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February, 2004
This
Parched Earth: Act or We Perish
By Juliette Jowit
Huge projects pit campaigners fearful of a catastrophic
impact on the environment against the thirsty needs of an ever-growing
population
The Bloody Price
Of Occupation
By Tariq Ali
How far will the US go to maintain its illegitimate
primacy in Iraq?
Islam And Caste Inequality
Among Indian Muslims
By Yoginder Sikand
Although the Qur'an insists on the radical equality
of all Muslims, caste (zat, jati, biraderi) remains a defining feature
of Indian Muslim society, with significant regional variations
The Eve Of Destruction
By Karen Armstrong
All religions have had a problem with women and
sex - and Christianity more than most
14 February, 2004
The Fantasy
Of Democracy In An Arab State
By Robert Fisk
The West never wanted the Arab states to have democracy.
Now they break into Iraq, promising democracy. But after so many deaths,
where is it?
Operation
Sweatshop Iraq
By Pratap Chatterjee
Halliburton is hiring temps to work in Iraq: $100
a month for locals, $300 for Indians and $8,000 for Texans
Putin And The Chechen
War:Together Forever
By Alexander Golts
Endless war in the North Caucasus has proven to
be Putin's all-purpose campaign strategy
13 February, 2004
Iraqi
Deaths Rise But No Count On Bodies
By Fiona O'Brien
The U.S. military knows 537 of its soldiers have
been killed in the war in Iraq, can cite names, how and when they died.
But when it comes to dead Iraqi civilians, it will not even talk hundreds
or thousands
Haiti Under Siege
By Kevin Pina
The Bush administration buys and sells political
constituencies every day in pursuit of world domination. Haiti, which
recently celebrated its bicentennial as the world's first black republic,
is not otherworldly or immune from purchase
The Mob As
Censor
By Ranjit Hoskote
The Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists
who attacked the Garden Art Gallery in Surat, on January 29, appear
to have taken destructive criticism to its extreme
Sri Lankas
Constitutional Coup Thrusts JVP
To Political Prominence
By Nanda Wickramasinghe and K. Ratnayake
The real winner in the political crisis is not
the presidents own partythe Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP)but
rather the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a party based on populist
demagogy and rabid appeals to Sinhala chauvinism
12 February, 2004
Israeli
Forces Kill 13 Palestinians
In Gaza And Rafah
On Wednesday morning, 11 February 2004, 12 Palestinians
were killed by Israeli occupying forces in al-Shojaeya neighborhood
in Gaza city and one Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in the
Rafah refugee camp
This War
Is Not Yet Over
By Jonathan Freedland
The consequences of Iraq could still break Blair
and Bush, and change forever the way our world is ordered
11 February, 2004
Pakistan's
Nuclear Inquiry Is A Sham
By Brahma Chellaney
Musharraf has once again demonstrated how he thrives
in adversity. He has cut a deal that seeks to please all - the United
States, which got the inquiry it wanted and the promise that there would
be no further nuclear leaks
Love Across
The Lines
By Julian Borger
It was never going to be easy for the American
sergeant and the Iraqi doctor who fell in love in Baghdad - he was kicked
out of the army and the country and she was threatened in the street.
But now the couple, who married last August and haven't seen each other
since, are to be reunited
Identity And Islam
By Tanveer Ahmed
The French ban on wearing headscarves at schools
is part of the wider challenge of the multicultural state - how to integrate
migrants yet foster diversity and difference
10 February, 2004
Sharon's
Latest Settlement Move
By Ali Abunimah & Hussein Ibish
While Sharon talks about removing settlements in
Gaza, he is continuing to build them all over the West Bank, because
he has no intention of permitting a real Palestinian state to be constructed
A soldiers
View Of The Iraq War
A soldier who returned to the united states from
Iraq writes about the life of soldiers in Iraq
Chronicling
Communal Violence
Book Review: By Ram Puniyani
Review of Asghar Ali Engineer's Communal Riots
After Independence-A Comprehensive Account
Why It Is Imperative
To Defeat BJP
By Harkishan Singh Surjeet
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India,
Marxist argues why BJP and its allies should be defeated in the forthcoming
parliament elections
India
Shines!!!!!!!!!!?
By Devinder Sharma
In the mid 1980, the sale of Banita, a minor girl
from Kalahandi in Orissa, had shocked the nation. Two decades later,
the nation refused to even notice the cries of a one month old baby
who was sold by her mother for a mere Rs 10
Tehelka - A
Public Faith Denigrated
By Dr. Abraham Mathai
A letter written to Tarun Tejpal, Editor of Tehelka
condemning article against Chrstians in the inaugural issue of the paper
09 February, 2004
10,000
Civilians Were Killed In Iraq During 2003
As many as 10,000 non-combatant civilian deaths
during 2003 have been reliably reported so far as a result of the US/UK-led
invasion and occupation of Iraq, according to Iraq Body Count (IBC),
an independent group of US and UK researchers
06 February, 2004
Asian
Bird Flu Threatens To Trigger
Worldwide Epidemic
By John Roberts
The current outbreak of avian influenzapopularly
known as bird fluin a number of Asian countries has potentially
catastrophic human and economic consequences
05 February, 2004
Irbil
Suicide Bombings Aggravate Tensions
In Northern Iraq
By James Conachy
Two coordinated suicide bombings in the northern
Iraqi city of Irbil last Sunday against gatherings of both main Kurdish
parties supporting the US occupation of the country have inflicted a
severe toll