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India-Pakistan Dialogue to Continue
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The
expectations and euphoria generated initially by the Agra Summit
petered out when India and Pakistan faced the reality on the ground,
says Mushahid Hussain from Islamabad in an
analysis for Inter Press Service.
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aslo "AHEAD OF
INDIA-PAKISTAN SUMMIT"
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1776-2001 |
| July
4 is the US Independence Day. The United States became the
world's first modern democracy after its break with Great Britain
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South
Asian
FACES
WOULD YOU OR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW
LIKE TO BE A South Asian FACE?
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| Why
is South Asia one of the most impoverished regions?
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| For the past
decade, South Asia has been the second fastest-growing region in the
world,
after East Asia. Yet
it remains one of the poorest regions. 45 percent of the population
lives below the international poverty line of 1 dollar a day, comprising about
40 percent of the world's poor. Read
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| No
Creativity, no Progress
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| "In
Pakistan, I have noticed the lack of inventive approaches and creative
solutions to problems. Subsequently, there is a paucity of new and useful
products. However, once Pakistan takes to an inventive and a creative way
of thinking, the country's products will have a much greater chance to
enter international market." Read
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The
award-winning Executive
Producer of CFMT-TV's ethnic productions, Madeline Ziniak, has
been promoted to the position of Vice President, Station Manager of
Multilingual TV for Eastern Canada for Rogers Media Television.
Ziniak's promotion represents the leadership that she has provided,
not only for CFMT-TV's three stations, but her ongoing dedication to the continued growth of the station's
multilingual / multicultural television programming.
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Madeline
Ziniak
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| Global
Terrorism: Trend
shifting to South Asia?
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| In the year 2000, South Asia remained
a focal point for terrorism directed against the United States, further
confirming the trend of terrorism shifting from the Middle East to South Asia.
The Taliban continued to provide safehaven for international terrorists,
particularly Osama Bin Ladin and his network, in the portions of
Afghanistan it controlled. The government of Pakistan increased its
support to the Taliban and continued its support to militant groups
active in Indian-held Kashmir.
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