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Last week, many across the globe watched in abject horror as an armed band of terrorists, backed by radicals suspected to be operating out of Pakistan, attacked numerous landmarks across Mumbai, including the world-famous Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. While the final death toll is still unknown, it is estimated that at least 174 peopl-e, including several Americans, perished as a consequence of these cowardly and dishonorable attacks. We commiserate with the Indian people; this attack, like so many others perpetrated in India and elsewhere, was a horrible and reprehensible deed. Terrorism is not a legitimate political tactic...
...around team game,” Lin said of that performance. “I was just trying to attack the zone, basically just take what they gave...
...Mandals are women’s groups in New Delhi, India, which Asha created, that educate and care for slum dwellers, providing individual healthcare and advocating for gender issues. Shift to Sudan and Burma, where the Genocide Intervention Network implements an on-the-ground program to protect civilians from attack in the midst of ongoing hostilities. Now fly back West and land in waiting rooms that double as playrooms, and a place where the ills of cancer contrast the elation of Disney paintings in the Jimmy Fund Clinic. We, as a student body, contributed to significant strides for each...
...Still, he hopes that calmer heads prevail, and that the Indian government response is little more than posturing, unlike in 2001 when a December attack on the Indian parliament was attributed to Pakistan, and the two nuclear-armed countries nearly went to war. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has threatened to send Indian troops to the border with Pakistan if solid evidence emerges of Pakistani involvement. In that case, Pakistan would be required to move its own troops from the border with Afghanistan, where they are making headway in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants...
...Asim Javeid, a 23-year-old student in Rawalpindi, agrees. "The Mumbai attack shows that terrorism is a common threat to both India and Pakistan. Unless both countries join hands and take measures to combat terrorism, we will not be able to defeat this curse...