August 04, 2007
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Lal Masjid, imperialism, and Islam
OVER the last year, the clerics controlling the Lal Masjid, located in a posh area of Pakistan''s capital, Islamabad , and the students of its various Jamias and madrasas had begun...
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How safe are ‘safe havens’ of Al Qaeda?
OF late, there has been much talk in Washington about the presence of ‘safe havens’ of Al Qaeda and Taliban in the north-western parts of Pakistan following the release of a report of the US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on July 17. It has sparked a debate about the possible regrouping,...
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The coming water wars in the Mideast
THE Arab world led by Arab League is taking some new initiatives for conciliation with Israel. Efforts are centred on a plan that commits Israel to withdraw from all the territories which it occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israel war....
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