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		<title>Islamization of Northeast India no Coincidence</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/07/05/islamization-of-northeast-india-no-coincidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Richard L. Benkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 15, 2010, I sat in a cab while it made its way through a traffic-clogged Kolkata to the office of Bimal Pramanik director of the Kolkata-based Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations. Pramanik expressed serious concerns about the decades-long pattern of demographic changes in West Bengal (and Assam), and we discussed the context [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shahzad linked to Yemeni cleric: Report</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/shahzad-linked-to-yemeni-cleric-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cleric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faisal Shahzad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8211; Faisal Shahzad, the failed Times Square bombing suspect, told investigators that he drew inspiration from Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric whose militant online lectures have been a catalyst for several recent attacks and plots, according to a leading American newspaper.
The 30-year Shahzad, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, was inspired by Awlaki, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US mulling to troop expansion in Pakistan: NYT</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/us-mulling-to-troop-expansion-in-pakistan-nyt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Waziristan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has intensified its debate about expanding America’s military presence in Pakistan, with some officials making the case to increase the number of Special Operations troops working with Pakistani forces in the country’s western mountains, The New York Times reported Friday.
some inside the administration believe that the C.I.A. programme of killing militants from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declining security, terrorism affect Pakistani economy: UN</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/declining-security-terrorism-affect-pakistani-economy-un/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/declining-security-terrorism-affect-pakistani-economy-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: Pakistan&#8217;s economy has been affected not just by the global economic crisis but also by the declining security situation and intensification of conflict linked to terrorism, local media reported Friday.
Industry, especially large-scale manufacturing, suffered the worst of all sectors from the drop in international demand, while also having to cope with acute shortages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China to provide $180 mln aid to Pakistan: Malik</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/china-to-provide-180-mln-aid-to-pakistan-malik/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/china-to-provide-180-mln-aid-to-pakistan-malik/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: China will grant US$180 million aid to Pakistan for enhancing the capacity of its law enforcement agency.
Interior Minister Rehman A. Malik Friday held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Meng Chiang in Chinese capital, said a message from Beijing.
The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere in which matters of mutual interest came under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foil plot against democracy: Sheikh Hasina</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/foil-plot-against-democracy-sheikh-hasina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people to remain alert against any plot by undemocratic forces to destroy the democratic process in the country.
“In the past, evil forces for lust of power repeatedly denied people’s democratic rights and their right to vote,” she told journalists at Gano Bhaban on the occasion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rushanara becomes first Bangladeshi MP in UK</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/rushanara-becomes-first-bangladeshi-mp-in-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/rushanara-becomes-first-bangladeshi-mp-in-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangladeshi immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rushanara Ali, a Bangladeshi living in the UK, has made history, as she became a lawmaker of the Commons on Friday.
Rushanara contested in the UK General Election 2010 with Labour Party ticket.
A British paper earlier described Rushanara Ali, 35, as a politically rated, eloquent, beautiful and a very crucial figure for Bangla Town as this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High growth expected</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/high-growth-expected/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/high-growth-expected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News at a glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political stability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stable macroeconomic environment :
Inflation must remain at single digit level:
Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA
Sri Lanka’s actual potential growth rate is above eight percent and can reach even nine to 10 percent by 2015 like India and China, a senior economist said.
Economic growth in 2010 will be closer to six percent and to make this growth sustainable and move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalists To Declare Assets</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/journalists-to-declare-assets/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/journalists-to-declare-assets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s Media Ministry now of course under new management has begun sending Declaration of  Assets and Liabilities forms to every journalist in the country.
According to a circular issued  by the Ministry last month every journalist in the country from cub reporters at provincial newspapers to the chair persons of major news organisations will now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Parliamentary Elections of 2010: Reconfiguring Power Relations in a Changing Political Landscape</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/the-parliamentary-elections-of-2010-reconfiguring-power-relations-in-a-changing-political-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/05/07/the-parliamentary-elections-of-2010-reconfiguring-power-relations-in-a-changing-political-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LTTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajpakshe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Srilanka elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prof. Sisira Pinnawala reflects on last month’s General Elections
The general election 2010 concluded with the expected results. The ruling coalition though did not get the two thirds majority it was asking for, came very close to achieving it failing only by a whisker. The opposition can, as it has been doing since the defeat, console [...]]]></description>
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