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	<title>Over the top &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Raising a regional ruckus</description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s peace process pendulum</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2012/01/13/nepals-peace-process-pendulum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>himaladmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erik Wilson
On Monday 9 January the two-week UCPN-M (Unified Communist Party of Nepal &#8211; Maoist) central committee meeting ended and brought yet another sudden shift in Nepal’s peace process. For 5 years the peace process has been plagued by sudden and radical shifts including numerous changes in government leadership and repeated deadline extensions for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Face of Contemporary Britain or This is England</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/12/26/england/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/12/26/england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Vikram</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[English Nativism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Extremism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiculturalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Civilization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=2054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Lord Balfour noted in his introduction to Walter Bagehot&#8217;s The English Constitution, &#8220;[the] whole political machinery presupposes a people so fundamentally at one that they can safely afford to bicker; and so sure of their own moderation that they are not dangerously disturbed by the never-ending din of political conflict.&#8221;
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 2
Britain is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weaving a blanket of democracy</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/07/28/weaving-a-blanket-of-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/07/28/weaving-a-blanket-of-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>himaladmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=1911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Hriday Sarma


The ‘Freedom in the World &#8211; 2004’ report by Freedom House stated that ‘The junta rules by decree, controls the judiciary, suppresses all basic rights, and commits human rights abuses with impunity. Military officers hold all cabinet positions, and active or retired officers hold all top posts in all ministries. Official corruption is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But at what cost, Mr Minister?</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/05/15/but-at-what-cost-mr-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/05/15/but-at-what-cost-mr-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 11:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>himaladmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shazia Nigar
It was a day to remember. After all, American movies with images of black hats flying up in the air while smiling happy people hug each other have created quite an euphoria around what we call the convocation ceremony. However, around 15 students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, did not partake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges of the Kathmandu spring</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/03/10/challenges-of-the-kathmandu-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/03/10/challenges-of-the-kathmandu-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amrisha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal stands at a crossroad between the Maoist momentum and a democratic constitution.
By Kanak Mani Dixit
Spring, the season of political upheaval in Nepal, began with the elevation of the left-liberal CPN (UML) party’s Jhalanath Khanal to prime minister. While ending a seven month deadlock in government formation, however, Khanal’s election was built on a platform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Getting screwed left, right and centre</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/09/india-getting-screwed-left-right-and-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/09/india-getting-screwed-left-right-and-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>himaladmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amit Julka
I had always assumed ‘getting screwed’ to be a good thing. In fact, most of my teenage years were spent in fruitless pursuit of this goal. However, as I grew, and my concerns became more cerebral, the term assumed new connotations, none of which were in any sense even remotely positive. ‘Getting screwed’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Spectre That Haunts India</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/08/a-spectre-that-haunts-india/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/08/a-spectre-that-haunts-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jhumasen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Binayak Sen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Binayak Sen Campaign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[movement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=1544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Demonstration 30th January
Binayak Sen, on christmas eve last year was sentenced to life imprisonment on flimsy evidence (mostly a planted letter, hearsay evidence; find more here) for spreading &#8216;disaffection&#8217; towards the state. Section 124A of the Indian penal Code mandates an absolute unconditional love for the state. Beware, you may be charged with sedition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Against Whom ?</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/03/against-whom/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/02/03/against-whom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>himaladmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=1497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bilal Ibne Rasheed
The most shocking thing which has come to light in the aftermath of Salman Taseer&#8217;s assassination in Islamabad, Pakistan is the magnitude of support Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin, has garnered among the Pakistani masses. Although 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims, a vast majority of them don&#8217;t practice the religion. Most of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom from Fear</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/11/13/freedom-from-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/11/13/freedom-from-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jhumasen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=1396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The world&#8217;s most famous political prisoner was released today amidst jubilant supporters, hundreds and thousands of them, who flocked at her residence. Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and Amnesty International&#8217;s most prominent prisoner of conscience was under house arrest with the latest period of detention spanning 7 1/2 years. She spent 15 of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is ‘not that dawn’</title>
		<link>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/11/11/this-is-%e2%80%98not-that-dawn%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2010/11/11/this-is-%e2%80%98not-that-dawn%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urooj Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balochistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://himalmag.com/blogs/?p=1388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, one heard about the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) decision to impose a partial ban on The Baloch Hal, the first and only online newspaper that tells the story of Balochistan to the rest of Pakistan and the world-at-large. The reason for the ban, according to the PTA, was that The Baloch Hal published ‘anti-Pakistan material’. As expected, this vague claim remains unsubstantiated.]]></description>
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