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...uproar is reminiscent of a similar situation that unfolded last summer after the state government decided to transfer about 100 acres of land to a Hindu consortium. The move was designed to improve amenities for the thousands of Hindus who come to Kashmir each year to worship at a local cave-shrine. More than 60 people were killed in the protests that followed that policy. Incidents like these take both a personal and an economic toll: Hundreds of Indian and foreign tourists were driven out of the Valley this week, and tour operators say that many bookings for tours...
...Japanese national and local governments are doing their part to help consumers to overcome their fears, from helping to develop infrastructure to offering cash incentives to Japanese who want to purchase hybrid or fully electric vehicles. Incentives will reduce the cost of the i-MiEV by 30% to $33,100. That should help Mitsubishi meet its production targets of 2,000 i-MiEVs in the next 12 months, 6,000 in the second year of production and 15,000 the following year. Mitsubishi says it can turn a profit on electric cars when it reaches an annual production volume...
...hotel's restaurant and bar, and his wife, Rosemary, who runs the restaurant, is an award-winning baker. Other foodie gems: sushi restaurant Fin (27 Housatonic Street; 413-637-9171), which serves only sustainable seafood, and across the street, Scoop, which dishes out ice cream made with milk from local dairy cows. Rates at the Gateways start at $160 per night, including breakfast. 51 Walker Street, Lenox...
...province were being targeted with unusually powerful bombs. Some of the explosives recovered from weapons caches in the area bore Chinese markings, identical to those being used by contractors working on a new road through a hostile river valley. It was later learned that employees had sold ordnance to local insurgents in exchange for security guarantees...
...first meeting Tuesday morning of Gordon Brown's new cabinet can have felt too secure about their place at the table. Britain's Prime Minister among them. Hours after Labour slumped to third place in the European elections - it fared just as dismally in last week's local council votes - Brown fended off irate rebels at a closed-door meeting of party legislators Monday night billed as a showdown over the prime minister's future...