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China drops veil of `peaceful growth’

China seems to be so confident of its economic and military might that it has now dropped any hesitation to demonstrate its power to enforce
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Karzai chases mirages in Islamabad

 
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s two-day visit to Pakistan (March 10 & 11) marked a concerted effort by Kabul to keep Islamabad in good humour and ...
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Anup Chetia met Musharraf

 
Bangladesh has confirmed that ULFA leader Anup Chetia had met the then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the latter’s visit to Dhaka, the Daily Star ...
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Haruspex, Hegemony: Ops Enterprise P’ in Bangladesh

 
Ops Enterprise P is a new interesting project unfolding in Bangladesh with the sole objective of unification of Pakistan and Bangladesh once again, says the analyst, who adds that some journalists, intellectuals, political scientists and historians have been roped in. ...
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B'desh -Myanmar face off over oil row

 
Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma before the present Junta came to power in 1988) are in a confrontationist mood since early October 2009. The face off ...
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Anatomy of Xinjiang riots

 
One of the world's remotest regions, Xinjiang is China's Central Asian frontier. It is sparsely populated and borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. ...
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Nepal's Maoist cadres target media, political rivals

 
The situation in Nepal remains volatile with the Maoists cadres attacking the media and rival political parties particularly, CPN (UML) of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar ...
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Nepal Situation Report (Updated)

 
Fragile democracy in Nepal is under threat after the Maoists precipitated a crisis. Prime Minister Prachanda resigned on Monday a day after he had his ...
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Nepal In Political, Constitutional Crisis

 
Nepal is witnessing a show down between the Maoists and other major parties. This follows the Maoist government 's decision to sack the army chief, ignoring the advice of the allies in the ruling coalition. The Prime Minister's decision needs to be ratified by Parliament with as many as twenty parties voting in favour. But the Maoists are in a minority in Parliament....
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China Sits On A Volcano Of Joblessness

 
China’s GDP growth rate slowed to 6.8% in the last quarter of 2008 from 10.6 in the first quarter, 10.1 in second quarter and 9 ...
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