Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.OpinionSource is dedicated to bringing you national and world opinionGames generals play- (Found July 23, 2008 ) In the most outrageous claim of Dr Khan, Musharraf is accused of plotting with the US to break up Pakistan by 2015. Although it is no state secret that the military establishment orchestrated Dr Khan's spectacular rise and fall from grace, the government must constitute a bipartisan commission of inquiry to investigate the matter. The army has every reason to cooperate with such an inquiry because it claims to have solid evidence that it was not...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26819&password=121613138323... G 8 Summit - unimpressive, ineffectual and disappointing- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The G8 summit failed to agree on any concrete measures to stimulate the world economy suffering from the subprime mortgage crisis and the credit crunch in the US and the rise in global fuel and food prices. It also failed to arrive at a blueprint for a post-Kyoto environmental protocol to be considered by the UN in its deliberations for a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol that ends in 2012. But in terms of expenses, the Hokkaido Summit...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26815&password=121613079284... The first round goes to Congress- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The Congress is aware, as is the Left, that their current break-up is not final, says Ganguli. Given the fragmented nature of Indian politics, no one can say for certain that they will not need to come together again at some point in the future. But there is little doubt that communists' tactics of the recent past have badly misfired. While holding the gun to the Congress' head on the nuclear deal in the belief that they have Sonia Gandhi's tacit...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26822&password=121613165764... China to ensure media freedom during Olympics- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Officials will effectively implement regulations that ensure foreign journalists will be allowed the freedom to report, said senior Chinese leader Li Changchun. Foreign journalists can file a complaint directly to Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, he said. On January 1, 2007, regulations on foreign journalists' reporting activities in China during the Beijing Olympics took effect. Under the new...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26753&password=121587492848... 35 Chinese Firms Make Fortune 500 List this Year- (Found July 23, 2008 ) China's three leading oil companies--CNPC, Sinopec, and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC)--as well as the country's two power grid companies--State Grid and China Southern Power Grid--found places on this year's Fortune 500 list. The country's four leading banks--Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, and Agricultural Bank of China--featured in the list. The US had 153 firms on the list compared with...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26754&password=121587499390... Safeguards in India- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The author looks at how the IAEA's India safeguards agreement will analyze and draw conclusions about Indian compliance. He says the IAEA should use the state-level approach, which means it will look into a potential mismatch before drawing any conclusion about the state's compliance. Under the facility-level approach it would have "blindly" applied safeguards at the enrichment plant and reactors without looking into the difference in...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26956&password=121672317145... US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 names- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The national Terrorist Watch List has now crossed one million names. Doctorow points out what that really means: a million Americans suspected of being terrorists who will spend their days being harassed, denied the fundamental right to travel, and punished for having a name vaguely like the name used by someone who may or may not be a terrorist. There's no way to get off the list, and the list is secret.http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26812&password=121611455801... A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The recent assassination of Indian Defence Attach in Kabul is a watershed in the ongoing undeclared low intensity war in Afghanistan. The blast was the deadliest in Kabul since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Nearly 150 other people were wounded. It is no secret that Afghanistan is one of the favorite proxy battlegrounds of India and Pakistan since 1947. But, says Amin, under the present circumstances the attack is going to harm the India-Pakistan...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26818&password=121613129740... A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The recent assassination of Indian Defence Attach in Kabul is a watershed in the ongoing undeclared low intensity war in Afghanistan. The blast was the deadliest in Kabul since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Nearly 150 other people were wounded. It is no secret that Afghanistan is one of the favorite proxy battlegrounds of India and Pakistan since 1947. But, says Amin, under the present circumstances the attack is going to harm the India-Pakistan...http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26883&password=121613129740... How Green Was My Scientific Consensus- (Found July 23, 2008 ) The American Physical Society has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The author says CO2 is not as important as other factors beyond human control that are more important in explaining the observed levels of warming. Humans have made some contribution to global warming. However, he doubts the cost-effectiveness of proposed global warming efforts.http://www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?articleidentifier=26882&password=121637081356... |