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...Kamowal temple in the Punjabi village of Sherpur in high spirits. The soft-spoken president of the Akali Dal, the Sikh political party, had just come from Chandigarh, where he had persuaded two leading Sikhs to withdraw their opposition to an agreement that he and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had signed on July 24, ending three years of Sikh confrontation with the government in New Delhi. Earlier in the day, Longowal had announced that the party would contest all seats in the Sept. 22 elections for the state assembly and 13 seats in Parliament...
Once again, the country was in shock over an assassination. In an emotional message to the nation, Gandhi, whose mother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was gunned down by two Sikh bodyguards last October, called Longowal's slaying "a tragedy not just for Punjab but for the whole country. A man of peace has fallen to the bullets of assassins," he said. The next day Longowal was cremated in his native village with full state honors. The funeral procession included mourners from every faith and high government officials. Conspicuously absent were members of the radical faction of the Akali...
...suspected that the incident might have been connected to the baggage explosion in Tokyo. The link, they suggested, might be two Sikh extremists, Ammand Singh, 32, and Lal Singh, 25. The two men are wanted by the FBI in connection with an alleged conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to the U.S. last month. Ammand Singh, according to Indian officials quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail, had flown to Toronto before the ill-fated Air India flight set course for London, while Lal Singh had traveled from Toronto to Vancouver carrying a ticket for Canadian...
...accord followed discussions in New Delhi early this month between Jayawardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during which the two leaders agreed to "defuse" the situation in Sri Lanka. Because the five insurgent organizations subscribing to the truce have their headquarters and operational commands in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Gandhi is in a position to put pressure on them. Jayawardene, for his part, has ordered a review of the constitution, with an eye toward granting Sri Lanka's Tamils greater autonomy...
...Host David Hartman and his producers watch Today's resurgence and the evolving changes at Morning News with practiced calm. Though Hartman flew to New Delhi three weeks ago to interview Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, McGrady has no plans to copy Today's weeklong jaunts away from the studio. "Whenever you're in trouble, you travel," she says. "We still go out, but we don't need to do it in such...