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in essence, you needed a Canadian and the Chinese to fix your problems of corruption and insider trading, fix your stock markets frin implosion because Pakistanis couldn't do that themselves. Eerie resemblance to the story of the white man's burden.

Sri Lanka - if it can continue to play China and India and get sweet deals from both - no real enemies after the LTTE defeat, small geographical area, no land enemies, friendly neighbouring country with a huge market to feed - grwo/produce in SL, sell in nearby huge market, get tourism from...

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what is BD' reaction to Chinese and Russian moves in UNSC siding with MM? what are the immediate actions taken by BD to convince or at least put some pressure on the Chinese and the Russians?

the combat radius that the LCA has is probably just as much as the island of Singapore. but I believe it wont be suitable fr SG as SG needs more of a swing role fighter that can track and defend vast swathes of seas surrounding the island.

for real? BD at the moment needs to play India and China in a proper way to get sweet deals from both. and thats what they are doing - smart play

they are not worthless. they are art, antiques. people spent hours creating them.

boy am I glad for this. instead of being discovered on the other side of the border. visiting the Bamiyan Buddha was on my bucket list and it hurt a lot when it was bombarded to rubble by the Taliban. I am hoping Pakistan is much better at preserving these precious remnants from the past. but...

while India continues to "plan", china continues to perform. not taking any sides here - just my two cents on my observations on the actions of the two countries.

when I saw the thread only the pic was visible - my apologies

brazilian petroleum multinational firm.

ksa's treatment of the shias, Irans treatment of the sunnis, sunnis treatment of shias in most sunni majority muslim countries.

I believe that BD can improve its bottom lines by streamlining its transport infra both internally (roads) and externally (ports).

"the problem of alcohol" is a problem when the alcoholic behaves in a way that endangers others. As long as they (alcoholics) do not cause hurt to others or property, it is none of my concern. this is the same logic being applied to weed (and rightly so). try driving under influence in the USA...

pakistan cannot "pressure" china. it can certainly request. At this point, no one can pressure china.

why restrict a group of people based on their religious beliefs?

"short of bombing them into good sense" - values like democracy and freedom of speech and thought are "good sense" in some countries. and in some countries.. any use of freedom of speech against religious figures is considered enough for death sentence (blasphemy) and that is "good sense" for...

in terms of the US constitution - did you forget about the racial divide that had to be corrected later? "all men are created equal" - but the guy who coined that owned slaves. the subsequent generations abolished it because they wanted to. if the majority decide to honor minorities - thats how...

the constitution is also given to the people, by the people. its also formed by the majoritarian view. each "law" passed in the GOP/house forms part of the constitution - which is again formed by the opinion of the group winning the election - decided by the majority.

they are both same for me.. This term was used in 1787 to write the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which states: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the...