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...relying heavily on Internet and text-message advertising. "My young colleagues who have created this website told me that a political portal without a blog is like a letter without a signature," Advani wrote in his first post, noting that he has campaigned in every national election held since independence. "There's been a very conscious attempt by the BJP leadership to get rid of any perceived weakness on account of age," says Mrug, the political analyst. Even if they don't work as political ads per se, they help establish Advani and the BJP as a party that reaches...
...polling firm Team Cvoter in New Delhi, says that the one thing that young voters have in common is their pragmatism. They look for what he calls "visible development" - a tangible sign of effectiveness - and will reward it at the polls. That was the powerful lesson of local elections held last Nov. 29 in New Delhi. The polls opened while the siege of Mumbai was still going on, and many political observers expected that the BJP, which had relentlessly portrayed Congress as "soft on terror," would win. Instead, young voters gave the ruling Congress Party credit for the Delhi Metro...
...swine flu cases rose on Friday - with 141 confirmed cases in the U.S., 397 in Mexico, including 16 deaths, and the first case confirmed in Asia - the strongly held consensus among health officials remains that borders should not be closed. (Americans are advised, however, to avoid nonessential travel to Mexico.) Grounding travel would do nothing to stave off a full-fledged pandemic and, despite any ill-considered advice from Vice President Joe Biden, there's no risk for a healthy person in the U.S. to take mass transportation, but the truth is that many travelers these days are still feeling...
Still, the army is reluctant to launch an all-out campaign against the militants, not least because of a widely held perception in Pakistan that the Taliban's rise is a product of America's unpopular war in Afghanistan. There's little support in the public - or within the ranks of the military - for deploying the military in a sustained civil war against the militants. Many in Pakistan were convinced that the Taliban had exceeded their bounds in Buner and Swat and needed to be pushed back - but not necessarily crushed. Whereas U.S. officials warn of the Taliban...
Mexico's Foreign Minister, Patricia Espinosa, called the treatment of the Mexicans in China discriminatory and said some of the quarantined travelers were being held in "unacceptable conditions." On May 3, Mexico's ambassador to China, Jorge Guajardo, attempted to visit 10 Mexicans who are in quarantine at Guomen Hotel in suburban Beijing, but he was denied access. As of Monday morning, he still hadn't been able to gain access to the group. Over the Mexican government's objections, China has decided to halt all AeroMexico flights coming into China. On Monday evening, the Chinese Foreign Ministry posted...