Word: biharis
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...enduring anguish, distrust and rancor among thousands of Kashmiri families such as Khan's should temper the optimism inspired by last week's agreement between India and Pakistan to seek peace. Still, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf struck a conciliatory pose, and both sides made significant concessions. India gave up its insistence that all jihadi incursions from Pakistan into Indian-administered Kashmir end before any talks could start, and Pakistan vowed its territory would no longer serve as a terrorist base. For some, the portents have never been so good. "You could not have...
...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...
...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 for an independent...
...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...