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...billion consumers in India, but now they are slowly starting to realize the purchasing power of people in the U.S. who trace their roots to the subcontinent--a group known as desis. MTV India has aired overseas since 1996, but MTV Desi--a channel for Americans of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Bhutanese and Nepalese descent--is brand new, launching this summer. And MTV isn't alone as it chases desi dollars. South Asian marketing is still in its infancy, but early adopters like General Motors, Citibank and GlaxoSmithKline are advertising in ethnic newspapers, buying airtime on satellite channels, sponsoring...
ESTABLISHED. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, covering the Indian Ocean; by UNESCO; in Paris. Designed to prevent a repeat of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people, the planned system will link seismographic equipment and deep-sea sensors scattered throughout the region with monitoring centers and emergency-services agencies in at least 19 countries. When fully operational in 2006, the system is expected to provide early warning of potentially devastating undersea earthquakes, enabling the evacuation of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean...
...addition to Iacoomes, the Wampanoag can claim the only person ever to graduate from Harvard’s ill-fated Indian College, Iacoomes’ classmate, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, who did participate in Commencement...
...Harvard never had a strong commitment to the Indian College, and in 1698 it was torn down owing to neglect. (University records say that it was “altogether uselesse”). Harvard cannibalized the building that year, using its bricks to build the first Stoughton Hall...
...During the 43 years of its existence, a total of five students attended the Indian College, and only one graduated...