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MIDEAST: Barak Seeks Redemption in Run-Off Vote
When Ehud Barak announced earlier this year that he was returning to politics and planned to recapture the leadership of Israel's centre-left Labour Party, he was greeted with a mixture of scorn and distaste.SINGAPORE: ‘Education Hub’ Plans Take a Knock
An ambitious plan by the Singapore government to attract reputable foreign universities to set up off-shore campuses on this island nation took a knock this week when Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) announced the closure of its campus here.INDIA/US: Last Lap Hurdles in Nuclear Deal
The United States-India nuclear cooperation agreement, initialled almost two years ago, has run into obstacles in the final stages of negotiation.IRAQ: Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bid to unite Sunnis and Shiites on the basis of a common demand for withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces, reported last weekend by the Washington Post's Sudarsan Raghavan, seems likely to get a positive response from Sunni armed resistance.IRAQ: Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bid to unite Sunnis and Shiites on the basis of a common demand for withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces, reported last weekend by the Washington Post's Sudarsan Raghavan, seems likely to get a positive response from Sunni armed resistance.U.S./IRAN: Scholars Bear Brunt of Anti-Diplomacy Backlash
With only a few days left until the United States and Iran are expected to hold much anticipated talks, several factors point to the potential for a real diplomatic breakthrough.POLITICS-INDIA: Future Lies Firmly With Coalitions
Should India move towards a two party system? Will the fragmented, multi-party polity of the world's second most populous nation-state soon resemble that of the United States or Britain?MIDEAST: Not Another Ground Assault
Twice this week, Defence Minister Amir Peretz has warned that Israel will not refrain from launching a massive ground operation in Gaza if Palestinian militants do not halt the firing of rockets into southern Israel from the coastal strip.MIDEAST: Not Another Ground Assault
Twice this week, Defence Minister Amir Peretz has warned that Israel will not refrain from launching a massive ground operation in Gaza if Palestinian militants do not halt the firing of rockets into southern Israel from the coastal strip.POLITICS: World Bank Should Go With Wolfowitz – Activists
Paul Wolfowitz's fall from grace is symptomatic of the double standards and hypocrisy of the World Bank and strains the marriage between neo-liberal policies and militarism that he embodied, say activists and analysts.IRAN: Nuclear Parleys Run Parallel to Iraq Talks
While the Iranian regime has been categorical that negotiations with the European Union over its controversial nuclear programme are isolated from planned talks with the United States over security in Iraq, the timing of the parleys are such that overlap may be hard to avoid.IRAN: Nuclear Parleys Run Parallel to Iraq Talks
While the Iranian regime has been categorical that negotiations with the European Union over its controversial nuclear programme are isolated from planned talks with the United States over security in Iraq, the timing of the parleys are such that overlap may be hard to avoid.POLITICS: Wolfowitz Fueled Tensions That Led to His Demise
Disgraced World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who announced his resignation Thursday, may insist that his staff and the Bank's directors ganged up on him because of his role in the Iraq war, but analysts and a Bank source say the ouster was mostly self-inflicted.POLITICS: Wolfowitz Fueled Tensions That Led to His Demise
Disgraced World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who announced his resignation Thursday, may insist that his staff and the Bank's directors ganged up on him because of his role in the Iraq war, but analysts and a Bank source say the ouster was mostly self-inflicted.INDIA: Dalit Woman Stages a Political Revolution
The Hindi word 'Dalit' has entered the international lexicon in recent years as an evocative reminder of the unique cruelty and injustice of India's caste system.POLITICS-US: Surge Strategy Shows Weaknesses
More than three months into the implementation of U.S. President George W. Bush's "surge" strategy, scepticism over the likelihood of its success is still running high here.IRAN: Afghan Refugees – Pawns in Standoff with West
As the Iranian regime firmly implements a plan to repatriate the bulk of an estimated one million Afghan refugees living illegally on its soil, it is apparent that the move is aimed at embarrassing the West over its failures in the region.SRI LANKA: ‘Flying Tiger’ Raids Pose Hard Questions
By successfully carrying out air raids on military and economic targets in and around the capital, separatist rebels have demonstrated a new capacity to wage ‘all-out' war in their fight to carve out a separate state for the Tamil ethnic minority in Sri Lanka.SRI LANKA: 'Flying Tiger' Raids Pose Hard Questions
By successfully carrying out air raids on military and economic targets in and around the capital, separatist rebels have demonstrated a new capacity to wage ‘all-out' war in their fight to carve out a separate state for the Tamil ethnic minority in Sri Lanka.POLITICS-US: Religious Right Recruits Bush Loyalist
In mid-March, the Family Research Council (FRC), Washington's premiere right-wing religious lobbying outfit, announced that J. Kenneth Blackwell had been hired on as a "senior fellow for family empowerment".BURMA: Freedom for Suu Kyi Haunts Junta
One date, May 27, has come to haunt Burma's military rulers. It marks the occasion when the junta customarily extends the current detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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