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Nazli Siddiqui
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| Correspondents |
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| Bhagirath Yogi |
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Civil
War Flares in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO
-- The civil war in this tiny island in the Indian Ocean
reached a crisis point on April 21 with the fall of
Elephant Pass to the guerilla forces - the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The
Sri Lankan army withdrew from the Jaffna Peninsula, conceding the
causeway... Full Story
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flash point of a long-drawn civil war. |
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The
Impact of the War on Neighboring India |
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| BANGALORE
-- With Sri Lanka back on the brink again with the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) making major gains in
the Jaffna peninsula, the pressure
is on India to pre-empt the little island
country from splitting into a northern Tamil nation and a southern
Sinhala one. Full Story |
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| Pakistan
Supreme Court Upholds Military Coup |
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Pakistanis have reacted cautiously to the Supreme
Court ruling, that came exactly seven months after the October 12
coup led by the Army Chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, upholding the
military action which resulted in the ouster of a democratically
elected government..
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Behind-the-Scene
Games Overshadow Indian Cricket
BANGALORE
-- The rumors were always there, but nobody really took them
seriously at first. Until Outlook magazine broke the story in its
June 11, 1997 issue where former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar said he
was offered Rs 25 lakh (around $55,000) by a teammate to sabotage
a match in Pakistan's favor during the 1994 Singer Cup in Sri
Lanka. Full
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Privatization
Hits a Snag in Nepal
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KATHMANDU -- The privatization process in Nepal is at
a crossroads. Last December, one of the two international bidders
for the state-owned Butwal Power Company (BPC) withdrew its
application blaming the government for not maintaining
transparency in the tender procedures and favoring its competitor.
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Drought
Takes a Heavy Toll on India’s Economy |
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“Mama, what’s the big deal about water? Just give them Pepsi
instead.” A reaction of a 12-year-old urban school student to
the drought sweeping the country, and words that reflect the
tragedy and brutality of present-day India.
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'Sixteen
Decisions' and a Tale of Selina
Bangladesh’s Selina, 18, and a mother of two, perhaps will always remember
how the glare of powerful lights and focus of sophisticated
camera overtook her life while being filmed by an American a
few years ago. But ...
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Courtesy Aerial
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living symbol of a quiet revolution. |
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Nazrul:
A Great Poet of the East
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Kazi Nazrul Islam, better known as the “Rebel Poet”
of Bengal for his famous poem “The Rebel” that shook
the entire Indian subcontinent in 1920s, is still barely
known to the West. In a remarkably short period of time
(1919-1943), Nazrul wrote numerous poems, songs and
ghazals—many of which are timeless. At the prime time
of his life, an incurable neurological illness struck
him seizing his ability to talk, walk, and write. SAJED
KAMAL, who recently wrote a book on Nazrul, takes a look
at his life and works.
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Nazrul--
A rare genius of enormous versatilities. |
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“The
military takeover was justified under the doctrine of
necessity.” |
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--Pakistan Supreme Court in its recent
ruling on the October 12 coup in Pakistan.
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"Mama,
what's the big deal about water? Just give them Pepsi,
instead!" |
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12-year-old urban school student in reaction to the severe
drought sweeping across India. |
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"There
must be a transparent policy on privatization. It should not
seem that the government is only shifting its problem." |
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--Pradip
Kumar Shrestha, president of the Federation of Nepalese
Chambers of Commerce and Industry on privatization in Nepal.
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| "I
was greatly interested in the economic and political
development of women. And myself being one of them, I wanted
to see what I could do in this regard." |
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--American filmmaker Gayle Ferraro on her
just-premiered documentary featuring Bangladeshi women.
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"Weary
of battles, I, the Great Rebel, shall rest in peace only when
the anguished cry of the oppressed shall no longer reverberate
in the sky and the air, and the tyrant's bloody sword will no
longer rattle in battlefields. Only then shall I, the Rebel,
rest in peace." |
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--Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
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