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It was a bad week for the stock market and it was a bad week for cows. The Afghan Taliban slaughtered cows in addition to demolishing statues of the Buddha claiming that the much needed smashing brought rain. Couldn't we send them some Navajo rain dancers? The stock market, after the little guys clear out, is likely to make a come-back, not so the cows. Other stories have it that the Taliban did not actually smash those precious works of art, they put them on the market. Will the Buddha show up on Wall Street?

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Another China

An outsider looks to China's past to find clues to its present political behavior ( Asia Times )

Responsibilites of the People ( Asia Times)

Little cheer for China's migrant workers ( Asia Times )

Afghanistan

Sacrificing cows ( The Times of Central Asia )

Containing the Taliban ( The Times of Central Asia )

Pakistan turns away latest wave of refugees. ( The Times of Central Asia )

Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan government takes dim view of US Human Rights report. ( The Times of Central Asia )

The Security Council meeting takes place in Capital. ( The Times of Central Asia )

The Population Employment Law was adopted two months ago. ( The Times of Central Asia )

Kazakhstan has highest salaries among CIS countries. ( The Times of Central Asia )

Georgia

Georgia on his mind. Colin Powell assures country of US backing ( The Times of Central Asia )

Iran

Russia- Iran Declaration Draws Objections ( CNN )

Malaysia

What if Dr. Mahathir is right? ( The Asia Times )

United States

Qian says China's reunification Conducive to Sin-US Ties ( The People's Daily )

Paul Wolfowitz: A man to keep an eye on ( Foreign Policy in focus via Asia Times )


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