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...largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai. In the elections, the New Komeito was the only party other than the DPJ to pick up more seats, increasing its bloc from 31 to 34. But the New Komeito's influence radiates far wider than those numbers indicate. As most smaller parties drift into irrelevance or disband completely, the New Komeito, as a member of the LDP's ruling coalition, is cementing its role as kingmaker...
...This is called emotional lability. While on the medicine in school, I rarely ask my friends what there is to do on the weekend. At lunch, I literally sit at the table without saying a word, and because of that, I have lost a whole bunch of friends. I drift from table to table, but I don't have one true group that I belong to. This gets me depressed at times. But when I am off my medicine, I am this outgoing, spontaneous, hilarious person. When I go to parties, I do not take my medicine...
...gold earrings and is decked out in the chaste all-white kurta and pajama of a typical Indian politician. "God has given me everything," Mallya tells the audience. "Money, big houses, fame. I want nothing more-except the chance to serve you." The crowd listens politely and begins to drift away-until the techno music starts to pound. A green laser beam projects images on a giant screen: first a map of India, then objects of desire, such as washing machines and pickup trucks. Dry-ice vapors envelop the stage. Engines rev. And a 25-car entourage whisks Mallya away...
...default position that resulted from the failure of the talks and the policy drift inside the administration was unlikely to produce a happy result for Washington or its allies. The U.S. began implementing plans to interdict North Korean shipping on the high seas to stop exports of drugs and weapons - a move that would almost certainly provoke North Korea to raise the ante through some new reckless gesture. And North Korea announced that it was steaming ahead on its nuclear weapons program, repeatedly claiming it had reprocessed all of the spent fuel rods previously under IAEA seal at Yongbyon, which...
...election due within the year, the BJP's more moderate coalition partners are pressing it to adopt a less sectarian line in order to appeal to more voters. Says political analyst Praful Bidwai: "The relationship between the VHP and BJP looks bad, and it seems like the two will drift apart further." The implications for the region are no less important. While the bloody dispute over Kashmir has many causes, the stridently nationalist line adopted by the BJP government toward Pakistan has proved a major obstacle to dialogue...