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				<title>New America Foundation al-Qaeda conference,  can extremist ideology be changed?</title>				
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				 Washington Note-Major General Stone &amp;nbsp; Part I of II  On Wednesday the New America Foundation sponsored an impressive conference, &amp;ldquo;al-Qaeda and its Allies: The Endgame.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; The title is suggestive of the stance the U.S. security ap...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:21:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement: Implications of Circumventing the NPT</title>				
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				 themoderatevoice.com-Indian PM Singh and former  President Bush toasting to initial nuclear agreemen           India&apos;s Non-Civilian      Nuclear Capability                                Total nuclear              plants             &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:13:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Part II: Cultural ignorance during war: the uphill battle faced by U.S. forces</title>				
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				 Truthout.org-Dasht-e-Leili Mass GraveDespite statements from both civilian and military authorities, who have emphasized&amp;nbsp; a commitment to protecting civilians, the U.S. armed forces have yet to convert words into action with regard to human sec...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:12:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Cultural ignorance during war: the uphill battle faced by U.S. forces</title>				
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				BBC-Soviet forces withdraw from Afghanistan, 1989  Cold War: The beginning of Afghan animosityDuring the Cold War, the U.S. attempted to counter-balance Soviet influence in Central Asia by serving as an alternative &amp;ldquo;great power&amp;rdquo; that did ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:58:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>al-Qaeda: relocating within Pakistan&apos;s Punjab Province?</title>				
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				Provices of Pakistan-Compare Infobase Ltd.  On Tuesday, a convoy carrying 13 al-Qaeda suspects was intercepted by Pakistani forces in Quetta (located in Pakistan&apos;s southern Balochistan province, whose western border meets Afghanistan).&amp;nbsp; Accordin...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:47:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Zardari&apos;s war on the Taliban from the valley of the blind</title>				
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				Al Jazeera-al-Qaeda attack in Pakistan&amp;nbsp;The notion that the Taliban can be eradicated from Pakistan is too simplistic to capture the realities that exist in Pakistan&apos;s volatile Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and FATA (Federally Autonomous Tri...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:37:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Khamenei&#39;s sleight-of-hand sermon, magnitude of threats overblown in Western media</title>				
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				 Ayatollah Khamenei gives sermon at Friday prayers Ayatollah Khameini spoke today to thousands attending Friday prayers at the University of Tehran.&amp;nbsp; Khamenei&amp;rsquo;s sermon was much-awaited across Iran and the world.&amp;nbsp; In previous days, the...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:38:40 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ahmadinejad maintains presidency winning 62% of votes, opposition calls foul play</title>				
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				 AP-Buring Bus in Tehran Amidst Election Protest Iran&amp;rsquo;s election results were made public Saturday, to the dismay of millions of Iranians who turned out in record numbers to cast their ballot.&amp;nbsp; Some 84 percent of eligible voters&amp;mdash;more...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:53:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pakistan&#39;s socio-religious shift is a larger threat to stability than the Taliban</title>				
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				 Large-scale factional violence in Karachi propmts  President Gilani to call emergency summit; Courtesy AFP, BBC &amp;nbsp; Over the past several weeks, the press within and without Pakistan has almost exclusively focused on the apparent change in approa...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:14:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>President Obama&#39;s Cairo address receives high marks, pundits searching for &quot;action&quot;</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Despite the mixed reaction the President&amp;rsquo;s speech yesterday in Cairo, Egypt has received, it should be seen as a resounding success. President Obama&amp;rsquo;s greeting to the audience was in an Arabic greeting known to all Musli...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:12:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Global health goes high-tech to enhance livelihoods</title>				
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				 Insert photo caption or credit here &amp;nbsp;The 2009 Global Health Conference at Washington&amp;rsquo;s Omni Shoreham, sponsored by the Global Health Council, showcased cutting-edge trends in the provision of health care to South Asia&amp;rsquo;s most neglect...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:43:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline: a possible terrorist counter-balance?</title>				
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				 Anticipated Pipeline Route, Rupee News What are the geopolitical implications of a natural gas pipeline snaking from southern Iran through Pakistan&amp;rsquo;s Balochi province into Sindh?&amp;nbsp; Reactions to Sunday&amp;rsquo;s agreement between Iran and Pak...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:24:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Sri Lanka&#39;s 27-year war ends, grave human rights concerns abound</title>				
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				 Photo Credit www.daylife.com  The writ of the state now runs across every inch of our territory&amp;hellip;.We have completely defeated terrorism&amp;mdash;Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, address to Parliament, May 19, 2009  Sri Lanka&amp;rsquo;s bloody, 27 yea...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 20:39:22 -0700</pubDate>
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