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US Prepares For Tougher Action Against Iran
By Peter Symonds

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With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) due to report on Iran’s nuclear programs this week, the US administration has been intensifying its campaign for stronger action against Tehran. While insisting that it is still “pursuing diplomacy”, Washington refuses to rule out a military attack on Iran

Iran And Balancing The Case For War On The Middle East
By Dr Marwan Asmar

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Things are slowly changing in the region and the area but nobody, including the Israelis, are willing to recognize the fact. Predicting the next global moves in the Middle East is especially difficult. Is war on our doorstep, what are the stakes and who is first likely to take the plunge?

Communists Turn Unpopular Over SEZ Plans
By Sujoy Dhar

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Last week’s killings at Nandigram, located about 150 km south of the provincial capital of Kolkata, were only the latest in a series of clashes, between the villagers and CPI-M cadres backed by the state police, since January over the provincial government’s plans to acquire land for a special economic zone

The Grand Delusion
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

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With an endless, futile and costly Iraq war, a stinking economy and most Americans seeing the country on the wrong track, the greatest national group delusion is that electing Democrats in 2008 is what the country needs

Awareness Is Overrated
By Mickey Z.

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The current patterns of dissent in America are long overdue for re-evaluation and overhaul. The powers-that-be have long ago figured out how to either marginalize or co-opt dissent. Until our tactics evolve, we are accomplices to the perpetual global crime we call civilization

Adoption Awareness Means
Acknowledging Corruption
By Jessica DelBalzo

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The government may have taken to calling November “Adoption Awareness Month,” but with the adoption industry and adopting couples dominating the month’s articles and events, we might as well rename it Adoption Promotion Month. After all, awareness implies an eyes-wide-open approach to the subject, not a shameless marketing ploy. Rather than celebrating how good adopters and adoption workers feel about adoption, we ought to be learning about the very real impact it has on children and their natural family members

Jammu & Kashmir’s National Song
By Syed Junaid Hashmi

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Jana Gana Mana or Lehra Aye Kashmir Kye Jhanday – Which is the “National Song” of Jammu and Kashmir?

Heavens Did Fall In Pakistan
By Naeem Malik

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Elections would not satisfy the people of Pakistan. They want a genuine democracy that guarantees them protection from the excesses of their rulers. They will only be able to get this with independent judiciary and a free press that can stand to the bullying of the political rulers, be that is the army or corrupt politicians

Nehru And India’s Foreign Policy
By Ram Puniyani

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Time that we build the non aligned movement again, time that we promote regional alliances, time that we see the vision of Nehru in its perspective of indigenous growth and global democracy away from the domination of one or the other superpower

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