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[1] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sat Oct 13, 2007 Subject: Clash over Eid declaration in Bhopal Clash over Eid declaration http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=7210&Itemid=8\ 8 Bhopal, Oct 13 ; Three people were injured when supporters of two Muslim clerics clashed here over the declaration of Eid. The trouble erupted when Naib Qazi Amirullah, second to chief cleric Shahar Qazi Abdul Latif Qasmi, declared in a mosque that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated Sunday. ------- [2] Nobel Prize For Al Gore By Patrick Martin http://www.countercurrents.org/martin131007.htm The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President Al Gore is a political statement by the European bourgeoisie about the policies of the Bush administration and the politics of the United States. Rarely has there been such an open intervention by the European ruling elite in the internal politics of America Tortured State By Gladson Dungdung http://www.countercurrents.org/dungdung131007.htm A study on custodial torture is revealing of what is wrong with Bihar's governance Iftar Party? By Mubasshir Ahmed http://www.countercurrents.org/ahmed131007.htm Come Ramadan and every political party – be it right-wing, left-wing or middle-wing – float a new (political!) party with a limited life: Iftar party ---------- [3] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com Date: Sat Oct 13, 2007 Subject: Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Sinking Ship (?) [The domestic opposition to the 'deal' within India has apparently sealed its fate. There is no official confirmation though, at least as yet. But the signals are loudly beeping. The opposition, one must however note, is not because the 'deal' would jeopardise the global non-proliferation order and thereby the prospects of nuclear disarmament but as it would allegedly circumscribe India's "nuclear sovereignty" - the right and ability to operate as a rogue state - somewhat on the model of Israel. The Left opposition is of course opposed to strategic ties with the US, but at the same time, very much like the Right, it also sees joining any multilateral control regime affecting India's weapons programme a profoundly negative development - curtailment of "national sovereignty". So this has its own serious negative implications. But right now it's time to celebrate in so far as the 'deal' appears to be blocked, at least for the time being.] I/II. http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php? id=430194 N-deal may go back to drawing board 13 Oct 2007, 0028 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: What happens to the Indo-US nuclear deal if the strong signals that have been sent out by the UPA government actually herald the end of the deal? Well, if India is unprepared to take the next step, both India and the US will have to go back to the drawing board in the next US administration. The deal, as it stands now, is only an agreed text between the two countries, which has not been signed by both sides. It was negotiated at great cost between the two sides with a separation plan that was a declared policy statement by the Indian government. But it was not signed by the two governments, and it is not approved by the US Congress, which means in the US, certainly, it has no legal sanction. The next US administration can work with the Indian government in two ways — they can take the agreed text as a given and work on the next steps. Or they can reopen the text — which will then open a can of worms because both sides will want to put in terms that will inevitably not be agreeable to the other side. "India got such a great deal because ultimately, the Bush administration wanted to accommodate India," a government source said. That may not be true for the next administration. In 2003, the previous NDA government had negotiated the "Next Steps in Strategic Partnership" that included India-US cooperation in civil nuclear cooperation, export controls, high-tech cooperation and missile defence. The UPA government did not take the NSSP forward so it was deemed to have been "completed", because the UPA government went for something much bigger, and got it. II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sonia_PM_rule_out_early_polls_freeze_nuclear_\ deal/articleshow/2454155. cms Sonia, PM rule out early polls, freeze nuclear deal 13 Oct 2007, 0038 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: A day after The Times of India's October 11 lead story, 'UPA develops cold feet on N-deal', both Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister all but confirmed that the nuclear agreement with the US has been pushed to the backburner and that saving the government is of paramount importance. In the showdown with the Left, there's little doubt that the Congress-led UPA government has blinked. Singh, the architect of the deal, acknowledged as much when he said at a function in the capital on Friday, "We are not a single-issue government. If the deal does not come through, it will be a disappointment. But in life, one has to live with certain disappointments and move on." Politics, he added, was the "art of the possible" and "in politics we must survive short-term battles to address long-term concerns". Failure to push the 123 agreement through wouldn't be the "end of life", he said in a tone that indicated that he was already looking at life beyond the deal. The PM, who was seen to have staked his personal stock on the conclusion of the landmark nuclear agreement with the US, said, "Elections are still far away and the government has one and a half years to complete its term. I hope and expect we will stay the course." Minutes later, Sonia Gandhi left little to doubt when asked about the crisis. "Though we will try to bring about a consensus on the nuclear issue, we are certainly not in favour of early elections. As the Prime Minister has said, the deadline is 2009. We are going to do all we can to see that we implement our programmes until 2009. We need to go till the end of the full term." Peace is doable. |
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