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Cross-border exchanges,India, Pakistan try ‘trade diplomacy’
Cross-border exchanges,India, Pakistan try ‘trade diplomacy’

May 2nd 2012
 
 
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan, still at loggerheads on Kashmir and no closer to a full peace deal, …

Free laptops is not the answer. What is?
Free laptops is not the answer. What is?

By Pervez Hoodbhoy
April 29th 2012
To loud applause at a special distribution ceremony on Pakistan Day, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif declared: …

Sarkozy and Hollande chase the disaffected Le Pen vote
Sarkozy and Hollande chase the disaffected Le Pen vote

By Sanchia Alasia
April 30th 2012
François Hollande is still on course to become the next President of France, the second Socialist …

Hatred and misogyny in the Middle East, a response to Mona el Tahawy
Hatred and misogyny in the Middle East, a response to Mona el Tahawy

By Tom Dale
April 24th 2012
A veritable twitter storm has sprung up around an article by Mona el Tahawy in the …

Reinventing the toilet, Bill Gates way
Reinventing the toilet, Bill Gates way

By Murtaza Haider
April 25th 2012
The abysmal state of sanitation stinks to high heaven in Pakistan. The economic losses resulting from …

Anwar Akhtar pays tribute to Murtaza Razvi
Anwar Akhtar pays tribute to Murtaza Razvi

April 27th 2012
Last week, a great campaigning human rights journalist of Pakistan was found murdered in Karachi – Dawn has …

Americans and Saudis: hands off Pakistan’s pipeline please!
Americans and Saudis: hands off Pakistan’s pipeline please!

April 22nd 2012
By Pervez Hoodbhoy
Now and then, as though out of sheer boredom, the United States shoots itself in the …

Is the Coalition planning to abandon the pledge to overseas aid?
Is the Coalition planning to abandon the pledge to overseas aid?

By Owen Tudor
April 24th 2012
For months, I have been warning that the coalition government may break its pledge to raise …

The far right takes root in Europe
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By Mariano Aguirre
April 18th 2012
Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks are part of a worrying trend in Europe of the far right’s …

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