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Faiths Clash, Displacing Thousands In East India

29. August 2008

Source NEW DELHI — At least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, are living in government-run relief camps after days of Christian-versus-Hindu violence in eastern India, government officials said. The government said that many people were also living in the jungle without any shelter or security because of the tensions, which erupted in violence after a Hindu [...]

Times of India: After Olympics, Brand China gets global stamp

28. August 2008

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Source BEIJING: The sporting event has ended, but Beijing Olympian tryst with the world on the political plane has taken on a new dimension. Brand China has managed to overcome its biggest hurdle, which is its image in the eyes of the western world. “Most sensible people have realized that there is significant improvement on all the [...]

China accords red carpet welcome to Prachanda on maiden visit

28. August 2008

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Source BEIJING: China on Sunday offered to provide “every possible help” to Nepal for its stability and development as Beijing accorded a red carpet welcome to Prime Minister Prachanda who described the communist giant as a “reliable” friend on his maiden foreign visit. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao met separately with Pushpa Kamal Dahal [...]

Mao’s disciple in China

27. August 2008

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http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=3969 Time 3.45 PM. Venue: The President’s Official premise, Shital Nivas, Kathmandu. Occasion: Swearing in ceremony of Nepal’s newly elected Prime Minister. Date: 18 August 208. The swearing in ceremony has just finished and it is time to congratulate the new PM of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal. It should have been around 4.00 PM by then. Among the multitude of residential diplomats, [...]

Implications For India

15. August 2008

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Source The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, met Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on the margins of the summit conference of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) at Colombo on August 3, 2008, and reportedly assured him of India’s continued support to Nepal’s democratic transition. During the meeting, Manmohan Singh told Koirala [...]

Rediff: Bindra reflects a self-confident generation

15. August 2008

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Source August 11, 2008 It was the Olympian moment but with a difference for Abhinav Bindra and India. It is common sight of an Olympian breaking into tears of joy at the medal stand. After all the occasion of scaling the ultimate height in human endeavour in any field is overpowering. And, that [...]

YouTube: India’s Maoist Revolution

7. August 2008

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Why a full-blooded attack on China during Olympics is in India’s favour

31. July 2008

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Source One of the most important events of this decade, the Olympics, is being hosted by China from August 8. China wants to showcase itself to the world through the two-week event — rightly so, and the developed world wants to assess the Chinese potential in the light of its economic growth. Some sections of the developed [...]

Economist: Overconfident India

30. July 2008

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Source Indians are complacent about the perils of multi-lateral diplomacy, and much else IT CAME like monsoon rain, after a head-aching spell of summer heat. On July 7th, ending months of mixed messages and tiresome speculation, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, said that India would press ahead “very soon” with a controversial policy: [...]

Beijing 2008: China invites Sonia, not PM or Prez

26. July 2008

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Source NEW DELHI: Eighty heads of state and government will grace the Beijing Olympics in August but PM Manmohan Singh will not be among them. Not because he is too busy, but because he was not invited. In fact, neither India’s head of state nor government have been invited, with the invitation going to its most important [...]

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