US and Indian pressure turns Pakistani terror suspect into TV pin-up boy
The US this week increased political tensions between Pakistan and India by announcing a $10-million reward for information leading to the capture of Hafiz Saeed, a Pakistani national alleged to be the leader who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks. So far, however, the bounty has only succeeded in exacerbating anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and propelling Saeed to TV stardom.
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Daily Maverick 02 April 2012- Early on Friday, George Galloway, the never-say-die man of British politics, made yet another comeback. As a candidate for the Respect Party, he wrested the Bradford West parliamentary seat from the Labour Party, winning the by-election by over 10,000 votes. Galloway was expelled by Labour in 2003. Since then, he’s cleverly manipulated discontent with the status quo to feed his political survival. With characteristic candour, George Galloway, or Gorgeous George if you’d prefer, claimed the Bradford result was the “most sensational victory”...
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Daily Maverick 4 November 2011- President Jacob Zuma has travelled to this year’s G20 summit in Cannes to highlight the need for global governance reforms as well as enhanced growth, jobs and infrastructure development on the African continent. Established in the tumultuous aftermath of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the purpose of the G20 is to give advanced and emerging economies an equal say over the creation of a global financial market. Every year G20 leaders meet to discuss the vagaries of the world economy and evaluate their own fumbling attempts at correcting the evils of their...
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