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West pushes Russia, China closer together
WITH Beijing celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule, there has been a heated discussion across the Western world about the role that China is going toReadMore
Precarious work makes women more vulnerable
Shawdesh Desk: That is why the recent International Labour Organisation’s convention on violence and harassment at work is so important. Governments need to take it further. ONE of the mainReadMore
November 1975 Of Crimes and Bloodshed
The month of November is one the most depressing months in the annuls of our history in the whole year. This heart breaking month of November has come again inReadMore
A reward for ‘egregious’ violations
A balance sheet would show that more has been lost than retrieved in the Ayodhya judgement, writes Sukumar Muralidharan THE Supreme Court of India has to be given wide latitudeReadMore
Is this Iraq’s Arab spring?
Iraq is currently facing such an alarming array of economic, political and social problems that many observers fear no one will be up to the task of delivering the much-neededReadMore
After the wall
THE fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago this week provided cause for celebration, and not just in Europe. The structure was the most potent physical manifestation of theReadMore
Bloody US hands in Afghan tragedy
THE bloody war in Afghanistan has raged on for over 18 years, and there is no end in sight to this tragedy, no peaceful solution on the horizon. In 2001,ReadMore
Expectation from Upcoming UN Climate Conference
It’s just less than a month until climate delegates from all over the world will gather in Madrid, the capital of Spain. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hasReadMore
