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The Indian Express daily newsletter
Edition of Monday, October 25, 2004
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INDIAN EXPRESS
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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Full steam ahead on Iran gas via Pak
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh has asked Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar
Aiyar to start talks with his Pakistani counterpart on the proposed Iran-India natural
gas pipeline. The rider is that a dialogue on an onland gas pipeline through Pakistan
would be contingent on Islamabad agreeing to an oil product pipeline from India to
Pakistan.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57651
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He dragged Punjab govt to court over DSP selections, they jailed his family
A week before the Punjab and Haryana High Court dealt the Amarinder government a
severe blow by quashing the selection of seven DSPs, including sons of the CM�s media
advisor B I S Chahal and Ferozepur SSP Harinder Singh Chahal, the father and brother
of the petitioner were arrested by the Vigilance department and had to spend 10 days
behind bars.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57652
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Omar, Farooq survive blast, blame Mufti govt
Stepping up attacks on leading political figures in the Valley, militants today made
an unsuccessful bid to eliminate the father-son duo of Omar Abdullah and Farooq
Abdullah in Anantnag.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57653
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Myanmar ruler, key to N-E terror fight, arrives to red carpet welcome
Senior General Than Shwe, head of the Myanmar regime, arrived in New Delhi today to
start a visit that marks a high point in India�s decade-long effort to politically
engage Yangon�s military rulers.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57654
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Dangerous talking to Naxals while they�re armed, says Advani
Describing the Andhra Pradesh government�s move to open talks with Naxals as
��retrograde and self-defeating,�� BJP president L K Advani today said the Centre must
intervene in the interest of the nation.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57655
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Kerry tax talk has BPO firms in cold sweat
By bringing outsourcing to the debating table, the last sparring match between US
President George Bush and Democrat Senator John Kerry has raised eyebrows in India�s
BPO-intensive IT circles. Speaking at the third presidential debate in Arizona last
Wednesday, Kerry said he will snatch back all the billions of dollars in taxes that
American firms have saved by moving jobs and manufacturing overseas�by exploiting a
��loophole��.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57656
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IAF steers clear of Mirage deal controversy
The Indian Air Force has distanced itself from the controversy over the purchase of 10
Mirage-2000H fighters after a Paris court reportedly announced last week that the deal
had been swung through middlemen from Keyser, a Panama-based arms negotiation agency.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57657
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ANALYSIS
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Bandit steals BJP thunder
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57609
Jews, Israel and America
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57610
Why RBI should give Greenspan a thought
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57603
More in Analysis at http://www.indianexpress.com/analysis.html
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EDITS
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Gadar�s balladeers
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57600
Unfit for democracy
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57601
More in Edits at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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COLUMNS
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Everybody�s India
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57602
What does Advani�s future hold?
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57605
RBI�s pride, India�s dilemma
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57608
More in Columns at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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SPORT
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22-yards turns brown from green in 24 hrs
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57619
Aussies old? No kidding
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57626
Pain-killer
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57624
More in Sport at http://www.indianexpress.com/sport.html
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NATIONAL NETWORK
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End poaching or House will go: Jamir to BJP
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57632
After 8 days, Maharashtra solution in sight
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57637
Best case: Zaheera to depose tomorrow
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57639
More in National Network at http://www.indianexpress.com/national_network.html
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INTERNATIONAL
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49 Iraqi troops executed, US diplomat killed
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57627
Iran rejects EU nuke proposals, wants talks
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57628
US to urge China on N Korea
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57629
More in International at http://www.indianexpress.com/international.html
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BUSINESS
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Big-bang bank mergers: Easier said than done
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57611
Aiyar to meet PM on oil prices
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57612
Tortured capacity
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57618
More in Business at http://www.indianexpress.com/business.html
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