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...though that was probably because of a change in the weather, it was easy to believe that it had been blown away by the gale of optimism and self-confidence that India's leaders now routinely display. Though India's boom has been tempered by the global economic crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the summit that he expected growth in fiscal year 2009-10 to reach 6.5% - hardly shabby - before recovering in the medium term to the 8% to 9% that was seen in the years before...
...Asia Recent tensions between India and China have been inflamed in India by media hype and the exaggerations of the opposition in Parliament [Nov. 2]. Neither country can afford a war. Cooperation between the two countries is essential for the progress and prosperity of the world too. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Thailand and reaffirmed the need to keep the border peaceful. There will be discussions on the proposed construction of a dam on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra River to resolve water-resource issues...
Five months after Lebanon's parliamentary elections, Prime Minister--designate Saad Hariri managed to form a unity government. Though the resolution to what had been a contentious political stalemate left Hariri's Western-backed coalition with the most ministerial posts, the opposing faction led by the Iranian-backed militia Hizballah--which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization--gained crucial Cabinet positions. The power-sharing agreement was welcomed by the U.N., but critics admonished Hariri for conceding to Hizballah's demands and potentially legitimizing its military presence in the country...
Thailand and Cambodia recalled ambassadors from each other's countries in an escalating diplomatic row over Cambodia's decision to name Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as its new economic adviser. Cambodia refused a request to extradite Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006 and faces two years in prison for a corruption conviction if he returns home...
DAVID CAMERON, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, announcing that if he becomes Prime Minister after next summer's elections, he will not hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which was ratified Nov. 3 to bolster the European Union...