Violence returns to Kashmir, one more killed After a lull of about two weeks, violence returned to the Kashmir Valley today that too in the holy month of Ramadhan, when a young protestor was killed and another critically wounded in police firing which was opened to quell protests. According to police the mobs shouting slogans […]
Five die in suicide blast near Friendship Tunnel
Five persons were killed and 44 others, including 35 security forces personnel injured when an explosives-laden vehicle blew up after its driver was shot dead by the paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers in restive Darra Adamkhel town on Friday. According to official sources, the vehicle being driven by a would-be suicide bomber was on its way […]
What is the way out of Kashmir impasse?
We have recently seen two popular uprising in Kashmir, one against and one for, the 100 acres Amarnath Shrine land row. The one against was by the Muslims in the Kashmir valley and the other in the Jammu Town and adjoining area by Hindu’s. The Hindu uprising was further fueled by the BJP, which has […]
Lukic Trial Ruling Provokes Outcry
By Simon Jennings in The Hague (TU No 562, 31-Jul-08) The dismissal of a request by prosecutors to add sexual crimes to the indictment of two Bosnian Serbs in The Hague has angered international justice observers and victims of the Balkans wars. On July 8, a day before the trial began at the Hague tribunal, […]
Rogue Police
Dr. Rajesh Talwar, one of the accused in the now famous NOIDA double murder case was arrested on May 23rd and has since then been in custody. Although he is produced in court every now and then, bail is always denied on the pretext that further questioning is needed or various tests still need to […]
NATO Enlargement and Russia’s ‘Security Concerns’
There have been extensive discussions about the next phase of NATO enlargement to the east and Russia’s right to defend its interests on its borders. However, little or no attention has been paid to factors forcing former Soviet republics, particularly Georgia and Ukraine, to rush to join the alliance. Russian political mentality has […]
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