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Bird Flu to Cross Atlantic in 6
Months
Chief of UN
operations controlling the spread
of the dreaded avian flu H5N1 Dr.
David Nabarro said that the virus
fast spreading in Asia, Europe,
and Africa is likely to jump the
Atlantic from 6 months to a year.<More>
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India Objects Bhasha Dam
India strongly
protested Pakistan’s new Bhasha
dam on the Indus River saying that
the construction will inundate
large parts of land in Northern
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).<More>
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India, US Ask Nepal to Make Peace
An underreported
news item during US President
George Bush’s visit is a joint
statement from India and US to
Nepal calling King Gnanendra to
rebuild democratic institutions
and make peace with the political
parties.<More>
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NALCO Plans More Takeovers
In a surprise
move, a state owned Aluminum
smelting plant near Kalimantan has
formally requested Indian Public
Sector Utility (PSU) Company
National Aluminum Corporation
(NALCO) to take over its plant.<More>
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New Group Claims Varanasi Blasts
A Kashmir news
agency, CNS, said that it got a
call from a unknown group calling
itself Lashkar-e-Kahab to claim
responsibility for the Varanasi
bombing.<More>
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Zahira Gets 1 Year for Perjury
Supreme Court
(SC) sentenced Zahira Sheikh for a
year’s imprisonment for changing
her deposed story made under oath
many times and committing perjury
in the “Best Bakery†case.<More>
