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1. Taliban Revives in Pakistan, Afghanistan, NewsMax
2. Apna hi sikka khota, Rediff
3. India rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids row, Guardian
4. Removal of dead terrorist’s brain row, CNN
5. Unlikely martyr who battled the mullahs forced to flee for her life,
Observer
6. Women an endangered species in India, Scotsman
7. India, the Kashmiri colony, Rediff
8. Islamism, fascism and terrorism (Part 2), ATimes
9. Leisure class, Pioneer
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Taliban Revives in Pakistan, Afghanistan, NewsMax
One of Pakistan’s most notorious homegrown terrorists was elected to
parliament – from prison. As Azam Tariq emerged from confinement a free man,
he stepped into a limo and was driven away by his own armed guards. His
pro-Taliban, pro-al-Qaeda outlawed party, Sipah-e-Sahaba (Guardians of the
Friends of the Prophet), was one of five extremist groups banned by President
Pervez Musharraf last January as he tried to dulcify U.S. concerns. The
Pakistani police blame Tariq’s Guardians, the country’s most violent group,
for some 400 killings in the last year alone.
Taliban Revives in Pakistan, Afghanistan, NewsMax
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Apna hi sikka khota, Rediff
Compare Atal Bihari Vajpayee's response to the hijacking of IC-814
with Vladimir Putin's reaction to the Chechen jihadis' hostage-taking at the
Palace of Culture. Aboard the plane were 155 people; in the Moscow theatre
were some 900 people. Even so, the Kremlin made only one counter-offer ---
that the jihadis' lives would be spared if they freed the hostages --- and
had the special forces gas them, killing 116 hostages but saving over 700.
Simultaneously, Russian army units began combing the Chechen republic for
jihadis. And that was that. What is the message that Russia gave to the world
at large...? Simple: "Don't Mess With Spetsnaz"
Apna hi sikka khota, Rediff
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India rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids row, Guardian
Bill Gates was facing the prospect of a humiliating snub from
India's prime minister in a row over whether India will soon have the world's
largest number of HIV/Aids cases. Mr Gates, the world's richest man, arrives
in New Delhi today to announce a $100m charitable programme to fight the
virus in India. He had been expected to meet the country's prime minister,
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but yesterday India's rightwing nationalist government
made it clear that it was deeply unhappy with a study endorsed by Mr Gates
that suggests 20-25 million Indians are likely to have the HIV virus by 2010.
India rebuffs Bill Gates in Aids row, Guardian
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Removal of dead terrorist’s brain row, CNN
Prosecutors in Germany are investigating a claim that the brain of
urban guerrilla Ulrike Meinhof was removed after her death and examined to
find a reason for her violent behaviour.
Removal of dead terrorist’s brain row, CNN
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Unlikely martyr who battled the mullahs forced to flee for her life,
Observer
The 'Dutch Salman Rushdie', a Muslim woman who dared to criticise
Islam, has ignited a firestorm. She makes an unlikely martyr. But Ayaan Hirsi
Ali, a 32-year-old Somali-born Muslim immigrant to the Netherlands, who took
cleaning jobs while she studied Dutch, has been forced to flee her adopted
country under threat of death. Now she is becoming known as a latter-day
Salman Rushdie.
Unlikely martyr who battled the mullahs forced to flee for her life, Observer
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Women an endangered species in India, Scotsman
India’s dramatically declining ratio of girls to boys is soon likely
to throw up all manner of social ills. The problem is especially stark in the
cities, where the number of girls has shown the sharpest fall - even though
that is where the richest and best educated live.
Women an endangered species in India, Scotsman
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India, the Kashmiri colony, Rediff
The point we have all missed is the virtual colonization of India by
Muslim Kashmiris. I have been reading statistical information about the rate
of poverty in different states in India. Gentle reader, take this test: what
do you think the rate of poverty in Kashmir is? Below the average, above the
average in India? 10 per cent? 20 per cent? 30 per cent?
India, the Kashmiri colony, Rediff
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Islamism, fascism and terrorism (Part 2), ATimes
Substitute religious for racial purity, and most ideological and
organizational precepts of Nazism are essentially identical to the later
precepts of the Muslim Brotherhood. Marc Erikson traces the Brotherhood"s
collaboration with fascism
Islamism, fascism and terrorism (Part 2), ATimes
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Leisure class, Pioneer
The manner in which Government offices work affects not merely the
Government but the entire country. The norms for their working were
established in pre-Independence India. Since then, their working style has
undergone considerable change. A review of holidays observed and leave
entitlement is now called for. There are just too many holidays, and staff
avail of unintended leave benefits as well.At the time of Independence,
Government offices worked six days a week-Saturday was a half-day. There were
16 paid holidays, 15 days' casual leave and 31 days' earned leave. Employees
had to work for 259 days in a year.
Leisure class, Pioneer
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