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<title><![CDATA[What next in Thailand?]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/16/what_next_in_thailand/1747/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's second call-in in two days to his Red Shirt loyalists, gathered by the tens of thousands in Bangkok to overthrow the government, was broadcast Monday night. Despite his best efforts, he seems unable to engineer a counterrevolution and restore his former glory.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Frank G. Anderson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:24 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Walker's World: Obama is losing India]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/16/walkers_world_obama_is_losing_india/8726/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is trying to play catch-up in its relations with the country that could become its most important long-term ally. But it may be leaving it too late, after India last week agreed a US$7 billion deal in arms, nuclear reactors and space technology with Russia.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Martin Walker</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:28:05 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand still threatening journalists with lese majeste]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2010/03/15/thailand_still_threatening_journalists_with_lese_majeste/3402/</link>
<description><![CDATA[On March 19, in response to a Royal Thai Police summons, I am to appear at the Phahon Yothin Metropolitan Police station in Bangkok to respond to an accusation of criminal defamation, filed by the same police officer that has so threatened the BBC and other journalists.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Frank G. Anderson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:40:07 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Democrats must defy Burma's military autocracy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Has Burma's Senior General Than Shwe gone mad? This question has arisen after the junta headed by Than Shwe announced the laws that will govern the upcoming national elections. One thing is clear: Than Shwe is very much afraid of losing his power.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Zin Linn</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:39:21 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Support Iran's opposition movement]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/12/support_irans_opposition_movement/3033/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States is pursuing a "pressure track" to halt Iran's nuclear program, given its continued rejection of a U.N. proposal on its disputed uranium enrichment activities. To prevent Iran from becoming nuclear-armed, one option is for the West to support Iran's internal opposition movement.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Roger Gale</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:18 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Karzai's Cabinet quandary]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2010/03/12/karzais_cabinet_quandary/5919/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai's second term as president of Afghanistan has begun just as poorly as his first term ended. Entangled in allegations of fraud and impropriety, Karzai has done little to justify his reelection. And he has yet to form a Cabinet to help him with the enormous task of governing the country. 

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<dc:creator>By Richard Albert</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:41 +0800</pubDate>
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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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