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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:57:04 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['China cannot be and should not be the arbiter in South Asia']]></title>
  <link>http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/what-manmohan-singh-should-tell-barack-obama.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA['China is not a disinterested observer in South Asia. It is in possession of part of Jammu and Kashmir and has been an unscrupulous supplier of arms and war-like nuclear material to Pakistan.']]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[More standard ratings, less moody ones]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/guest-more-standard-ratings-less-moody-ones.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the sharp downturn in the valuations of mortgage-backed securities last year, financial firms justified their investment in these non-transparent instruments on the triple ratings accorded to them.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why India cannot be an Asian power like China]]></title>
  <link>http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/why-india-cannot-be-an-asian-power-like-china.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Power and influence are not given. They are taken. China knows how to take it, India does not, says strategic expert B Raman.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tata's tata to Tata]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/guest-tatas-tata-to-tata.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Like many other Indian companies, the Tata group too has globalised in the past decade. It is a testimony to the success of Indian enterprise in the global marketplace that many of them have done well, in the face of severe competition.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Of Naxals and rich land of the poor]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/guest-of-naxals-and-rich-land-of-the-poor.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[India's mineral-rich areas have the largest number of poor  and are Naxal-affected - there's an obvious story here.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Who'll finance 'affordable' housing?]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/20/guest-wholl-finance-affordable-housing.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Tata Housing's efforts at helping less privileged sections of society are commendable, but after a point it won't be able to do much for the simple reason that there aren't going to be enough lenders to give loans to these prospective home buyers. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[The M&amp;M factor]]></title>
  <link>http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/19/tvr-shenoy-on-the-by-election-results.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA['The BJP and Samajwadi Party seem to be on a downward slope in UP; the Left Front seems to be on its way out in Kerala and West Bengal.']]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[For Mumbai, slum-free plan may not work]]></title>
  <link>http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/19/for-mumbai-slum-free-plan-may-not-work.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[It is surprising that the slum dwellers have so far not revolted and asked the government to pack up and go because, from their point of view, the slums are not a problem but a spontaneous solution to the housing problem in Mumbai which has always been behind the demand curve, the supply kept short deliberately so that progressively higher prices can rule.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why the US is so keen to sell Bt brinjal to India]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/19/why-the-us-is-so-keen-to-sell-bt-brinjal-to-india.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The conversion of Indian farmers from traditional varieties and public hybrids to commercial hybrids and GM seeds could create a market larger than China.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[G-20: A new global oligarchy]]></title>
  <link>http://business.rediff.com/column/2009/nov/19/guest-g20-a-new-global-oligarchy.htm</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The G-20's new-found importance should be used to challenge North Atlantic hegemony.]]></description>
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