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...sense of confidence in India about India," exults Jaswant Singh, the country's Finance Minister. "India's economy is fast approaching a point of criticality, and when that criticality takes place, India's growth will be explosive." Already, this feel-good mood has triggered widespread speculation that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government could call elections as early as April, five months ahead of schedule. The government has even launched an advertising campaign that highlights the economy's strong performance and boasts: "You've never had a better time to shine brighter...
...years?GDP grew more than 5% in 2003?while chances for peace in strife-torn Kashmir appear greater than at any time in recent memory: over the weekend, Musharraf welcomed to his capital city of Islamabad leaders from six South Asian countries, including his nemesis Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, against whom he almost went to war in 2001 over Kashmir...
...Liberia in August, to a U.N. court in Sierra Leone , where he faces war crimes charges. Sign of Hope KASHMIR India and Pakistan agreed a surprise cease-fire - the first in 14 years - along the Line of Control, their de facto border in the disputed territory. Whether Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee will hold talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad in January, however, is unclear. Peace Threat SRI LANKA Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran warned the country's divided leadership he would revive his demands...
...Western standards, but it is America's so-called friends, such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, that are the backbone of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism. Iraqis will always prefer a Saddam over an invading Bush. The President should have listened to real friends, such as Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, before embarking on the foolish Iraq invasion. Navnith Krishnan Bangalore...
...that although his men might accept technical or financial help from fellow militants from Pakistan or elsewhere, the terror campaign in Bombay in recent months was a domestic response by Indian Muslims to years of discrimination at the hands of the Hindu majority and the BJP under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "We started peacefully, and we were attacked," said Umar. "So now we attack others. If we sit idle, then the whole world will never know how the Muslims are being harassed here." He added ominously, "I see a dark future, a violent future...