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Published in: openSecurityNetanyahu meets Obama in midst of Jerusalem settlement rowNetanyahu meets Obama in midst of Jerusalem settlement row. US-Pakistani talks seek better ties. Amnesty...
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Published in: openSecurityMajor Taliban allies in peace talks with Karzai
Afghan president holds talks with leading militant group. Sudan threatens to throw out international election...
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Published in: openSecurityThe legal status of armed opposition groups in Afghanistan
The complex internationalised conflict in Afghanistan leaves the civilian/combatant distinction blurred under...
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Published in: openIndiaMoving Parts part 2: Hajiriya and GajiriyaIn this second excerpt from Ruchir Joshi's 'Moving Parts' series, Ruchir visits two brothers, Hajiriya and Gajiriya,...
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Published in: openSecurityMitchell called in after bloody weekend in the West Bank
U.S. envoy dispatched following settlement row and escalating violence in the West Bank. Tight race as Iraqis await...
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Published in: openSecurityTaliban break off closet negotiations after Pakistani crackdown
The former UN envoy to Afghanistan criticises Pakistan’s arrest of senior Taliban figures, saying this has put talks...
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Published in: HomeLife by traffic light - Delhi's street kidsCan India begin to channel some of the creative energy of its twenty-five million street children? Why don’t school...
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Published in: openSecurityIllegal and ineffective? Drone strikes and targetted killing in 'the war on terror'
The use of drone strikes in Pakistan and around the world has been attacked as counterproductive and ineffective but...
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Published in: openSecurityVenezuela obtains Chinese warplanes for ‘anti-drugs fight’
Chinese J-8 attack jets delivered in Venezuela. Sri Lankan general goes on military trial while supporters protest....
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Published in: openIndiaSri Lanka's forgotten TamilsRejected by the rest of the Tamil population and ignored by the Sinhalese authorities, tea workers who migrated from...
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Published in: openIndiaMoving Parts: PrajapatiIn this excerpt from Ruchir Joshi's 'Moving Parts' series, Ruchir visits the silica quartz processing-plant in...
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Published in: openSecurityEfforts to revive middle east peace talks overshadowed by Israeli settlement construction in east Jerusalem
Efforts to revive middle east peace talks overshadowed by Israeli settlement construction in east Jerusalem. Tibet...
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Published in: openIndiaBangladesh erupts in ethnic violenceBangladesh has been rocked by the recent flaring up of decades old ethnic tensions, as Bengali settlers set fire to...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia's big guns bazaarSecurity is too important a question to be left to the defence sector alone.
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Published in: openSecuritySuicide bombers target Iraqi city ahead of polls
Suicide bombers target Iraqi city ahead of polls. Arab League backs indirect talks with Israel. Afghanistan bans...
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Published in: openSecurityWashington split by revised US nuclear strategy
White House reconsiders nuclear weapons policy. Pakistani Taliban chief killed by US airstrike. Dubai moves to...
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Published in: HomeAman ki Asha: the stars are aligned
There are some rare occasions when the powers-that-be discover that it is ‘realistic’ to support civilian peace...
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Published in: openSecurityHizbollah General Secretary meets Ahmadinejad in Damascus
Hassan Nasrallah meets with Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Damascus. A suicide attack kills seventeen in...
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Published in: openIndiaReimagining democracy - India more than counts
The founder of openDemocracy on a mind-changing trip to India.
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Published in: openSecurityEthnic riots provoke arson in Bangladesh's troubled Chittagong Hill Tracts
Chittagong Hill Tracts shaken by riots and arson. India and Pakistan take steps to rebuild their relationship. Niger...
