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...Indian capital, a series of terrible crimes has come to light, exposing the huge rift between rich and poor. The scene of the horrors: the slum village of Nithari, an island of poverty surrounded by one of Delhi's most successful suburbs, Noida. On Dec. 29, body parts from 17 young women and pre-pubescent boys - one as young as three years old - were unearthed from the storm drain of the residence of a wealthy man on the border of rich Noida and impoverished Nithari. Plastic bags full of clothing were buried in the back yard of the three-story...
...India President Bush reversed 30 years of U.S. policy last month by signing an agreement that would allow New Delhi - which never signed the Nonproliferation Treaty - to buy U.S. fuel and reactors. The arrangement must get approval from the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, the IAEA and the U.S. Congress before taking effect, but critics already fear it could spark an arms race with China and Pakistan...
...both Japan and India, and Japan won't replace its special relationship with the U.S. - especially if Tokyo remains diplomatically isolated in Asia. A rising India, on the other hand, may be enjoying the new experience of being courted by its neighbors. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited New Delhi last month bearing economic gifts, and Abe will almost certainly acquiesce to India's top priority: Japanese acceptance of the recent deal normalizing U.S. and India's nuclear relation. As the only victim of atomic weapons and a key supplier of nuclear technology, Japan's influential support would help India break...
India has complained for years that Western double standards have stopped it from importing the nuclear technology and materials it needs to modernize its civilian nuclear industry. Delhi understands that developing nuclear weapons has earned it the disapproval of the West, but Indians don't accept that they should be denied weapons systems that are the strategic mainstay of powers such as China and Russia. So, you might think the news that the U.S. Congress has passed a bill that bends those rules and allows India to import nuclear fuel would be celebrated in this energy-hungry economic powerhouse...
...India has never signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has twice tested nuclear weapons, first in 1974 and then again in 1998. That behavior led the major nuclear powers to refrain from helping India's nuclear program, on the grounds that this program might help Delhi enhance its weapons program. But this year, to the horror of anti-nuclear campaigners around the world, President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed that India should get access to U.S. civil nuclear technology and fuel, in return for opening its civilian nuclear facilities to inspection - India's nuclear weapons...