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<title><![CDATA[Chinese still face discrimination in Indonesia]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2010/03/10/chinese_still_face_discrimination_in_indonesia/7057/</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is conventional wisdom that Indonesia's education policy has traditionally discriminated against the Chinese minority living in the country. For a long time - especially before the 1998 downfall of President Suharto - the Chinese have not enjoyed equal educational opportunities.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Harjo Winoto</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:56:46 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India's cyber crime challenge ]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/09/indias_cyber_crime_challenge/6678/</link>
<description><![CDATA[India's profile and wealth have risen enormously in the world due to the constructive use of information technology. At the same time India ranks fifth in the world for cyber crime, including cross-border attacks, which has brought new security challenges to the country.

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<dc:creator>By Prakash Nanda</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:10 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nepal’s free fall and security implications for India]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/08/nepals_free_fall_and_security_implications_for_india/5841/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Last month media entrepreneur Jamim Shah was shot dead in broad daylight in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. The gunmen escaped and are still at large. India suspected Shah, a Muslim of Indian Kashmiri origin, of being a Pakistani agent, and speculations are rife as to who was behind his murder.
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<dc:creator>By Bhumika Ghimire</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:58:48 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India's emerging maritime clout]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/04/indias_emerging_maritime_clout/7272/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Sixth Land and Naval Defense Systems Exhibition held in New Delhi last month showcased the country's new equipment inducted into its army and navy. Defexpo 2010 saw over 650 companies from around the world display their products and systems for possible acquisition by India's military.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Devindra Sethi</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:52:57 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural resources: The curse of developing countries?]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2010/03/04/natural_resources_the_curse_of_developing_countries/1243/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia is a country rich in natural resources, yet many people live in extreme poverty while foreign corporations exploit these resources for profit. The popular myth is that without foreign corporations, developing countries would not be able to extract these resources.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Harjo Winoto</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:22:30 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Will the Saudi sheikhs shake Pakistan for India?]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/03/will_the_saudi_sheikhs_shake_pakistan_for_india/2715/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, returning from Riyadh on March 1, revealed that he asked the Saudi crown prince to persuade Pakistan to desist from the path of abetting terrorism. But expecting the Saudi sheikhs to act as interlocutors with Pakistan to favor India is simply ludicrous.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Uddipan Mukherjee</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:41:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global power available for any military]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/03/global_power_available_for_any_military/2936/</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the past, if a military wanted to exercise global reach and global power, it was necessary to maintain large forces with sophisticated and expensive weaponry. Now a more effective defense technology is available, which can prevent war by harnessing the deepest level of nature's functioning.

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<dc:creator>By Kulwant Singh and David Leffler</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:37:03 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consistency is antidote to India’s enemies of reason]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2010/03/03/consistency_is_antidote_to_indias_enemies_of_reason/9274/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two different stories with a common India link were in the spotlight recently. One is related to Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen, who lives in exile in India. The other involves Maqbool Fida Husain, who was arguably India's most celebrated and richest painter but has accepted citizenship in Qatar.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Prakash Nanda</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:34:52 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taliban vs. al-Qaida?]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/02/taliban_vs_al-qaida/8366/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three U.S administrations misread the hostile relationship between Taliban's Mullah Omar and al-Qaida's Osama bin Laden. There were - and still are - "deep fissures behind a patina of Islamic unity," according to a leader in Pakistan's tribal region where bin Laden found sanctuary. 
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<dc:creator>By Arnaud de Borchgrave</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:05:03 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Problems rife in Indonesia's police]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2010/03/02/problems_rife_in_indonesias_police/3163/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Indonesian police force's success in fighting terrorism was the highlight of public interest last year, until a case exposing police corruption caused a loss of public confidence in the police. The real issues that shame the police, however, are the practice of violence and the abuse of authority. ]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Papang Hidayat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:38 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bracketing India with China  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2010/03/01/bracketing_india_with_china/4854/</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is only recently that India is being bracketed with China and not with Pakistan in international circles. Only when the Indian economy crossed the US$1 trillion mark a year or so ago did it begin to win the respect it is due.

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<dc:creator>By Hari Sud</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:38 +0800</pubDate>
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