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Nepal: Solving The Issue Of Arms Management
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:01 pm | Guest Opinion
Arms management has been a hot topic in Nepal as it has a direct bearing on ultimate solution of Nepal's crisis. The Maoist people's war in Nepal began by political decision of the NCP (Maoist) to covert Nepal into a communist republic. This is their stated ... More >>
Maoists Unveil New Strategy To Retain Weapons
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:01 pm | Guest Opinion
Maoists have unveiled a new strategy to retain their weapons before a UN team arrives next month to manage them. Chairman Prachanda revealed the Maoist plan as Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said emphatically Maoists will have to surrender their weapons ... More >>
Missy Comley Beattie: No Exit
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 11:08 am | Guest Opinion
I have a recurring nightmare. I'm watching a drama. George Bush is the production's star, with Richard Cheney in the supporting role. Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld have major parts. Directing, producing, and in charge of special effects is Karl ... More >>
Guest Opinion: The Really Big Lie About Autism
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 10:44 am | Guest Opinion
This commentary is about something I've come to call, "the really big lie," which is surely based on the theory that the masses are more willing to believe totally illogical, absurd propaganda, than a small little lie. More >>
Maoist Game Plan to Declare Nepal Communist State
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 10:44 am | Guest Opinion
A bulk of innocent peace loving Nepali People thinks that the Maoist and the government are positive to resolve the ongoing crisis. Both the groups are considered as key actors, and people are seen very optimistic. More >>
Nepals Arms Management Under UN Auspices?
Friday, 18 August 2006, 3:14 pm | Guest Opinion
The time for rejoicing has arrived. The 7-party government (which has no mandate from the people) and the Maoists (which continue to terrorize the people) after having signed various joint agreements on sundry subjects with any number of points, have ... More >>
J. Dispenza: Our Religious Beliefs Are Killing Us
Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 11:08 pm | Guest Opinion
A titanic collision of core religious beliefs is once again igniting the tinderbox of the Middle East, not only along the borders of Israel, but throughout the entire region. Countries there seem poised to topple like deadly dominoes into an armed ... More >>
Salim El Hoss: Open Letter To The US President
Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 10:42 pm | Guest Opinion
An Open Letter To The American President By Salim El Hoss By Salim El Hoss, Former Prime Minister Of Lebanon Published In Lebanon's The Daily Star, August 3, 2006 More >>
Royalist Realism In A Republican Nepal
Monday, 31 July 2006, 2:52 pm | Guest Opinion
When newly appointed foreign ambassadors landed in the Nepalese capital after the heady political changes of April, their dilemma was evident. Going to the palace to present their credentials to King Gyanendra, as their predecessors had, would ... More >>
When Moralism-Lite Meets Religious Persecution
Friday, 28 July 2006, 10:06 am | Guest Opinion
When President George W. Bush vetoed the H.R. 810 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act last week, he over-stepped this country’s fundamental division between church and state. In his rejection of the Act, Bush espoused the view that stem cell research ... More >>
The Diebold Bombshell
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:08 am | Guest Opinion
Most computer scientists have long viewed Diebold as the poster child for all that is wrong with touch screen voting machines. But we never imagined that Diebold would be as irresponsible and incompetent as they have turned out to be. More >>
Downsizing Nepal Army Challenges National Security
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:07 am | Guest Opinion
Finance Minister Dr. Ramsharan Mahat said in his formal speech "To reduce defence expenditure in the long run, vacancies in the Nepal Army this year will be made automatically redundant." More >>
Rajat KC: The Background of Maoist Strategy
Monday, 24 July 2006, 11:38 am | Guest Opinion
Most of the peace loving Nepali people and people from outside of Nepal who love Nepal are now dreaming to see Nepal again as a peaceful country. They have seen some sign of peace after series of agreement and understanding signed by Seven Party Alliance ... More >>
Monarchy As A Democratic Institution For Nepal
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 12:02 am | Guest Opinion
Moving on at breakneck speed, the parliament proceeds to clip all powers directly or indirectly vested in the Crown to ensure that it is a 'ceremonial (Hindu) monarchy' in a secular state. After all this, the parliament decides to promulgate an Interim ... More >>
Nepal's Monarchy - Nation, People & Democracy
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:00 am | Guest Opinion
The failed political leaders blabber with their sole vested intentions to continue their unproductive tradition of occupying musical chairs of governance. This is being done regardless of measuring the currents of public sentiment. More >>
K. Christison: Atrocities in the Promised Land
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:00 am | Guest Opinion
Critics of Israel note increasingly that Israel is self-destructing, nearing a catastrophe of its own making. Israeli journalist Gideon Levy talks of a society in 'moral collapse.' More >>
Vaibhav Gangan: Who Is Safe?
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:18 am | Guest Opinion
It was a dreadful afternoon. The year was 1993. The world had known of terrorist attacks only in countries with civil war. I was going about the motions of the day at work, when Dattu, the office assistant, ran in shouting “there’s been a blast”! More >>
Can The US play an effective role in Kashmir?
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:18 am | Guest Opinion
The death of ninety thousand people and the injury of more than a hundred thousand people in the troubled paradise of South Asia, Kashmir brought the entire globe to a standstill on October 8 th 2005. As people turned on their television sets, they ... More >>
Paul Waldman: A Declaration of War
Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 3:25 pm | Guest Opinion
This week, the conservatives declared war. Not on The New York Times. Not even on the media in general. No, this week the entire conservative movement – from the White House to Republicans in Congress to Fox News to right-wing talk radio to conservative ... More >>
Global Powers Failing Palestinians Once Again
Monday, 10 July 2006, 11:43 am | Guest Opinion
This year the 9th of July is a bitter day for Palestinians. The Occupation Army besieges Gaza, massacres its people and attacks its infrastructure. The ghettos of the West Bank take shape as the Apartheid Wall edges closer to completion and the Palestinian ... More >>
