Australia ranks number one out of all countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials according to a report today by the international organisation the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Pakistan
If Australia sells uranium to India, will Pakistan be next?
Like India, Pakistan is a nuclear armed state that refuses to sign the NPT. There is no doubt the Islamabad will be keeping a close eye Canberra and on Darling Harbour come Labor’s National Conference in December, says Dave Sweeney.
Pakistan’s Independence Day: bloodshed more visible than hope
64 years after partition, contemporary Pakistan could hardly be further from Jinnah’s vision of a secular, non-sectarian, stable, democratic and secular safe-haven for the subcontinent’s Muslims, writes Shakira Hussein.
Political snippets: Where’s the jobs boom?
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures out this morning give no indication of the employment boom that some economists are keen to predict will soon fan an inflationary fire.
Did the Pakistan army murder Saleem Shahzad?
Speculation is rising that the brutal death of star Pakistani investigative journalist Saleem Shahzad was orchestrated by intelligence agency operatives to scare off critical media, writes Ron Moreau.
Political snippets: Worrying about Europe’s debt woes
When the Wall Street Journal starts worrying about how to keep Europe’s debt crisis from spiraling out of control the rest of us should be at least a little uneasy.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The climate change challenge — do we really want to?
Crikey readers have their say.
America wrestles its conscience post-bin Laden
Hillary Clinton stood shoulder to shoulder with Kevin Rudd earlier today in Washington, two life-long opponents of the death penalty, praising the extra-judicial killing of an unarmed man. But it changes everything when it’s Osama bin Laden.
Rushdie: Pakistan has some explaining to do
It is incomprehensible that Osama bin Laden could have lived in Abbottabad for five years without the knowledge of the Pakistani government. Some big questions need to be answered, writes Salman Rusie.
Sesame Street moves to Pakistan
The US government is funding a Pakistani remake of Sesame Street intended to improve the country’s ailing education system. Big Bird and Cookie Monster won’t, however, be coming along for the ride, writes Saeed Shah.
The Pakistan dilemma
The UK government is planning to double overseas aid to Pakistan to more than £445 million. The country could clearly use it but supporting Muslims is making Christians angry, writes Richard Farmer.
The case of two men shot dead and a claim of diplomatic immunity
The Pakistani government has been reportedly keen to find a way to release Raymond Davis, the American who shot dead two Pakistani youths. But, as Shakira Hussein observed earlier in the month, there’s no easy way out of this one, writes Richard Farmer.
Does diplomatic immunity let you get away with any crime?
Diplomatic immunity may save a US embassy worker in Pakistan from murder charges, even though the circumstances around the crime are a little foggy. In fact, the only time diplomatic immunity doesn’t work is when your own government gives you up.
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Pakistan and the Raymond David predicament
The Pakistani govenment is reportedly keen to release Raymond Davis, the American diplomat (according to Washington) or CIA/Blackwater agent (according to the Pakistani rumour mill) who shot dead two Pakistani youths, reports Shakira Hussein.
Flood destroys economy and leaves thousands homeless: nope, it’s not in QLD
The Queensland floods are a significant natural disaster, which has cost the lives of ten people and will cost billions in rebuilding. Yet, why does it get more coverage than the even more horrific recent floods in Pakistan that killed 2,000 and left a million homeless?
R.I.P. Lion of the Punjab
Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, was assassinated by one of his bodyguards yesterday just days after announcing on Twitter that he would not back down on his opposition to Pakistan’s “man-made” blasphemy laws, writes Shakira Hussein.
New gen of working Pakistan women driven by inflation, not feminism
A growing generation of lower-class Pakistani women are breaking free of religious tradition and entering service sector industry jobs to support their families due to rising inflation, which is currently sitting at 12.7 percent, reports Adam B Ellick.
David Hicks: responding to the critics
On Sunday, December 12, the Sun Herald printed an article that falsely claims that i have broken my silence “for the first time”. At no time did I agree to an interview with the Sun Herald. At this time I have still never given an interview to any media, writes former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
Four months on: flood-ravaged Pakistan still drenched in despair
Four months after Pakistan was hit by the worst flood in the nation’s history, vast areas are still under water and more than one million people remain displaced in Sindh, writes Rania Abouzeid and Haji Jan Mohammad.
‘Bizarre’ and ‘unworkable’ — Morrison’s plan for asylum seekers
Opposition immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison’s plan to send Afghan asylum seekers — who arrive in boats — back to camps in countries such as Pakistan and Iran is doomed to fail, say asylum seeker advocates.
It’s time to take no balls by the horns and clean up Pakistani cricket
ABC TV’s Four Corners last night conformed what every cricket fan already knew: Pakistan cricket is a disgrace and it needs to be acted on, writes the SMH’s Peter Roebuck.
Downer: We need to negotiate with the Taliban
Let’s face it: the Taliban is a strong part of the political environment in Afghanistan and therefore we must engage with them to achieve stability. It’s just like how peace only arrived in Northern Ireland once the IRA joined the negotiation process, says former foreign minister Alexander Downer.
