Environment, Health and Education

• Over 5 million HIV cases in India 
  The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) estimates that India has a HIV positive population of 5.21 million but cautioned that this figure could be much higher and the Government did not know how many people were dying of his disease.<More>

• Advanced Russian Defense Systems in Belarus 
  Anti-missile system deployment in Poland and Eastern European nations, air bases in former Warsaw pact nations Romania and Bulgaria, and expansion of the North Atlantic Treat Organization (NATO) is prompting Russia to deploy advanced defense systems. <More>

• Pak to get Chinese Nuke Plants 
  A report published in Pakistan paper The Dawn said that Pakistan will seek 4 more nuclear plants at a cost of USD 6.5 billion in addition to the 2 on order for USD 1.2 billon claiming that these plants will allow it to generate 8,800 megawatts of power by 2030.<More>

Neighbors

• King Amenable to Parliament Resurrection 
  Softening his offer to the 7-party political alliance, Nepal’s King Gnanendra said that he is willing to accept the resurrection of the Parliament by a Prime Minister appointed by them but the alliance has been recalcitrant to this softened position.<More>
  The Nepal Stalemate

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