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...ELECTED. AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM, 70, long-haired scholar and rocket scientist, dubbed India's "Missile Man" for his pivotal role in the country's successful rocket and satellite programs, and also renowned for supervising India's 1998 nuclear weapons tests, as President of India; in New Delhi. Aside from an avid interest in Indian culture-he plays the veena, a traditional Indian instrument, and is an authority on the Bhagavad Gita-he's also dedicated to making India a major military power. "Our neighbors have nuclear weapons," he has said. "Do you want us to be invaded...
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