Topic: South Asia
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich cemented his place as the main rival to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination with a solid debate performance on foreign policy.Buoyed by opinion polls that gave him a four percent lead over the former Massachusetts ...
The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan, a US official said Monday.Seven leaders of the Haqqani network, which operates from safe havens in Pakistan and ...
Influential US Senator John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the embassy in Kabul said, ahead of a visit to neighbouring Pakistan following the death of Osama bin Laden.The White House said it was endorsing the trip by Kerry to Pakistan to ...
The man who will most likely be the next Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), got choked up just now in acknowledging tonight's election sweep. President Barack Obama, who has already been dealing with sinking poll numbers, will address the ...
They were supported by a small , influential group of intelligentsia started its career with the policy of securing reforms through peaceful and legal means by keeping India within the British empire. However? they also criticized the British rulers in very mild ...
Searchlight, Nevada, the birthplace of Senator Harry Reid; population 576, according to the 2000 census. Nevada itself has a 14% unemployment rate.Since about 41% of the cost of health plan is administrative, many companies will outsource what they can to India, i.e. ...
Diplomacy: Pakistani terrorists have launched a series of attacks on NATO tankers in a classic targeting of supply lines. In 2004, President Bush gave Pakistan the globally coveted designation of "major non-NATO ally. " Pakistan didn't have to do much to get ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government protested to Washington on Tuesday against what it called a highly discriminatory U.S. immigration bill that will double the cost of work visas for some high-profile Indian companies.Indian outsourcing companies have come under criticism from ...
US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.The 308-114 vote in the House of Representatives set the stage for Obama to sign ...
In this article the author discusses the interaction between celebrity culture and the Internet, a development she states began in the late 1990s. 22 | NEW STATESMAN | 7 JANUARY 2008 America Bush administration had decided Pakistan should be ruled jointly, with ...
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