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The Indian Express daily newsletter
Edition of Saturday, December 25, 2004
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INDIAN EXPRESS
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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FDI in retail: Comrades see red while Buddha waits for green
Once again, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government in West Bengal is coming up
against the brick wall of its comrades in New Delhi. This time over the issue
of Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61503
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Discipline can wait, polls can�t, so BJP brings Uma back
Driven out of the party on charges of gross indiscipline on Diwali-eve,
firebrand sanyasin Uma Bharati was brought back to the BJP on Christmas-eve
today.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61506
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Mumbai makeover: Record 6,000 shanties flattened in a day, next in line,
illegal �well-off�
As far as eye can see, there are mounds of wood, tin and tarpaulin, the remains
of 6,200 illegal homes, flattened by a heavy excavator running on tank-like
tracks and giant motorised claws.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61510
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Hauled by EC, Patna DM waves his Sahara job offer
Pulled up by the Election Commission observer for not doing enough to stop what
appeared to be violation of the poll code of conduct by the ruling RJD, Patna
District Magistrate Gautam Goswami has proceeded on leave. He plans to quit the
IAS and join the Sahara Group as a vice-president.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61512
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4 NAC members send protest to Sonia: Info Bill keeps states out
Prominent members of the National Advisory Council have shot off a letter to
chairperson Sonia Gandhi, saying that the Right to Information Bill, introduced
in Lok Sabha yesterday, was against the Common Minimum Programme of the UPA
since it appears to be ��restricted to only the Central government and Union
Territories�� and not the states.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61515
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So far unknown: Rao quoted Constitution to explain why he couldn�t save Babri
Masjid
P V Narasimha Rao said this in a 12-page testimony on what is widely considered
the biggest blot on his record as Prime Minister, the demolition of the Babri
Masjid.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61517
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ANALYSIS
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Licence to shoot
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61471
Work is worship
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61477
Not consenting adults?
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61476
More in Analysis at http://www.indianexpress.com/analysis.html
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EDITS
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With fear and favour
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61465
Such a short exile
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61466
Girl, interrupted
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61467
More in Edits at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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COLUMNS
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This matter of plastic
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61468
A kiss and the line of control
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61469
My letters to Laloo Prasad Yadav
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61470
More in Columns at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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SPORT
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Motera crawls back to Dark Ages
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61472
Women�s Hockey: Showing the men how to play ball
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61474
Mourinho low on festive cheer
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61480
More in Sport at http://www.indianexpress.com/sport.html
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NATIONAL NETWORK
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Rao�s body taken to Hyderabad, PM to attend last rites
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61523
Laloo submits replies to EC, decision next week
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61525
Party divided over homecoming on Uma home turf
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61520
More in National Network at http://www.indianexpress.com/national_network.html
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INTERNATIONAL
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Soldier gets death for bid on Musharraf life
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61500
Rumsfeld spends X�mas eve in Iraq
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61504
Russia for N-parity with US
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61507
More in International at http://www.indianexpress.com/international.html
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BUSINESS
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Sensex scales another peak
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61488
Inflation finally falls below 7 pc
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61490
Reliance independent directors under the scanner
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61492
More in Business at http://www.indianexpress.com/business.html
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