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Mumbai Fallout
Maoist govt’s 100 days marked by unrest: NC
Rare copy of Gospel for sale
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Gorbachev writes memoirs about ‘perestroika’ years
Indian-origin man held for wife’s murder
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Mumbai Fallout
New Delhi, November 29 The talks between the two countries on the Sir Creek issue slated for December 2-3 in New Delhi have been postponed. There was a speculation that talks on other issues under the dialogue process, including those on Siachen, friendly exchanges, economic and commercial cooperation and Wullar Barrage, which the two countries had proposed to complete by December-end, might also be deferred in the coming days. Sources here, however, sought to play down the postponement of the talks on Sir Creek, saying this had been done last week and much before the Mumbai attacks. They pointed out that the Indian Indus Water Commissioner had left for Pakistan today, as scheduled. The fifth round of dialogue was launched in New Delhi on July 21 when foreign secretary Shiv Shanker Menon had firmly told his Pakistani counterpart that the peace process had come under stress in the wake of the July 7 suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, for which New Delhi had blamed ISI. However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meetings with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Reza Gilani in Colombo in early August and with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in New York in September had generated hope that the peace process was back on the track. But the audacious attacks in Mumbai, for which Manmohan Singh has blamed elements in Pakistan, have again put a big question mark on the sustainability of the peace process. India is also appalled over the flip-flop by Pakistan over sending the ISI chief to India to assist the Indian authorities in investigating the Mumbai incidents. The Pakistani leadership had yesterday, during telephonic conversation with Singh, promised to send ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha to India. Within hours, it retracted and said a senior official of the spy agency would visit India. Indian officials said the development proved how serious Islamabad was in helping India in tracking down those who masterminded the attacks. “That precisely is the reason why we did not make announcement yesterday about Pakistan agreeing to send the ISI chief to India…we apprehended they could go back on their promise,’’ the officials said. They said New Delhi might find it difficult to agree to any official other than the ISI chief himself helping the investigations.
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Maoist govt’s 100 days marked by unrest: NC
Kathmandu, November 29 “The Maoists’ acts of terror, intimidation, violence continued even during the first 100 days of the Maoist government,” Nepali Congress Central Committee member and the daughter of former premier Girija Prasad Koirala, Sujata Koirala, alleged. The “terror” unleashed by the Young Communist League (YCL), the Maoists’ youth wing, continued and people have not felt any change in the situation even after they took the charge of government, she claimed. “Nothing has changed, the people have not felt any relief. If the government did not correct its behaviour, they will revolt,” she warned. The Nepali Congress will take to the street raising voice against the government’s “atrocities”, she added. Leading businessman and Constituent Assembly member Rajendra Khetan has said that the private business sector has felt insecure during the Maoists’ rule. “The confusing remarks and tightening attitude of the Revenue Department of the government has made business community insecure and uneasy,” Khetan pointed out. The 100 days are marked by “evergreen labour unrest, financial insecurity and deteriorating law and order situation, he added. He also linked the financial insecurity of the business community to the fear of nationalisation of private assets by the government. — PTI
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Rare copy of Gospel for sale
London, November 29 “It is one of the finest and most celebrated of Gospel fragments, as there are very few pieces of this spectacular quality.” The appearance of page number 74 in one corner shows the leaf came from a relatively large volume of the whole Gospel, he explained, and adds to the rarity of the piece. It includes the cryptic and prophetic words: “Whither I go, ye cannot come.” The fragment was discovered in 1922 by British archaeologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt at the site of the important early Christian community at Oxyrhynchus, about 193 km from Cairo. It is believed to have been written in Alexandria. Most finds from the site ended up in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the British Museum, although some pieces, including the fragment, were sent to seminaries and colleges.
— Reuters
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Gorbachev writes memoirs about ‘perestroika’ years
Moscow, November 29 Gorbachev said he was writing his memoirs titled “Face to Face with oneself”. The first of the three parts would come into light in 2009. It would have 450 pages. “The new book tells about my life, it gives a more detailed description of some events and characters,” Gorbachev said. The project’s head, historian Vladlen Loginov, said the collection of works would comprise 22 volumes. He said the book reconstructed hour by hour the events of “perestroika”. The materials are complete with the texts of reports and remarks and commentary by the author. “The collected works include the shorthand reports of political bureau meetings which disclose the mechanisms of decision-making,” Loginov said. The full edition of Gorbachev’s collected works is expected to appear on the shelves late in 2009.
— Itar-Tass
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Indian-origin man held for wife’s murder
Durban, November 29 Police spokesperson inspector Joey Jeevan said in an interview today the 65-year-old man bludgeoned his wife Thelma Pillay (63) to death after an argument. “He informed his neighbours that his wife was missing for two days but the neighbours became suspicious and went into his house,” said
Jeevan. They found the old lady’s body in the lounge with head wounds. The neighbours immediately reported the incident to the police and the man was arrested. He will appear in court on Monday. The murder has taken place at a time when the country is observing 16 days of activism against women and child abuse.
— PTI
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