Are India and Russia no longer comrades?

Posted by Matt in March 12th, 2008 | no comment

It seems that they are moving further and further apart over a number of issues.
Their leaders still visit each other’s countries and rarely miss any opportunity to emphasise their decades-old ties. But nagging doubts remain over their ability to redefine their relationship in a fast-changing world.
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Israel, Iran Practically At War

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Published in Iran, Israel, War

Immediately after the massacre of eight students in a yeshiva library in Jerusalem last week, speculation began within the Israeli security establishment and the media about who had dispatched the lone murderer. Was it Hamas? Hezbollah? Perhaps a new, unknown organization claiming to act on behalf of the “liberation” of the Galilee? In fact, the [...]

Bird flu virus mutating, warns top China doc

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Published in China, Disease

One of China’s top doctors has said that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Zhong Nanshan, an expert on respiratory diseases, told reporters in Beijing that vigilance should be kept up, especially when H5N1 [...]

Annexation Austrian- Style

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Published in Europe, Austria

When the Nazis marched into Austrian on March 12, 1938, hundreds of thousands of Austrians turned out to welcome them. But after the war, the country preferred to see itself as just another of Hitler’s victims. By Marion Kraske more… [Â VideoÂ ]

SPIEGEL TV: Austria’s AnnexationÂ
Photo Gallery: Austria Becomes Part of the Third Reich
Photo Gallery: A New [...]

The Army Monograph that Predicted Just About Everything that’s Happened in Iraq

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Published in Middle East, iraq

HNN Editor: Dr. Conrad Crane is sometimes referred to as the historian who predicted what would happen in Iraq. In point of fact a lot of historians warned that we were headed into a mess. But Crane, Director of the U. S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, PA, bravely issued his [...]

Iran Schoolbooks Teach Jihad, Martyrdom, Study Shows

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Published in Iran, Islam

When third grade school children in Iran turn to page 113 of their textbook “Let’s Read,” they find a passage that says, “At that time, the Israeli officer pounded (three-year-old) Muhammad’s head with the rifle’s stock and his warm blood sprinkled upon his (six-year-old brother) Khaled’s hands.”
The Iranian textbook was published in 2004, before the [...]

Russia must use nuclear deterrent to protect allies - analyst

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Published in Russia

Russia must reserve the right to use nuclear weapons to protect Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members in case of an imminent threat, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday.
The CSTO is a post-Soviet security group comprising Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
“It is necessary to extend part of Russia’s nuclear [...]

Nazi Landmines Block Egypt’s Access to Oil and Gas

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Published in Egypt, Oil

German “Desert Fox” Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army left behind hundreds of thousands of mines and unexploded shells in their North African battles of World war II. The explosive relics are hampering Egypt’s access to untapped oil and gas reserves in the desert. By Joachim Hoelzgen more…

Photo Gallery: Egypt’s Development Hampered by WW2 [...]