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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lchic - 01:14am Sep 12, 2002 EST (# 4268 of 4273)

Kashmir

http://www.guardian.co.uk/kashmir/Story/0,2763,790452,00.html

... shot dead an Indian state minister and killed at least 15 other people in the disputed mountains of Kashmir yesterday in a mounting wave of violence in advance of state elections.

Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, the state law minister, was gunned down ...

.... Lashkar-e-Taiba, a leading Pakistan-based Islamist group, and Al-Arifeen, a previously unknown organisation, both claimed responsibility for his murder yesterday. His death is likely to intimidate many other candidates.

On Friday, Sheikh Abdul Rehman, a politician from a party representing India's lower castes, was shot dead. Two more politicians were attacked on Tuesday but survived.

Many analysts fear the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir is likely to flare up again

lchic - 08:26am Sep 12, 2002 EST (# 4269 of 4273)

Saudi-Gulf

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/opinion/12SAFI.html

lchic - 08:33am Sep 12, 2002 EST (# 4270 of 4273)

Bush

"" During Mr Bush's long holiday at his ranch in Texas last month, his administration seemed less like a modern government than a medieval court in which rival groups of courtiers were vying for the attention of a pleasure-loving prince

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1313801

Arab-Americans (subscribe)

http://www.economist.com/

lchic - 08:37am Sep 12, 2002 EST (# 4271 of 4273)

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