• UK Laws Makes Outsourcing Expensive 
  In a move that could cost Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) companies a huge packet, United Kingdom is introducing a law that will require BPOs to safeguard the rights of worked made redundant because of outsourcing.<More> 

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• Health Tourism is Big Business
  A joint study by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and McKinsey report said that health tourism to India will be large business and will reach USD 12 billon by 2012.<More> 

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• ITBP Protects BRO in Afghanistan  
  The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will provide the Army’s Border Roads Organization (BRO) security from Taliban and al Qaeda while they construct the crucial road linking Zalranj to Delaram to link Iran with Afghanistan.<More>

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• Nepal under Curfew 
  In a massive overnight operation aimed at breaking the Anti-King Gnanendra strike, Royal Nepal Army and police swooped down and picked up politicians, human rights activists, journalists, students, and individuals opposed to the royal regime.<More>

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• Hamas Proposes “Two-State Solution”
  In a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the Hamas Government of the Palestinian Territories (PT) has proposed a “two-state solution” where it can live in “freedom and independence side-by-side with our neighbors.”<More>

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• Rice Pitches Deal in Congress  
  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented a rosy picture of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee but faced harsh words on Indian relations with Iran and unfair comparisons with North Korea.<More> 

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