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Putin
wins presidency
March
28, 2000
Moscow,
Mar 27: Vladimir Putin's election as president was hailed Monday as the
start of a new age in Russia even though the new master of the Kremlin has
yet to spell out how he will handle the daunting challenge of restoring
political order and invigorating the ailing economy, reports AP.
Little
known and a political outsider, one of the first tasks of Russia's second
democratically elected president will be to choose a prime minister, come up
with specific proposals to revive the
economy, and clear corruption out of the government.
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Militant Kashmiri groups assail Clinton
March
27, 2000
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Islamabad,
Pakistan - Pakistan-based Muslim militants fighting India in
disputed Kashmir sharply criticized President Clinton Sunday as an enemy
of Islam.
During a two-hour meeting with Pakistan's military ruler on Saturday,
Clinton pressed Gen. Pervez
Musharraf to ease tensions with India and restrain Islamic militants
from moving across a cease-fire that divides Kashmir between the two
countries.
"Now America is openly siding with India, which shows that all
anti-Islam forces are uniting against us," said Fazalur Rehman Khalil, the
chief of Harakat-ul Mujahdeen, a group Washington wants shut down for its
alleged involvement in terrorism.
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Musharraf takes
polls path
March
24, 2000
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Islamabad,
Mar 23: Pakistan's military ruler on Thursday announced nationwide local
elections - considered a first step toward a return to democracy, reports
AP.
General
Pervez Musharraf’s promise came two days before US President Bill
Clinton is scheduled to visit Pakistan, where he is expected to press the
military ruler for a timeframe for general elections.
Musharraf
has rebuffed international pressure to return Pakistan to democracy
quickly, saying the task ahead is onerous. But Thursday, he said the first
round of local elections will be held between December and May, 200l. A
second round of local elections - at the district level - will be held in
July 2001, effectively putting municipal governments back in
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Azim Premji 3rd richest
person in the world
March
23, 2000
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London
- Azim Premji, founder of software company Wirpro, has emerged as
the third riches person in the world this year, next only to Microsoft
Chief Bill Gates and Robson Walton and family, both of the United States,
reports PTI.
Premji,
who has seen his wealth soar to 35 billion last year, nudged Sultan of
Brunei form his third position last year to sixth this year, according to
the Sunday Times rich list 2000.
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Paternity leave
still a possibility for Blair
March
23, 2000
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London
- Cherie Blair, Prime Minster Tony Blair's wife, hailed the Finnish
Prime Minister for taking parental leave to be with his new baby - and,
perhaps, dropped a hint to her own husband, reports AP.
Speaking
to lawyers in London on Monday night, Cherie Blair noted that Finn Paavo
Lipponen has twice taken advantage of paternity leave. Last week,
Lipponen's office announced that he would take a six-day parental leave
from his job to be with his new baby.
In
1998, Lipponen took a similar leave when his wife, Paivi, gave birth to
their first child.
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Clinton's call to restart Indo-Pak dialogue
March
22, 2000
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Delhi, March 21: US President Bill Clinton today asserted that talks
between New Delhi and Islamabad could take place only when there is
respect for sanctity and inviolability of the Line Control (LoC) dividing
the two South Asian neighbors.
Talking
to newsmen after nearly an hour-long delegation level talks between the
United States and India and India on the first day of his visit to this
country, Clinton asked India and Pakistan to restart the dialogue for a
negotiated settlement of their differences but said "to resume the
process, the atmosphere required is respect for the Line of Control.
Terrorism is no solution."
Clinton's
references to respect for LoC came a day after 36 Sikhs were massacred in
gruesome incident in Jammu and Kashmir state last night.
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Over 20 lakh
pilgrims perform Hajj March 16, 2000
Mount
Arafat, (Saudi Arabia), Mar 15: More than two million Muslim pilgrims,
hands raised to the sky and many in tears, prayed for forgiveness and
mercy on Mount Arafat today at the climax of t he annual pilgrimage, says
Reuters.
Pilgrims
in seamless white clothes chanted: “Here I am, oh Allah, here I am,
associate no one with thee…” at the site on Saudi Arabia where Prophet
Mohammed (SM) delivered his final sermon 14 centuries ago.
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2 million devotees
begin Hajj
March
15, 2000
Makkah,
Saudi Arabia, Mar 14: More than two million Muslim pilgrims from around
the world embarked today on the first ritual of the annual Hajj which
Saudi Arabian officials say was so far trouble-free, reports Reuters.
In
cars, on buses and on foot, men in seamless two-piece white cloths and
women in long robes with their heads covered began their journey at
sunrise from the holy city of Makkah to the plain of Mina, 11-km away.
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Sharif’s
Lawyer gunned down March
11, 2000
Karachi,
Mar 10: Unidentified gunmen short dead a lawyer defending Pakistan’s
ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against a possible death sentence in a
daylight attack on his city center office today, reports Reuters.
Police
and witnesses said Iqbal Radh, a leading member of Sharif’s defense
team, died form a volley team, died from a volley of bullets to his chest.
An office assistant and the visiting son of a High court judge who were in
the premised were also killed.
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Israel,
Palestinians agree to revive peace talks March
10, 2000
RAMALLAH,
West Bank, Mar 9: After weeks of acrimonious deadlock, Israel and the
Palestinians agreed Wednesday to resume Intensive peace talks in
Washington later this month aimed at reaching a final settlement in six
months, reports AFP
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US
congressional body proposed IMF, WB operation curbs March
10, 2000
WASHINGTON,
Mar 9: A US congressional commission proposed drastic curbs in the
operations of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund yesterday,
winning plaudits and brickbats for their radical ideas, reports Reuters.
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Sun
reaffirms it commitment to bring Solaris to Itanium March
6, 2000
WASHINGTON,
Mar 5: Sun Microsystems and Intel are in a high stake game of chicken in a
debate about which company needs the other more in the e-commerce world,
reports agency.
Two
weeks ago, Intel said it was rapidly winding down efforts to bring Sun’s
Solaris operating system to Intel’s upcoming flag ship Itanium chip.
Sun, said Intel, wasn’t dong enough to encourage software companies to
rework their programs for the effort.
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