Myanmar Toll 'Much Greater' than Junta Admits: Rights Group
Many more people were killed in a September crackdown on peaceful anti-government protesters than Myanmar's military regime admits, Human Rights Watch said Friday. Read On

• Tanker Spills 10,000 Tonnes of Oil
  Off South Korean Coast 

US Favors Flexible Approach to Climate Change
by Arun Kumar
The US says it's wrong to suggest it has wide differences with India on the issue of climate change as Washington only favors a flexible approach recognizing the diverse needs of nations. Read On

• Benazir Bhutto's Election Bid Challenged 
• Phase 3 of Poll Process Gets Underway in Pakistan
• Canadian Sikh Driver's Death Alleged
  Due to Hospital Neglect

Hillary Clinton Preferred as US President: Poll
Americans and Europeans agree that Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton would make the best US president of the current contenders for the post, according to a poll made public Friday. Read On  

Air India Plot Warning Claim Rubbished 
by Gurmukh Singh
The public inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing has turned curious with a Canadian spy countering the claim of former Ontario Lt. Governor James Bartleman that he saw a secret intercept about the plot a week before the plane was blown off. Read On

• Death Toll in China Mine Blast Rises to 105
• Corruption has Increased 100% in Pakistan: Report
• US Shuttle Launch Delayed by Fuel Sensors
• Sikh Driver's Death Turns Spotlight
  on Canada's Health Plan
• Chinese Man Fined for Importing Coral
  into New Zealand
• Hindu Body Seeking Terror Groups' Support,
  says Malaysian Police Chief

Nuclear Energy Key to India's Role
in Climate Change: US by Arun Kumar
As the world discusses a new agreement to fight global warming, the US says nuclear energy will be a "key piece of the equation" for the future of India's contribution to adjusting climate change. Read On

• Climate Change Speeds Up Amazon's Destruction
• Capitol Hill has No Effect
  on White House Climate Policy  
• Housing Crisis, Oil Prices
  to Dampen Economic Growth: OECD 
• New UN Resolution on Iran Likely Before Christmas
• Nepal Peace Process has Lost Momentum: EU
• Haneef Probe Will Go Ahead: Rudd 
• Russian Navy resumes Presence in World's Oceans

Pakistani Forces Take Control
of Militant Leader's Headquarters
By Muhammad Najeeb
Pakistani paramilitary troops Thursday took control of hardline pro-Taliban religious leader Maulana Fazlullah's headquarters in Swat after three weeks of intense fighting and also freed people imprisoned in his private jail. Read On

US Spy Report Might Bring Ahmadinejad
Election Victory 
No political observer and certainly not Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad himself could ever have imagined that intelligence from the US of all places would one day increase his chances of winning next March's elections. Read On

US Intelligence Stakes Out Own View on Iran
The US government's decision to publish new intelligence that appeared to undermine the White House's hardline policy on Iran's nuclear ambitions may seem puzzling. But experts who keep a close eye on US intelligence agencies believe they have a pretty good idea of why the spies wanted the information out in the open, even if it raised questions about President George W. Bush's policy. Read On

US to Expand Ties with India, Deal or No Deal
by Arun Kumar
The US says with India emerging as an increasingly important player on the world stage, it's going to continue to expand its relations regardless of the outcome of their nuclear deal. Read On

• Nine Killed in US Mall Shooting
• Nat Puri, Philanthropic Businessman,
  Launches Engineering Scholarship 
• Luxury German Cars Lambasted as Climate Killers

Buddhadeb Appeasing Muslim Vote Banks: BJP
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's remarks questioning the existence of Lord Ram has re-ignited another controversy in the state with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming he was trying to "appease Muslim vote banks" after the Nandigram fiasco by making "sacrilegious statements". Read On

• Amid Nandigram Unrest, Mamata Meets Sonia 
• CID to Probe Nandigram Skeletal Remains 
• Seven Hospitalised After Gas Leak in Tamil Nadu
• BJP Protests Election Commission's Failure
  to Act against Sonia

Abdullah Stirs Up Debate
with Remarks on Accession  
National Conference (NC) party patron and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah's recent statement questioning the state's accession to India is being widely seen here as an expression of "anguish rather than intent". Read On

People are Killed Without Reason,
PM says in Gujarat by Rajeev Khanna
Hitting back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, PM Manmohan Singh accused the state government of bias over protecting its citizens and said "people are being killed without any reason". Read On

• Private Money Must Play Key Role
  in Fighting Climate Change 
• IAF to Showcase its Firepower on Saturday
• Large Capital Inflows May Impact India's Growth
• Mamata Meets Sonia, Asks her to Visit Nandigram
• BJP Promises Poverty Free Gujarat 
• PM says Gujarat Must Return to 'Mainstream' 
• CPI Seeks Narendra Modi's Disqualification
• Nearly 50 Child Marriages Solemnized in Rajasthan
• Mining of Titanium Bearing Minerals to be Allowed

Narendra Modi: Messiah or Machiavelli?
by Rajeev Khanna
He was once a tea vendor, and his is a rags-to-riches story. His fans call him a messiah. Others say he is a power hungry Machiavelli. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is perhaps a bit of all this. Read On

• IFFI Leaves French Delegates Fuming   
• Train Passengers in Bihar at God's Mercy  
• Goat Sellers Begin Flocking to Jaipur's Bakra Mandi

Chhattisgarh BJP's 4-year rule Marred by Red Tape
by Sujeet Kumar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Chhattisgarh completed four years Friday, but it is still battling accusations that many of its welfare schemes have not taken off because of red tape. It was on Dec 7, 2003, that the first BJP government was formed in the state, and Raman Singh - an Ayurvedic doctor with a clean image - was asked to head it. Read On

Malaysian Activist asks India
to Impose Sanctions on Malaysia  
India should impose trade sanctions on Malaysia to pressurize the latter to adopt affirmative policies to uplift the conditions of its citizens of Indian origin, says a Malaysian leader of a movement demanding better opportunities for Indians. Read On

Skeletal Remains Unearthed
at Burial Mounds near Nandigram
The mystery surrounding the five burial mounds found near Nandigram deepened further with the recovery of some charred bones from the West Bengal area Thursday. Read On

• Yashwant Sinha Moves Privilege Motion against PM  
• Karunakaran Kerala's Most Controversial Politician
• Indian Army Tender for 197 Eurocopter Choppers
  Scrapped
• Court Can Consider Video Conferencing
  of '84 Riots Witness 

India Successfully Tests
Supersonic Interceptor Missile
Indian defence scientists Thursday successfully carried out the second test of a single stage interceptor missile against an incoming "enemy" ballistic missile target over the Bay of Bengal. Read On

NGO Calls India 'Deal-Breaker'
By Joydeep Gupta
A senior member of a global NGO described the Indian position at the ongoing UN climate change conference in Bali as a "deal-breaker" Thursday as members of the Indian government delegation fought back accusing the North of trying to weasel out of its legal commitments and to keep "developing countries in a state of perpetual poverty". Read On

• Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality: PM 
• Maoists Plan to Strengthen 'Guerrilla Army' 
• Indian Farmers need help to cope with Climate change
• Parliament Adjourned Amid Noisy Scenes
  over Babri Masjid