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Sunday Nov 15
Obama's Tibet test
The US president's snub of the Dalai Lama could embolden China
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Sunday Nov 15
Pakistan faces a bigger battle
The military will eventually defeat the militants, but reforms are required if the state is to win the hearts and minds of the suffering populace
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Sunday Nov 15
Slipping into the Fourth World
In terms of democractic ideals, Arab states lag behind even the Third World
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Sunday Nov 15
Allow justice to take its course
Seeking death penalty for 9/11 conspirators is as flawed as not extending trial by jury to other terror suspects
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Saturday Nov 14
Two-state solution not sought
Zionists refuse to even consider a Palestinian state, because they believe this would negate the Israeli state
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Saturday Nov 14
Eventful decade for Dubai Press Club
For the association and the media it was born to serve, the past 10 years have been marked by epoch-making paradigm shifts
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Saturday Nov 14
Wall at Wagah should come down
It would benefit both countries if Pakistan and India could resolve their differences
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Friday Nov 13
Domestic workers being worked to death in Lebanon
Four Ethiopian women are thought to have killed themselves in three weeks. Beirut must protect these women
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Friday Nov 13
Britain is in a mess
Policies can make the UK's financial and social problems worse - or better
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Friday Nov 13
It pays to think sceptically
Fact-checking is the single best training, not just for journalism, but for life in general
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