Nuns raped in broad daylight in front of policemen in Orissa.
Doctors pulled out of policevan and slaughtered by MaharashtraNavnirmanSena (MNS) during the recent riots in Kalyan ,Mumbai.
The head of state , PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh is not invited to the Beijing Olympics but someone else
namely Sonia Gandhi who is just a party president .
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Is India a leaderless ,leading country of the world ?
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He needs to make an equally forceful and honest case for new energy initiatives. It's welcome news that oil prices have dropped dramatically: this offers relief to consumers and may help contain inflationary pressures. But there's the danger of allowing the urgency of the quest for alternative sources of energy to wane. Americans have to begin to match actions with words about pursuing more energy-efficient lifestyles, while investing heavily in the new technologies that will gradually decrease their dependence on foreign oil. Many of those changes and investments will encounter political resistance, but the new president can't afford to backpedal on them. America's standing in the world will depend as much on maintaining a healthy economy with truly modern energy strategies as it will on keeping up its military strength.
The nexus between energy and foreign policy is particularly visible in the West's dealings with Russia. As oil prices soared, so did Russian assertiveness on the world scene—and anger over perceived offenses such as the possibility of further NATO expansion and the missile-shield deal with Poland and the Czech Republic. Then there was the conflict with Georgia. Of course plenty of factors were at work here, but the fact that Russia felt emboldened by its new wealth was certainly one of them.
Declining oil prices, coupled with a much more dramatic drop in Russia's stock market than anywhere in the West, brought home the point that this new wealth is built on a shaky foundation. Too much of this wealth has been squandered by the super rich, instead of using it to rebuild the country's infrastructure and a more diversified economy, less dependent on commodity prices. If bold new moves by the new American government begin to change the long-term energy outlook, Russia will need to rethink its priorities at home and abroad. At that point, the benefits of cooperation rather than confrontation should become much more apparent to both sides.
Russia's relations with its neighbors and the West feature constant replays of the tired arguments about NATO expansion and the war in Georgia, full of mutual recriminations. The challenge for a new U.S. administration is to break out of this no-win situation, and look for ways to engage Russia with the U.S. and its allies to produce win-win situations. This doesn't mean turning a blind eye to Washington's differences over such issues as the Kremlin's reversion to authoritarian politics at home or attempts to intimidate its neighbors, but it does mean looking for common ground where it is in both our interests to do so.
The most promising area for a dramatic new breakthrough could involve the biggest legacy of the cold war: both sides' huge arsenals of nuclear weapons. Four American elder statesmen—former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former secretary of state William Perry and former senator Sam Nunn—have been advocating a nuclear "zero option"—the abolition of all nuclear weapons. Once seen as a purely utopian vision, this has stimulated a growing debate about massive cutbacks, which was the focus of a major EastWest Institute conference at the United Nations on Oct. 24. "Such initiatives deserve greater
support," U.N. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told the gathering. He also urged all nations to seek an international convention on nuclear weapons backed by a strong verification system or to pursue separate agreements.
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