Towards full potential of SAARC

It gives me great pleasure to be with all of you in this serene and enchanting city of Thimphu. Prime Minister Thinley, you have today assumed the Chair in the Silver Jubilee Year of SAARC.

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PARALLEL Perspectives

Obama battles reactionary ‘Tea Party’ activists in US

US politics is on a war-footing as President Obama battles a hostile Right-wing group called ‘The Tea Party’ reacting vehemently against his broader-based social policies.

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The Morning Inspection

On bystanders and ‘bystanding’

I saw a ‘white van abduction’ take place around midnight on February 24, 2007. The ‘victim’ was Raja Pulendun, brother-in-law of Senior Superintendent of Police, Colombo (Crimes Division), Sarath Lugoda, it was later learnt.

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