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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/world/asia/21india.html?_r=1&hp MUMBAI, India —The man the Indian authorities have put on trial as the only survivor of the team of gunmen that killed more than 160 people here in November offered a dramatic and unexpected confession on Monday, reversing...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/europe/07prexy.html?_r=1&hp MOSCOW — The United States and Russia, seeking to move forward on one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the of the cold war, announced Monday that they had reached a preliminary agreement on...

Clerical Group Defies Leader on Disputed Iran Election CAIRO — The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major...

Tennessee physicist sentenced to 4 years for sharing drone plans with foreign students: Scientific American Blog John Reece Roth, 71, a prominent plasma physicist was sentenced to four years in prison for 18 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and violations of the Arms Export Control Act, after...

DAWN.COM | Editorial | Losing the literacy race Losing the literacy race Sunday, 28 Jun, 2009 | 01:57 AM PST font-size small font-size largefont-sizeprintemail share AT a time when the country is mired in serious crises, a numbers game focusing on who can and cannot read might appear...

DAWN.COM | Editorial | Is LoC trade collapsing? Is LoC trade collapsing? PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari spoke not a day too soon when, on June 9, he publicly emphasised the need for opening trade across the Line of Control in Kashmir. That it is on the verge of collapse is little known...

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Stop dancing with dictators, Zardari tells US WASHINGTON: In an unusually harsh article published in The Washington Post on Monday, President Asif Ali Zardari blamed the United States for the present mess in Pakistan, claiming that Washington used his country as a ‘blunt...

Wall Street Journal is reporting that the bombing of 11 french submarine engineers may have to do with kickbacks to dealmakers not being paid. French Bombing Inquiry Takes a New Turn - WSJ.com Sarkozy (the french president) has denied it, but the Wall Street Journal telling the story...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/asia/21taliban.html?em David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, along...

http://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/events/papers/081113_t.pdf A pretty interesting paper on inter-ethnic marriages in UK. It shows that in spite of UK being a very racially diverse place, people still tend to marry along racial lines. It then studies inter-ethnic marriages and finds that the...

New Air Force Drones in Pakistan - Suburb Warrior and Sniper UAVs - Esquire As hitmen go, robots are clumsy killers. The proof is in Pakistan, where local authorities claim that drone strikes on Al Qaeda and affiliate targets have killed at least 687 civilians. Whether or not that figure is...

Lahore police claims arresting accused of SL team attack LAHORE: CCPO Lahore Pervez Rathor Wednesday claimed arresting one of seven men accused of plotting the deadly attack Sri Lankan cricket team at Liberty Chowk in Lahore in March. The CCPO said the arrested man, identified as Aqeel...

New York times is running a series of stories regarding the battle in Swat, Bajaur and the WoT. They have a slideshow titled "Battle for Pakistan" which is beautifully done in WW2-esque B&W. The Battle for Pakistan - Slide Show - The New York Times The accompanying story is here. I think the...

Low-Cost Warplanes Draw Attention - WSJ.com Air Tractor hopes reconfigured planes a hit at Paris air show : Local : Times Record News PARIS -- Some of the warplanes drawing the most attention at this year's Paris Air Show are some of the slowest. Aerospace and defense companies are...

It seems like many threads nowadays end with a comment "We'll nuke you", "We should Nuke US" or "We'll Nuke you right back". I don't think we should let that be the last word. As a backup plan, I am starting a thread on surviving a nuclear war. We'll discuss how to cook food using woodfire...

DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | Blast rips through the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar: 26 injured, casualties feared ISLAMABAD: A bomb exploded outside the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, injuring 26 people, DawnNews reported. DawnNews quoted sources as saying that 26 people...

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Zardari calls for unconditional talks with India ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari urged India on Monday to resume the process of composite dialogue ‘unconditionally’ to jointly address common problems, including terrorism. Violence and militancy were no solution to...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/asia/09china.html?hp BEIJING — China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet. The...

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Government to set up Sufi Advisory Council ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday announced setting up of a 7-member ‘Sufi Advisory Council’ (SAC) with an aim to combating extremism and fanaticism by spreading Sufism in the country. Interestingly, the SAC replaces an...