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Month end Mauritania runthrough
http://themoornextdoor.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 12/ 01/ month-end-mauritania-runthro…Nouakchott or Lemden? A recent skit by a Mauritanian comedy team satirized the life and times of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After being send home as a gift to his native Lemden, the former president settles in and begins hosting members of the opposition (i.e. the FNDD) and soon foreign diplomats follow.
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Pakistan — The Madrassa for Global Jihad and a Failed State
http://www.bythefault.com/ 2008/ 11/ 30/ pakistan-the-madrassa-for-global-jihad-…“We are not saying that it is sponsored by the Pakistan government,” India’s Deputy Home Minister Shakeel Ahmad told the BBC, adding that Pakistani soil was nevertheless being used for “anti-India” activities.
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Fukuyama: Is America Ready for a Post-American World?
http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/ 2008/ 11/ fukuyama-is-america-ready-for-pos…For a guy who declared the 'end of history' nearly 20 years ago, political scientist Francis Fukuyama has a lot to say about the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. In a recent NPQ article, Fukuyama describes the decline in U.S. hegemonic power and the rise of the 'weak-state world.' He writes, This weak-state world has a lot of implications for American power.
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How Did Ten Pakistanis Killed 195 People and Hold Off the Indian Army for 72 Hours?
http://www.bythefault.com/ 2008/ 11/ 30/ how-did-ten-pakistanis-killed-195-peopl…They were 10 gunmen, well-trained and armed with assault rifles and grenades, officials say. They had scouted their targets ahead of time. The knew the hallways and the basements. They even carried bags of almonds for energy.
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India’s 9/11
http://commentsfromleftfield.com/ 2008/ 11/ indias-911The latest confirmed figure of deaths in Mumbai (that I have seen) is 195. According to an article in the UK Telegraph, however, that number is likely to rise to 300. Amid the ocean of ink being spilled on the Mumbai atrocity, a few underplayed angles have emerged that deserve mention: Learning from experience (or not).
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Weekend Reading, watching the world change before our eyes
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 11/ 29/ weekend-37/Some interesting news stories you might have missed during the Thanksgiving rush. “Transformation 101“, Kevin Carey, Washington Monthly, Nov/Dec 2008 — “Technology is driving down the cost of teaching undergraduates.
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Detente, Berber Style
http://negevrockcity.com/ post/ 62103212Gene Cretz has been named as the first US ambassador to Libya in 30 years. His prior postings include Tel Aviv, Damascus, Cairo, Islamabad, New Delhi and Beijing.
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What Indian Blogs Are Saying
http://www.bythefault.com/ 2008/ 11/ 28/ what-indian-blogs-are-saying/Here is a round-up of commentary from various Indian blogs: India’s Nine-Eleven From Great Bong (Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind). Is this India’s 9/11? There is no doubt that what we have seen today is as much an act of war as 9/11. Foreigners have breached the nation’s borders (with consummate ease may we add).
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As India Mourns, Tough Questions Emerge
http://www.bythefault.com/ 2008/ 11/ 28/ as-india-mourns-tough-questions-emerge/…The coordinated terror attacks in India’s commercial capital of Mumbai are still unfolding with at least one or two of the attackers still at large and holding hostages. We are not yet past the latest round of Islamic terror unleashed upon the world and in still in shock at the ferocity of these attacks.
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Respect the victims
http://www.blogbharti.com/ kuffir/ geopolitics/ respect-the-victims/Vamsee Juluri asks the Western Press to be fair and professional: Why is this a terrorist attack “in” India, as everyone is saying, and not “on” India? Why then, was 9/11 an attack “on” America and not “in” America? This little difference has a huge consequence for how we understand and deal with terrorism today.
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