Atomic Club Approves US-India Nuclear Material Technology Deal
VIENNA, Austria — The U.S. gained key international backing Saturday for a bitterly contested plan to sell peaceful nuclear technology to India ...
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2.5 Million Indians Stranded By Flood
Washington Post | Rama Lakshmi | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home
NEW DELHI, Sept. 2 -- Nearly 2.5 million Indians remained stranded, homeless and hungry in flood-ravaged villages in the eastern part of the country T...
Clips from India: Rameswaram (i)
Karin Badt | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style
So far it is my favorite temple in India, perhaps not for sacred reasons, but for the pleasure of walking barefoot along the long 800 year old corridors, the cement smoothened by thousands of pilgrim footsteps.
Dell Unveils PCs Targeting China And India
AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 08.27.2008 | Business
BEIJING — Dell Inc. unveiled four low-cost computer models for China, India and other emerging economies Wednesday in a new bid to tap the poten...
One Million People Cut Off By Monsoon Floods In India
AP | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home
PATNA, India — Authorities struggled Monday to get aid to more than 1 million people stranded by floods in a north Indian state, with one local ...
Clips from India: No Tigers from Periyar to Alleppey (iv)
Karin Badt | Posted 08.21.2008 | Living
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I choose drivers in India as I would a potential boyfriend: the man I would feel most comfortable with on a long trip together; after all, we may be...
Clips from India: Kodaikanal (iii)
Karin Badt | Posted 08.21.2008 | Living
Kodaikanal I treated myself to a five star hotel in Kodaikanal---mostly because I wanted a hot shower over two months of heat and dust, and also in k...
Post (Perverse) Pervez Pakistan
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
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Where does Musharraf's departure leave us insofar as the global effort to eradicate Al Qaeda from its haunts in northwest Pakistan? In one helluva pickle, to put it bluntly.
Rumors Of The Next Cold War
Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home
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No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.
Today's Dad: Paycheck or Pervert?
Louise Sloan | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living
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Our world is still plenty unfair to women, it goes without saying. But in this arena where moms rule, when will dads rate?
Indian UN Peacekeepers Investigated For Extensive Sexual Abuse In Congo
AFP | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home
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NEW DELHI - The Indian army said Wednesday that it was investigating UN allegations its troops had engaged in sexual abuse while on peacekeeping duti...
NPR Misses Real Story, Plants Wrong Seeds
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green
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NPR chose to reinforce the myth that the only hope for poor rural people is dependency on concentrated economic power when, all over the world, poor farmers are discovering their own power.
Tata's Nano, a Bigger Blockbuster than Apple's
David Sassoon | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business
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Say the word "Nano" in America, and most people will think of a music player; say the word in India, the world's largest democracy, and people there will likely think of a car.
Tibetan Monks Storm Chinese Embassy In India To Protest Games
AP | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home
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NEW DELHI — More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding fre...
India's Journalism Job Market Booming While US News Industry "Bleeding Jobs"
Salon | Arun Venugopal | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media
If ever there was a time to take pity on America's journalists, this would be it. The U.S. news industry is bleeding jobs. According to the American ...
Rupert Murdoch Increases Stake In India With Six New TV Channels
New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media
Deepening the News Corporation's extensive presence in Indian media, the chairman, Rupert Murdoch, announced on Monday that the company would invest $...
China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business
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We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.
India Temple Stampede Kills Scores
AP | GAVIN RABINOWITZ | Posted 08.03.2008 | Home
NEW DELHI — Thousands of panicked pilgrims stampeded Sunday at a remote mountaintop temple in northern India during celebrations to honor a Hind...
Pakistan Aided Militants In Planning Kabul Attack, US Officials Say: Pakistan Denies Involvement
Huffington Post | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home
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The New York Times this morning reported that U.S. intelligence agencies have discovered, through intercepted communications, that Pakistan's spy serv...
India Arrests Dozens In Bombings That Killed 45
AP | MATTHEW ROSENBERG | Posted 07.27.2008 | Home
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AHMADABAD, India — An obscure Islamic militant group warning of "the terror of Death" claimed responsibility for bombings that killed at least 4...
Bombings in western Indian city kill 29
AP | R.K. MISRA | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
AHMADABAD, India — Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day a...
How to Look, Sound and Act Just Like A Real Live Yogi
Lauren Cahn | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living
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Forget brushing up on politics, if you want to make a hit at a cocktail party these days, you need to get with the yogi program. By "cocktail party," I mean an early-evening gathering of slender, well-muscled women.
Nukes, Nukes, and (Maybe) Fewer Nukes?
Conn Hallinan | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
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The threat of nuclear proliferation will not end until all nations have given them up. And the danger of nuclear weapons will not disappear until the weak need no longer fear the strong.
India Goes Crazy For Western Magazines
New York Times | Heather Timmons | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media
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NEW DELHI -- Hairstyles to crave and hints on how to get over heartbreak. This month's must-have lip gloss and a new nine-iron that will make your gol...
Oil Reaches Historic Highs While OPEC Holds Us in Contempt
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business
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Neither our citizenry nor those in government has petitioned or acted to seriously cut back this nation's voracious oil consumption, the largest by far on the planet.
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