Obama and great expectations
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is close to the half-way mark of his presidential mandate, a good...
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Iraq`s Shia bloc backs Maliki for premiership
BAGHDAD, Oct 1 Iraqs main Shia parliamentary bloc chose incumbent Nuri al Maliki as its candidate for...
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Iraq `close` to forming new govt, says Biden
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 Iraq is “close” to forming a new government nearly six months after elections,...
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Biden urges Iraqi leaders to break deadlock
BAGHDAD, July 4 US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday pleaded to Iraqi leaders to end the bickering...
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De facto versus de jure
The other day I had a conversation with a man less than half my age, a well-educated democratic Pakistani,...
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Kashmir: what next?
Now that Islamabad and New Delhi have agreed to restart talks, it would be a legitimate question for...
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The return of multinational food chains
RAPID urbanisation, the break-up of the traditional joint family and the growing trend of women taking...
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Kashmir on edge
IT is not yet possible to determine who is to blame for the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The jury...
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