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The war within Print E-mail
Friday, 01 July 2011 11:33
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By Saroop Ijaz

 

“He who battles monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster himself, and if you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. The arrest of a serving brigadier and four majors for allegedly having links with banned religious outfit Hizbut Tahrir has been the cause of considerable commotion recently.

Last Updated on Friday, 01 July 2011 11:38
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Egypt shaped at the grass roots Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:03
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By Philip Marfleet

 

While headlines in global media focus upon candidates for the presidency and new parties jostling for electoral advantage, the dynamics of change in Egypt are being shaped at the grassroots.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:07
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Poor and sick paying the heaviest price for Osborne’s deficit reduction Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 June 2011 13:58
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By Steve Griffiths

 

Over a 15-year process of welfare ‘reform’, successive governments have tightened a flawed assessment of fitness for work which has resulted, at a conservative estimate, in half a million people who are sick or disabled and unable to work being wrongly disallowed benefit.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:02
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Asma Jahangir urges civilians to challenge army Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 June 2011 13:52
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By Reuters

 

Pakistan’s civilian leaders should capitalise on public anger with the military and try to ease its grip on power, a leading human rights activist and lawyer said last Tuesday. The army’s image has been dented by a number of setbacks starting with the killing of Osama bin Laden last month by US special forces on Pakistani soil. Traditionally seen as untouchable, Pakistan’s generals now face strong public criticism.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 June 2011 13:58
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David Willetts MP: How this Government is putting students at the heart of our university system Print E-mail
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:12
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By David Willetts

 

When Labour tripled university tuition fees in the 2004 Education Act, it was one of Tony Blair's bolder reforms. But, although he changed the funding structure of our universities, he missed the chance to make the sector more accountable to its students.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:22
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