<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - central-asia</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/central-asia</link><description>Newsvine - central-asia</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 01:49:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:20:59 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>seed: Shaheen Sultan Dhanji -Regional Focus: Central and South Asia | World Pulse</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the World Bank, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and India have achieved gender parity at the primary school level with progress being made in Afghanistan, Nepal, and Pakistan. But this is only true at the secondary level in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></source><link>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17645871-seed-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-regional-focus-central-and-south-asia-world-pulse</link><guid>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17645871-seed-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-regional-focus-central-and-south-asia-world-pulse</guid><category>people</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>bangladesh</category><category>pakistan</category><category>women</category><category>literature</category><category>central-asia</category><category>social-issues</category><category>sri-lanka</category><category>politics</category><category>nepal</category><category>south-asia</category><category>society</category><category>civilians</category><category>governance</category><category>humanity</category><category>maldives</category><category>social-development</category><category>social-reforms</category><category>shaheen-sultan-dhanji</category><category>world-pulse</category><category>blood-ink-diary</category><category>right-to-education</category><category>rural-society</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 01:48:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Enemy Within - The US is like a 375-pound, middle-aged man with a heart condition walking down a city street at night eating a Big Mac</title>
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The United States is a bit like a 375-pound, middle-aged man with a heart condition walking down a city street at night eating a Big Mac. He's sweating profusely because he's afraid he might get mugged. But the thing that's going to kill him is the burger.
Since the end of the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/03/12541516-the-enemy-within-the-us-is-like-a-375-pound-middle-aged-man-with-a-heart-condition-walking-down-a-city-street-at-night-eating-a-big-mac</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/03/12541516-the-enemy-within-the-us-is-like-a-375-pound-middle-aged-man-with-a-heart-condition-walking-down-a-city-street-at-night-eating-a-big-mac</guid><category>japan</category><category>china</category><category>europe</category><category>central-asia</category><category>military</category><category>latin-america</category><category>north-america</category><category>eastern-europe</category><category>u-s-foreign-policy</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>wikileaks-cable</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:49:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Central Asia: Closed-Door Talks Underway to Leave Pentagon Goodies Behind. June 15, 2012 - 1:06pm</title>
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A leading Russian newspaper is reporting that the Pentagon is in talks with three Central Asian states &ndash; Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan &ndash; concerning the transfer of military equipment currently being used by American forces in Afghanistan.
The prospect of th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12305671-central-asia-closed-door-talks-underway-to-leave-pentagon-goodies-behind-june-15-2012-106pm</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12305671-central-asia-closed-door-talks-underway-to-leave-pentagon-goodies-behind-june-15-2012-106pm</guid><category>uzbekistan</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>pentagon</category><category>transfer</category><category>tajikistan</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>islam-karimov</category><category>bishkek</category><category>tashkent</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>collective-security-treaty-organization</category><category>military-equipment</category><category>ndn</category><category>northern-distribution-network</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Remarks by President Obama and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan Before Bilateral Meeting | The White House</title>
<description><![CDATA[Grand HyattSeoul, Republic of Korea
2:27 P.M. KST&nbsp;PRESIDENT OBAMA:&nbsp; It is wonderful to see once again President Nazarbayev from Kazakhstan.&nbsp; And I want to first of all congratulate him on his leadership for the issues that are going to be discussed over the next t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JamesP-874029]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JamesP-874029]]></source><link>http://pepurr.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10869467-remarks-by-president-obama-and-president-nursultan-nazarbayev-of-the-republic-of-kazakhstan-before-bilateral-meeting-the-white-house</link><guid>http://pepurr.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10869467-remarks-by-president-obama-and-president-nursultan-nazarbayev-of-the-republic-of-kazakhstan-before-bilateral-meeting-the-white-house</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>united-states</category><category>south-koreans</category><category>non-proliferation-treaty</category><category>and-i</category><category>so-i</category><category>president-obama</category><category>president-nazarbayev</category><category>and-kazakhstan</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:39:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz Religious Hatred Trial Throws Spotlight On Ancient Creed</title>
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A prominent activist in a spiritual movement that predates Islam has gone on trial in Kyrgyzstan charged with inciting religious and ethnic hatred.
The charges were brought against Kubanychbek Tezekbaev by the National Security Committee in December after Kyrgyzstan's state Re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302978-kyrgyz-religious-hatred-trial-throws-spotlight-on-ancient-creed</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302978-kyrgyz-religious-hatred-trial-throws-spotlight-on-ancient-creed</guid><category>asia</category><category>central-asia</category><category>religion</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>islam</category><category>pagan</category><category>paganism</category><category>tengrism</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - World Peace Hanging by a Thread - Fidel Castro Ruz</title>
<description><![CDATA[Havana.&nbsp; January 13, 2012 

Reflections of FidelWorld peace hanging by a thread(Taken from CubaDebate) 
&nbsp;

Translated by Granma International]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></source><link>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/24/10220644-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-world-peace-hanging-by-a-thread-fidel-castro-ruz</link><guid>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/24/10220644-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-world-peace-hanging-by-a-thread-fidel-castro-ruz</guid><category>turkey</category><category>haiti</category><category>un</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>russia</category><category>mexico</category><category>washington</category><category>china</category><category>britain</category><category>israel</category><category>pakistan</category><category>imf</category><category>middle-east</category><category>cuba</category><category>iran</category><category>nicaragua</category><category>death</category><category>air-force</category><category>bombs</category><category>central-asia</category><category>taliban</category><category>chavez</category><category>children</category><category>pentagon</category><category>peace</category><category>usa</category><category>korea</category><category>nato</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>victims</category><category>hunger</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>soldiers</category><category>central-bank</category><category>poverty</category><category>democracy</category><category>latin-america</category><category>united-states</category><category>european-union</category><category>dominican-republic</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>tehran</category><category>us-marines</category><category>illiteracy</category><category>george-bush</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>kofi-annan</category><category>hamid-karzai</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>nuclear-war</category><category>moscow</category><category>algeria</category><category>santa-clara</category><category>nagasaki</category><category>politicians</category><category>university-of-tehran</category><category>ankara</category><category>humanity</category><category>nazism</category><category>socialism</category><category>havana</category><category>world-peace</category><category>fascism</category><category>evo</category><category>communists</category><category>hegemony</category><category>hiroshima</category><category>naval</category><category>drones</category><category>nuclear-missiles</category><category>geo-politics</category><category>eduardo-galeano</category><category>iranians</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>fidel-castro-ruz</category><category>human-dignity</category><category>colonialists</category><category>british-colonialism</category><category>iranian-oil</category><category>shaheensultandhanji</category><category>armed-rebels</category><category>majid-shahriari</category><category>granma-international</category><category>bloodinkdiary</category><category>republic-of-china-communist-party</category><category>university-of-havana</category><category>yankee-empire</category><category>wolrld-war</category><category>british-agency</category><category>guardians-of-the-revolution</category><category>massoud-ali-mohamadi</category><category>nuclear-society-of-iran</category><category>fereydoun-abasi-davani</category><category>russian-security-council</category><category>war-on-oil</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:12:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - The Globalization of War: The Military Roadmap to World War III</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Globalization of War: The "Military Roadmap" to World War III

by Michel Chossudovsky and Finian Cunningham]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></source><link>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10184911-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-globalization-of-war-the-military-roadmap-to-world-war-iii</link><guid>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10184911-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-globalization-of-war-the-military-roadmap-to-world-war-iii</guid><category>canada</category><category>iraq</category><category>oil</category><category>libya</category><category>washington</category><category>china</category><category>france</category><category>britain</category><category>economy</category><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>white-house</category><category>asia</category><category>central-asia</category><category>usa</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>africa</category><category>genocide</category><category>persian-gulf</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>fidel-castro</category><category>cold-war</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>george-bush</category><category>world-news</category><category>civilians</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>nagasaki</category><category>humanity</category><category>weapons-of-mass-destruction</category><category>nuclear-bomb</category><category>neocons</category><category>hiroshima</category><category>capitalist</category><category>war-crimes-tribunal</category><category>civil-society</category><category>finian-cunningham</category><category>michel-chossudovsky</category><category>global-security</category><category>george-orwell</category><category>geo-politics</category><category>james-petras</category><category>peter-dale-scott</category><category>afghanistan-pakistan-border</category><category>us-nato</category><category>nato-allies</category><category>shaheensultandhanji</category><category>rick-rozoff</category><category>bloodinkdiary</category><category>f-william-engdahl</category><category>the-interview-with-fidel-castro</category><category>michel-chossudovsky-and-jules-dufour</category><category>globalzation</category><category>americas-imperialist-wars</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:55:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Helping the Hazara of Afghanistan and Pakistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[The current predicament of ethnic and religious minorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a cause of grave concern, and it is essential for the international community to be aware of multiple complexities and rivalries in the region]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[kdpgrahi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[kdpgrahi]]></source><link>http://kodanda.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10176843-helping-the-hazara-of-afghanistan-and-pakistan</link><guid>http://kodanda.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10176843-helping-the-hazara-of-afghanistan-and-pakistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>world-news</category><category>ethnicity</category><category>hazara</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:30:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's Global Arc Of Instability</title>
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Last year, the Washington Post reported that the United States had deployed special operations forces in seventy-five countries, from South America to Central Asia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7898810-obamas-global-arc-of-instability</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7898810-obamas-global-arc-of-instability</guid><category>bush</category><category>malaysia</category><category>uzbekistan</category><category>iraq</category><category>haiti</category><category>army</category><category>indonesia</category><category>mexico</category><category>colombia</category><category>bangladesh</category><category>egypt</category><category>sierra-leone</category><category>bosnia</category><category>kazakhstan</category><category>venezuela</category><category>middle-east</category><category>yemen</category><category>cuba</category><category>nigeria</category><category>nicaragua</category><category>cia</category><category>senegal</category><category>peru</category><category>serbia</category><category>bolivia</category><category>thailand</category><category>zambia</category><category>liberia</category><category>guatemala</category><category>romania</category><category>air-force</category><category>morocco</category><category>cameroon</category><category>terror</category><category>asia</category><category>terrorism</category><category>navy</category><category>central-asia</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>ecuador</category><category>ethiopia</category><category>chad</category><category>pentagon</category><category>costa-rica</category><category>sri-lanka</category><category>president</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>jamaica</category><category>marines</category><category>syria</category><category>togo</category><category>terrorist</category><category>singapore</category><category>uganda</category><category>sudan</category><category>tunisia</category><category>uruguay</category><category>panama</category><category>trinidad</category><category>tobago</category><category>cambodia</category><category>jordan</category><category>south-africa</category><category>tanzania</category><category>tajikistan</category><category>congo</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>antigua</category><category>albania</category><category>myanmar</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>weapons</category><category>kenya</category><category>kuwait</category><category>latin-america</category><category>southeast-asia</category><category>state-department</category><category>rwanda</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>barbados</category><category>belize</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>guyana</category><category>el-salvador</category><category>vietnam</category><category>special-operations</category><category>us-special-operations-command</category><category>honduras</category><category>bahrain</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>turkmenistan</category><category>niger</category><category>gabon</category><category>laos</category><category>navy-seal</category><category>security-forces</category><category>combat</category><category>mauritania</category><category>botswana</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mali</category><category>burundi</category><category>covert</category><category>madagascar</category><category>paraguay</category><category>ghana</category><category>herzegovina</category><category>guinea</category><category>suriname</category><category>angola</category><category>macedonia</category><category>covert-operations</category><category>c-te-divoire</category><category>secretary-of-defence</category><category>humint</category><category>us-intelligence</category><category>global-south</category><category>greater-middle-east</category><category>army-ranger</category><category>the-philippines</category><category>the-bahamas</category><category>the-dominican-republic</category><category>arc-of-instability</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>american-forces-press-service</category><category>arc-of-freedom</category><category>worldwide-attack-matrix</category><category>international-military-education-and-training-program</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:59:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jcatomD3A136CD-4624-97B6-C861-68B9F44633CB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jcatomD3A136CD-4624-97B6-C861-68B9F44633CB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - The 9/11 &quot;Big Lie: When Fiction Becomes Fact</title>
<description><![CDATA[Following are brilliant articles and videos to understand how certain governments manipulate mass population by instilling fears....Shocking (not so-shocking) discoveries have been made after the 10 year anniversary of Sept-11-2001.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shaheen Sultan Dhanji]]></source><link>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/11/7720432-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-911-big-lie-when-fiction-becomes-fact</link><guid>http://shaheensultandhanji.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/11/7720432-seeded-by-shaheen-sultan-dhanji-the-911-big-lie-when-fiction-becomes-fact</guid><category>canada</category><category>iraq</category><category>oil</category><category>un</category><category>human-rights</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>libya</category><category>washington</category><category>pakistan</category><category>bosnia</category><category>new-york</category><category>middle-east</category><category>nicaragua</category><category>cia</category><category>europe</category><category>white-house</category><category>bombs</category><category>literature</category><category>central-asia</category><category>taliban</category><category>pentagon</category><category>medicare</category><category>usa</category><category>nato</category><category>abc</category><category>war</category><category>bbc</category><category>journalism</category><category>sudan</category><category>south-africa</category><category>africa</category><category>economics</category><category>seal</category><category>inflation</category><category>albania</category><category>culture</category><category>social-security</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>government</category><category>latin-america</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>fidel-castro</category><category>amnesty-international</category><category>tony-blair</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>east-africa</category><category>cnn</category><category>islam</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>vietnam-war</category><category>society</category><category>world-news</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>hamid-karzai</category><category>pentagon-papers</category><category>uk</category><category>international-relations</category><category>donald-rumsfeld</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>9-11</category><category>north-africa</category><category>writers</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>norad</category><category>atrocities</category><category>anarchy</category><category>cbc</category><category>linguistics</category><category>capitalism</category><category>noam-chomsky</category><category>imperialism</category><category>propaganda</category><category>ground-zero</category><category>foxnews</category><category>world-politics</category><category>condoleeza-rice</category><category>socialism</category><category>september-11</category><category>michael-moore</category><category>navy-seals</category><category>fascism</category><category>twin-towers</category><category>howard-zinn</category><category>paul-craig-roberts</category><category>arundhati-roy</category><category>geostrategy</category><category>war-criminals</category><category>bilderberg-group</category><category>sadam-hussein</category><category>elites</category><category>global-research</category><category>edward-said</category><category>kangaroo-courts</category><category>larry-chin</category><category>mass-destruction</category><category>us-administration</category><category>carter-administration</category><category>war-against-humanity</category><category>soviet-afghan-war</category><category>adnan-shukrijumah</category><category>aftermath-9-11</category><category>intelligence-unit</category><category>chehnya</category><category>illuminatis</category><category>economic-looting</category><category>george-w-bush-senior</category><category>sub-saharan-africans</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:50:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Face the Music: We Will Lose in Iraq and Afghanistan | Stephen M. Walt</title>
<description><![CDATA[More broadly, these wars were lost because there is an enormous difference between defeating a third-rate conventional army (which is what Saddam had) and governing a restive, deeply-divided, and well-armed population with a long-standing aversion to all forms of foreign interfer&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Navigator]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Navigator]]></source><link>http://navigator.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/28/7503369-face-the-music-we-will-lose-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-stephen-m-walt</link><guid>http://navigator.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/28/7503369-face-the-music-we-will-lose-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-stephen-m-walt</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>middle-east</category><category>disasters</category><category>central-asia</category><category>taliban</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>u-s</category><category>thumbs</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>karzai</category><category>geopolitics</category><category>u-s-foreign-policy</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>bushs-legacy</category><category>area-studies</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:20:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Navigator381B596C-5A1E-7727-4CBA-FA6A6538AAAF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Navigator381B596C-5A1E-7727-4CBA-FA6A6538AAAF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - UN warning over 12 million stateless people</title>
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Some 12 million people around the world do not have citizenship of any country, and are being denied basic human rights as a result, the UN has warned.
The organisation is calling for more countries to sign up to two conventions on statelessness.
It says the issue is becoming &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></source><link>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/27/7497781-bbc-news-un-warning-over-12-million-stateless-people</link><guid>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/27/7497781-bbc-news-un-warning-over-12-million-stateless-people</guid><category>un</category><category>human-rights</category><category>middle-east</category><category>croatia</category><category>central-asia</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>panama</category><category>africa</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>eastern-europe</category><category>limbo</category><category>misery</category><category>world-news</category><category>turkmenistan</category><category>citizenship</category><category>detention</category><category>phillipines</category><category>yugoslavia</category><category>south-east-asia</category><category>individual-rights</category><category>unhcr</category><category>nationality</category><category>human-rights-abuse</category><category>statelessness</category><category>antonio-guterres</category><category>legal-limbo</category><category>stateless</category><category>marginalization</category><category>roma-gypsy</category><category>owning-property</category><category>denied-basic-human-rights</category><category>stateless-children</category><category>stateless-parents</category><category>nightmarish-legal-limbo</category><category>un-hihgh-commissioner-for-refugees</category><category>marginalising-generations</category><category>stress-in-societies</category><category>colonial-powers</category><category>rohingya-in-burma</category><category>hill-tribes-in-thailand</category><category>roma-groups</category><category>lack-of-nationality</category><category>bidoon-people-of-the-gulf-states</category><category>source-of-conflict</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:40:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bigsafA4938E39-3735-C4A1-60D7-591320805A5A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bigsafA4938E39-3735-C4A1-60D7-591320805A5A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Think Tank Identifies Growing Terrorist Threat to Pakistan's Nuke Arsenal</title>
<description><![CDATA["A new Federation of American Scientists (FAS) report released Wednesday stated that "the greatest threat to Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure comes from jihadists both inside Pakistan and South and Central Asia."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7030750-think-tank-identifies-growing-terrorist-threat-to-pakistans-nuke-arsenal</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7030750-think-tank-identifies-growing-terrorist-threat-to-pakistans-nuke-arsenal</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>afghan-taliban</category><category>inter-services-intelligence</category><category>pakistani-pashtuns</category><category>bin-laden-s</category><category>administered-tribal-areas</category><category>talibanized-pashtuns</category><category>talibanized-pashtun</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2011 03:51:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Letslookatthefacts0A5472F9-8E2C-286F-6580-C122549CA52A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="166" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Letslookatthefacts0A5472F9-8E2C-286F-6580-C122549CA52A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama's Afghanistan Plan and the Realities of Withdrawal </title>
<description><![CDATA["U.S. President Barack Obama announced June 22 that the long process of drawing down forces in Afghanistan would begin on schedule in July.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6938377-obamas-afghanistan-plan-and-the-realities-of-withdrawal</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6938377-obamas-afghanistan-plan-and-the-realities-of-withdrawal</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>world-news</category><category>baltic-sea</category><category>in-june</category><category>camp-bastion</category><category>lashkar-gah</category><category>khyber-pass</category><category>ring-road</category><category>mehtar-lam</category><category>northern-distribution-network</category><category>security-transition-more</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FLetslookatthefacts2F6938368.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FLetslookatthefacts2F6938368.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The US Airlifts Military Pre-position Combat Stores into Turmenistan.</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. government has taken advantage of the fact that Turkmenistan is a closed and autocratic society to quietly get away with shipping more than just humanitarian goods to Afghanistan. He also cites reports of incidents involving U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BXURZ]]></source><link>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/14/6643398-the-us-airlifts-military-pre-position-combat-stores-into-turmenistan</link><guid>http://bxurz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/14/6643398-the-us-airlifts-military-pre-position-combat-stores-into-turmenistan</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>eastern-europe</category><category>defense-department</category><category>world-news</category><category>northern-distribution-network</category><category>when-niyazov</category><category>while-turkmenistan</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 16:44:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The killing of bin Laden and the &quot;War On Terror&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[[I]n the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, US imperialism confronts a far more potent enemy than it could ever make Al Qaeda and bin Laden out to be.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6578504-the-killing-of-bin-laden-and-the-war-on-terror</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6578504-the-killing-of-bin-laden-and-the-war-on-terror</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>navy-seal</category><category>north-africa</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>in-october</category><category>us-central-intelligence-agency</category><category>muammar-gaddafi-an</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2011 20:56:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgreenpagan2F6578503.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="477" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgreenpagan2F6578503.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Shura in the Porno Cafe: An American Peace Activist's Observations in Afghanistan ~~~ The &quot;Yes Sir.&quot; Of Slavery</title>
<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan ranks 176th out of 178 countries on Transparency International's corruption index, only slightly better than Somalia and tied with Myanmar. So perhaps it isn't surprising that no matter who I speak with, the conversation quickly turns to corruption.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6562381-the-shura-in-the-porno-cafe-an-american-peace-activists-observations-in-afghanistan-the-yes-sir-of-slavery</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6562381-the-shura-in-the-porno-cafe-an-american-peace-activists-observations-in-afghanistan-the-yes-sir-of-slavery</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>politics</category><category>montgomery-county</category><category>injustice</category><category>pronography</category><category>plutocrats</category><category>fahima</category><category>oligrachy</category><category>peace-action-board</category><category>jean-athey</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:14:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Domino's Effect</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Many governments in the Middle East and Central Asia have created authoritarian regimes under &lsquo;national unity&rsquo; slogans by strengthening security forces and providing lucrative state businesses to clan members.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvin Kouliev]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Parvin Kouliev]]></source><link>http://parvinkouliev.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/17/6073770-dominos-effect</link><guid>http://parvinkouliev.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/17/6073770-dominos-effect</guid><category>imf</category><category>central-asia</category><category>politics</category><category>jordan</category><category>democracy</category><category>king</category><category>world-bank</category><category>economic</category><category>parliament</category><category>mubarak</category><category>the-middle-east</category><category>monarchy</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:59:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>OpEdNews - Article: Tomgram: Engelhardt, Goodbye to All That</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1991, when the Soviet Union disappeared and the United States found itself the last superpower standing, Washington mistook that for a victory most rare.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></source><link>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/10/6023674-opednews-article-tomgram-engelhardt-goodbye-to-all-that</link><guid>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/10/6023674-opednews-article-tomgram-engelhardt-goodbye-to-all-that</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>terror</category><category>central-asia</category><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>democracy</category><category>government</category><category>berlin-wall</category><category>cold-war</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>eastern-europe</category><category>obama</category><category>policy</category><category>middle-eastern</category><category>administration</category><category>empire</category><category>east-germany</category><category>fundamentalists</category><category>soviet-empire</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:33:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>China, Russia quit dollar for bi-lateral trade.  </title>
<description><![CDATA[China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies for bilateral trade, Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520640-china-russia-quit-dollar-for-bi-lateral-trade</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520640-china-russia-quit-dollar-for-bi-lateral-trade</guid><category>dollar</category><category>russia</category><category>china</category><category>central-asia</category><category>politics</category><category>putin</category><category>dmitry-medvedev</category><category>dmitry-medvedevs</category><category>sosnin-maxim</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:53:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;T&quot; Stands for Taliban</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under the conditions prevailing in Afghanistan and the role played by Sharia law in its legal system, Talibs, students and graduates of religious schools were automatically members of this social stratum.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[NadeemKhan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NadeemKhan]]></source><link>http://deemajan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/16/5300481-t-stands-for-taliban</link><guid>http://deemajan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/16/5300481-t-stands-for-taliban</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>civil-war</category><category>mullah-omar</category><category>world-news</category><category>taliba</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:04:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Afghanistan's First New Railroad On Track</title>
<description><![CDATA["The [delivery time] will decrease by 50 percent because the speed of rail transport is faster, since the wagons don't have to stop," says Ahmad Wali Sangar, an economic adviser to the government of Balkh Province, where Mazar-e Sharif is located.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[NadeemKhan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NadeemKhan]]></source><link>http://deemajan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5291118-afghanistans-first-new-railroad-on-track</link><guid>http://deemajan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5291118-afghanistans-first-new-railroad-on-track</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>railway</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:45:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Secure Is NATO's Supply Line In Pakistan? </title>
<description><![CDATA[For almost a week now, there have been almost daily attacks on NATO's supply line through Pakistan.

The most spectacular of the attacks have destroyed dozens of trucks at a time. On October 4, some 60 trucks were destroyed in northern Pakistan. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaheenbuneri]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[shaheenbuneri]]></source><link>http://pamirpost.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/08/5258837-how-secure-is-natos-supply-line-in-pakistan</link><guid>http://pamirpost.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/08/5258837-how-secure-is-natos-supply-line-in-pakistan</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>world-news</category><category>independent-contractors</category><category>khyber-pass</category><category>radio-free-afghanistan</category><category>print-email-share</category><category>culprits-nato</category><category>tweet-comment-sorting-comment</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:23:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What China Learned from Vladimir Putin and Georgia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Call it the Georgia lesson. In 2008, Russia informed the United States and the rest of the West that the former Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia were no longer their playland, but rather Moscow's sovereign sphere of influence. How did it do so? By going to war with Georgia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></source><link>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/24/5173284-what-china-learned-from-vladimir-putin-and-georgia</link><guid>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/24/5173284-what-china-learned-from-vladimir-putin-and-georgia</guid><category>oil</category><category>japan</category><category>china</category><category>central-asia</category><category>war</category><category>natural-resources</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>east-china-sea</category><category>diaoyu-islands</category><category>territorial-disputes</category><category>senaku-islands</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:09:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Russia in Talks to Supply Helicopters to NATO </title>
<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW—Russia is negotiating the sale of about 20 helicopters for Afghanistan, stepping up efforts to help the country's U.S.-backed government battle the Taliban insurgency and drug traffickers.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matti Viikate]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matti Viikate]]></source><link>http://mattiviikate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/18/4921356-russia-in-talks-to-supply-helicopters-to-nato</link><guid>http://mattiviikate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/18/4921356-russia-in-talks-to-supply-helicopters-to-nato</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>russia</category><category>central-asia</category><category>taliban</category><category>president</category><category>police</category><category>black-sea</category><category>railway</category><category>world-news</category><category>sochi</category><category>hamid-karzai</category><category>firearms</category><category>moscow</category><category>helicopters</category><category>sergei-lavrov</category><category>afghan-interior-ministry</category><category>north-atlantic-treaty-organization</category><category>drug-traffickers</category><category>dmitry-medvedev</category><category>asif-ali-zardari</category><category>bar-security-firms</category><category>u-s-backed-government</category><category>battle-the-taliban</category><category>black-sea-resort-of-sochi</category><category>air-corridors</category><category>mr-lavrov</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:54:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>