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		<title>Why the Unfolding Disaster in Pakistan Should Concern You</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/why-the-unfolding-disaster-in-pakistan-should-concern-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to Read the Article The human tragedy unfolding in Pakistan right now demands our full attention. Flooding there has already stranded 20 million people, more than 10 percent of the population. A fifth of the nation is underwater. More than 3.5 million children are in imminent danger of contracting cholera and acute diarrhea; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPR quoted in USA Today: U.S. has stake in shoring up Pakistani aid</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/cpr-quoted-in-usa-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-08-19-pakistan19_ST_N.htm?csp=34news Ashraf Qazi, chairman of the Council for Pakistan Relations, said a slack effort by the international community in Pakistan &#8220;could potentially cause a very serious social upheaval.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Hope amid Pakistan&#8217;s tragedy</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/hope-amid-pakistans-tragedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shuja Nawaz The rains that have for the past two weeks caused the worst flooding in northwest Pakistan in eight decades have shifted attention from the country&#8217;s battle against insurgency and militancy and the fragility of its relationship with the United States. As the monsoon rains move south, numerous roads, bridges and dams have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drones Over Pakistan &#8212; Menace or Best Viable Option?</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/drones-over-pakistan-menace-or-best-viable-option-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: C. Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program Peshawar and Islamabad, Pakistan &#8212; American and Pakistani publics are decrying the CIA&#8217;s use of armed drones to kill militants ensconced in Pakistan&#8217;s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This may be in some measure due to the pervasive inability to distinguish the military-led drone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Times: It is feverish and flooded but Pakistan can yet thrive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3df72c72-a640-11df-8767-00144feabdc0.html Last month, it began to rain here in Lahore. It was my baby daughter’s first monsoon. I took her out on to a balcony and held her as she stared blinkingly up at the dark sky. She was delighted. She laughed and kicked and reached for the drops shattering on her bare arms. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPR quoted in Politico: U.S. and Pakistani extremists in PR war</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/cpr-quoted-in-politico-u-s-and-pakistani-extremists-in-pr-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0810/US_and_Pakistani_extremists_in_PR_war.html?showall# By Zeeshan Aleem: The floods ravaging Pakistan since the beginning of August have sparked a competition between the United States and extremist Islamist elements within Pakistan to demonstrate the authenticity of their commitment to the nation’s suffering people. And the public relations melee over who has better aid and better intentions is likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunger Pains: Pakistan&#8217;s Food Insecurity</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/hunger-pains-pakistans-food-insecurity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Seventy-seven million Pakistanis are going hungry, and 45 million are malnourished. Weather, resource shortages, and conflict all intensify Pakistan&#8217;s food insecurity. This new publication examines Pakistan&#8217;s food woes from a variety of angles. Contact asia@wilsoncenter.org for a free copy, or click here to download the PDF. Edited by Michael Kugelman and Robert M. Hathaway&#8221; Source: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPR Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/cpr-quoted-in-christian-science-monitor-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan flood relief: Could it undercut Taliban influence? The US is widely disliked in Pakistan, feeding the Taliban and terrorism there. But if the US played a major role in Pakistan flood relief, it could win many hearts and minds, some experts say. By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer / August 3, 2010 Washington Are Pakistan’s devastating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WikiLeaks: The Revelations That Aren&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/wikileaks-the-revelations-that-arent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia The online release of a mountain of U.S. intelligence documents is tantalizing for being stamped &#8220;secret,&#8221; sensational because of WikiLeaks&#8217; impressive media strategy, and politically relevant because it arrives in an atmosphere of increasing disillusionment over prospects for victory in Afghanistan. But very little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kayani and Pakistan&#8217;s Civil-Military Relations</title>
		<link>http://pakistanrelations.org/2010/08/kayani-and-pakistans-civil-military-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shuja Nawaz In a timely though perhaps overly dramatic move, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan announced last night on national television the extension of army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for another three years beyond November this year, when his first term was to end. Timely, since any further delay in announcing it [...]]]></description>
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