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Orwell saw the black in Blackberry

By Aysha Taryam The Gulf Today, August 30, 2010 When George Orwell was writing his political sci-fi novel Nineteen [Read More]

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• Blair has much to teach his successors
  ‘I’m “so angry with Tony,” a disgruntled Labour leadership contender told me the day after the prime ministerial memoirs were published. “How could he have done this on the day the ballots went out?” The five candidates disagree on Trident, on tax and on much else. But on one thing, they’re united. Blair was foolish and disloyal to bring his book out now. So […]
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  This week will see the UK Parliament debate a bill to give the voters a referendum on electoral reform. It's 35 years since Britain last had a national referendum, and the one proposed for next May clearly hasn't had the most auspicious beginnings. In fact anyone expecting to have a real say in how the country is run is likely to be disappointed. T […]
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  I made a deal with my kids about their college educations. It’s very simple: I’ll pay half and they’ll pay half. How they pay for their share is up to them, but I match every dollar they earn in scholarship, pay for themselves or take out in a loan. When I tell other parents about this, some of them look at me like I’m Attila the Hun. “Unthinkable” their exp […]
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  The accounts of murder, arson, and crimes against women sounded horribly familiar: Each detail, each grisly fact seemed taken out of a script enacted before; the sequence of events was as predictable as the shattering, gut-wrenching climax. The accounts of murder, arson, and crimes against women sounded horribly familiar: Each detail, each grisly fact seemed […]
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  While the Lok Sabha passed the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, on August 25, the Rajya Sabha passed it five days later. In this context, Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), spoke to T.S. Subramanian on September 2 in Chennai. Dr. Banerjee answered questions about the Bil […]

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