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Lights off
The Maharashtra government’s decision to renege on its
electoral promise of free power confirms the truth of the old
saying that you can fool all people some of the time and some
people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
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Naxalites use rocket launchers
In what could be a major development in the ongoing saga of
extremist violence in Andhra Pradesh, it has emerged that the
Communist Party of India (Maoist), formerly the People's War
Group, has acquired the expertise to cobble together rocket
launchers with a range of 500 meters to attack. They used
these devices to attack a police outpost.
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Neighbors
‘Instability in Nepal has hit Indian investments’
Implementation of Indian projects have hit the roadblock after
the introduction of emergency in Nepal.
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Afghan Quran riots Afghan police opened fire on
protesters today killing four and wounding dozens after
violent demonstrations over a report that US interrogators had
desecrated the Quran.
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Doda counts on Baglihar to power economic development
Work on phase I of the Baglihar hydro-electric project is
likely to be completed by the year-end. The State sector
project, a bone of contention between India and Pakistan, is
set to change the economic profile of the poverty-stricken
Doda district.
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Fencing along Bangladesh border to be strengthened
Home Minister Shivraj Patil assured the Rajya Sabha on
Wednesday that the fencing on the border with Bangladesh will
be further strengthened. He admitted to differences with Dhaka
on some portions of the fencing that were close to the
International Border
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Foes turn friends in changing Pak Against the
backdrop of emerging political realignments in Pakistan,
yesterday’s foes may be tomorrow’s friends, with Benazir
Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) sharing power with
President General Pervez Musharraf.
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India responds to Lanka SOS, with ATCs With Sri
Lanka’s air traffic controllers threatening to stay away from
duty demanding better working conditions, New Delhi has
responded positively to an official request from Colombo to
send its personnel to manage the looming crisis.
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Militancy snarl scares tigers Forest officials in
north Bengal say most of the big cats in the Buxa Tiger
Reserve in Jalpaiguri district have left the sanctuary and
gone to jungles in adjoining Bhutan because of militant
activities.
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US firm on Nepal arms freeze King Gyanendra’s
meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian
Affairs Christina Rocca at the Narayanhity royal palace in
Kathmandu was not fruitful, with Washington remaining firm
about its suspension of military aid.
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International
4 suicide attacks kill 66 across Iraq Four suicide
bombs killed at least 66 people in Iraq on Wednesday, the
latest attacks in an escalating campaign of guerrilla violence
that has killed nearly 400 Iraqis since a new government was
unveiled two weeks ago.
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Global Players The recent visit to Russia by the
prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, must be viewed as part of a
strategy to position India as a major player in international
relations.
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Korea raises nuclear stakes North Korea sharply
raised the stakes in its nuclear standoff with regional powers
today, announcing it had finished extracting nuclear fuel rods
at its Yongbyon plant and taken steps to expand its atomic
arsenal.
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Manmohan's Moscow visit "excellent" Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow on May 8-10 was "excellent"
and his talks with President Vladimir Putin yielded "very
positive results," informed Indian sources said.
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Religion and politics in Central Asia THREE
SUCCESSIVE waves of political Islam have swept across Central
Asia during the 15-year period since the disintegration of the
Soviet Union. They appear dissimilar. But they have common
elements — the most important being that they all had extra-regio
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Russia, EU eye ‘Europe sans dividing lines’ Despite
simmering tensions, including a border dispute with one of the
EU’s Baltic member-states Latvia, Russia and the European
Union have agreed to strive for closer political and economic
co-operation in building "a Europe without dividing lines".
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White House evacuated after security breach A
breach in the security zone around the capital city by a small
plane forced temporary evacuation of the United States Capitol
and the White House for several minutes this morning.
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Summary
Laloo continued with
his demand that the Election Commissioners should quit
The Government passed a
Right to Information Bill aimed at increasing transparency in
governance
A devastating car bomb in
Srinagar upset the peace in the Valley
Maosists used homemade rocket propelled missiles against
a police outpost in Andhra Pradesh. This follows other daring
attacks in Chattisgarh and Nepal
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