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Celebrating 60th year of cultural independence
Edinburgh is a charming city, with the medieval style architecture of the Old Town, the sea gulls and the cobbled road leading to the Edinburgh castle. While bagpipers keep the romanticism of the place alive through the year, summer sees a burst of performers and tourists. In step with the tradition, started in 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival kicked off on August 10 and will be on till September 2. A festival that was started 60 years ago, post the Second World War, to allow people’s spirits to heal and bloom, is today a bouquet of 10 odd festivals that includes the Military Tattoo, the Fringe, the Book, Film, Politics, Television & Jazz festivals. Attracting over three million tourists, the festival today has become serious business for the state, and it also has become the prototype for festivals around the world.

There’s classical opera and theatre at the International Festival, comedy shows at the Fringe and performances of the Military Tatoo. Celebrities are common and A list stars like Tom Hanks have already been spotted. From dark cabarets like Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea to previews of Alan Bennett’s satirical novel The Uncommon Reader, it’s all happening at Edinburgh.

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Environmentally yours!!!

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Overview

East Asia
The Republic of Korea has the largest area covered under forest. As of 2005, it stood at 63.5% of the total land. However, Korea, along with Mongolia, witnessed a fall in the forest area; from 54.5% in 1990 to 63.5% in 2005. Mongolia has the least proportion of land area covered under forest – 6.5%, down from 7.3% way back in 1990. Mongolia has the least, and Taipei, China, the most per capita Carbon Dioxide emissions.

South-East Asia
South-East Asia by far appears to be the greenest area in Asia. Malaysia is the greenest country with 63.6% of the total land covered under forest, followed by Cambodia with 59.2%. Thailand witnessed a drastic cut in the forest area from 31.2% in 1990 to 3.3% in 2005. Singapore was the most polluted with per capita CO2 emission of 11.3 metric tons.

South Asia
India is the third most environmental friendly economy in South Asia. Bhutan leads the chart of proportion of land covered under forest, followed by Sri Lanka and India. India witnessed a increased in area covered under forest from 21.5% to 22.8%. Per capita CO2 emission in India was at 1.2 metric tone in 2003, followed by Sri Lanka at 0.5 MT, followed by Bangladesh at 0.3 MT.

Central & West Asia
Azerbaijan scores on the list of proportion of area covered under forest. 11.3% of the total land in Azerbaijan is under forest. Turkmenistan is in the second position at 8.8%, followed by Pakistan, where 2.5% of the total area in under forest. Land under forest area declined in Pakistan from 3.3% in 1990 to 2.5% in 2005. Per capita CO2 emission is the highest in Kazakhstan.

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Mercenaries of the world unite

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Even if the troops withdraw, occupation will continue in perpetuity

“You can fool some people sometime, but not all the people all the time.” While majority of the sane world understands the wisdom ingrained in this ancient thought, Bush simply refuses to learn. First, he fooled the world by spreading the canard about Iraqi nuclear weapons and now, he is busy making a mockery of the American democracy by keeping the Congress and the world engaged on the issue of reduction & withdrawal of 160,000 official US troops from Iraq. The reality is, apart from the official army, “a ‘shadow force’ – 180,000 mercenaries working for more than 630 ‘Private Military Companies’ (PMCs) are assisting US in perpetuating the illegal occupation of Iraq. And the top beneficiaries of the privatisation of war are: British firm Aegis Defence Services ($293 million contract from Pentagon); Texas-based DynCorp. International ($1 billion contract to provide personnel to train Iraqi police forces) & Blackwater USA ($750 million contract from US State Department for diplomatic security),” Jeremy Scahill, a noted expert on private security shared with B&E. And if you thought that these are innocuous looking private security companies, you are mistaken! These companies are armed to teeth with latest arms & engage in combat.

Bush is certainly not the pioneer in resurrecting mercenarism; however, he cannot be absolved of the sin of giving the phenomenon a fillip. And this he has done simply to subvert & circumvent both the international & domestic laws curtailing the use of force for aggression of a sovereign land. And also to ensure that even if he loses elections and the troops withdraw; his most favoured MNCs will continue to suck the Iraqi blood & oil with impunity.

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Peace or turmoil...!

Even with a backdrop of overwhelming scenic beauty, the open area in the hub of the Nepalese capital can’t be described as beautiful. After the restoration of democracy & new government in Nepal, civil war seems to have apparently ended but then it has already affected the economy & consequently slowed down the pace of development. The Maoists, in this nation, nested in the lap of Himalayas, have not yet completely shunned violence & therefore the chances of return to armed conflicts prevail. Its amount of economic disparity is evidenced in its top 10% households controlling about 39.1% of nation’s wealth. Acute poverty & unemployment compels many to move to neighbouring countries for livelihood. Corruption as usual is a major problem & the recent revolution hasn’t been able to mitigate it. Embezzlement of public funds is a rule, searching for exceptions. Transition from monarchy to democracy is, theoretically, a good move but then to successfully sustain it would be Nepal’s biggest challenge. Take a note please!

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