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...then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics. His ambivalence and ambiguity, however, have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. Sanjeev Sharma Formby, England Hope for Kashmir Your report on attempts on the life of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Jan. 12] noted that he had declared a unilateral cease-fire along the line dividing Pakistani and Indian forces in Kashmir. That Pakistan "might not insist on a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve...
...then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics, but his ambivalence and ambiguity have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. SANJEEV SHARMA Formby, England...
...police, the supposed law enforcers, are also tainted. What could turn out to be India's biggest-ever corruption case emerged this month when Bombay's top policeman, Commissioner R.S. Sharma, went on leave after he was accused by a court-appointed investigator of mishandling the case of Abdul Karim Telgi. A small-time businessman, Telgi is suspected of printing and selling counterfeit government documents, called stamp papers, that can be used as legal tender in India. Telgi's stamp-paper revenue?estimates range from $750 million to $7 billion?was a loss to the National Treasury; it allegedly ended...
...SENTENCED. SUSHIL SHARMA, 43, former Congress Party youth leader, to death for murdering his wife and then attempting to dispose of her dismembered body in a tandoor, or clay oven; by a court in Delhi. Police say Sharma, who suspected his wife of infidelity, shot her after finding her drinking vodka and talking on the phone with the suspected paramour. The grisly case shocked India, where it is known as the "tandoor murder...
...perpetrators in jail, but the people continue to face infant mortality, endemic and epidemic diseases, without a decent home, without clean water and food," he said on Feb. 17. Gusm?o argues Indonesia is the key to such growth. The U.N. mission in East Timor agrees. Says mission chief Kamalesh Sharma: "I'm hopeful that the maturity of relations between both countries would insulate them from the trials and tribulations of the independent decisions of a judicial process...