Environment, Health and Education

• India & US in Futuristic Energy Project 
  The United States has invited India to participate in a futuristic private-public project, called the FutureGen that will build a coal-based power generation plant that will have zero carbon emissions at a cost of USD 950 million.<More>

Neighbors

• Nepal under Curfew 
  In a massive overnight operation aimed at breaking the Anti-King Gnanendra strike, Royal Nepal Army and police swooped down and picked up politicians, human rights activists, journalists, students, and individuals opposed to the royal regime.<More>
  Nepal Tightens Terrorism Laws 
  Nepal Terrorists Announce Ceasefire 
  Carter Bid to Bring Peace to Nepal  
  Nepal Continues to Self-Destruct  
  Nepal Maoists kidnap Trekkers  
  Nepal Journalists under Siege 
  Nepal besieged by Maoist Terrorists 
  The Nepal Stalemate

World

• Hamas Proposes “Two-State Solution”  
  In a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the Hamas Government of the Palestinian Territories (PT) has proposed a “two-state solution” where it can live in “freedom and independence side-by-side with our neighbors.”<More>
  Hamas Rule Begins  
  Hamas's victory in Palestinian Territories

• Rice Pitches Deal in Congress 
  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented a rosy picture of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee but faced harsh words on Indian relations with Iran and unfair comparisons with North Korea.<More> 
  France Support Stops with Lobby in NSG 
  Sharp debates in US on Nuclear Deal  
  Saran on Selling Trip to US  
  Bush Says Nuclear Deal in US Interest 
  Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal in US Congress