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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>Inside Job &amp; The End of Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2011/07/10/inside-job-the-end-of-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend watched a movie, &#8220;Inside Job&#8220;.  A movie that tracks the collapse of the Wall Street in 2008 which caused the worldwide recession from which the world is yet to recover.  It tracks and interviews many of those responsible for the financial crash.  Many financial behemoths like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers collapsed.  Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Strategic Interests Conflict</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2011/05/23/when-strategic-interests-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chickens have finally come home to roost.  After decades of national policy of fomenting terrorism in the neighborhood, the snake fed and protected by successive Pakistani governments, Army and their masters, the rogue intelligence agency, ISI have finally started to bite them. The terrorists born and bred under the patronage of the Pakistani military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Read &#8211; The Next 100 Years &#8211; George Friedman</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/12/16/just-read-the-next-100-years-george-friedman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finished reading this book almost a month ago, but due to paucity of time almost forgot to write about this book. This book is a look into the next 100 years by George Friedman (no relation to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times).  George Friedman is the chief executive of STRATFOR, a private global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diwali Wishes &#8211; 2010</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/11/03/diwali-wishes-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its a nice 3 day weekend for this Diwali.  Here&#8217;s wishing all of you and your loved ones a Happy &#38; Prosperous Diwali in advance. Say no to crackers that cause noise and air pollution.  There are better ways of celebrating the festival with family and friends. We are in the final 2 months of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s String of Pearls &amp; India&#8217;s Look East</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/11/02/chinas-string-of-pearls-indias-look-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years China has been pursuing its policy of a string of pearls; which meant having naval stations around the Indian subcontinent as a means of encircling India.  The building of a port in the Sri Lankan town of Hambantota, Gwadar in Pakistan, courting the island states of Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius and not to mention [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<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>Paes &#8211; Black win Wimbledon mixed doubles</title>
		<link>http://philip9876.com/2010/07/05/paes-black-win-wimbledon-mixed-doubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liju Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Saina, its Paes again.  Consistency when you are 37 years old is no joke.  At a time when tennis players hang up their racquests, Leander Paes is still going strong. India&#8217;s Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat South African Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond of the US 6-4, 7-6 (5) to win [...]]]></description>
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