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U.S. military frees Afghan journalist from Bagram
New York, September 22, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the U.S. military’s release of imprisoned journalist Jawed Ahmad from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Sunday, 11 months after he was first detained. But CPJ calls again on the U.S. military to end its (…)

The News, 21 September 2008
Unlimited pursuit
The ground assault by the US forces in Pakistan on Sept 3 is an indication of the alarming shift in US foreign policy
On Sept 17, while Admiral Mike Mullen , the chief of the US forces, was meeting a cross-section of top-drawer political and military elite in Islamabad to soothe Pakistan’s domestic political sensitivities, US launched yet another drone strike in the area near Agnoor Ada reportedly with the knowledge of the Pakistan (…)

The Friday Times is a prominent liberal newspaper in Pakistan. The Taliban has begun sending death threats to the newspaper’s editors.

THE past few weeks have seen an outpouring of ‘moral outrage’ against the alleged burying alive of two women in Nasirabad, Balochistan, in what is considered another case of ‘honour killing’.

We examine here the sub-text of such crimes which challenges the false premises on which most of the outrage is based.

Herald, 19 September 2008
Hard on the heels of the communal violence in Orissa, we have an outbreak of communal violence in Karnataka. In both cases, it is the Christian community that has been attacked and the purported reason has been protests against conversions. The BJP is in power in both Karnataka (on its own) and Orissa (as a coalition partner).
After the attacks in Karnataka, the BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yediyurappa, a man with very strong RSS links, has assured strict (…)