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| Paradigm Shift |
| FOR the past 20 years we have
lived amid the clangor of war -
and debates over how to wage it.
The intense and urgent clashes
in the 1990s over "humanitarian
intervention" gave way to pitched battles
over "regime change" and "democracy
promotion" after 9/11, and then to
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| ECHOES OF
DARFUR IN NUBA |
 AGREAT humanitarian
catastrophe and vicious
ethnic cleansing is unfolding
here in the remote and
impoverished region where
Sudan and South Sudan come
together.
For some in the Nuba
Mountains, living in thatch huts
far from electricity or paved roads... |
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It’s power game
REFER to the front-page article “Stosur, Azarenka set up Qatar Open title clash” published in Qatar Tribune on Sunday.
It was a treat to watch world’s top ranked woman tennis players serving at over 150 km hour on Doha turf. It needs lots of efforts to remain in the top gear. Tennis is a power-sapping game. Therefore, a player has to be quite conscious about his fitness to avoid injury.
Hats off to the determination of top-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka who overcame a pain barrier and world No 6 Agnieszka Radwanska to qualify for the final at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
Though she was limping all over the court after a nasty ankle twist, the injury did not deter her from posting a straight sets victory.
Unfortunately, Marion Bartoli of France had to leave the court midway in the first semifinal after she developed cramps in her calf muscles.
SHAHID KAMAL
DOHA
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