Thursday, 24 June 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Good vibes: Kashmir hydro power
project prospects light up
The friendly mood set by India and Pakistan minister-level meetings is showing concrete results: officials discussing the Baglihar hydro power project in Kashmir have achieved a breakthrough  ...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Under intense pressure from the Big 3,
Indian IT firms are diversifying
Infosys and Wipro are looking at new areas to keep at bay competition from big world players  such as IBM...

Asia Times
How the US can handle Iraq
The conflict between Islamic groups and the West, as well as within Islamic societies, can be viewed as one between "immobile" and "mobile" civilizations, a struggle that Western Europe experienced for centuries. But as Mark Twain once said, though history rhymes, it does not quite repeat itself. REUVEN BRENNER explores how this impacts Iraq and the US.