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...Mexico, India, Pakistan and other countries where rogue germs abound, Tim McGirk has had his share of firsthand epidemiological experience. But dengue fever holds a special, painful place in his memory. "There's a reason they call it break-bone fever," says McGirk, who contracted the virus in New Delhi and suffered for three weeks. "You feel like there's this deep, painful itching happening inside your bones. You're on this horrible roller-coaster ride of hot spells and chills, like you're being shaken around. It just racks your body...
...That may be Abu Salem's last connection with Bollywood films for a while?aside from watching them on prison TV. On Sept. 18 Interpol arrested Abu Salem in Lisbon, and earlier this month a New Delhi court issued a non-bailable warrant charging him with running a crime syndicate. Oh, and the U.S. government wants to chat with him about his possible link to al-Qaeda...
...This then is the moment for reaching out. The electoral process is fragile, and much can still go wrong, but the achievable aspiration is that within a matter of weeks Kashmir will have an honestly elected legislature. After that it will be New Delhi's turn to deliver on its commitment to a dialogue with elected representatives, as well as with those groups like the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, which steadfastly opposes Indian rule and has boycotted the polls. This dialogue will be about options that include an unprecedented degree of autonomy, in an effort to bridge the divides that...
...rocked South Asia last week, left both men reeling at home and facing similar dilemmas: give in to extremists and further destabilize the region, or hold the line domestically and face political fallout. "They are each other's best friends, these Hindu fundamentalists and the Islamic fundamentalists," said New Delhi peace activist Sheba Chhachhi. "And now these attacks will help them both...
...attacks left both countries searching for a response. India has, in a sense, given the militants cover to claim their motive as redress for earlier mistreatment, without mentioning Kashmir. New Delhi insisted this was a terrorist canard?the latest investigations suggest the temple assailants, both Pakistani, had probably arrived by train from Jammu and Kashmir that same afternoon?but it still clouds the picture of the country's enemies and leaves the door open to additional attacks, and potential retaliation. Furthermore, it puts Vajpayee in an increasingly tight spot between the international community and the hard-core elements...