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086745
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After national elections in February 2008, optimism in Pakistan was brimming over. Perhaps nowhere did the elections have a more immediate impact than in Balochistan, the province that has been attempting to break away from Islamabad's control for decades. The first positive signs from the national capital came after Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman (and now President) Asif Ali Zardari formally apologised to the people of Balochistan for the excesses committed against them in the past.
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086742
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2009.
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throughout Burma, preparations are quietly being made for the country's first elections in two decades. The last time Burmese citizens went to the polls, in May 1990, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won convincingly. The country's military rulers refused to allow the party to form the government. This time around, the generals are planning not to repeat their mistake, and so are tightly controlling all aspects of the polls in order to ensure they do not lose. One of the central tenets of this strategy appears to be deliberately keeping everyone in the dark.
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086743
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2009.
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Even with the end of the LTTE as a pseudo state power, it is clear that without power-sharing and the recognition of the rights of all communities, the authoritarian regime of Mahinda Rajapakse will only further alienate Sri Lanka's minorities.
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086737
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2009.
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By using illegal FM radio broadcasts, militants in Pakistan are gaining the stature of a parallel government, . But one government response shows that the militants have power but not credibility.
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086733
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2009.
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The predictions have begun on the outcome of the world's biggest elections and four women seem to hold the key. The cast factor and regionalism have become so important that development issues and the functioning of governement have become less critical in determining the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls.
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086746
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2009.
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For many a tourist for many a decade, staying in a houseboat has been the highlight of a visit to Kashmir. Floating on the serene waters of the Dal and Nagin lakes in the Valley, with picturesque mountains forming the backdrop, houseboats have been hosting visitors, mostly from the West, since colonial times. But suddenly, this idyllic tradition has been threatened, and simply because nothing was done when there was time.
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086735
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2009.
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Events that take place in the springtime, particularly in April, have generally shaped contemporary Nepali politics. If the People's Movement in 2006 ensured that King Gyanendra had to give way and the people reigned supreme, in April 2008 elections to the Constituent Assembly threw up an unexpected result, leaving the Maoists with the single largest vote share. This spring, Nepal faces a multitude of challenges, from pushing ahead with the writing of the constitution and the peace process in general, to ensuring a semblance of governance and strengthening of democratic institutions
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086741
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During the last seven years, the US and the international donor community have spent some USD 15 to 31 billion on rebuilding, development and democratisation activities in Afghanistan. Today, the tangible result of this work seems to be the population of some nine million citizens suffering acute food insecurity, and millions of others facing widespread violence, endemic corruption and political anarchy.
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086736
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2009.
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Unravelling the Taliban phenomenon has never been easy, but it has undoubtedly become more complex with the rise of the Pakistani Taliban in 2003, making it necessary to differentiate this group from the Afghan Taliban. The former constituted the 'original' Taliban, militants who captured power in Afghanistan against heavy odds in 1996 by fighting and defeating the mujahideen who had earlier waged jihad, or holy war, to oust the Soviets. But members of the Afghan Taliban have been vigilant, regrouping after the ouster of their regime in Afghanistan in December 2001 as a result of the post-11 September 2001 invasion by the US. Indeed, militants with the Afghan Taliban are now resurgent, and pose a tough challenge to troops from 41 NATO and non-NATO countries, including the US, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
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086744
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2009.
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Much of the current debate on Afghanistan is focused on efforts to understand the changing dynamics and consequences of the ongoing conflict, plus erratic and self-serving proposals by the international community - chiefly the Americans - to 'manage' the increasing violence and prevent a total collapse of the current regime, led by the unpopular Hamid Karzai. At the heart of these proposals is the consolidation of a 'security state', helped by Western arms and money, with the primary aim of preventing the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban and its 'global jihadists' and reducing the potential of attacks against the United States and Western Europe. Unfortunately, this very focus holds the promise of greater instability.
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