India Intelligence Report
 

   News Analysis - June 7, 2006

 
  • Spices Exports Up (June 07, 2006)
     For millenniums, Indian nations have exported prices to Egypt, Rome, China, Israel, Srivijaya (Sumatra), and Kadaram (Malaysia) in return for ships laden with gold; but in the last decades, this sector has hardly received any attention from the Government.<More>

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  • Oil Slick Threatens Goa (June 07, 2006)
    As oil patches from the Panama-registered MV Ocean Seraya which broke into two after hitting a rock during a recent storm system began washing up on the popular tourist beaches in Goa, environmentalists warned of larger dangers of an oil slick.<More>

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  • Salem Seeks Portugal Help (June 07, 2006)
    Extradited mobster Abu Salem has alleged that India has violated the terms of his extradition and plans to seek a Lisbon court intervention to recall him to Portugal.<More>

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  • Pak Disappointed with Pace of Talks
    Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said her country was disappointed in the "slow pace" of peace talks with India and insisted that relations must move beyond "confidence-building steps" that is part of the composite dialogue.<More>

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  • Tenuous Russia-US Relations (June 07, 2006)
    Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that his country is “strengthening” its “cooperation” with the US “in the international arena” and cited the positive interaction to provide a renewed deal to Iran.<More>

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  • Abbas Proposes Referendum, Gives Hamas 3 Days (June 07, 2006)
    Palestinian Territories President Mahmoud Abbas gave Hamas 3 more days to his terms to recognize Israel unconditionally failing which he promised to introduce a referendum that could undercut Hamas.<More>

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