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Is Russia "irrelevant", or terribly dangerous for America?
Rice: “Our strategic goal now is to make it clear to Russia’s leaders that their choices are putting Russia on a one-way path to self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance,” …

Amid Financial Meltdown, Russia Threatens to Seize Arctic
As often predicted here, Russia is now threatening to seize the energy-rich arctic zone. This is a tension-raising event to be sure. From the conflict in the middle east, to global economic hegemony, to worldwide energy crunches, …

Comment on And I Can See Russia From My House! by Mash
Robbie, you must be really disappointed. I had RSVP’ed for tickets to see her in Fairfax, Virginia. But I had a last minute meeting scheduled that I had to go to instead. I am sorry I missed the comedy show.

For a week reserves of Russia have decreased on 13 mlrd dollars
The size of reserves was reduced in comparison with a maximum reached one week prior to August, 8th, 2008, on 37 billion dollars. The last two weeks volumes ZVR stably fell. Decrease in size of reserves can be connected with sharply …

Russia test-fires new-generation strategic missile
18/09/2008 19h45 MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia said Thursday it had test-fired a new-generation strategic missile from a submarine, the latest launch of a multiple-warhead weapon designed to breach anti-missile shields. “A new-generation Bulava …

Kirilenko to Russia? Agent denies rumor
Fleisher isn’t aware of any conversations between CSKA and Russia’s favorite hoops son, but said it’s possible the club might have approached him “off the record.” Regardless, he insists it definitely “hasn’t gone anywhere.” …

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India puts Kashmir toll at 47,000 (AFP)
AFP - The nearly two-decade old insurgency in Indian Kashmir has left 47,000 people dead, more than 20,000 of them civilians, according to official figures released Friday.

Tibet debate
Gossip and harsh reality in 'Little Lhasa'

Russian MPs approve longer presidential terms (AFP)
AFP - Russian lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill extending presidential terms, after a speech on the economy by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revived speculation over his political ambitions.

China refuses to budge on Tibet amid talks (AFP)
AFP - China accused the Dalai Lama on Friday of covertly campaigning for Tibetan independence, maintaining its hardline opposition to his approach as Tibetan exiles met in India.

India navy 'to go after pirates'
The Indian navy is given formal approval by the United Nations to go after pirate ships in Somali waters, the BBC learns.

Translation mix-up brings China quake toll into question
A garbled translation of an official's words ended up shifting public attention from valiant reconstruction efforts to questions about how many children perished in their poorly built schools.

Japanese whaler and ecologists set sail for annual confronta..
Past meetings have been dramatic, dangerous, even violent. There have been rammings, forced boardings, the firing of stink bombs and stun grenades, even allegations of gunplay.

BSE Sensex snaps 7-day slide, rises 5.5 pct (Reuters)
Reuters - Indian shares snapped a seven-day slide and climbed 5.5 percent on Friday, after large domestic funds bought in late trade triggering short covering ahead of the weekend.

RIGHTS-KYRGYZSTAN: Alarm After 'Lifers' Attempt Breakout
BISHKEK, Nov 21 (IPS) - The Kyrgyzstan parliament has ordered that the most dangerous of the country's life-term prisoners should be moved from their jails and put in isolation cells dispersed around the country following an attempted prison breakout which led to four deaths.

Russia's Alfa denounces court order to sell stakes ..
AP - Russian conglomerate Alfa Group on Friday railed against a court ruling by a New York judge, who ordered the company to sell stakes in some of its Ukrainian assets, calling the decision "unfair."

China has only identified 19,000 quake victims: official ..
AFP - Only 19,000 victims of the devastating earthquake that struck China's southwest six months ago have been identified, fewer than a quarter of the total dead or missing, a top official said Friday.

Japan school violence hits record high (Reuters)
Reuters - Cases of violence by Japanese school students hit a record high in the past year, with elementary students increasingly violent, the education ministry said.

Afghan official: suicide bomb attack kills 3 (AP)
AP - A suicide bomber drove his car into the gate of an army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday and detonated his explosives, killing three civilians, a provincial official said.

BOOK REVIEW : Political whores go biblical
Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl by Tracy Quan This saucy diary rises like a French bedroom souffle, baked at a high heat, Provence style. But it is often more perspicacious than sexy, using a galaxy of well-drawn characters to passionately tease out the real human emotions and politics of sex work. It also juxtaposes these realities with biblical introspection on Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of all call girls, even ones with $2,500 handbags and Manhattan banker husbands. - Muhammad Cohen (No..

India turns up energy diplomacy
Visits by senior Indian politicians to Moscow and Tehran underscore New Delhi's determination to improve access to fuel resources. In both cases, the discussions indicate more energy will have to be spent before sought-after deals are secured. - Siddharth Srivastava

The black hole in financial markets
Americans are beginning to understand how much of their economy depended on the housing bubble. The collapse of housing prices has led to a collapse of consumer spending, which leads to a rise in unemployment, which in turn erodes the value of commercial property - and so the destruction of wealth spreads. Barack Obama will take office as the most powerful peacetime president in US history - he will be the only man in town with a checkbook. - David P Goldman (Nov 21,'08)

IT WORLD : Morro's another day for Microsoft
Microsoft is to introduce free security software for personal computers and discontinue its subscription-based anti-bug service. The switch to Morro is due next year - which is a little too late for the surge in virus attacks and spyware intrusions expected in the US in the next few days in the run-up to Thanksgiving. (Nov 21,'08) Martin J Young surveys the week's developments in computing, gaming and gizmos.

COMMENT : Empty promises in Afghanistan
The exodus of Afghan refugees began 30 years ago when Soviet tanks rolled over their villages. More Afghans fled the proxy conflicts that consumed their homeland throughout the 1990s. Since the fall of the Taliban, more than 5 million Afghans have returned, only to find shortages of land, shelter, jobs and food. As Afghan diplomat and former refugee M Ashraf Haidari explains, many are at the breaking point. (Nov 21,'08)

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA : Stuff happens in Iraq
The United States military has the ultimate argument against a reasonable withdrawal from Iraq. Its strength lies in that it has nothing to do with the vicissitudes of Iraqi politics, the relative power of Shi'ites or Sunnis, the influence of Iran, or even the riptides of war. It is the simple fact that logistically there is so much "stuff" in Iraq that withdrawal would take at least three years. - Tom Engelhardt (Nov 21,'08)

ASIA HAND : Judicial coup murmurs in Thailand
If Thailand's Constitution Court rules next week to disband the ruling party, a perceived loophole in the constitution could then be exploited to deepen the "judicialization" of Thai politics. This could allow conservative forces to gain power without resorting to an unpopular military putsch. - Shawn Crispin (Nov 21,'08)

Great game of hunting pirates
Under the rubric of the fight against sea piracy, an entirely different template of maritime activity is taking place by interventionist powers. The United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union have stepped out of the European theater and entered the Indian Ocean, as has India. Russia is seeking a reopening of its Soviet-era naval base in Aden. There is a strong suspicion a great game is unfolding. - M K Bhadrakumar (Nov 21,'08)

China's party hardliners want the last word
In another sign of political tensions in the Chinese Communist Party, the Ministry of Culture has told the publisher of a prominent political magazine to quit after it praised Zhao Ziyang, a former party chief purged in 1989 for refusing to condone the Tiananmen Square incident. The ministry politely told Du Daozheng, 85, to go as he is "quite elderly, and quite tired", but he has vowed to never water down his editorial line. - Verna Yu (Nov 21,'08)

THE MOGAMBO GURU : Corporate earnings go cliff-diving
Almost everything in the US economy is falling off a cliff, from retail sales to electric power to factory shipments, or going up in smoke, from jobs to companies. And now earnings of surviving corporations are down to almost half of what they were a year ago. Which all proves the insanity of investing in stocks for the long term!!

Faith in India's army shaken by blasts
Following investigations into recent bomb blasts in India, the hand of Hindu right-wing organizations in terrorist attacks has been laid bare. The probes also reveal the involvement of a handful of serving and retired army officers, indicating that the staunchly secular and apolitical military may be infected by the communal virus. - Sudha Ramachandran (Nov 21,'08)

UPDATE 2-Statoil shuts Asia product trade arm, no jobs cut -..
SINGAPORE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Norway's StatoilHydro ASA said on Friday it was scaling down third-party oil product trading and would close its Singapore products department, confirming a Reuters report a day earlier. The worst financial crisis since ...

Callbox Sales & Marketing Solutions to Hold New Seminar in A..
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Encino, CA, United States, 11/21/2008 - Callbox Sales and Marketing Solutions will hold in January their invitation-by-request Callbox Global Marketing Seminar '09 entitled, "Global Marketing Strategies for the IT ...

Pakistan army practices shooting drone aircraft (Reuter..
Reuters - Pakistani soldiers practiced shooting at pilotless "drone" aircraft Friday, the military said a day after the government lodged a protest with the U.S. ambassador over drone missile strikes in Pakistani territory.

Textile cos may cut 500,000 more jobs - secy (Reuters)
Reuters - India's textile sector could shed 500,000 jobs in the next five months, federal Trade Secretary G.K. Pillai said on Friday, quoting textile ministry estimates.

Asia’s Banking CEOs – The Future of Finance in Asia - Ne..
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Singapore, Singapore, 11/21/2008 - The series of penetrating interviews with the CEOs of Asia's largest banks offers a fascinating insight into the future of Asia's most important industry . With developing economies ...

Burma comic jailed for 45 years
Popular Burmese comedian and activist Zarganar is sentenced to 45 years in jail in the latest of a string of imprisonments.