Asia

Uzbek terror and the UK/USA

Murray: CIA used Uzbek torture to create false intelligence; support for regime continues  October 24, 2009

Is this evidence of Sri Lankan 'war crimes?'

Channel 4 News shows footage claimed to show Sri Lankan forces executing Tamils earlier this year  August 28, 2009

China's military goes online

People's Liberation Army marks its 82nd anniversary  August 2, 2009

Indian Navy's nuclear sub and China's encirclement

An NDTV panel in India discusses the launch Sunday of lndia's nuclear ballistic submarine INS Arihant  July 26, 2009

India-Bangladesh 'security' fence

India announces a new fence will seal off its border with Bangladesh, hundreds have been killed  July 24, 2009

Uighurs' struggle to retain cultural identity

The Chinese government has accused Uighur exiles of inciting violent protests in Urumqi  July 7, 2009

Fighting in Pakistan displaced 1.5 million

Up to 15,000 soldiers are fighting Taliban militants north of the capital Islamabad  May 21, 2009

US Pakistan policy is floundering

Aijaz Ahmad Pt.2: US must work with regional states and pull out of Afghanistan to find Pakistan solutio  May 13, 2009

Swat valley death toll rises

Pakistan's army continues US-backed Swat valley offensive after the reported deaths of 700 militants  May 12, 2009

US policy makes things worse in Pakistan

Aijaz Ahmad: US policy will lead to thousands of new recruits for al- Qaeda  May 12, 2009

Panic grips Pakistan's Buner as fighting intensifies

Al Jazeera: More than 300,000 people have fled the area as troops battle Taliban fighters  May 8, 2009

Pakistan is boiling

Aijaz Ahmad: Pakistan is in complete chaos - Bad decisions Pt.2  March 12, 2009

The Pakistan puzzle

The unraveling situation in Pakistan confounds US policy in Afghanistan Pt. 3  February 23, 2009

Obama's plan and Mumbai

Sunil Ram: Obama's plan for Kashmir unlikely to succeed  December 19, 2008

Orchestrating the Mumbai attacks

Sunil Ram: Mumbai attackers were well equipped, informed, and trained for at least a year  December 17, 2008

Devastating Mumbai’s defenses

Sunil Ram: The Mumbai attacks devastated India's security and emergency services Pt.2  December 17, 2008

Pakistan under pressure

Saeed Shah investigates origin of Ajmal Amir Qasab; only gunman caught in Mumbai attacks  December 9, 2008

No danger of Indo-Pak War

Siddharth Varadarajan: This crisis is full of implications for the future of Pakistan  December 9, 2008

Brazil pledges to cut Amazon destruction in half

Guardian: Brazilian President Lula da Silva announces 10 year plan to slow rainforest destruction  December 5, 2008

Mumbai: Media speculations over Pakistan Pt.1

Tariq Amin-Khan discusses media coverage of Mumbai violence and speculations over Pakistani involvement  December 4, 2008

Mumbai attacks fail to fuel vengeance

Siddharth Varadarajan: Indians have rejected attempts to politicize the attacks Pt.2/2  December 3, 2008

India-Pakistan relations stable

Siddharth Varadarajan: India and Pakistan cooperating, Indian people restrained Pt.1/2  December 2, 2008

Mumbai overwhelmed with violence

Security forces descended on a Jewish center that was occupied by militants  November 29, 2008

A complex terrorist situation

Guardian: An assessment of the security situation in India and the possible political fallout  November 29, 2008

Commandos storm Mumbai hotels

Guardian: Randeep Ramesh reports on the current hostage situation in Mumbai  November 28, 2008

It's time to deal with Taliban

Tariq Amin-Khan: Taliban is now a social-political force and must be approached as such Pt. 2/2  November 24, 2008

Obama's vision for Pakistan

Tariq Amin-Khan: Obama's new Pakistan adviser calls for deal in Kashmir to free up Pak military  November 12, 2008

Pakistan and Afghanistan are moving backwards

More US missile strikes kill civilians in Pakistan and Afghanistan  November 11, 2008

Chinese factories feel the pinch

Guardian: As the economic downturn reaches China, factory workers express their anxiety  November 2, 2008

Drugs and the Pakistani military

Sunil Ram: Pakistani military operations are determined in part by dependency on drug revenue Pt.2/3  October 28, 2008

Pakistan in a panic

Sunil Ram: Military ruling class is dependent on international aid that is now in jeopardy  October 27, 2008

Pakistani Lashkars join fight against Taliban

Tariq Amin-Khan : Pakistani government is playing with fire by arming more tribes with modern weapons  October 15, 2008

Pakistan's future tied to the oval office

Dr. Tariq Amin-Khan: Will Obama or McCain represent a new policy toward Pakistan?  October 7, 2008

What do the Taliban want in Pakistan?

Dr. Tariq Amin-Khan: Taliban seek to gain popular support by inciting Pakistani military Pt.4  October 5, 2008

Conflict in Pakistan

Beena Sarwar: Over the last few years the agenda of local militants and the Taliban have converged  October 4, 2008

New head of ISI; Karzai calls for Taliban talks

Eric Margolis: Political stability is unattainable in Afghanistan without dialog with the Taliban  October 1, 2008

Global meltdown: Pakistan and the Taliban

Tariq Khan: Pakistan on the brink - the economic crisis Pt. 3  October 1, 2008

Is Pakistan's Zardari creating new dictatorship?

Tariq Khan: Pak President Zardari is not rescinding legal framework of dictatorship. Pt2  September 29, 2008

Pakistan on the brink

Dr.Tariq Amin-Khan talks about the consequences of increased US military activity in Pakistan  September 25, 2008

The Gurkha veterans' last stand

The Guardian: Gurkha veterans' fight for right to settle in UK  September 21, 2008

China holding the (US dollar) bag

Prof. Minqi Li on what happens to China if the US goes into a deeper recession Pt10  September 19, 2008

US infringes Pakistani sovereignty

Unmanned drone launches missile strike in South Waziristan village  September 19, 2008

China, climate change and US dollars

Minqi Li: Renewable energy canceled out by growth of fossil fuels; US dollar depends on China Pt9  September 17, 2008

China and the climate change crisis

Prof. Minqi Li: Government has done little more then give lip service to environmental issues Pt8  September 15, 2008

The Chinese Communist Party

Minqi Li: It's not about ideology, it's about the material interests of the elite Pt 7  August 25, 2008

Chinese nationalism

Minqi Li : China's elites are primarily focused on neoliberal globalization Pt 6  August 24, 2008

The New Left in China wants socialism

Minqi Li : Left against free-market reforms, wants social-democracy or socialism Pt5  August 23, 2008

The New Left in China

Minqi Li : Chinese left critical of market reforms Pt4  August 22, 2008

Musharraf resigns

Beleaguered president leaves but Pakistan's problems remain  August 19, 2008

China's top 1% control 70% of wealth

Professor Minqi Li : Winners and losers in new China Pt 2  August 15, 2008

Winners and losers in the new China

Prof. Minqi Li, a former political prisoner, on Confucianism, capitalism and harmony for who Pt 1  August 14, 2008

China's authoritarian capitalism a global trend?

Naomi Klein on China and the Olympics (4 of 4)  August 12, 2008

China security tech supplied by US companies

Naomi Klein on China and the Olympics (3 of 4)  August 11, 2008

China new disaster-capitalism trough

Naomi Klein: Billions of dollars spent on Olympic security, China buys tools of war on terror (2 of 4)  August 10, 2008

Naomi Klein on China and the Olympics

"The security, central planning, surveillance state is an ideal cocoon for global capitalism" (1 of 4)  August 9, 2008

Burma: "If we had guns we would fight back"

The Guardian: From inside Burma plans for new uprising against military  August 6, 2008

CIA says Pakistan spy agency helping militants

Pakistan angrily denies a report that it helped plan bombing in Kabul  August 4, 2008

Pakistan launches offensive

Khan: If it lasts longer than a week, Pak govt's offensive risks bringing Taliban's war to the cities  June 30, 2008

Childhood denied

Millions of children forced to work to earn meager income, or nothing at all  June 22, 2008

Pak PM condemns US bombing

US air strike kills 11 Pakistani soldiers; war of words ensues  June 12, 2008

Pervez Musharraf: The fall of a dictator

Pakistan's president refuses to resign, while opponents discuss impeachment  June 10, 2008

Myanmar opens doors to foreign aid workers

Joe Belliveau of Medecins Sans Frontieres sees no signs of reconstruction  May 27, 2008

Myanmar to grant access to all aid workers

Guardian: Junta's decision could affect flow of desperately needed aid into devastated country  May 24, 2008

Burma cyclone aid: A desperate lottery

Guardian: Reporter finds out that in some cases so little food arrives it is divided up by lucky draw  May 23, 2008

Over 130-thousand missing or dead in Myanmar

Progress in distributing aid is slowly being made  May 21, 2008

Pakistan border bombed

Damadola struck by 2-drone missiles; US suspected to be behind bombing  May 16, 2008

Myanmar's junta use food aid to maintain iron grip

Military junta, afraid of mutiny, accused of hoarding relief supplies for military personnel  May 14, 2008

Pakistan: Sharif withdraws from coalition

Members of the Muslim League N have quit the cabinet over disagreement on reinstating judges  May 13, 2008

Myanmar junta seizes aid shipments

Military junta blocks new aid and insists on constitutional referendum despite cyclone disaster  May 11, 2008

Myanmar generals force vote despite cyclone crisis

Larry Jagan: Myanmar generals do not care about the Burmese people  May 11, 2008

Myanmar death toll climbs over 70 000

Cyclone transforms rice exporting country into rice importer  May 9, 2008

Myanmar cyclone may hurt rice exports

Rice importing countries dependent on Myanmar may be the next victims  May 7, 2008

Election brings sweeping change to Nepal

Maoists' landslide victory means country's monarchy could soon be abolished  April 15, 2008

Seven days not in Tibet

Guardian: Chinese police blocking attempts to verify different claims made by Chinese State and Tibetans  March 28, 2008

Monk protest disrupts media visit

State-organized trip to Lhasa interrupted by monks who talk to media  March 28, 2008

New Pakistan PM releases jailed judges

Gilani elected as Pakistan's PM and releases Musharraf foe and former head of Supreme Court of Pakistan  March 25, 2008

Crisis in Tibet

Aijaz Ahmad: Dalai Lama caught between China and independence groups  March 25, 2008

Bombs blast Lahore

Militant campaign against government escalates as parliament prepares to convene  March 11, 2008

Will the US save Musharraf

Pakistani parliament on collision course with Musharraf presidency (2 of 2)  March 11, 2008

Pakistan: New coalition gov. will reinstate judges

Election winners seal agreement to form coalition government and vow to reinstate supreme court judges  March 9, 2008

Burma in turmoil

Larry Jagan: Burma, China's inconvenient friend  March 8, 2008

Pakistan elections: Start of democratic turmoil

Analysis by Aijaz Ahmad: Emerging political forces in Pakistan resist US pressure  February 26, 2008

The US and Pakistan

Aijaz Ahmad: US trying to guide formation of new Pakistan government; will Musharraf stay or go?  February 25, 2008

New Pak govt. against extreme US military action

Aijaz Ahmad: Coalition govt. for negotiations with Islamist militants; military highly corrupt (2 of 2)  February 21, 2008

Lawyers demand judges be reinstated

Protesting lawyers in Karachi, Pakistan, demand that judges dismissed by Pervez Musharraf be reinstated  February 21, 2008

Musharraf, army and Islamist parties big losers

Aijaz Ahmad: Rise of secular urban forces in Pakistan; US not controlling the process (1 of 2)  February 20, 2008

Pakistan election day

Beena Sarwar: Many voting irregularities as counting begins ALERT: Musharraf party headed towards defeat  February 19, 2008

Musharraf's party defeated

Beena Sarwar: Reporting from Pakistan on rout of Musharraf's party  February 19, 2008

Pakistan election fraught with danger

Eric Margolis: Vote may be rigged for Musharraf as Pashtun uprising grows stronger  February 16, 2008

Opposition promises to remove Musharraf if elected

Pakistani opposition forms coalition for elections  February 14, 2008

al-Qaeda in Pakistan plans election chaos

Syed Saleem Shahzad: Militants in the tribal areas are obsessed with "khuruj" (revolt) in Pakistan  February 11, 2008

Taliban threaten US/NATO supply lines in Pakistan

Aijaz Ahmad: Musharraf reluctant to fight Pakistani tribes - serious crisis developing  February 1, 2008

Pakistan army and the tribal territories

Aijaz Ahmad: Pakistan army fights Talibanization of Pakistan, but mixed agenda in tribal areas (2 of 3)  January 30, 2008

Pakistan against US troops on its territory

Aijaz Ahmad: An isolated Musharraf opposes American troops in Pakistan (1 of 3)  January 29, 2008

Who's in charge of Pakistan?

Munizae Jahangir: Taliban law in North West Frontier Province is replacing Pakistani law  January 19, 2008

Bhutto's legacy and Musharraf's future

Aijaz Ahmad: Who will fill the vacuum after Bhutto's death? Will the Army turn on Musharraf?  January 9, 2008

US troops in Pakistan?

Aijaz Ahmad: Is there a military solution in Afghanistan and Pakistan?  January 4, 2008

Who gained from Bhutto's death?

Aijaz Ahmad: Musharraf and extremists had the most to gain from assassination  January 3, 2008

On al-Qaeda's video "Review of Events"

Pepe Escobar on al-Zawahiri's video (2 of 2)  December 31, 2007

On al-Qaeda's video "Review of Events"

Pepe Escobar on al-Zawahiri's video (1 of 2)  December 30, 2007

Pakistan in turmoil after assassination of Bhutto

Beena Sawar: Supporters despair about fate of democratization  December 27, 2007

Democracy movement in Pakistan not dead

Aijaz Ahmad: The democracy movement did not start with Bhutto and will not end with her death  December 27, 2007

The Indo - US nuclear deal

N. Ram: Will the left alliance bring down the government of Manmohan Singh?  December 26, 2007

Code Pink activists deported from Pakistan

Medea Benjamin talks about her arrest and deportation from Pakistan  December 22, 2007

Pakistan: Emergency rule now called democracy

Aijaz Ahmad: Restoration of "democracy" is an extension of emergency conditions  December 20, 2007

Pakistan: The army looks after its own

Aijaz Ahmad says the military in Pakistan is an institution that defends its own power  December 11, 2007

Does Washington really want democracy in Pakistan?

Aijaz Ahmad: Democracy stuck in secrets and deals  November 29, 2007

Disarmament wars replace Cold War

Jonathan Schell on Pakistan and the nuclear bomb (2 of 2)  November 28, 2007

Musharraf loses uniform, stays in power

Beena Sarwar: Musharraf's actions are symbolic, it's martial law in disguise  November 28, 2007

Pakistan, an example of failed US foreign policy

Jonathan Schell on Pakistan and the nuclear bomb (1 of 2)  November 27, 2007

US will support Pakistan's dictatorship

Aijaz Ahmad: The US needs Pakistan's military and will support their rule, with or without Musharraf  November 23, 2007

Pakistan: Setback to secular forces

Aijaz Ahmad: Pakistan after Negroponte's visit  November 23, 2007

Musharraf under pressure as U.S. envoy flies in

Aijaz Ahmad: Musharraf has cornered himself  November 16, 2007

Turmoil in Pakistan continues

Aijaz Ahmad: Tougher martial law may be on the way  November 15, 2007

Police block Bhutto march

Detention, protests and violence foil Bhutto's plan for rally  November 9, 2007

Sharif demands Bhutto abandon plans with Musharraf

Former Pakistani PM weighs in on crisis  November 8, 2007

Pakistan, democracy and militant extremism

Aijaz Ahmad: War against Islamic extremism cannot be fought as a war for America (2 of 2)  November 7, 2007

Judicial revolt and kangaroo courts

Pakistan under martial law  November 7, 2007

Pakistani Army cuts a deal

211 soldiers of the Pak army exchanged for release of 28 militants  November 6, 2007

Global reaction to Pakistani state of emergency

Global reaction to Pakistani state of emergency  November 6, 2007

Pakistan: Democracy in crisis

Political opposition denounces emergency proclamation  November 5, 2007

The Real News interviewee arrested in Pakistan

Asma Jahangir forced into house arrest under Pakistan martial law, two weeks after interview in TRNN st  November 5, 2007

Pakistan arrests human rights leaders

Asma Jahangir, arrested under Emergency measures, interviewed in TRNN studio two weeks ago  October 25, 2007

Bomb hits Bhutto convoy

Aijaz Ahmad: If violence continues Pakistan could face martial law  October 19, 2007

U.S. plans to reshape Pakistan's state

Pakistan - America’s next battlefield? (2 of 2)  October 19, 2007

China and the struggle in Burma-Myanmar

Pepe Escobar on China's role in Burma-Myanmar and what people outside Burma can do  October 5, 2007

New political foe challenges Pakistan President

Beena Sarwar explains how Pakistan's chief justice took on President General Pervez Musharraf.  July 27, 2007

Musharraf reportedly meets Bhutto in U.A.E.

Pakistan media widely report surprise meeting between country's President and exiled former Prime Minister

Pakistan Supreme Court reinstates chief justice

In historic ruling, High Court declares President Musharraf's suspension of Iftikhar Chaudhry was "illegal"  July 20, 2007

Pakistan TV airs video from inside Lal Masjid

The Musharraf government takes journalists on a tour of the devastated Red Mosque  July 12, 2007

Crisis in Pakistan

Musharraf’s balancing act (2 of 3)

Crisis in Pakistan

U.S. supports a dictator (1 of 3)

Crisis in Pakistan

Is an unpopular U.S. policy strengthening Islamist militants?(3 of 3)

Pakistan gov cannot control militants Pt.2

Tariq Khan: India is 'most attacked country in world after Iraq,' it's not all coming from Pakistan  December 5, 2008

Eric Margolis on Pakistan

Is Pakistan's nuclear arsenal dangerous?

Raw News: Censorship gone global

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority shuts down YouTube  October 21, 09

Corrupt politician is US man in Pakistan

Aijaz Ahmad commentary: Sharif refuses coalition government; Zardari on his own  October 21, 09

Protest movement growing in China

Professor Minqi Li : Winners and losers in new China Pt 3  October 21, 09

Pakistan violence could signal civil war

Increasing offensives by the Taliban challenge the territorial integrity of the country  October 21, 09

What's the Afghan policy?

Nancy Youssef: There are no easy choices in Afghanistan for the US; nor for Afghans  October 21, 09

We're all Uighurs now. Or are we?

Pepe Escobar: Does anyone care about what happens to the Uighurs?  October 21, 09

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