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Nepal forms caretaker government pending new elections
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal announced the formation of a caretaker government Tuesday and settled into a tense calm after a weekend constitutional crisis led the prime minister to call elections, some four years and several shaky governments after the...
Tags: Politics, Crisis, Nepal, National Government, Minority Groups
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Tibet-in-exile officials suspect Chinese plot against Dalai Lama
World NowMembers of the Tibet government-in-exile urged those living and working around the Dalai Lama to remain on the alert Sunday after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader voiced concern that Chinese agents might be plotting to kill him.... -
Piano and flute in India, where the sitar is king
NEW DELHI — When Gavin Martin and his family moved here from southern India in the early '70s, the country's capital city offered the gifted young pianist exactly one option for continuing his music education: the Delhi School of Music. It was...
Tags: Education, Culture, Indira Gandhi, Students, Music
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As India's old ways change, senior-care homes are on the rise
TRIVANDRUM, India — R. Padmanathan Nair sits on a plastic chair in the entryway of the Heritage senior home talking about the fellow residents who treat him like family, which is helpful seeing as his own rarely visits. His wife tried to abscond...
Tags: Mumbai (India), Personal Service, Geriatrics, Abusive Behavior, Arts and Culture
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Don't forget India's nukes
"We urge all nuclear-capable states to exercise restraint regarding nuclear capabilities," a State Department spokesman said last month after India successfully blasted its new long-range Agni 5 missile into the Bay of Bengal. But he quickly softened...
Tags: Politics, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Policy, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Pilot sickout the latest problem to hit India's aviation industry
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of Air India pilots did not report to work Thursday, the fourth day of a sickout to protest their treatment by management, a dispute that so far has resulted in the cancellation of numerous international flights and cost about...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Indira Gandhi, U.S. Department of Transportation, Health and Safety at School, Boeing Co.
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Clinton presses Pakistan to 'do more' in fight against terrorism
World NowIndia Iran Afghanistan Pakistan: Clinton Ends India Trip, discusses Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan... -
In pursuit of Guinness records, India man knows no limits
NEW DELHI — As a candidate in last month's municipal elections, Guinness Rishi didn't do any campaigning. In fact, he thinks the 30 votes he got were 30 too many. He suspects his wife voted for him out of spite. Rishi's real goal was to garner zero...
Tags: Politics, Psychiatry, Ketchup, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Hillary Clinton to visit India, Bangladesh with modest agenda
NEW DELHI — Hopes were high after Congress passed a U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement in 2008 that the two countries would forge a close military and strategic partnership.
But Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's three-day trip to...Tags: Russia, Walmart, Politics, Iran, Manmohan Singh
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India woman is an 'untouchable,' with a Midas touch
NEW DELHI — She was called dirty, ugly, a "little packet of poison," the offspring of donkeys. These days, Kalpana Saroj is called something else: a millionaire. Saroj, a dalit, or "untouchable," epitomizes what was once unthinkable in India:...
Tags: Discrimination, Mumbai (India), Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Hinduism
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India due to launch missile capable of reaching Shanghai, Beijing
World NowIndia is expected to test-fire a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile as early as Thursday morning targeted to land in the Bay of Bengal, a device capable of reaching Shanghai or Beijing.... -
India ballistic missile test is a success
NEW DELHI — India on Thursday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that landed 20 minutes later in the Indian Ocean. The 50-ton, 55-foot three-stage Agni V rocket, named after the Hindu god for fire and...
Tags: Pakistan, Weaponry, Missile Systems, Unrest, Conflicts and War, China
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