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A Year In Hell For 1,000 Dollars A Month
By Ángel Páez

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Former Peruvian noncommissioned army officer Norman Alfonso Solano is happy because he has once again been recruited to work as a private security guard in one of the most dangerous places in the world: Iraq

Who Determines The Price Of Oil?
By Ralph Nader

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So long as the price of crude oil is set by speculators on trading floors, so long as the oil-indentured politicians are not challenged by new candidates standing tall for people and environments, so long as we do not protest for change and press ourselves to prevent wasteful habits and uses, get ready for higher oil prices

The Western Appetite For Biofuels Is Causing Starvation In The Poor World
By George Monbiot

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Developing nations are being pushed to grow crops for ethanol, rather than food – all thanks to political expediency

Humanity Is The Greatest Challenge
By John Feeney

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The growth in human population and rising consumption have exceeded the planet’s ability to support us, argues John Feeney. He says it is time to ring the alarm bells and take radical action in order to avert unspeakable consequences

Burma: Do-It-Yourself Democracy
By Satya Sagar

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If sheer sacrifice of body, mind and soul for a noble cause were convertible into hard currency Burma’s legions of pro-democracy warriors would be among the richest citizens in the world. And yet, for all their great sacrifices the saga of the Burmese struggle for democracy seems to run like an old horror movie one has seen too many times before. The recent round of nationwide protests in Burma that had raised hopes of major political change for example once again ended in bloodshed and tears

U.S. Gets Tough With Undocumented Immigrants
By David Rosen

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A recent series of raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, signals a new era of anti-immigrant hysteria in America

Attacking Iran: The Defining Moment Of The Foolish Generation
By Robert Weitzel

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If our Foolish Generation cannot find a way to extricate itself from the black hole of history into which it is plunging, our children’s blood-spattered generation will face the court of world opinion with a weak defense

Musharraf’s Coup Against Judiciary
By Gul Jammas Hussain

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The Americans do not want a genuine political process to flourish in Pakistan, something that could bring into power true leaders who will not side with the United States. As Hamid Mir, one of the country’s sharpest journalists, said Saturday that he believed the U.S. embassy in Islamabad had green-lighted Musharraf for the emergency move

Pakistan – Back To The Past Again
By Mirza A. Beg

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Will the future ever arrive in Pakistan? It is back to the past again. Technically, President Musharraf has declared an emergency, but in reality, it is a coup against the democracy creeping in; which he reluctantly promised eight years ago. This time General Musharraf overthrew the government of the other infernal co-resident in his body, President Musharraf

Pakistanization Of Pakistan
And The Night Of The Generals
By Taj Hashmi

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We may single out the “Pakistan Syndrome”, which stands for the supremacy of the military-civil bureaucracy with the ever-growing influence of the mullah, for the prevalent chaos in the country. The Pakistani experience could be a good lesson for other Muslim majority countries that the promotion of mullahs, Shariah, Islamism or Political Islam, even out of political expediency, could be disastrous for a liberal democracy

Educating Pakistan
By Niranjan Ramakrishnan

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Give us time, give us time, said Musharraf in his speech, appealing to the West; we are still learning, our democracy is not yet as evolved as yours. Musharraf is right — Pakistan is still a child in these matters. Clearly his friend and financier in the White House has not let him in on the big secret — in an ‘evolved’ democracy, you can get all this power without declaring an emergency!

Sri Lanka: Bombing To Peace A Tactical Diversion
By Chandi Sinnathurai

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After killing the Tamil Tiger political head and the chief peace negotiator Mr Thamil Chelvam on November 2 in an air raid, the Rajapaksha regime is determined to bomb to smithereens other top-level Tiger leaders. This strategy will achieve the objective : there will be peace in Sri Lanka. War for peace. That is the mantra of the Government

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