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A new book entry has been added: One City Challenge: Diplomatic Victory

THe "investment" and "stability" are hige factors and will ultimately decide whether or not a country can reach that level... ...ignoring thoroughly random events such as tsunamis/earthquakes/meteor strike...

Too often INdian governments have been too incompetent or too scared to take any aggressive measures against terrorists in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, preferring instead to extend in a bit of pointless sabre-rattling that gets them a few column inches in newspapers.... Nor has adequate pressure...

Both South Korea and China have territorial disputes with Japan, apart from other complicated issues such as Japanese denial of WW2 atrocities in SK and China, and are not going to be thrilled to bits that Japan has decided to become more aggressive and assert itself in the region with a...

As it happens, nobody I know of has been directly affected by the bomb blasts, though I extend my most heart-felt sympathies with the long-suffering mumbaikars who have to face yet another man-made tragedy... Whoever the attackers, they carried out a very co-ordinated, deadly attack which was...

@Ram Definitely trying that in the next intra-university tournament...though our Sports Committee may not be so tolerant of the defacing of some brand new cricket bats:D Coming back to the topic, I think very few sports these days are entirely free of some form of verbal provocation of the...

Also, Japan doesn't enjoy a very good image in East Asia and any Japanese intervention will be met with immediate Chinese retaliation and Korean outrage... Already Japan is much more hated than the USA in that part of the world, and a pre-emptive strike is the last thing that would improve...

I just remembered another act of zidanity in cricket (of all games..) it involved a loudmouth, an overweight Pakistani player and Canada.... Read here:http://www.rediff.com/sports/sep/16a.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/england_v_pakistan/1367291.stm

...zidanity... I think the English language needs an entirely new word to describe what Zinedine Zidane did. What he did by losing his cool, his head, his professionalism, etc. at the worst possible moment, should from henceforth be called an act of 'zidanity'. Plus it gets u some cool...

Shortguy got it right.. Babur actually did that twice. First against the Afghan ruler of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi and later against the Rajput armies led by Maharana Sangha (if I am not greatly mistaken) However, Babur was helped by the fact that Ibrahim Lodi's allies were secretly working with...

My vote would go to Genghiz Khan..for sheer success rate and versatility against a wide range of opponents with differing strengths and weakness.. A close second would be Alexander for more or less the same reasons as above, except that he inherited a disciplined force and stable army, whereas...

just saw the scores for the last ODI, and....OMG that was an absolute slaughter!! If this is what Sri Lanka can do to England's (next best after) finest, in English conditions, I can scarce imagine what will happen in the Australia...lambs to the slaughter.

kinda tragic really... I remember the huge crowd in the common room of our hostel, egging on England in the last match. Even India-pakistan matches don't always draw such a crowd. It was a fantastic series and I think ALL cricket lovers enjoyed the whole thing, not just the English...Will be a...