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OUR NORTH AMERICA |
| Canada: Energy politics
could make or break liberals |
WHILE U.S. media pundits
dub the race for the White House as a battle between
the "warrior" and the "orator",
Canada's current election campaign might be characterised
as "the meanie" versus "the weenie".
Chris Arsenault of the IPS writes from
Vancouver, “as Canada's contest
enters its second week, the Conservative Party,
led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- "the
meanie" -- is looking to take majority control
over Parliament, boosting its current minority
government status.More
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ANALYSIS
Cheating people all the way
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| Gobind Thukral |
| OF late there has been a
high voltage advertisement campaign by the Congress
lead UPA government. It tells the people that the
government under the prime ministership of Dr Manmohan
Singh has fulfilled all the promises outlined in
the Common Minimum Programme. Aam Admi should be
happy and support the ruling coalition.More |
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US:
Vested Interests Drive New Pakistan Policy |
| Gareth Porter for IPS |
THE George W. Bush administration's
decision to launch commando raids and step up
missiles strikes against Taliban and al Qaeda
figures in the tribal areas of Pakistan followed
what appears to have been the most contentious
policy process over the use of force in Bush's
eight-year presidency.More |
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| Russia challenges America
in American backyard |
| Sawraj Singh writes from Washington |
RUSSIA
continues to challenge America’s status
as the only super power in the World. This time
it has brought the challenge in the American backyard.
Russia has brought its war ships to Venezuela.
The Russian Naval fleet consists of the nuclear
carrier “Peter the Great”, and submarine
destroyer Admiral Chebaynenko and two other supporting
ships. Russia has already sent its bombers to
Venezuela.More |
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| West unable to stop
growing unity of the Third World |
| Sawraj Singh |
THE
recent developments in Africa, South America and
Asia show that the traditional western policy
of “Divide and Rule”, is not working
anymore. The Third World continues to show more
unity, whether it is Zimbabwe in Africa, Bolivia
in South America or Nepal and India in Asia. In
Zimbabwe, the western countries have failed to
dislodge Mugabe and incite a civil war between
the Zanu and the MDC.More |
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
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| Judges Enquiry Act:
Search for a substitute |
Joginder
Singh Toor
 THE
recent recommendation by the Chief Justice of India,
to the union government to initiate impeachment
proceedings against Justice Soumitra Sen of the
Calcutta High Court has set the government and the
law makers in search of a substitute of the Judges
Enquiry Act, 1968. This Act supplemented Article
124 and 217, 218 of the Constitution regarding the
procedure for removal of a Judge for his misbehaviour
or misconduct or incapacity.More |
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| ART & LITERATURE |
| Lula a "Tireless
Advocate" for the poor and landless |
BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
who rose from a poor childhood to lead a growing
economic powerhouse that has placed the ideal
of inclusive prosperity at the centre of its development
policies, received the Inter Press Service (IPS)
International Achievement Award 2008.''We would
like to honour you because you fought side by
side with the landless and deprived, and for your
efforts in initiating and supporting policies
towards social inclusion and peaceful resolution
of conflict.More
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EC announces assembly polls
in five states | 50 killed in clashes in Pakistan
| Free treatment of Dengue Patients | Asian stocks
soar after US rally | Anand
to play black in first game
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| EC announces assembly polls
in five states |
Skipping
a decision on polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Election
Commission on Tuesday announced one-day poll in Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Mizoram while Naxalite-infested
Chattisgarh will have two-phased elections between November
14 and December 4.More
Updated on October
14, 2008 at 01:00 p.m.
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- 50 killed in clashes in PakistanMore
- Free treatment of Dengue
PatientsMore
- Asian stocks soar after US
rallyMore
- Anand to
play black in first gameMore
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| E D I T O R I A L |
| Misreading Terrorism |
TERROR
is tearing South Asia apart and hurting where
it hurts most. Whether it is Pakistan or India,
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Afghanistan, it is social
fabric and economy is under brutal strain. In
many other parts of the world this scourge is
eating away innocent lives, disrupting economies,
destroying social cohesion and creating unprecedented
security. If we look at the Stare laws and harsh
measure, resulting at times into State terrorism,
the world looks least civilised.More
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| FOCUS |
| America, only days away from
a complete meltdown? |
Gobind
Thukral
 AMERICA
is in deep financial crisis, perhaps worse than
what it suffered during the great depression around
1930. It is also in deep moral crisis. It finds
no justification in invading one after one country;
Iraq and Afghanistan, all in the name of fighting
terrorism. It has definitely led to more terrorism,
caused death of thousands of innocent people.More |
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| Financial
crisis likely to further erode U.S. influence |
Jim Lobe reports for IPS from
Washington
 WHILE
the White House and U.S. lawmakers hash out final terms
of a proposed 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout,
foreign policy analysts are warning that the current
financial crisis could very well hasten the decline
of U.S. power and influence overseas.More
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US: National protests erupt over bailout plan |
Haider Rizvi reports
from New York
THE George W. Bush
administration's plan to spend hundreds of billions
of dollars to rescue giant Wall Street firms from their
current financial meltdown has unleashed a spontaneous
wave of protests across the United States.More
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| Roots
of the fiscal mess up in America |
Harjap Singh Aujla writes from
New Jersey
AMERICA is passing through
an extreme fiscal crisis, perhaps never seen since the
dark days of the depression of 1929. In recent months
a number of major banks and other financial institutions
have either failed or were taken over by other firms or
were rescued by massive injection of tax payer’s
money.More |
| FEATURES |
| Negative employment |
Vinod
Anand
EMPLOYMENT has many connotations. This write-up
focuses on one new connotation. Before we do that
let us briefly see what employment means and how
it is measured? Employment can not simply be defined
as the number of people with jobs.More |
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No longer city of Nawabs |
| L K Verma
 THE
historical city of Lucknow is situated on the banks
of the river Gomti. It is famous for its hospitality,
cuisines and 'Shaam-e-Awadh' world over. At present
Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh, the largest
state in India. Earlier it was the capital of former
Awadh state from year 1775 to 1856.More
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| COMMENT |
Punjab:
GM crops cause cancer, birth defects
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 Dr
John Fagan, a leading US-based bio-medical researcher,
has warned that the increased incidence of cancer and
birth defects in Punjab might have been triggered by
genetically modified (GM) crops and excessive use of
pesticides. Dr Fagan was in Punjab for five days and
visited the worst affected areas.More
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| China's
curry king's next target India |
| A TAMILIAN who taught the
mainland Chinese to eat curry is now eyeing India to expand
his $ 74 million empire. But this time, Chettinad magnate
Munuswamy Gnanavelu, 58, alias Antony, wants to serve
the authentic Chinese fare he has eaten for 34 years in
China. Sorry, Manchurian will be off the menu.More |
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| At least 100 rapes in Karachi
a day |
| ON average, 100 women are
raped every 24 hours in Karachi city alone, and a majority
of them are working women. According to Additional Police
Surgeon (APS) Dr Zulfiqar Siyal “A majority of them
are working class women or those working as domestic help
and are mostly up to 20 years old.”.More |
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