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...While the LTTE initially funded itself by robbing banks, Prabhakaran has been able to tap into the sympathy (and wallets) of Tamils living abroad, especially in India's southeast...
...Maoists, though, who waged a decade-long war against the royal army, have not forgotten so easily. A recent trip to India by Gyanendra, who lives quietly in a private residence in the capital, prompted howls of outrage from members of the government who are wary of his dealings with Nepal's influential southern neighbor. The Maoists, observers say, need to raise the specter of royalist nefariousness to boost their own flagging support. "They need to create a sense of threat, of a larger enemy, to distract the people from their failings," says Dixit...
...region, is reluctant to change course until there is a Pakistan-friendly regime installed in Kabul and a resolution to the Kashmir dispute. One politician described the fear of being squeezed from both borders as "being caught in a nutcracker." (Find out why Pakistan fears encirclement by India...
...There is a proxy war going on, involving Kabul, Kashmir and Quetta," says Mushahid Hussain, a prominent politician who was close to former military ruler President Pervez Musharraf. "Here you want Pakistan to play a pivotal role. But the real fly in the ointment is that by including India in the contact group, the Obama Administration has been insensitive to the fact that Indian and Pakistani interests diverge." The contact group is composed of countries in the area that the Obama Administration has brought in to deal with regional crises. India and Pakistan are both part of the group, even...
...promised ecstatic reunion after the grimmest separation. In a half-century of movie work, Jarre wrote the music for more than 150 features, but it's his underscoring of Lean's films that won him his renown--and three Oscars, for Lawrence, Zhivago and 1984's A Passage to India...