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| Vajpayee in China |
| Time for bold new bilateral and regional initiatives |
| In a departure from usual protocol, the defence minister, George Fernandes, has announced that Atal Bihari Vajpayee will visit China next month. Vajpayee’s delayed visit during these troubled times of the severe acute respiratory syndrome will undou... |
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| Motivated acts |
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Sir — I am a Kashmiri Pandit, albeit one whose ancestors were prescient enough to see the writing o ... |
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| Helping hand |
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Sir — The financial crisis that has hit the football industry in Europe is perhaps a good thing (“E ... |
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| VICTORY FORETOLD |
| This was one election whose verdict was out before a single vote had been cast. There were thus victors, but no real victory ...| Read.. |
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| GRIM REMINDER |
| The recent terrorist attack in Riyadh is a grim reminder that the war against global terrorism is far from over. Indeed, the ...| Read.. |
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| A confluence of resolutions |
| There had been continuous conflict among users due to lack of discussion, scarcity of information and public participation prior to the implementation of the proposed issues. ... |
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| Without much real value |
| The value added tax, the economists’ darling, has become a political hot potato. The original deadline for its introduction was April 1. Then it was postponed to June 1. By th... |
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There are even times when any assumption of dignity becomes ludicrous, and the traveller must, as Mungo Park once had to do, ‘lay down as a rule to make himself as useless and as insignificant as possible, as the only means of recovering his liberty’. — SIR F. GALTON
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