prevent war, they triggered subtle changes in the geopolitical landscape that could fundamentally reshape the complexion of diplomacy. The United States will surely remain the...
US Bombs Iran
14:23 26.03.2003 |
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Crusaders Readying for 2004 Invasion
While the slaughter continues in Iraq, the United States has its sights set on the real prize: the Islamic Republic of Iran. The bottom line has not changed in 2003. It is all about economics. In the 1950's and 1960's, the US and UK were worried about the nationalization of oil production by Iran and Iraq. In...
Ali Ashraf Khan: A pre-planned war
12:48 22.03.2003 |
Columnists
So the terrible eventuality has happened and American and British forces have been let loose against Saddam Hussein. The irony is that although this is a fight between Saddam Hussein and President Bush to avenge his father's shortcoming in Iraq during the last Gulf War, yet the innocent Iraqi men, women and children will suffer for no fault of...
























