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Pakistan braced for street protests after Sharif bar- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
"Pakistan braced Thursday for a new wave of street protests in a showdown with President Asif Ali Zardari after a court barred the country's main opposition leader from running for office. "
Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine
"APIP-SQUEAK of dissent is peeping through the fog of euphoria. Slumdog Millionaire (SDM) was going straight to DVD but it was pulled from that fate and lo — 10 Oscar noms? Really? If people like their social realism packaged like a cake of detergent, wit
Bangarappa quits SP, to join Congress-India-The Times of India
"Samajwadi Party MP and former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa on Thursday resigned from Lok Sabha as well as the party and announced his plans to join the Congress.
He said that he decided to quit SP and join the Congress as he felt that BJP's win
Poll of Afghans Shows Drop In Support for U.S. Mission - washingtonpost.com
Not sure how they would conduct an "accurate" poll in Afghanistan, could be worse than they think, these results may be low ballin' it.
"A new poll in Afghanistan shows sagging support for U.S. efforts in that country, with airstrikes a chief concern. A
FT.com / Asia-Pacific - Asia’s migrant workers face uncertainty
"Across Asia there are already plenty of signs that the global economic slowdown is having an impact on workers. Beijing this week said 20m migrant workers who had gone elsewhere within China in search of work had lost their jobs because of the crisis.
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Sri Lanka: Disregard for Civilian Safety Appalling | Human Rights Watch
"A Sri Lankan government statement that it is not responsible for the safety of civilians who remain in areas controlled by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) indicates an appalling disregard for the well-being of the civilian populati
Civilians are, increasingly, targets in war | Victims of war | The Economist
"THE individual stories are dreadful: of families killed together in their sleep by exploding artillery shells, of thousands forced from their homes. Civilians in northern Sri Lanka are caught between advancing government soldiers and the crumbling forces
FT.com / Asia-Pacific - IMF almost halves Asia’s growth prospects
"The International Monetary Fund warns that the export-dependent continent will not be able to pull through on its own as it announces sharp downgrades of its global growth forecasts"
EU calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Sri Lanka — EUbusiness.com - business, legal and economic news and information from the European Union
"EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel on Thursday called for a ceasfire between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels to allow trapped civilians to flee the combat zone. "This is an escalating humanitarian catastrophe. We are extremely worried about
BAYAN leads protest in the Philippines vs US support of Israeli atrocities in Gaza
"As Israeli military operations in Gaza continued, activists from the multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) trooped today to the US embassy in Manila to protest the American government’s support for Israel."
The Sunday Leader Online - editorial- and they came for me
Shortly before the death of Sri Lanken journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge wrote this editorial.
"The Sunday Leader has been a controversial newspaper because we say it like we see it: whether it be a spade, a thief or a murderer, we call it by that name.
Recommended Reading « Jagadguru on Politics
"I strongly recommend you to read this editorial piece by a Sri Lankan journo. Great post by a great guy. May he rest in peace."
Far Eastern Economic Review | Surviving 'India's Enron'
"The arrest last week of Satyam Computer Services, Ltd., Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju for falsifying corporate figures is being called “India’s Enron,” The Indian government’s decision to replace Mr. Raju’s entire board underlines how great a shock the Saty
Polite Indian | The Rajasthan Story Of Caste Politics.
"What is happening in Rajasthan is pretty shameful but not unexpected. The Gurjars have come out on the streets and their demand is that their OBC status be changed to ST. The protests have turned violent and as usual loss of life and public property foll
The Story of India | PBS
"Everything you heaerd about India is true."
Not sure how good this will be. That quote is kinda stupid, will it touch on the feudalism of the country, semi-capitalistic expansion, Western imperialism, BJP, etc.?
Plus, the story is being narrated and t
BSF seeks more troops to curb Bangladeshi influx-India-The Times of India
"BSF has asked more battalions to curb infiltration, movement of militants and enhance management on the India-Bangladesh border."
New York Times--Bribes Corrode Afghans’ Trust in Government
"The state built on the ruins of the Taliban regime often seems to exist for the enrichment of those who run it."
Death sparks building worker riot in Delhi | libcom.org
"After a fatal accident on the Commonwealth Games construction site more than thousand building workers destroyed company offices, cars and trucks.
The aggravating global crisis imposes a new social frame-work for incidents like this: the daily deaths an
Grasp the Situation and Grab the Opportunities! Consolidate and Expand the Gains on All Fronts -- Communist Party India (ML-Liberation)
The CPIML (Liberation) states: "After decades of aggressive expansion, world capitalism is passing through a period of grave crisis. Big banks and other financial institutions have begun to collapse like nine pins in the US, the headquarters of the world
Aspects of India's Economy: How Distortion , Disarticulation, and Exclusion are Built into India's Runaway 'Growth' -- Research Unit for Political Economy
An paper on India's present day growth in economy: "We proceeded to describe the distinct course of colonial development of India: how colonialism used its political hold to drain surplus from India’s economy, and for this purpose ruptured important linka
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