SAIS READS: South Asia

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Friday, March 6

The Guardian: Intelligence failures crippling fight against insurgents in Afghanistan, says report

• Leaked analysis condemns US for lack of co-operation
• Senior officers' criticisms also cover Iraq campaign

By: Peter Beaumont. Full Article May Be Read Here

Sunday, March 1

The Guardian: Hamid Karzai accused of brinksmanship over call for early Afghanistan election

By: Jon Boone; Full Article May Be Read Here

Friday, February 20

BBC: Tamil Tiger Planes raid Colombo

Author: Staff: Full article may be read here.

Blogger Comment: A rebel group bombing the capital of a country, thats got to give people ideas. And it isn't even the first time they did it.

BBC: US concerned over Pakistan deal

By: Staff; Full article may be read here.

Blogger Comment: This hasn't gotten just the US worried, but also India in a major way. No one wants to see this trend spreading.

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We read a lot of news, daily. We each have individual interests and specific sets of passions that are unique. The goal of the blog is to compile the best of your daily readings in order to share with our fellow classmates, our networks, etc. Ideally, this blog will combine our knowledge and perspective. Thus, the more posts we have the more diverse the range. In that sense, we will be sharing what we find fascinating in order to learn what others do as well...If successful, we will end up with our own daily newspaper of sorts.

Don't be afraid to post early and often. The site will thrive with the more number of students. So get more students involved!

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1) Make sure you are logged and click New Post on top right of the screen.

2) Where there is a header
In the Title Section: Name of Newspaper: Article Title
In the Link area: Link to the article

3) For the body, put the following:
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<-- place hyperlink on the 'Here', by highlighting it, pressing the link button and then Ctrl + C the article link

If you want to comment, after the author/hyperlink part put, Blogger Comment: Your Comment

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It will really enhance the archive, which will make the utility of the site enormous...

Remember, Post as often as you like. Just use the proper format!

-Arash

SAIS READS

Friday, March 6

The Guardian: Intelligence failures crippling fight against insurgents in Afghanistan, says report

Sunday, March 1

The Guardian: Hamid Karzai accused of brinksmanship over call for early Afghanistan election

Friday, February 20

BBC: Tamil Tiger Planes raid Colombo

BBC: US concerned over Pakistan deal

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