The Indian Air Force is reportedly refurbishing an airbase in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. Jane’s Defence Weekly reports that India will station two squadrons of Russian-built fighter craft and also help train the Tajik air force. Tajikistan and India refuse to confirm the report....
India is to open its first overseas military base this year in the impoverished central Asian country of Tajikistan - a testament to its emerging status on the world stage.
The Indian air force will station up...
Bilateral relations between Thailand and Malaysia have been unfailingly polite, states this news report in Singapore's Straits Times. The "diplomatic niceties" appear to have been put aside now, however, as Thailand and Malaysia discuss the contentious issue of terrorist bombings in...
MALAYSIA is showing growing irritation over charges by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that it is harbouring Muslim separatist terrorists.
Yesterday, the gloves came off - Kuala Lumpur put aside its...
Traditional methods for combatting crimes against community include United Nations peacekeeping efforts, the International Criminal Court and humanitarian aid. Ongoing prevalence of civil war and genocide in central and eastern Africa, however, indicates that the world must seek new and more...
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Had the government proposal not run into a buzzsaw of opposition, foreign investors might have given India’s retail industry a jumpstart. The government tried to limit the potential impact on at least 20 million traders by limiting the big-box stores to cities with more than 1 million people,...
Critics of globalisation in India have long complained how it has left rural India where the vast majority of population live, mired in poverty. Indeed, rural poverty is underlined by the fact that agriculture employs 52 per cent of the country’s...
Analyzing the rapid turnover in Japanese prime ministers in the Asia Sentinel, Todd Crowell questions whether constitutional changes imposed during the US occupation of Japan after World War II could be the cause. General Douglas MacArthur organized a constitution that retained the monarchy and...
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For centuries, parents in the agrarian economy of South Korea favored male children. But government campaigns and increasing work opportunities have led to a gender ratio that demonstrates a reversal in the preference for males and perhaps even a new appreciation for female children. Adult males,...
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It may come as a surprise to some that when wealthy Muslims have millions of oil dollars to invest they are increasingly turning to subsidiaries of giant Western banks like Citigroup to manage their money. Attracted by oil money and the desire to participate in the Middle East’s fastest growth in...
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