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China Quake Death Toll, Now 15,000,
Continues to Soar
Military helicopters flew aid to settlements cut off near the epicentre of a devastating earthquake in southwest China that killed some 15,000 people and left tens of thousands missing in toppled buildings. Read On

Global Condemnation of Jaipur Bombings
The serial bombings in Jaipur Tuesday evening that claimed 63 lives have evoked global condemnation and calls Wednesday for a concerted and unified fight against terrorism. Leading the chorus of global condemnation, the United States said it stands by the government and people of India in their ongoing fight to eliminate the scourge of terrorism. Read On

Hillary Clinton Won't Quit Race 
Senator Hillary Clinton claimed victory in the Democratic Party's West Virginia presidential primary at a televised rally following the close of polls. "I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone has had a chance ... to be heard," Clinton said Tuesday, pumping her supporters for more money to keep her campaign alive. Read On

Lives Ebb Away as Myanmar's Military Sidelines Vital Aid by Simon Parry
It was supposed to be a moment of hope, a breakthrough in the troubled international aid effort for the hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese victims of Cyclone Nargis. Instead, I watched as the delivery of the first overland aid convoy was received with stark indifference by military officials ... Read On

Biopirates Hijack Traditional Knowledge about Nature
Canada, US 'Moral Equivalent' of Al-Qaeda: Senator
Hillary Clinton Wins West Virginia Primary 

India Offers All Help to Quake-hit China 
India Tuesday offered China "any assistance" to help it deal with the situation in Sichuan province where an earthquake has killed more than 12,000 people as Beijing expressed its willingness to accept international aid to handle relief measures. Read On

Musharraf a 'Virus' that is Bad for Democracy: PML-N Leader by Muhammad Najeeb
"Just like a deadly virus in any computer that can destroy the whole system, Musharraf is a dangerous virus for democracy and the government cannot function properly until this virus is removed," PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said while addressing a press conference with other party leaders who resigned Tuesday from the federal cabinet. Read On

Record Rice Yield Expected,
  but Prices will Rise: UN

PML-N Ministers Resign from Pakistan Cabinet
by Muhammad Najeeb
A day after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif announced his party's withdrawal from the cabinet, nine federal ministers of the party Tuesday submitted their resignations over disagreement on the issue of sacked judges. Read On

Past Misdeeds Return to Haunt Nepal Army 
by Sudeshna Sarkar
With just a fortnight left for the ouster of Nepal's King Gyanendra, the army that had once been allowed to perpetrate gross human rights violations in the name of combating the Maoist insurgency is now facing a backlash with its past crimes ... Read On

China Races the Clock as Quake Toll Nears 12,000
India's Zero Import Duty Ruins Nepal's Ghee Industry

Clinton Counting on West Virginia Win
to Stay in Race by Arun Kumar
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's expected sweeping victories over front runner Barack Obama in West Virginia Tuesday and Kentucky next week may just help keep her dying campaign alive a little longer. Read On

BlackBerry Unveils 'Bold' Version
Interim Bangladesh Government Relaxes Ban
  on Political Activities 

Terrorism Back at Centre-stage
of India-Pakistan Talks
by Pranay Sharma
The synchronized bomb blasts Tuesday in Jaipur, preceded by an attack at the Samba garrison in Jammu and Kashmir two days earlier, has brought back "terrorism" to the centre-stage of India-Pakistan talks scheduled for next week. Read On

Depreciating Rupee Helps Stock Markets
  End in Green

Minority Welfare Must Not be Tied
to Religion of Officials by Rajeev Ranjan Roy
With the government gearing to deploy officials from the minorities in areas they dominate, community leaders have said that welfare of minorities should not be linked to the "religion of bureaucrats" and sought better implementation of welfare measures for their economic and educational betterment. Read On

Terror-hit Jaipur Calm, 63 Dead, 216 Injured
Violence Continues in Round Two
  of Bengal Panchayat Polls 
Farmers Enter World of Carbon Trading
  through Biogas Use 

UPA 'Equally Responsible' for Blasts:
Rajasthan Minister b
y Sahil Makkar
A day after serial blasts ripped through its capital killing at least 63 people, Rajasthan blamed the central government and said it was not "mere coincidence" that that the attack came only two days after the 10th anniversary of the Pokhran nuclear test. Read On

US Condemns Jaipur Blasts, Vows to Stand by India
Curfew Imposed in Parts of Jaipur; Death Toll 55

Serial Blasts Rock Jaipur
by Anil Sharma and Murali Krishnan
Seven synchronized blasts ripped through the Indian tourist city of Jaipur Tuesday evening, killing at least 50 people and injuring nearly 100 others - and officials feared the death toll could rise. The carefully choreographed blasts at six spots went off within a space of 20 minutes ... Read On 

Shoaib Akhtar Scripts Impressive Win
  for Knight Riders

Infiltration on rise as Kashmir readies for Elections
Infiltration from across the border is on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir with the valley gearing up for the assembly elections this year, but attempts of "enemies" to disrupt the peace process will be thwarted, India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday said. Read On

Aga Khan Focuses on Madrassa Reforms,
Heritage Monuments

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and discussed a host of issues, including reforms in madrassa education and the conservation of monuments in India. Read On

Indian Markets Close in Red after Choppy Trade
Indian equities markets that opened in the green Tuesday morning remained choppy in the second half and slid to close in the red, with a benchmark index shedding over 300 points from the day's high. Read On

Benazir Carried Nuclear Secrets in Overcoat
to North Korea: Book by Manish Chand
Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister of Pakistan, carried critical nuclear data on CDs in her overcoat to Pyongyang in 1993 and brought back North Korea's missile information on her return journey, says a new political biography of the late leader. The shocking revelation about Pakistan's alleged role in North Korea's illicit nuclear weapons programme is chronicled in detail in veteran journalist Shyam Bhatia's "Goodbye Shahzadi". Read On

Hypersonic BrahMos Undergoes Successful Lab Test

Government Hospital Unlearns its Lessons,
Shuns HIV Positive Baby by Sujeet Kumar
A girl child and HIV positive too. It has been a case of bigotry doubled for the still unnamed two-month-old found abandoned in a Chhattisgarh forest and taken to a government hospital which passed her on to an orphanage on grounds that she could infect other patients. Read On

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Brazil's Forest Loss Now Linked
to World Food Prices by Emilio Rappold
Brazil will have little to boast of at the upcoming biodiversity conference in Bonn. It has just released alarming figures highlighting the continuing destruction of the rainforest of the Amazon Basin, often dubbed the planet's green lung. Read On

Black Money:
Indians and NRIs Partners in Crime
by Kul Bhushan
Despite condemning black money, non-resident Indians have only helped to increase it. ... the total amount of black money globally is estimated between $2.1 and 2.5 trillion. This is roughly about seven percent of the world's GDP. Read On

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Relief Efforts in Myanmar: A Battle against Time
by Johanna Marten
The rain came down so forcefully that people's skin suffered bruises. Yet they survived and are among the lucky ones in the Irrawaddy river delta region in southern Myanmar, where tropical Cyclone Nargis wreaked the most havoc May 2-3. Read On
 

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