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Privately, many senior leaders in the ruling Congress party had complained to their party president, Sonia Gandhi, that Chidambaram used unnecessarily provocative language when talking about the Maoists. But Singh refused to accept Chidambaram's offer to resign after the massacre. With the central government still debating how to deal with the Maoists, there is confusion on the ground about how to tackle the insurgency. Gill says it's time to rethink the entire strategy and criticizes Chidambaram for giving the go-ahead to a "flawed operation." (See pictures of India's turning points...
...Maoists offered to negotiate. Their chief military officer, Kishanji - the nom de guerre of Mallojula Koteswara Rao - even gave out his cell-phone number to Chidambaram to facilitate talks. "But actually they were retreating so that they can regroup. This is how the Maoists always operate. But still we have not learned anything," says K.P.S. Gill, formerly one of India's top police officers, who advised the Chhattisgarh government in a previous anti-Maoist operation...
Chhattisgarh's director general of police, Vishwa Ranjan, admits that "the [paramilitary] forces need to be trained specifically for this, which unfortunately we don't do. It's time all of us sit up and act." Still, he insists that he is "prepared to take casualties." He tells TIME, "We are in a war. And no war is won without people dying...
...deals, the one agreed to Sunday by European finance ministers comes with hard numbers, and Greek officials are hoping it will convince the financial markets that Europe is serious about helping their country recover. But Greece hasn't said yet whether it will ask for the promised money - it still wants to try to borrow from the markets and will watch to see if the pledge is enough to calm investors and bring down interest rates. If that doesn't happen in the next few days, however, officials quietly admit that Greece may have to put out a begging bowl...
...Still, the Greek government has so far managed to retain broad support despite the harsh austerity measures and street protests. And even Kontiza - whose husband, a doctor with the military, had his pay cut - says she realizes the government was left with few options for a crisis of this magnitude. But the salary cuts and taxes are starting to bite, and that's souring the mood. Greeks are feeling poor - again - and cutting back their spending. According to the National Confederation of Greek Commerce, retail sales are down 15% to 20% so far this year. Support for the government could...