Wednesday, 12 January 2005, 2000 hrs

TOP STORIES
Order seer out of south India,
TN petitions Supreme Court
The Tamil Nadu police want the senior Kanchi seer out of the south on the grounds that he may tamper with evidence, given his strong following this side of the Vindhyas


BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Govt to dilute holding in
Maruti Udyog, BHEL
The stake sale, initiated by the finance ministry, will help the government raise around Rs 2,000 crore and reduce the fiscal deficit 
 

Indian Express
Globalisation 3.0 
This was the first natural disaster in the time of globalisation, 24/7 news channels, the Internet. It indicated how we are likely to perceive and react to future tragedies. WTO, Big Mac and the tsunami: three sides of the same coin, says ASHOK MALIK

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Pioneer
India's tsunami diplomacy
It is tragically ironic that Jyotindra Nath Dixit, India's greatest visionary diplomat, died suddenly last week. Ironic because it was the very week that India asserted its role as a major power in its own right and showed the pretenders their place. By steadfastly refusing to be bullied by imperious Western powers into accepting aid for its tsunami victims and, instead, dispatching assistance to neighbours, India firmly marked its arrival on the world stage as a power to be reckoned with, writes CHANDAN MITRA

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Asia Times
Musharraf blusters as Balochistan boils
Reacting to an attack on Tuesday by tribals on a gas field in Balochistan province, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has warned of a tough military response to any further insurgency. But although the general's words might be strong, putting them into action will come with dangerous consequences, says SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD

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Gulf News
Muslims need political,
not religious, reform
Ever since Iran's President Mohammad Khatami launched his slogan of "reform" eight years ago, the idea of reforming Islam has generated an industry employing quite a few people across the globe. By AMIR TAHERI

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Indian Express
In death zone, basic instincts worked 
K R Ramachandran, forest officer of the Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary at Kodaikarai, says that 8 to 10 minutes before the waves crashed into the sanctuary, all the guards standing in observation towers saw the same spectacle: Virtually every animal, dashed towards higher grounds and stood there.

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