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Athar Parvaiz
SRINAGAR, Jan 19 (IPS) – As war clouds hover over India and Pakistan, anxiety levels have risen in Kashmir, often described as the bone of contention between the South Asian neighbours
Bellicose posturing by the two countries, following the Nov. 26-29 terror strikes in Mumbai, has, according to [...]

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B.RAMAN
Despite differences over strategies and tactics in the fight against global jihadi terrorism, there is a convergence of views between the outgoing administration of President George Bush and the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama as to what should be the ultimate objective of the US war against global terrorism.
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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO.490
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B.RAMAN
(This is an elaboration of some points made extempore by me in continuation of my paper on terrorism at the Regional Outlook 2009 Forum of the Institute of South-East Asian Studies, Singapore, on January 7,2009. The paper is available at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers31/paper3007.html )
“Terrorists are increasingly technology-savvy, but not [...]

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Anil Netto
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 16 (IPS) – Following the political tsunami in March, which propelled a disparate opposition alliance to power in five of 13 Malaysian states, voters in the capital of oil-rich Terengganu state will determine Saturday if an ‘east coast monsoon’ will drive the alliance closer [...]

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Analysis by Praful Bidwai
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) – Exasperated by what it regards as ”a continuing pattern of evasiveness and denial in Pakistan’s response to the terrorist attack on Mumbai”, India seems to be fashioning a two-pronged approach towards Islamabad to get it to act firmly against [...]

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Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Jan 15 (IPS) – Arson attacks and killings have shut down girls’ schools and brought a thriving entertainment industry to its knees in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
On Monday, renowned Pashto comedian Alamzeb Mujahid was abducted in broad daylight from the upmarket Hayatabad Township here [...]

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Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 (IPS) – Impoverished Nepal has dramatically reduced maternal mortality cases from 540 per 100,000 live births in 2001 to the present 280 — a feat experts attribute chiefly to the legalisation of abortion.
”The number of deaths related to unsafe abortion was very high,” says [...]

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Beena Sarwar
KARACHI, Jan 13 (IPS) – As tensions between Pakistan and India continue to see-saw, citizens in both countries are stepping up efforts for peace through initiatives ranging from a cross-border signature campaign to seminars and personal efforts.
Such efforts encounter hostility between the nuclear-armed neighbours that has been [...]

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By Susenjit Guha.
Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League and former prime minister of Bangladesh, will again become prime minister on Tuesday after an alliance led by her party won a landslide victory in last week’s general election. Her victory promises much for Bangladesh. On the other hand, for many it raises [...]

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Renu Kshetry
KATHMANDU, Jan 5 (IPS) – Two years after Maoist fighters put aside their arms and agreed to place themselves in United Nations-monitored camps, the issue of integrating them into the regular Nepal army as part of a peace process hangs fire.
The Nepal Army (NA) has resisted integration [...]