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Saturday, December 29, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Assassination,
destabilization
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The assassination of Benazir
Bhutto in one of Pakistan’s most gardenlike city, Rawalpindi,
which happens to be where Pakistan’s equivalent of the CIA and the
military intelligence service are based, plunges South Asia into a
new period of anxiety. It will surely make the movers of world
politics view Pakistan with alarm.
This outrageous murder is not a
run-of-the-mill assassination, for which South Asia has been
notorious these past decades. Other assassinations deprived
countries—and perhaps the world—of brilliant and exceptional
personalities and national leaders. Pakistan’s former prime
minister Benazir Bhutto was not holding a national office. She was
only trying to recover her position of leadership in Pakistan and
was even willing as desired by the United States to arrive at
an accommodation with the military-backed strongman, President
Pervez Musharaf.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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THE
OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
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Rizal and the
literature of the Left
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JOSE RIZAL’s place in the pantheon of national
heroes is a secure one—despite efforts to “downgrade” him by
pitting him against Andres Bonifacio.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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The crime of
plunder
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QUERY: I enjoyed reading your column last week
on corruption. I second your call for public participation in the
elimination of corruption. I wish to know more about the crime of
plunder. Who are liable for the commission...
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q.Fernando
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The
commercialization of Christmas
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MANY object to the materialism of present society and
the attendant commercialization of Christmas. This is for good
reason. For the true meaning of Christmas appears to be lost in all
the glamour, glitter and excitement.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Non-timber forest
products and upland poverty
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ANGELSON and Wudsen present three categories that
define the role of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in an upland
household. Specialized category refers to a high contribution
of the forest products into...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Postcripts to my
columns on clichés
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I PLANNED to start a new series this week on
punctuation but I’m deferring it to give way to interesting
feedback from two readers, both US-based, about my columns on
dreadful clichés.
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ANALYSIS
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Pakistan vote
needs delay to avoid chaos
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WASHINGTON: Pakistan should delay next month’s
parliamentary elections to prevent a meltdown in the nuclear-armed
nation following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto, analysts say.
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LETTER
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The Islamic world has lost a
strong voice for democracy
WE mourn the death of Benazir Bhutto, twice elected prime minister
of Pakistan.
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