January 2012
A nation of two halves
David Watts
 
Hope is no strategy
George Friedman
 
How safe are Pakistan's nuclear weapons?
Dr Bhashyam Kasturi
 
The high price of invasion
Anderson Wilmott
 
Bad blood and scandal threaten Pak leaders
Rahimullah Yusufzai
 
Asia's Joan of Arc
David Watts
 
To Russia with love
Inder Malhotra
 
North Korea's succession: the view from outside Pyongyang
J C Lane
 
Pak nuclear arms could stretch across Gulf
G Parthasarathy
 
Reborn free
Kuldip Nayar
 
Wealth and faith: recalling the roots of Dalip Singh
Shyam Bhatia
 
The rise of mixed- marriage Britain
Dr Ramindar Singh
 
Professor Robert Anderson looks at the causes and effects of India's 1974 nuclear test
Shyam Bhatia
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Quotes

 
 

Unity is needed everywhere, and it is needed especially in our country.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Burmese pro-democracy leader, in a speech during her first political trip beyond the capital, Rangoon, since her release from house arrest in November.

The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, calling on the Syrian leader to step down; the Syrian government has reportedly killed nearly 2000 people in brutal crackdowns on anti-government protestors.

This is not about poverty, it's about culture [that] says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities.
DAVID CAMERON, Prime Minister of Great Britain, speaking at an emergency session of Parliament in the wake of riots that shook London neighborhoods for nearly a week.

They felt surrounded from all sides...roads to Tripoli are closed.
ABDULRAHMAN, spokesman for rebels in western Libya, after rebels reportedly drove out forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and captured the key town of Zawiyah.

The future of the euro depends on Germany.
GEORGE SOROS, billionaire investor, speaking to Der Spiegel; on Tuesday disappointing German GDP growth results sparked fears that its economy was stalling, further straining the euro zone.

Finally, I decided to leave him behind to his God on the road. I am sure that he was alive, and that is my heartbreak.
WARDO MOHAMUD YUSUF, a refugee who was forced to leave her unconscious son behind while fleeing drought- and famine-stricken Somalia.

[He] will not try to run for the presidency for the third time.

STATEMENT, from the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai explaining that Karzai, who has led Afghanistan for nearly 10 years, will not seek a third term in 2014; the Afghan constitution does not allow anyone to run for a third presidential term.




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