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<title><![CDATA[Wanat Afghanistan, tactical victory, strategic defeat]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/19/wanat_afghanistan_tactical_victory_strategic_defeat/7654/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Last week it was reported that career-ending official reprimands were given to two U.S. Army commanders for failing to prepare their unit for a Taliban attack on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan. All the soldiers involved in this intense battle fought with exceptional valor and professionalism.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Lawrence Sellin</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:35:43 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulliver's Lilliputians]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2010/03/19/gullivers_lilliputians/9458/</link>
<description><![CDATA[India's two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange and would still be left with US$30 billion to spare. This was one of many conclusions about the two countries by Farrukh Saleem, a Pakistani writer focused, with a twinge of envy, on the giant next door.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Arnaud de Borchgrave</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:01:15 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tibetans on hunger strike in Nepal]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/18/tibetans_on_hunger_strike_in_nepal/5310/</link>
<description><![CDATA[About two dozen Tibetans jailed in Nepal for protesting the Chinese occupation of their homeland have gone on a hunger strike in Kathmandu. In the past Nepal was very sympathetic toward Tibetan refugees, but with China's growing economic investments in Nepal, policies have changed. ]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Robert Kittel</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:13:54 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shifting Indian, Russian and U.S. roles]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The recent visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to New Delhi has revealed new trends in the relationships between India, Russia and the United States. In 24 hours Russia concluded agreements in defense, nuclear power, trade, mining, foreign policy, aeronautics and space cooperation. 
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<dc:creator>By Devindra Sethi</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:03:45 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan's brother Pakistan trumps friend India ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's time for India to pack up and leave Afghanistan. The Taliban and the Pakistani government never wanted it in the first place, and now even its friend Afghan President Hamid Karzai no longer wants India to interfere in the country's affairs. ]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Uddipan Mukherjee</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:58:01 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What next in Thailand?]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/16/what_next_in_thailand/1747/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's second call-in in two days to his Red Shirt loyalists, gathered by the tens of thousands in Bangkok to overthrow the government, was broadcast Monday night. Despite his best efforts, he seems unable to engineer a counterrevolution and restore his former glory.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Frank G. Anderson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:24 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Walker's World: Obama is losing India]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/16/walkers_world_obama_is_losing_india/8726/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is trying to play catch-up in its relations with the country that could become its most important long-term ally. But it may be leaving it too late, after India last week agreed a US$7 billion deal in arms, nuclear reactors and space technology with Russia.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Martin Walker</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:28:05 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand still threatening journalists with lese majeste]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2010/03/15/thailand_still_threatening_journalists_with_lese_majeste/3402/</link>
<description><![CDATA[On March 19, in response to a Royal Thai Police summons, I am to appear at the Phahon Yothin Metropolitan Police station in Bangkok to respond to an accusation of criminal defamation, filed by the same police officer that has so threatened the BBC and other journalists.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Frank G. Anderson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:40:07 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Democrats must defy Burma's military autocracy]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/15/democrats_must_defy_burmas_military_autocracy/4452/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Has Burma's Senior General Than Shwe gone mad? This question has arisen after the junta headed by Than Shwe announced the laws that will govern the upcoming national elections. One thing is clear: Than Shwe is very much afraid of losing his power.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Zin Linn</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:39:21 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Support Iran's opposition movement]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/12/support_irans_opposition_movement/3033/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States is pursuing a "pressure track" to halt Iran's nuclear program, given its continued rejection of a U.N. proposal on its disputed uranium enrichment activities. To prevent Iran from becoming nuclear-armed, one option is for the West to support Iran's internal opposition movement.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Roger Gale</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:18 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Karzai's Cabinet quandary]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/12/karzais_cabinet_quandary/5919/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai's second term as president of Afghanistan has begun just as poorly as his first term ended. Entangled in allegations of fraud and impropriety, Karzai has done little to justify his reelection. And he has yet to form a Cabinet to help him with the enormous task of governing the country. 

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<dc:creator>By Richard Albert</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:41 +0800</pubDate>
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