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...accord followed discussions in New Delhi early this month between Jayawardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during which the two leaders agreed to "defuse" the situation in Sri Lanka. Because the five insurgent organizations subscribing to the truce have their headquarters and operational commands in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Gandhi is in a position to put pressure on them. Jayawardene, for his part, has ordered a review of the constitution, with an eye toward granting Sri Lanka's Tamils greater autonomy...
...Host David Hartman and his producers watch Today's resurgence and the evolving changes at Morning News with practiced calm. Though Hartman flew to New Delhi three weeks ago to interview Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, McGrady has no plans to copy Today's weeklong jaunts away from the studio. "Whenever you're in trouble, you travel," she says. "We still go out, but we don't need to do it in such...
...Bangladesh's next-door neighbors, India, also was quick to announce its support. After committing $10 million, along with medical personnel and food, to the stricken land, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi scheduled a visit to Bangladesh to express his sympathy and to tour the ravaged areas. Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene, who was due to hold talks with Gandhi, promised to come too, in a show of "South Asian solidarity...
...Moscow on an official visit last week, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi charged that Pakistan's development of an atom bomb was "very close" to fruition. Earlier this month, the Indian leader had affirmed that such an achievement by his country's chief regional rival "will completely change the present military balance on the subcontinent. At no cost will we allow our integrity and security to be compromised." In 1974, India shocked the world with a "peaceful" underground nuclear explosion in the Rajasthan Des- ert; Gandhi's pronouncements hold out the threat that India might resume testing, perhaps even begin...
...husband on a trip to Britain, only recently has she begun to enjoy press coverage at home. Over the past month, the nightly TV news program Vremya has three times run footage of the General Secretary's wife. Last week, as she played hostess to visiting Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia, many Soviets seemed more interested in Raisa's comings and goings than in the political and economic results of conversations between Gandhi and Gorbachev. "Raisa may not be as glamorous as Nancy Reagan," said one elderly Moscow woman, "but she's nice looking...