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Exodus and eviction in Sri Lanka's civil war -
Nirupama Subramanian, Hindu
At a time the debate on Sri Lanka is focussed on the first five months of 2009 during which a yet undetermined number of Tamil civilians lost their lives in the final phases of the Army's military push against the LTTE, an anthropological discussion of how the island's two main minorities – Tamils and Muslims – view family, home, and homeland from the prism of their 30 year-experience of conflict might seem esoteric.
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David Cameron's rift with China could cost UK billions -
Malcolm Moore & James Quinn, Telegraph UK
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A Benghazi bombshell -
Marc A Thiessen, Washington Post
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China flexes its muscles -
Srikanth Kondapalli, Times of India
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How India played hardball with China -
Indrani Bagchi & Rajat Pandit, Times of India
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Wild card in the polls -
Frederic Grare, Indian Express
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In Quetta, fear still stalks Hazara -
Anita Joshua, Hindu
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Making sense of the Depsang incursion -
Manoj Joshi, Hindu
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Hit the enemy where it hurts the most -
Sandhya Jain, Pioneer
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Three to tango -
C Raja Mohan, Indian Express
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Israel’s red line crossed, US tacitly backs ally’s strikes in Syria -
Eli Lake, Daily Beast
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A tawdry victory -
Economist
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Xi Jinping and the Chinese dream -
Economist
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Tough phase in Kabul -
Anand K Sahay, Asian Age
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The second wave in Pakistan’s politics -
Cyril Almeida, Deccan Chronicle
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France shows us how to deal with jihadis -
Philip Johnston, Telegraph
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China pull back troops after 21-day stand off -
Mail Today
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Malaysia's long-ruling coalition hangs on to power -
Sean Yoong & Eileen Ng, Yahoo
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Syrian report: Israel bombs outskirts of Damascus for second time in recent days -
Liz Sly & Suzan Haidamous, WashingtonPost
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Khalistan-backers part of Sikh caucus, India alerts US -
Chidanand Rajghatta, Times of India
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Manmohan extends Japan trip, sends a strong message to China -
Sachin Parashar, ToI
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Pakistan: Make-or-break time -
Sonya Fatah, Times of India
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In Malaysia, a historic chance for reform -
John Pang, NYT
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Unemployment in Europe is expected to worsen -
NYT
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Shadow on the line -
Ajai Shukla & Sonia Trikha Shukla, Business Standard
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How Shinzo Abe has revived Japan -
Merryn Somerset Webb, Deccan Chronicle
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 The UPA 2 government was conceived in corruption – and never really recovered from that taint. Right from the day the election results came in, the back-channel negotiations began for the reappointment of A Raja as Telecom Minister to advance the interests of certain telecom majors (in return for illegal gratification). It was an enterprise which set the stage for India’s biggest corruption scandal and virtually set the political tone for the rest of the four years. As subsequent exposes have established, Manmohan Singh and other key Ministers knew full well that mischief was afoot, but pointedly looked the other way. That was the beginning of the slide, and the UPA government in general – and Manmohan Singh in particular – was mortally wounded from that episode. But rather than press ahead with remedial action, the government slid further into the cesspool of corruption.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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