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Britain and US real story on wars
For more than half a century Britain’s foriegn policy has been based on remaining as closly aligned as possible to US government policy. For this very same reason former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, led his country into US-led wars because the US government was set on going to war. Within hours of the September … Continue reading
Al Qaeda under New Leadership
Al Qaeda’s Leadership. Osama bin Laden died during a U.S. Special Forces raid in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad on 2 May. It is most probable that two weeks later the senior leaders of Al Qaeda decided to appoint Saif al Adel as the new interim leader (Emir) of the organization. Al Adel is the … Continue reading
China-Pakistan Relations
Abstract The paper examines the evolution of what is now viewed as an ‘all-weather relationship’, the bilateral linkages between China and Pakistan. It seeks to demonstrate the nature of this partnership that has withstood the test of time and what is the impact on it of certain recent international developments like the death of Osama … Continue reading
Ethnic Federalism in Nepal
The writing of the constitution, which has not been completed in the last three years, is expected to be drafted within the next three months – a feat that will strongly depend on the nature of negotiations and the extent to which the respective political parties are willing to compromise and reach a political consensus … Continue reading
Top 2000 – Companies in the World
RANK COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY SALES ($BIL) PROFITS ($BIL) ASSETS ($BIL) MARKET VALUE ($BIL) 59 Commonwealth Bank Australia Banking 31.84 3.81 500.20 75.10 67 Westpac Banking Group Australia Banking 31.19 3.04 519.03 70.99 79 National Australia Bank Australia Banking 32.50 2.29 574.41 48.80 83 ANZ Banking Australia Banking 26.91 2.60 420.52 53.72 190 Telstra Australia Telecommunications … Continue reading
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