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	<title>the Global Observatory &#187; India</title>
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	<description>A lot of caustic and sarcastic humor, stupid opinions, canned news and scanty revelations on politics, foreign affairs, social and fiscal issues, and much else from an independent, yet conservative and Republican, perspective from the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, right.</description>
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		<title>Sania Mirza + Shoaib Malik in High Profile Cross Border Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/sania-mirza-shoaib-malik-in-high-profile-cross-border-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India and Pakistan haven&#8217;t been on truly friendly terms ever since Pakistan came into its woeful and troubled existence in the late &#8217;40s. The two have fought 4 wars and many more border skirmishes, most recently in 1999, and peace talks have hardly made any progress.
Cross border personal relations between civilians from the two nations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai Blast Suspect Retracts Confession</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/mumbai-blast-suspect-retracts-confession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is known for its extra-legal procedures for obtaining confessions that are then presented literally as God&#8217;s word in court and the media.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the prime suspect in last November&#8217;s bombing in Mumbai, had confessed to his involvement. Now, he has retracted his previous statement, claiming he was tortured.
This may just be another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Book Banning Phenomena</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/the-book-banning-phenomena/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/the-book-banning-phenomena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gujarat, a western Indian state, has banned a book, merely because the author praised Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the so-called founder of Pakistan, and criticized Vallabbhai Patel, a Hindu nationalist leader. This is the same place that just re-elected a genocidal maniac as its Chief Minister.
Freedom of speech ought to be a cherished ideal of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intolerance in Indian Politics: Praise a Pakistani Leader; Get Expelled From Your Party</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/intolerance-in-indian-politics-praise-a-pakistani-leader-get-expelled-from-your-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/intolerance-in-indian-politics-praise-a-pakistani-leader-get-expelled-from-your-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a right wing Hindu nationalist party in India, just cannot get over the fact that Jaswant Singh wrote a book praising Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a freedom fighter and first President of Pakistan.
It had to go and expel Singh from the BJP. Despite the fact that Singh has been a party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korean Nuclear Materials Being Peddled on Indian Streets (Already)</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/north-korean-nuclear-materials-being-peddled-on-indian-streets-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/north-korean-nuclear-materials-being-peddled-on-indian-streets-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian scientists and police searching a North Korean ship detained near the Andaman and Nicobar islands have not found any nuclear materials aboard, according to a home ministry spokesman.
The vessel, MV Mu San, dropped anchor without permission on Wednesday, but attempted to flee when contacted by the Indian coastguard. The ship was later  detained after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Rebuffs Obama&#8217;s Enviro-Crazy Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/india-rebuffs-obamas-enviro-crazy-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/india-rebuffs-obamas-enviro-crazy-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s position, let me be clear, is that we are simply not in the position to take legally binding emissions targets
So says India&#8217;s Environmental Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Right on.
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		<title>Hillary Visits India; Distressed by Use of Male Honorific</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/hillary-visits-india-distressed-by-use-of-male-honorific/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/07/hillary-visits-india-distressed-by-use-of-male-honorific/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting New Delhi on her official visit to India, to energize Indo-American relations at a time economic and geopolitical challenges lie ahead of the two allies.
But, Ms. Clinton is perturbed by the constant use of the male honorific by Indian officials, of both gender. Her protocol officer has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Butcher of Gujarat to be Interviewed After 7 Years?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/the-butcher-of-gujarat-to-be-interviewed-after-7-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/the-butcher-of-gujarat-to-be-interviewed-after-7-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Narendra Modi, the infamous Chief Minister of Gujarat, has had a full 7 years of near complete immunity and full reign over his state in India despite overseeing a near holocaust of Muslims in 2002. With his implicit, and sometimes explicit permission, Hindu nationalists slaughtered, raped and displaced Muslim men, women and children.
Official figures put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making sense of the Indian elections</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/making-sense-of-the-indian-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/making-sense-of-the-indian-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was waiting till the Congress actually formed the government to comment on the recent elections in India. Apparently, the INC has the support of 322 members of parliament to form the government, well over the requirement of 274 out of 527. Manmohan Singh will remain as Prime Minister, shockingly the first PM to get [...]]]></description>
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