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History of the Kashmir Conflict Part II

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Thursday, July 25, 2002

How did a small mountainous kingdom become a world flashpoint? We revisit the immediate aftermath of Indian partition, when a peace brokered between India and Pakistan promised to resolve the dispute over Kashmir by plebiscite. The vote never happened, and in 1965 the two countries went to war again. Plus: tax reform bulldog Grover Norquist says John Ashcroft is going too far to get terrorists. And: putting the MEN back in menopause.

Lines in the Sand

Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director of Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations says that Iraq is a problem that can't wait. Former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, cautions that there isn't enough evidence to justify a war on Iraq.

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Best and Worst

Jeremy J. Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stocks for the Long Run (McGraw-Hill, 2002), says legendary trader Frank. J Williams got it right.

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Lines in the Sand

Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director of Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations says that Iraq is a problem that can't wait. Former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, cautions that there isn't enough evidence to justify a war on Iraq.

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He's No Puppet

Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, explains why many conservatives oppose Ashcroft's proposals

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Putting The MEN Back In Menopause

Jerome Groopman, Staff Writer for the New Yorker, gives the dirt on testosterone supplements

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India-Pakistan History Part Two

We continue our India-Pakistan series with Adil Najam, Assistant Professor of International Relations and Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University and Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal on the referendum that never happened and the 1965 ...

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Ridge Over Troubled Waters

Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post Columnist, says the proposed Department of Homeland Security needs to get its priorities straightened out.

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