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Why India and China Care About Bhutan
The tiny country has been getting a lot of attention from its outsize neighbors as they try to exert their influence
Business Week – May 16, 2008 11:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The tiny country has been getting a lot of attention from its outsize neighbors as they try to exert their influence
Business Week – May 16, 2008 11:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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12 killed in rival Indian rebel clash
Associated Press - May 16, 2008 6:23 AM ET GAUHATI, India (AP) - Police say 12 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel factions in India's remote northeast.
WLFI.com – May 16, 2008 10:23 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Associated Press - May 16, 2008 6:23 AM ET GAUHATI, India (AP) - Police say 12 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel factions in India's remote northeast.
WLFI.com – May 16, 2008 10:23 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Feuding rebels die in India clash
At least 12 separatists are killed in factional fighting in India's north-eastern state of Nagaland, police say.
BBC News – May 16, 2008 09:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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At least 12 separatists are killed in factional fighting in India's north-eastern state of Nagaland, police say.
BBC News – May 16, 2008 09:34 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Big ideas
Unassuming in person, Amitav Ghosh pitches his globetrotting books on an ever-grander scale. His latest, Sea of Poppies, brings together exile, empire and the disastrous opium trade of 19th-century India, he tells Lindesay Irvine
The Guardian – May 16, 2008 09:21 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Unassuming in person, Amitav Ghosh pitches his globetrotting books on an ever-grander scale. His latest, Sea of Poppies, brings together exile, empire and the disastrous opium trade of 19th-century India, he tells Lindesay Irvine
The Guardian – May 16, 2008 09:21 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bangladesh says group named in India attack marginalized
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Friday that militant group Harakat-ul-Jihad al Islami (HuJI), which Indian police suspect could be involved in bombings this week in a tourist city, had been marginalized following a crackdown.
Reuters – May 16, 2008 08:08 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Friday that militant group Harakat-ul-Jihad al Islami (HuJI), which Indian police suspect could be involved in bombings this week in a tourist city, had been marginalized following a crackdown.
Reuters – May 16, 2008 08:08 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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India issues new suspect sketches
Police in India issue three more sketches of men whom they want to question for the attacks in the city of Jaipur.
BBC News – May 16, 2008 05:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Police in India issue three more sketches of men whom they want to question for the attacks in the city of Jaipur.
BBC News – May 16, 2008 05:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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India issues sketches of 3 bomb suspectsAP - Police released sketches of three men they believe were involved in bombings that ripped through this historic Indian city, killing 61 people.
Yahoo! – May 16, 2008 05:29 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Stage ticker
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2008-09 season for young adults: "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, directed by Yasen Peyankov (Oct. 21 to Nov. 9); and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton (April 21 to May 10, 2009). … Black Ensemble Theatre will remount its production of "Those Sensational Soulful '60s" at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St., this summer (June 7 to Aug. 31). … Theatre-Hikes , the troupe specializing in the combination of theater and walking, is this summer presenting a theater-bike event. With a story set on a bike path in New York's Central Park, the show "Key Exchange" is billed as the world's first theater bike-hike, at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle over eight Saturdays (theatre-hikes.org). ... Vitalist Theatre has extended its production of "A Passage to India" through May 31. … On Wednesday, the Hypocrites added more seating and three new Saturday matinees to its hitherto sold-out production of "Our Town."
Chicago Tribune – May 16, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2008-09 season for young adults: "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, directed by Yasen Peyankov (Oct. 21 to Nov. 9); and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton (April 21 to May 10, 2009). … Black Ensemble Theatre will remount its production of "Those Sensational Soulful '60s" at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St., this summer (June 7 to Aug. 31). … Theatre-Hikes , the troupe specializing in the combination of theater and walking, is this summer presenting a theater-bike event. With a story set on a bike path in New York's Central Park, the show "Key Exchange" is billed as the world's first theater bike-hike, at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle over eight Saturdays (theatre-hikes.org). ... Vitalist Theatre has extended its production of "A Passage to India" through May 31. … On Wednesday, the Hypocrites added more seating and three new Saturday matinees to its hitherto sold-out production of "Our Town."
Chicago Tribune – May 16, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Poor Muslims Cite Fear of Backlash After Blasts in Historic Indian City
JAIPUR, India, May 15 -- Down dusty alleys in a neighborhood of Bangladeshi migrant workers, police detectives searched house to house Thursday for suspects in the coordinated bombings that tore through this historic city two days ago.
Washington Post – May 16, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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JAIPUR, India, May 15 -- Down dusty alleys in a neighborhood of Bangladeshi migrant workers, police detectives searched house to house Thursday for suspects in the coordinated bombings that tore through this historic city two days ago.
Washington Post – May 16, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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B.c. Quote
''The Komagata Maru tragedy is a huge black mark in the history of Canada. It's a powerful symbol of the injustices and racism that took place on our land and of the policy of exclusion that was designed to indirectly halt immigration from India.''
The Globe and Mail – May 16, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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''The Komagata Maru tragedy is a huge black mark in the history of Canada. It's a powerful symbol of the injustices and racism that took place on our land and of the policy of exclusion that was designed to indirectly halt immigration from India.''
The Globe and Mail – May 16, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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