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color:#999999;">23 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST</span><br>Antulay and his backers are undermining war on terror.</p> <p class="content"><a><a target="_parent" href="/web/20081223081953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/EDITORIAL_COMMENT__Tipping_Point/articleshow/3875974.cms">EDITORIAL COMMENT | Tipping Point?</a></a><br><span style="font-size:1em; color:#999999;">23 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST</span><br>Climate change negotiators fiddle as Arctic ice melts. </p> </td> <td width="15" nowrap="true"> </td> <td valign="top" width="48%"> <p class="content"><a><a target="_parent" href="/web/20081223081953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/A_wonderful_silence_free_of_all_burdens/articleshow/3875000.cms">A wonderful silence, free of all burdens</a></a><br><span style="font-size:1em; color:#999999;">23 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST, CHRISTOPHER MENDONCA</span><br>The celebration of Christmas is a celebration of God's Presence meant to herald the advent of inner peace.</p> <p class="content"><a><a target="_parent" href="/web/20081223081953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Embrace_your_challenges_/articleshow/3870663.cms">Embrace your challenges </a></a><br><span style="font-size:1em; 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color:#999999;">17 Dec 2008, 1031 hrs IST</span><br>Will National Investigating Agency be able to also investigate unlawful activities of the politicians without hindrance, questions a reader.</p> <p><span class="content"><a><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081223081953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/3822551.cms">Readerspeak: Unwise for India to interfere in Sri Lanka's affairs</a></a></span><br><span style="font-size:1em; color:#999999;">11 Dec 2008, 1757 hrs IST</span><br>We urge our govt not to take any action that would weaken the war on terror because of partisan political or regional considerations says Inderjit Badhwar.</p> </td> <td width="15" nowrap="true"> </td> <td valign="top" width="48%"> <p><span class="content"><a><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081223081953/http://o3.indiatimes.com/earth/archive/2008/05/21/4921121.aspx">Four years of UPA govt</a></a></span><br><span style="font-size:1em; color:#999999;">22 May 2008, 1202 hrs IST</span><br>The UPA has managed to keep together all the coalition partners except TRS (Telangana) which left midway.</p> <p><span class="content"><a><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081223081953/http://o3.indiatimes.com/onepointoh/archive/2008/05/14/4919693.aspx">UPAs terror slumber</a></a></span><br><span style="font-size:1em; color:#999999;">22 May 2008, 1202 hrs IST</span><br>The attacks prove that the government lacks a coherent nationwide strategy to deal with internal acts of terror.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="48%" align="right"> <p class="more"><a href="/web/20081223081953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articlelist/1674118.cms">More >></a></p> </td> <td width="15" nowrap="true"> </td> <td valign="top" width="48%" align="right"> <p class="more"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081223081953/http://o3.indiatimes.com/">More >></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="48%" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="contentboxhead2">My Times, My Voice</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081223081953/http://o3.indiatimes.com/mytimes/archive/2008/12/22/4953718.aspx"><stname>Are you satisfied with the process of vehicle registration?</stname></a><br><span style="font-size:1em; 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