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Poor police training among security concerns in Mumbai

They would be the protectors of landmarks that were at the epicenter of three days of deadly terrorist attacks last November that killed 165 people. But the young men from Solapaur, located outside Mumbai, never thought they would be homeless, drying ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch,  Palaniappan Chidambaram

India says 2 charged in Chicago may be tied to Mumbai siege

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From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Coleman Headley,  David Coleman,  Tahawwur Hussain Rana,  Palaniappan Chidambaram,  Lashkar-e-Taiba

Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa sought to silence astrologer Bandara

With candles glowing next to his computer, Chandrasiri Bandara, the nation's most popular astrologer, looked at his birth chart and predicted that he will soon be assassinated. Bandara, 48, fears for his life because of a string of death threats that ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahinda Rajapaksa,  Facebook Inc.,  Barack Obama

Massive detainee problem threatens Sri Lankan peace

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka - Six months after Sri Lanka’s decades-old civil war ended with a final assault, about 200,000 people remain trapped in overcrowded government-run camps that were once havens for those fleeing the conflict. Facing pressure from ...

From EMILY WAX, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  European Union

In Sri Lanka, anger over fate of ethnic Tamils held in camps

Facing pressure from the Obama administration and the European Union, the Sri Lankan government last month launched a campaign to resettle tens of thousands of the minority Tamil detainees. But interviews in the country's war-ravaged north reveal that ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  European Union,  Mahinda Rajapaksa,  Rajiv Gandhi,  US State Department

India's space ambitions taking off

In this seaside village, the children of farmers and fishermen aspire to become something that their impoverished parents never thought possible: astronauts. Through community-based programs, India's space agency has been partnering with schools in ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Madhavan,  George Washington University

In India, No Loo Means No 'I Do'

NILOKHERI, India -- An ideal groom in this dusty farming village is a vegetarian, does not drink, has good prospects for a stable job and promises his bride-to-be an amenity in high demand: a toilet. In rural India, many young women are refusing to ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  11 Oct 2009

Kabul Embassy Attack May Intensify India-Pakistan Proxy War

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From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Ahmed Rashid

Letter From New Delhi: India Loses Patience With the Super-Rich

But with the global economy in peril and India in the middle of the worst drought in years, such displays of wealth have begun to anger the public, especially after the Indian media reported that Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna and his deputy, Shashi ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: S.M. Krishna,  Shashi Tharoor,  Sonia Gandhi,  Pranab Mukherjee,  Twitter Inc

Montblanc's Gandhi Pen Prompts Howls in India

But it's fair to say that the latest incarnation may be the most ironic: Gandhi, in his signature loincloth, hawking a $23,000 fountain pen named in his honor. The Montblanc pen, unveiled for the celebration of what would have been Gandhi's 140th ...

From EMILY WAX, The Washington Post,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Montblanc,  Mahatma Gandhi,  Winston Churchill,  Bollywood

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