I don’t think India is even considering to send its troops to Afghanistan also. Their whole involvement in Afghanistan is just for the development works in Afghanistan because of the close friendship between India and Afghanistan. But because of geographical reasons, it is Pakistan who may...
Sir, frankly speaking, whether we blame Mr Nehru or Jinnah Saheb, partition of india was a mistake. I have a great respect for Pakistan as a nation but if we have a look on the past 60 years, I believe we might have achieved far more than what we could achieve till now after so many conflicts...
Sir, a type of jealous and competition is very likely between neighbouring countries. Pakistani and Indians both have to accept this as a human nature. And no wonder why India is competitive with china also and try to achieve a growth rate like china. But, for example, even if Thailand is bigger...
Failure of common consensus in the first round of NSG meeting has made a question on the future of N-deal between US and India. Investments show multiplier effect on economy. Every single dollar investment cause returns of atleast 66 cents though the direct and indirect taxes. $100bn worth...
Human Rights Record of United States in 2007
The deserved economic, social and cultural rights of American citizens have not been properly protected.
Poor population in the United States is constantly increasing. According to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau in August 2007...
Failure of common consensus in the first round of NSG meeting has made a question on the future of N-deal between US and India. Investments show multiplier effect on economy. Every single dollar investment cause returns of atleast 66 cents though the direct and indirect taxes. $100bn worth...
Continuous death of civilians by these bomb blasts in the whole south Asia region is painful but we can’t ignore a truth that these militants are not only illiterate but also misguided. on the same time, I believe, because of “peace deals” they got some time to increase their...
Saudis faulted for funding terror
By Josh Meyer
April 02, 2008 in print edition A-8
Saudi Arabia remains the world’s leading source of money for Al Qaeda and other extremist networks and has failed to take key steps requested by U.S. officials to stem the flow, the Bush...
U.S. Wary Of European Terror Threat
European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
Chertoff's comments on Capitol Hill...
BBC charity funded Islamist militants
LONDON: A BBC charity funded the activities of Islamist militants linked to the July 7 bombing in Britain, a news report has said.
The BBC’s 'Children in Need' charity donated 20,000 pounds to the Leeds Community School, which funded the...
Towards Self-Sufficiency in Power
NTPC
Suresh P. Prabhu
Union Minister of Power
Electricity is the prime mover of growth and is vital to the sustenance of a modern economy. The projected growth of the Indian economy depends heavily on the performance and growth of the power sector...
Billionaires say US debts need attention
OMAHA : Two billionaires used the screening of a documentary in theaters across the United States on Thursday to urge the country to come to grips with its staggering debt load.
Warren Buffett and Pete Peterson were at the premiere of the movie...
Natural gas production to jump two-fold by 2011-12
NEW DELHI: India's natural gas production will more than double to 170 million standard cubic meters per day by 2011-12 after fields such as Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-D6 reach peak output.
In 2007-08, domestic production...
Iran gas pipeline deal to be clinched soon: India
Indicating that the $ 7.4 billion Iran- Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline deal would be “clinched soon” Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said on Sunday that he would apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the...
Turkey offers oil pipe lifeline to India
BANGALORE - Turkey has offered - during a visit by Foreign Minister Ali Babacan to India this month - to facilitate the supply of oil to India from Central Asia via Israel through a combination of overland pipelines and super tankers.
Under the...
TAPI gas pipeline finalised
Work on four-nation project to start from 2010
ISLAMABAD: The 10th steering committee of oil ministers from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India on Thursday agreed to start construction work on the much-delayed TAPI...
India plans gas pipeline from Oman
NEW DELHI: With two proposed overland transnational pipelines through Pakistan caught in geopolitical knots, fresh efforts have been launched to revive a long-buried plan of establishing an international energy lifeline under Arabian Sea to feed gas to...
Should we rely on nuclear power?
1. Nuclear power is clearly a dead-end technology. It is not sustainable since there is only a 50-year supply of uranium left in the world.
2. Nuclear power plants are not cheap. They incur high capital costs. The industry is surviving thanks to heavy...
I have very little knowledge of Arabic countries but I had a few friends in Sydney who were from Arabic countries. Even if countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordon etc are known as close friends of United States, its interesting to know what they really think :coffee:
Arab Perceptions of the United States
Arab Perceptions of the United States
This website is meant to serve as an educational tool through which people in the United States can learn about Arab opinions of the American government and people directly from individual Jordanians, Palestinians...