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Pakistan PM rules out military intervention
Dec 18th
LAHORE(PFP): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani denied a military intervention was imminent against his government over a secret memo that sought US help to prevent a supposed coup. Tensions between the army and government appear to have soared in recent days as intelligence chiefs demanded an inquiry into the scandal that threatens to implicate [...]
Belfer Centre Policy Paper: "The Exaggerated Threat of American Muslim "Homegrown" Terrorism"
Dec 18th
"The Exaggerated Threat of American Muslim "Homegrown" Terrorism"
Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; December 14, 2011; Author: Risa Brooks
This policy brief is based on "Muslim ‘Homegrown’ Terrorism in the United States: How Serious Is the Threat?" which appears in the fall 2011 issue ofInternational Security.
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Imagine if China invades United States of America
Dec 9th
Imagine if China invades United States of America!
Imagine if Chinese Armed Forces have setup bases in Texas, established check posts to intercept, investigate, torture and kill anyone, and everyone.
Imagine if the residents of Texas, desperate for t…
America’s Strategic Error ?
Nov 29th
Pakistan has had enoughThe assumption that it has no choice but to obey America may turn out to be a dire strategic error
Simon Tisdall, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 27 November 2011
Readers of Dawn newspaper, commenting online, were in no doubt how the Pakistani government should respond to Saturday’s killing by US forces of 24 soldiers on Pakistan’s side of the Afghan
Where Football Meets the Hijab
Nov 14th
Reality TV Goes Where Football Meets the Hijab
New York Times, November 10, 2011
By POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR
IF anything made me an American, it was television. I learned English from soap operas — after kindergarten, curled up Mommy-side — and then beyond, the many hours she abandoned the sofa for the kitchen when I alternated between after-school cartoons and adult crime dramas. English came to
Kids, Kashmir and ‘Controlled Chaos’
Oct 31st
Mohsin Din on Kids, Kashmir and ‘Controlled Chaos’
Asia Society, October 18, 2011- Annie Ali Khan
Teaching ten-year-olds in Kashmir film, photography and music via a series of workshops called the "Lollipops Crown Project" is an initiative led by American-Kashmiri artist and Fulbright scholar Mohsin Din to empower disadvantaged youth in the Muslim world through the arts.
"There is a lot of
The Widening Pakistan-Afghan Rift
Oct 18th
US troop withdrawal leaves Pakistan vulnerable to attack by insurgentsTaliban exploiting a security vacuum in the wake of American forces departing from eastern Afghanistan
Declan Walsh in Chitral and Jon Boone in Jalalabad, guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 October 2011
Pakistani militants are exploiting a security vacuum left by the departure of US troops from a swath of eastern Afghanistan to mount
US celebrate July 4, Obama thanks US troops
Jul 5th
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama thanked US military families during a barbecue on the White House”s South Lawn as Americans marked their Independence Day with outdoor picnics and fireworks.
“This day is possible because of your service. And so I t…
Oil up in Asia
Jul 5th
SINGAPORE: Oil was up in Asia on Tuesday in thin trading after US markets were closed for the Independence Day public holiday, analysts said.
New York”s main contract, West Texas Intermediate for August delivery, rose 12 cents to $95.06 a barrel …
Fox News hacked Twitter account claims Obama dead
Jul 4th
WASHINGTON: Hackers broke into an official Twitter account operated by Fox News early Monday and posted a series of tweets that claimed President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
The Twitter feed for Fox News” political news — @FoxNewspolitics –…
