Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule today, deploying troops and sacking a top judge in a bid to reassert his flagging authority against political rivals and Islamist militants.
Nuclear-armed Pakistan's internal security has deteriorated sharply in recent months with a wave of suicide attacks by al Qaeda-inspired militants, including one that killed 139 people.
I have reasons to believe that Atal Behari Vajpayee, when he was Prime Minister, wanted to dismiss Narendra Modi and had planned to do so after his visit to Ahmedabad. But there was so much pressure on him from his colleagues and the RSS that he changed his mind. He should have gone ahead with his plan because Modi's hand was too visible behind the pogrom to be missed.
Religious orders of monks have been the face of Burma ever since Buddhism was introduced here more than 1,000 years ago. For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post is contrary to the ethical code of Theravada Buddhism. But in Burma today, this spiritual philosophy, .....
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule today, deploying troops and sacking a top judge in a bid to reassert his flagging authority against political rivals and Islamist militants.
Nuclear-armed Pakistan's internal security has deteriorated sharply in recent months with a wave of suicide attacks by al Qaeda-inspired militants, including one that killed 139 people.
I have reasons to believe that Atal Behari Vajpayee, when he was Prime Minister, wanted to dismiss Narendra Modi and had planned to do so after his visit to Ahmedabad. But there was so much pressure on him from his colleagues and the RSS that he changed his mind. He should have gone ahead with his plan because Modi's hand was too visible behind the pogrom to be missed. 
Religious orders of monks have been the face of Burma ever since Buddhism was introduced here more than 1,000 years ago. For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post is contrary to the ethical code of Theravada Buddhism. But in Burma today, this spiritual philosophy, ..... 