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No giving up on gas
Ever since India signed an agreement with the United States on civil nuclear cooperation in July 2005, busybodies in Washington have taken it upon themselves to dispense unwanted advice and guidance to New Delhi on the foreign policy front. In ...

Pressure on Musharraf
Talk of a new Justice Party in Pakistan led by "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary may be idle chatter. What is undisputable is the emergence of Mr. Chaudhary as a national hero for fighting back when asked to quit by President ...

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Law versus legitimacy at the United Nations
By Ramesh Thakur

The United Nations is respected today more for what it represents and symbolises than for what it actually does and accomplishes.

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Blame the police, not the messenger
By Siddharth Varadarajan

By failing to act decisively against the Hindu chauvinist organisations which are targeting Christian priests and missionaries in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and elsewhere, the police are only increasing the likelihood of copycat attacks.

`Israeli checkpoints hurt both sides'
By Conal Urquhart

Restrictions are devastating, says the World Bank. Prosperity could help.

Corrections and Clarifications
In a report "OVL [ONGC Videsh Limited] strikes gas in Persian Gulf" (May 10, 2007, page 1), a sentence in the fifth paragraph was: "Bushehr, incidentally, is also the site where the Russians are collaborating with the Iranians for building a ...

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Be prepared for many hiccups and some frustration: Asad Durrani
The former Inter-Services Intelligence chiefspeaks out on the prospects of the India-Pakistan Joint Counter-Terrorism Mechanism.

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