“Living in fear”:http://www.sulekha.com/redirectnh.asp?cid=308101
bq. Recently in Kashmore some 20 armed personnel allegedly attacked villagers with rocket launchers, rifles and other automatic weapons at a bus-stand, leaving 15 people dead including a Hindu woman, and kidnapped nine villagers including threeHindus. “The armed men threatened the Hindu communities of Kashmore and Thul talukas to either leave the towns or face the consequences,” said a local journalist who was present at the incident.
All the untold benefits of living in the “Land of the Pure”

“SARS as metaphor: a tale of two epidemics”:http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/25rajeev.htm
bq. Nike has contingency plans to move its production out of China. Motorola has restricted travel to affected areas, while Honda is moving the families of its expatriates out of China. Wal Mart has banned all travel to China. Cathay Pacific has been forced to ground much of its fleet due to rampant cancellations; other Asian airlines are affected. The tourist flow into East Asia, one of the region’s major money earners, has been curtailed dramatically. The Canton Trade Fair, usually the single largest trade show in China, is effectively dead this year.
The chinese may value secrecy above the life of their citizens. But the Capitalist who trades with China values his life more than money.
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niraj says on China Mishandling the SARS epidemic
bq. One wonders why China was not more proactive in this affair? Its reputation is not actually stellar among fellow Asian countries, many of whom see China as a hegemonic power. But this case will reaffirm the view that China is not to be trusted, and is a step back for a country trying to change its reputation from a Communist state to a flourishing democratic power.
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Riyadh, Islamabad Share Stand on Iraq and says
bq. The two sides urged the US-British forces to leave Iraq as soon as possible and set up an interim administration with a view to establishing a constitutional government
Is this why are getting statements like this from the Administration ? to show that Uncle Sam is not happy with Pakistan
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“Comrades for the market!”:http://www.himalmag.com/2003/april/briefs.htm
bq. ?Let no one doubt that we are seeking an open economy. We have in mind an economic system where there is healthy competition in industry, run with private investment?
And the person saying this is Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a member of the Maoist group of Nepal. Wish the communists in Kerala would learn from this.

“Shahriar Kabir: The zealous secularist”:http://www.amantran.com/Exclusive/SectionFiles/exclusive5.asp
bq. When Zia-ur-Rehman came to power after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the entire history of our liberation war was distorted. It was not taught properly in the schools. It was in 1995, when BNP was in power, one day I was watching a quiz programme. A young boy was asked: Against whom Bangladesh fought the liberation war in 1971? The boy replied, `India’. They are taught in schools that `Pakistan is our friend and India is our enemy.’
and how many Indian lives were lost to liberate Bangladesh ?