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Quotes By: "Greed, sometimes, is not good." - Announcing the arrest of billionaire Galleon hedge-fund founder Raja Rajaratnam and five others for insider trading (Reuters...
...next portion of the exhibit consists largely of works by Raja Ravi Varma. A late 19th-century painter, Varma is easily the most famous artist in India. He used European techniques to illustrate Indian subject matter: various sari-clad women, figures from Hindu mythology, and scenes from everyday Indian life...
...Strategic analysts stress there's nothing wrong with emerging nations like India and China improving their naval prowess to match their heightened role in world affairs. "It is logical that these countries will build navies and project their power," says Raja Mohan. "The question is how does this all get managed?" As of yet, there is no regional treaty alliance in place, no new diplomatic structures like NATO in Europe, for example, that could reflect or bring order to the shifting power lines of the Asian 21st century. Last year, Japanese prime minister Taro Aso floated the idea...
...territorial disputes with its neighbors. Though publicly muted, there is growing concern in capitals across the rest of Asia over Beijing's burgeoning pre-eminence. "There's no escaping the fact that, in the past ten years, China's negotiating power has increased while others have weakened," says C. Raja Mohan, a leading Indian foreign policy expert and professor at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School for International Studies. (Read "China's Navy: How Big a Threat...
...Conservative websites feasted on the news of Khatami's withdrawal. The pro-Ahmadinejad site Raja News presented a picture of a broken Khatami with divisions in his ranks. The site claims that in one session with supporters on Sunday, Khatami was asked why he was reluctant to persevere, and answered, "One of my apprehensions is that those around me aren't sincere. Three, four of the people who encouraged me to run also went after Moussavi and invited...