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Russia’s unlikely heroine
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Cathy Young on November 21, 2008 09:42:00
 
Svetlana Bakhmina, a Russian lawyer and mother, has never been involved in
politics or public affairs. Yet this ordinary 39-year-old woman has become the
famous

No, We Can’t
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Sharmila Joshi on November 19, 2008 09:54:00
 
Not for the first time, the English language media in India has been saturated
with news emanating from the western world, at the cost of

A Wanted Man in Burma
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Jeremy R. Hammond on November 17, 2008 01:31:00
 
Antonio Graceffo is a wanted man. His crime? Supporting the Shan people in their
rebellion against the ruling military junta in Burma, known euphemistically as

People without a Country: The Nagas and Nagalim
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Lungthui Yang Riamei on November 14, 2008 09:00:00
 
The Nagas live in Nagalim which literally means “land of the Nagas”. It is
mostly a mountainous region with some of the most beautiful scenery

The Flouting of Bans
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Ranjan Roy | MKG on November 14, 2008 08:53:00
 
Does ban of any kind really work? All indications point to the fact that people
tend to treat bans with scant regard. Bans are imposed

Terror Has No Religion
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Brinda Karat on November 13, 2008 09:11:00
 
The aggressive defence by the Shiv Sena of the terrorist activities of people
acting in the name of Hindutva, combined with the BJP's refusal to