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...Egidio, a leading Catholic diplomatic and inter-faith group, called Benedict "one of the keenest observers of modern religious life," whose expertise extends beyond his own Church. "John Paul had a specific geopolitical design from the start of his papacy: the fall of communism. Benedict has more of a 'geo-cultural' design, wanting to challenge contemporary society. Foremost, he wants to provoke a crisis of conscience in a West that has grown closed to faith...
...almost half a century. But when a group of protesters from the northern Indian city of Dharmsala, the headquarters of Tibet's government-in-exile, set out for the Chinese border this week to protest China's control of Tibet ahead of the Beijing Olympics, the reality of regional geo-politics quickly intruded. Fearing the march would damage strengthening ties between Delhi and Beijing, Indian officials banned the protesters from leaving the Kangra district in which Dharmsala sits. With the marchers seemingly intent on making the journey in spite of the ban, police yesterday arrested about 100 people...
...that was ever true, it is true no longer. The media, and particularly the independent television channels, have engaged, informed and connected the Pakistani body politic like nothing before. This election was covered with all the excitement and real-time analysis of an American political campaign. I watched the Geo news network on my laptop throughout the night, unable to tear my eyes away...
...that they "create chaos, are misleading and give rise to rumors." Of course, they can also be a reliable check on election results. "This is yet another restriction on the type of commentary and prognostication of polling that the government doesn't want to see," says Imran Aslam, president Geo TV, Pakistan's most popular channel. "They are obviously concerned about any kind of independent observation with people in the field... We weren't doing just exit polls, we were able to get a progressive look at the outcomes and in a scientific matter predict results. This may have...
...were taken off the air 20 minutes before the emergency was actually declared, leaving state-run television as the only source of news for Pakistanis. While international news channels were allowed to return to the air within a week, some of the more critical local news channels like Geo continue to be banned...