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November 30, 2008

Pakistan rallies support as tension with India risesPakistan rallies support as tension with India rises

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Pakistan's government has begun rallying support both at home and abroad as tension flared with old rival India after a bloody militant assault on the Indian city of Mumbai.

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October 2, 2008

India's ruling party hails nuclear deal approval

NEW DELHI (IHT) India's government on Thursday hailed U.S. congressional approval of a civilian nuclear pact between the two nations, calling it a "monumental achievement," and an official said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would visit New Delhi soon to sign the accord.

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October 1, 2008

Senate to Vote on US-India Nuclear Accord

(VOA) The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a landmark agreement that would end a 34-year ban on U.S. civilian nuclear trade with India. If approved by the Senate, the pact, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday, would go to President Bush for his signature. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.

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September 29, 2008

Five killed in India bomb blasts

NEW DELHI (Channel News Asia) Five people were killed and 80 others injured in two suspected bomb attacks on Monday in areas of western India wrecked by Hindu-Muslim tensions, Indian media reported.

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September 3, 2008

Embarrassing revelations on the nuclear deal

(Rediff News) The Bush administration, through a gag order on its written responses to Congressional questions, had sought to keep the Indian public in the dark on the larger implications of the nuclear deal, lest the accord run into rougher weather. But now its 26 pages of written answers have been publicly released by a senior United States Congressman.

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September 2, 2008

India's untouchables being denied flood relief, say aid agencies

(Guardian) Relief supplies in Bihar are going to the highest castes first, ignoring plight of the most desperate, according to reports.

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