• UN Says 8% Sustained GDP Growth Possible
  A United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia & Pacific study reported that India has all the ingredients in the economy for a sustained 8% growth rate in 2006-2008.<More> 

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• Governments approves Iron Ore Exports 
  In a shortsighted move, the Federal Cabinet announced its decision to allow state-owned MMTC Corp to export high quality iron ore to China, Japan, and Korea; the only good news of the order is that it reduced the quantity of iron ore that it can export.<More> 

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• Court allows Lesbian Cohabitation
  In the first ruling of its kind, a municipal court in Mumbai allowed the cohabitation of lesbian couples as it did not violate outdated Indian laws that prohibit “intercourse against the order of nature.”<More>

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• Police Registers Success against Terrorism 
  Police in different parts of the country reported successes in trapping terrorists from different religions and different groups. <More>

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• ISI Targeting anti-Mush Jihadis
  There is increased speculation based on several recent attacks on Jihadi leaders that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is targeting individuals who oppose Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. <More>

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• CCS Approves Defense Purchases
  The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved several indigenous products for the defense forces including 20 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) called Dhruv and 7 radar systems.<More>

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• UNSC Gives Iran 30 Days
  After three weeks of backroom haggling, the 5 so-called permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) gave Iran 30 days to fulfill International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements and suspend all uranium enrichment without stating consequences for non-compliance. <More> 

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• LTTE Wants Safe Passage
  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have demanded a safe passage from the Sri Lankan Government (Lanka) to fly out of the only international airport in Colombo to attend April 19-21 negotiations in Switzerland.<More> 

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• US Seeks Iran’s help in Iraq
  The United States (US) is seeking Iran’s help to prevail on Shia elements in Iraq to form a national Government that will bring peace to the hapless nations and extract the US out of a quagmire born out of unilateralism.<More>

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• Hamas Rule Begins
  Amid increasing international isolation, the terrorist group Hamas that won Palestinian elections beating Fattah, the infighting-ridden party of Yaseer Arafat, was sworn into office moderate President Mahmoud Abbas<More>

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