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...last election, in 1999, the BJP won 182 seats and, with its allies, a majority of 295 in the 543-member Parliament. Congress won 114, its worst-ever result. Opinion polls in India are known primarily for their inaccuracy, but this year they broadly predict the BJP alliance will hold or increase its majority and that Congress will at best hold its share of seats. The BJP, says Vanaik of Jamia Millia Islamia, "will become the fulcrum of Indian politics...
...history of India's Sikhs, numerous short stories and newspaper columns, translated Urdu stories and Punjabi poetry into English, edited a famous Indian magazine (the Illustrated Weekly of India) and a prominent Indian newspaper (the Hindustan Times), and has also served as a member of India's Parliament. It's been a busy and fruitful life, and now, with his frosted eyebrows set between the deep corrugations of his forehead, a thick beard, and an ample body beneath his green pajamas, Singh looks like Father Time due for retirement. But he's not ready to call it a day just...
...would think a recovering global economy would be good for a company like Coca-Cola. But the Atlanta soft-drink giant has been facing multinational malfunctions. In February, India's Parliament alleged that Coke's soft drinks contain pesticide residue. (India levied similar charges against PepsiCo.) Meanwhile, U.S. investigators are probing whether the company oversold its product in Japan to pad short-term results--a practice known as channel stuffing. In Britain, the press has been ridiculing Dasani, Coke's purified-water brand. It turns out Dasani does not flow from mountain springs in Switzerland but from the taps...
...Frank Söholm Grevil, who lost his job last month after leaking intelligence assessments to a newspaper. Grevil maintains that Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen received at least 10 reports before the start of the war suggesting the coalition was unlikely to discover WMD. Fogh Rasmussen later informed parliament that he was convinced Iraq had the weapons. Grevil told Time that his doubts were raised by three reports, "one American and two British, [which] did not agree in their assessments." Grevil says the Danish reports were prefaced by abstracts from intelligence officers and probably simplified by Defense Ministry officials...
...denies the charges, saying he is the victim of leftist magistrates. Berlusconi's lawyer said he will seek a one-month suspension of the trial during the walk-up to June's European Parliament elections. Nosing Ahead MACEDONIA Social Democrat Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski took the lead in the first round of the presidential election, winning 42.5% of the vote. He faces a runoff on April 28 against opposition candidate Sasko Kedev, who placed second with 34.1%. The election was held following President Boris Trajkovski's death in a plane crash in February. Clampdown on Dissent ARMENIA Using batons...