The fragmented society: How irresponsibility and inequality feed off each other Print E-mail
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By Duncan Exley

 

Following the riots, the various sides dig in behind the traditional battle lines of explanation, with one side blaming a breakdown of morality and the other pointing to income inequality. However, evidence suggests that these factors are not alternative explanations: they reinforce each other.

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Home is where the heart is Print E-mail
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By Dawn

 

Overseas Pakistanis talk about that one, unmistakably Pakistani thing that makes them miss their homeland the most.

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Our summer of strife is a degenerated, cracked-mirror image of the Arab Spring Print E-mail
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By Kevin Meagher

 

The cod psychologists and moral arbiters of Fleet Street are in full session this morning, raining down fire and brimstone on the looters and rioters running amok in our major cities.

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'The Pakistani government sanctioned drone attacks’ Print E-mail
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By Malik Siraj Akbar

 

Steve Coll, the president and CEO of the New America Foundation, is a distinguished American investigative journalist. He spent twenty years as a foreign correspondent at the Washington Post where he also served as the paper’s Managing Editor from 1998 to 2004. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Coll, 52, is the author of six books, including the highly acclaimed Ghost Wars (2004) which focuses on the history of CIA, Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden.

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UK riots: rebels without a cause? Print E-mail
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By Nayha Kalia

 

On Monday night my family gathered in our front room and watched our city burn. Masked youths charging through streets I had walked down just hours before smashing shop windows and setting fire to buildings and cars - London became unrecognisable.

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Lahore’s growing Talibanisation Print E-mail
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By Raza Rumi

 

The recent abuse of police power at Lahore’s premier hub of arts is a sad reminder of how ‘culture’ is under attack from the state and vigilantes alike. The rough handling of a woman curator at the Nairang Gallery is not an isolated incident. There is an unfortunate history of attacks on artists and cultural spaces in Pakistan.

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Sudan: Woman journalist jailed for reporting rape case Print E-mail
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By Abdelgadir Mohammed

 

On 25 July the Khartoum Media Court, headed by the judge Mudathir Al-Rashid, sentenced the female journalist Amal Habani to pay a fine of 2000 Sudanese Pounds (about 660 US dollars). If she did not pay this sum, she knew she would face one month of imprisonment.

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Independence Day: Pakistan's future lies in democracy, says PM Print E-mail
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As the nation marks its 65th Independence Day, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani asserted that the future of Pakistan lies in democracy. He was addressing a flag hoisting ceremony at the Convention Centre in Islamabad on Sunday.
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Palestinian statehood: an idea whose time has come Print E-mail
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By René Wildangel

 

After years of state building activities and a long period of full cooperation of the Palestinian authorities with Israel and the West, the country now seems ready to become a full member of the UN. It is time for the US and Europe to welcome this timely and legitimate bid, argues Rene Wildangel.

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Ms Khar’s ‘eight points’ on Pakistan-India Print E-mail
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Inaugurating debate on India-Pakistan relations in the National Assembly, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has described her recent visit to New Delhi as the opening a new chapter with India after the two neighbouring states broke off dialogue in the wake of the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai. She emphasised that this time the atmospherics were promising, which she interpreted as a positive assessment of the current government in Islamabad.

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Istanbul Not Constantinople Print E-mail
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By Anwar Akhtar

 

Melanie Mcdonagh’s article published in the Evening Standard on Thursday raises some interesting issues, although her view that an increased number of Muslims living in London is something to worry about concerns me.

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Speculation can wait: The priority is to stop the rioting Print E-mail
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By Rob Berkeley

 

Events last night took an unprecedented turn. As streets across London went up in flames it has become clear that this is new territory. Saturday night in Tottenham was one thing, the events of the last two nights have mutated into a very different form of street disturbance. 

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The riots that will define my generation Print E-mail
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By Talal Rajab

 

Having been bought up and raised in North London, right bang in between Tottenham and Enfield, this weekend’s events have left a sour taste in my throat.  Seeing the streets that you call home in disarray, the shops that you visit burnt down and the community that you love given a bad name hurts.  Shop keepers have lost businesses, people have been made homeless and the decades of community work that has gone in around this area has been rendered meaningless within the space of 48 hours by the actions of idiotic thugs. 

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