What does the Arabic word "jihad" mean? Jihad is "holy war." Or, more precisely: It means the legal, compulsory, communal effort to expand the territories ruled by Muslims at the expense of territories ruled by non-Muslims. The purpose of jihad, in other words, is not directly to spread the Islamic faith but to extend sovereign Muslim power (faith, of course, often follows the flag). Jihad is thus unabashedly offensive in nature, with the eventual goal of achieving Muslim dominion over the entire globe.

http://www.danielpipes.org/article/990
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Exodus, Outlook

20,000,000 - Indians Living Abroad. 246,000 - migrated to the US in the last two years. 85,000 - Skilled computer professionals leaving India every year contributing to annual "resource loss" of $2 billion. 11,000 - migrated to New Zealand in last 3 years

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20030120&fname=Cover+Story+%28F%29&sid=1
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Manufacturing will be tomorrow's star, Rediff

The really good news so far can be clubbed under five heads: first an end to food shortages, then market-oriented reforms, more recently the export boom in software and pharmaceuticals, and most recently low inflation. The fifth is round the corner.

http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/jan/11guest.htm
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Pakistan as proliferator: A view from Washington, Asia Times

Pakistan appears to be ignoring the fact that the United States is especially edgy about any aspects of nuclear proliferation. And it will continue to ignore this at the peril of seriously alienating Washington.

http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EA14Df03.html
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West 'plunders' Indian therapy for quick profit, Observer

Cher, Madonna, Prince Charles and Cherie Blair have eased the pressures of fame by turning to Ayurveda, an ancient Indian therapy which uses holistic healing techniques to reach the parts that Western treatments cannot.

http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,873094,00.html
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Why Surjeet loves Laloo Yadav, Rediff

Comrade Surjeet has decided a rebuilt Third Front should fight the next general election under Laloo Prasad Yadav"s leadership! Surjeet has learnt nothing from the Congress" experience in Gujarat.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jan/08flip.htm
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Clash of the super-systems, Asia Times

Three global movements are fighting to shape the future of the planet. If we want to understand everything from the emergence of terrorism as a global force to the domestic politics in the US, it is these three systems we have to pay attention to.

http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EA07Aa01.html
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Know The Enemy (And What He Believes), FrontPage

Yet, we already know who our enemy is, no matter how many choose to deny it. Almost a year has passed since the attacks on Wall Street and the Pentagon. We have seen the face of the enemy, even if we are still reluctant to name him.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1382
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The Scandal of U.S.-Saudi Relations, DanielPipes

When the Saudi authorities learned that the President intended to say grace before a festive Thanksgiving dinner, they remonstrated; Saudi Arabia knows only one religion, they said, and that is Islam. Bush acceded, and he and his entourage instead celebra

http://www.danielpipes.org/article/995
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Kiwi tour has been a reality check, sify

Sunil Gavaskar: What the Kiwi tour has done is to lessen people"s expectations who after the victory over England and then the Champions Trophy triumph thought that, all the Indians had to do was to make an appearance on the field & they would win!
http://www.khel.com/worldcup/fullstory.asp?id=10451&sports=Cricket

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