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Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Armitage says terror ring still active in
Pakistan, calls for end to infiltration 
The US deputy secretary of state is touring the sub-continent, and has said infiltration, even if on a reduced level, is unacceptable...

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Asia Times
The Islamic emirate of Fallujah
By intimidation, by force of arms and with full support of the mosques, Fallujah is now a haven of order and security in Iraq. American troops are out, as are foreigners. Strict Islamic law is in, and the gun-toting leaders see their city as a model for the rest of the country. It's not exactly what America had in mind, says PEPE ESCOBAR 

Gulf News
Afghanistan's unending muddle
George Bush considers Afghanistan a prize in his "war on terror" – and many western regimes continue backing Afghan president Hamid Karzai as the best bet

Tribune
Mending fences with neighbours
Queen Elizabeth’s envoy in Kathmandu, Mr Keith Bloomfield, appears to be one of those who still believe that the sun never sets on the British Empire and that the Europeans must still tell “natives” of the Indian sub-continent how they should govern themselves, writes G PARTHASARATHY.
Hindu
Pablo Neruda, poet of the people
Neruda, whose centennial we celebrate this year, changed the way we relate to Spanish, and language; he recast Latin America and the Americas through his metaphors and took on the cause of the dispossessed, writes JORGE HEINE

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OPINION

 Punjab CM: Captain in a hurry (Tribune)
 Planning: problem of numbers (Tribune) 
 Indian companies: among the best (Tribune)
 LTTE back in action (Hindu)
 Revenue: Careless formulations (Hindu)
 Election myth and the Asian challenge (AT)
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 BUSINESS HEADLINES
Portfolio plans back in vogue
Monsoon may still spell drought
Insurance tax opposed 
Investment norms in aviation 
Big potential in small-town India
Urea policy to be reviewed
 CORPORATE HEADLINES
Birlas fire first legal shot
World's largest bank planned
RBI move baffles HSBC
 Infosys plans $21 m investments SBI divests in MF arm
Dell slashes PC, notebook prices
 EXCHANGE
Dollar: Rs 46.35
Pound: Rs 86.20
Euro: Rs 57.40
Yen:  (100) Rs 43.95
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