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Nuclear Security in Pakistan: Separating Myth From Reality

pakistanpal wrote 15 hours ago: Feroz Hassan Khan Pakistan is passing through an extremely delicate phase in its history. Recent ins … more →

Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Afghan War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Baitullah Mehsud, extremists, Gen. Tariq Majid, IAEA, Kashmir

Nepal, Kathmandu: Five rupee ticket for water

dietvorst wrote 15 hours ago: Ranibari Youth Club has started charging money for collecting water from a local stonespout. Consume … more →

Tags: Charges, Water supply, income-generation, nepal, public standposts, revenue collection, urban water supply, water supply charges

Day Laborer2 comments

Priom wrote 1 day ago: We see uncountable number of beggars roaming on the streets of Dhaka everyday,and we also see a lar … more →

Tags: Photography, working class heroes, Bangladesh, Labor, Work, Laborer, work for food

Sathya Sai Baba Sect: A Crisis of Trust

Barry Pittard wrote 2 days ago: One of the distinctive phenomena that independently confirm voices critical of Sathya Sai Baba and h … more →

Tags: India, spirituality, activism, Opinion, Religion, Faith, Mind Control, Hinduism, UNESCO

Sri Lanka: Can Spice island turn into a bland nation?

Nalaka Gunawardene wrote 2 days ago: Ancient Lanka: Open and engaged with the world - image courtesy http://nabataea.net I am neither a h … more →

Tags: Asia, Good Governance, media, Media Freedom, New Media, Sri Lanka, War, writing, Groundviews

Operation Khanjar – American surge in Afghanistan

sharma24 wrote 3 days ago: This is another of Obama’s policy of CHANGE. The American approach in Afghanistan has seen a radical … more →

Tags: International Relations, Sociology, Pakistan, Osama bin Laden, Pashtuns, Taliban, Politics, Af-Pak Policy, Swat

Questioning The Ethical Legitimacy Of Drone Attacks In Pakistan And Afghanistan

pakistanpal wrote 3 days ago: By Brian McAfee Countercurrents.org Ongoing Civilian casualties have become an important considerati … more →

Tags: Terrorism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Drone Attacks, Civilian Casualties, Human Rights Commission, U. S. Troops

Human Development in South Asia Report 20082 comments

awaam wrote 4 days ago: [Mehbubul Haq Development Centre launched the Human Development Report 2008 today in Islamabad. Foll … more →

Tags: Education, Human development, India, Pakistan, poverty, technology, mehbubul haq Devlopemnt Centre, poverty alleviation

Bangladesh workers torch factory

Advance The Struggle wrote 4 days ago: Many times when we hear about militant strikes happening they’re situated in places like Franc … more →

Tags: News Analysis, Class Struggle

The New Indian Government and Challenges on the Economy Front

Amitoj Gautam wrote 4 days ago: ELECTIONS 2009-AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE (This article was written for INSIGHT INDIA AN I … more →

Tags: Economy, Business, India, Asia, World

India - Update on Total Sanitation Campaign

envhealth@usaid wrote 4 days ago: Rural Sanitation There has also been tremendous increase in the access to sanitation facilities by … more →

Tags: Progress on Sanitation, India, rural sanitation, total sanitation campaign

Hang in there, India

swoplv wrote 4 days ago: By Craig Young – 1st July 2009 After the heartbreak occassioned by the brutality of Iran … more →

Tags: AIDS2008 Mexico, GLBTQ, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL, Laws, legislation, LGBTQ, Male Sex Work

Why New Coal?

Caroline Howe wrote 5 days ago: Perplexed by the inter-related problems India faces as it develops at the cost of 2/3 rd of its popu … more →

Tags: Asia, Carbon Sequestration, climate challenge, Climate Justice, Coal, Coal Campaign, Dirty Energy, Economics, efficiency

Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and on the increase

vitalisnews wrote 5 days ago: Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and on the increase Report shows that populations acr … more →

Tags: Natural Health, Food & Nutrition, increase, Vitamin D, middle east, dificiency, widespread, Sun, Global

When do we change the name of ‘Indian Ocean’?

Pavan Gupta wrote 5 days ago: Why did we have to change the name of the ‘Indian Subcontinent’ to ‘South Asia’? Then why should we … more →

Tags: Indian Politics, INTERNATIONAL, america, arunachal pradesh, Bal & Raj, Barack Obama, Chatrapati Shivaji Maha Sagar, Chindian Ocean, ChinPak Ocean

Governance level in Pakistan at lowest in region

hamarapakistan1947 wrote 6 days ago: Note: This is different from the US Foriegn Policy Magazine’s Index of Failed States that pla … more →

Tags: Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Islam, lahore, Quaid-e-Azam, Srilanka, The News

A Brief Introduction to ‘Baruas’ in Bangladesh – Ven. Upali Sramon

kabyasikhari wrote 6 days ago: Barua community in Bangladesh is one of the several communities who had been following Buddhism sinc … more →

Tags: Barua Community, Buddhists, south asian communities, Barua, Bangladesh, bangladeshi buddhists, buddhist communities

No wonder, Ali Azmat's Voice and Music are both Unbearable

antiantichrist wrote 1 week ago: Ali Azmat is a Freemason September 10, 2008      Ali Azmat, one of my favorite singers recently rel … more →

Tags: Seeing with the Eyes of the Believer: Allah's Ligh, Muslim, Music, Entertainment, freemasonry, Christ, Anti-Christ, dajjal, Jesus

What To Do To Prepare for Summer Shaadi Season?

Thaakat Foundation wrote 1 week ago: Uzma Bawany/Thaakat Foundation Here it is Chicago- Summer wedding season. Quit pulling your hair out … more →

Tags: Uzma Bawany, Chicago, Culture, Events, identity, India, Pakistan, Philosophy, Society


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