Compare and contrast the two situations. In September last, Burma saw the first public protests in 20 years, primarily led by saffron-robed monks. In unison, the world community rose up
It should have not caused surprise that the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo on 17 February 2008, coupled with its swift recognition by several influential Western countries, generated considerable
The United Progressive Alliance government's unprecedented move to waive INR 600 billion in debt owed by an estimated 40 million small and marginal farmers is a development that,
Pakistan now has a sovereign Parliament in place. The newly elected members have taken their oaths under the 1973 Constitution, and have also elected, by two-thirds majority, a new speaker
Questioning the accuracy of an editorial in the weekly Nayen, published from Ramechhap in eastern Nepal, Maoist cadres recently threatened to break the legs and spine of the paper'
Nearly three decades ago, officials and employees of the Tea Board of India, in Calcutta, were dumbfounded as their chairman angrily rushed down from his office on the eighth floor
TIBET
Battle of the tongues
In the spirit of International Mother Language Day, on 21 February the Free Tibet Campaign called on China to pass legislation that would make Tibetan
When activists with the Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) marched on the streets of Kuala Lumpur on 25 November 2007, hoping to highlight the plight of the poorer sections of
Definition kills, say some, but without it we are lost jokers, roaming astray through a deck of numberless cards. A set of rules is necessary for any game, of course,
March has always been a tense time in Tibet. This year, however, what could have been just another demonstration by a group of monks in Lhasa on 10 March 2008
