Environment, Health and Education

• More Powers for Project Tiger 
  In a positive move, the Federal Cabinet approved a plan to grant administrative and statutory powers for Project Tiger so it can handle most cases by itself rather than depend on the over-burdened administrative system for action.<More>

• AP is AIDS Capital of India 
  Bad sexual practices, low condom usage, and lack of awareness has earned Andhra Pradesh (AP) the dubious distinction of being India’s AIDS capital with over 20% the country’s 5.1 million. <More>

• Singapore Allowed to Train in India 
  In a major policy departure, India will allow Singapore to station its troops in India for an extended period of time to train them independent of the Indian Army.<More>

• US to Arm Pakistan 
  After accusing it of not doing enough on terror and illegally exporting nuclear technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea, the United States will arm Pakistan with the latest conventional weapons apart from the pre-announced F-16 fighter aircraft.<More>

Neighbors

• Bhutto Claims She Stopped Attack on US 
  Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said that she stopped several Army Generals from ganging up with al Qaeda elements to launch an attack on the US and that invited assassination and regime change attempts by Osama bin Laden. <More>

• SLMM Says Lanka Army behind Civilian Killings 
  For the first time, the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has acknowledged that the Sri Lankan Army (SLA), sponsored militia, and rebel factions of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been behind civilian disappearances and extra-judicial killings.<More>

World