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	<title>A load of crap from an idle brain &#187; USA</title>
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		<title>Iceberg Ahead</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2011/08/09/iceberg-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Took a week off from work to rest, relax and recharge my batteries.  We are already into the 8th month of the year and i had yet to take a single leave this year.  Not to mention haven&#8217;t fallen sick for more than 18 odd months and (touch wood), would like that to remain that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of War Games &amp; Defence Diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/10/25/of-war-games-defence-diplomacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian armed forces have chalked out a stunning round of combat exercises with foreign forces over the coming several months to use &#8220;defence diplomacy&#8221; as a tool to bolster national security as well as promote strategic cooperation. Defence ministry officials say the 1.13-million Army alone has planned 14 to 18 exercises with countries ranging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scums in Our Neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/08/03/the-scums-in-our-neighborhood/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/08/03/the-scums-in-our-neighborhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=4649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We can choose our friends, but not our neighbours.  This statement was famously made by our previous Prime Minister, AB Vajpayee. How true.  Given a chance we would like to pack Pakistan and dump them into the sea for being such a pest.  Why not?  Afterall, a country which has terrorism as its national policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Read &#8211; Empire of Debt &#8211; William Bonner &amp; Addison Wiggin</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/07/07/just-read-empire-of-debt-william-bonner-addison-wiggin/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/07/07/just-read-empire-of-debt-william-bonner-addison-wiggin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, i finished reading this book.  Have been reading it on and off for the past 6 odd months.  In the meanwhile have finished reading a few others too.  Odd, because the book is a very good read and written with lots of historical references.  For someone who loves to know the Roman, Greek, French, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American education losing its charm?</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/04/23/american-education-losing-its-charm/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/04/23/american-education-losing-its-charm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=4285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost a year ago, i wrote a post, End of the American dream? The bad news continues. With the Obama administration tightening the screws against the immigrants and the financial collapse of the American economy, it seems the jobs are drying up and so is the much needed funding for the education system. “There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some spine shown&#8230;finally</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/03/26/some-spine-shown-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/03/26/some-spine-shown-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=4215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The flip flop by the Obama administration needed to be reigned in quick. And what better way to show US its place than by asking it to choose between doling out alms to Pakistan in the form of F-16s in the guise of fighting terrorism or seeing its companies lose the lucrative $10 billion 126 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Read &#8211; Halliburton’s Army</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/03/03/just-read-halliburton%e2%80%99s-army/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/03/03/just-read-halliburton%e2%80%99s-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=4110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything about the United State&#8217;s war in Afghanistan and Iraq is well documented.  What is little known is the details that goes into the well oiled war machine of the US Army.  A company by name Halliburton, which in the general sense is known to people as a company that is into oil discovery and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its James Chanos vs Thomas Friedman vs Bill Bonner over China</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/29/its-james-chanos-vs-thomas-friedman-vs-bill-bonner-over-china/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/29/its-james-chanos-vs-thomas-friedman-vs-bill-bonner-over-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=3973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Bonner of the Daily Reckoning has for long had a bone to pick with Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. It all first started with legendary short seller James Chanos calling China &#8220;Dubai times 1,000 &#8211; or worse.&#8221; To which Thomas Friedman wrote that James Chanos should be careful about trying to &#8220;short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global science papers from India on the upswing</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/18/global-science-papers-from-india-on-the-upswing/</link>
		<comments>http://philip9876.com/2010/01/18/global-science-papers-from-india-on-the-upswing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://philip9876.com/?p=3921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that scientific research papers being filed from India are on the upswing.  The bad news is that countries like China, Korea etc have left India long behind in this race.  In fact, China has more than doubled its research output since 2004.  Read more on these reports at this Thomson Reuters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember 26/11</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2009/11/24/remember-2611/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seventh dossier was passed to Pakistan a few days ago.  Am sure it went into the dustbin as usual.  In spite of all evidence passed, Pakistan refuses to admit its complicity in the attacks.  Even if it does, there is nothing much to do about it. The Pakistani army and its rogue intelligence agency, [...]]]></description>
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