The Sunday Times International | Sunday September 16, 2007

International

Sethu project hits political rock bottom
In India, where religion is all-pervasive, it was a comment destined to misfire. At issue was a US$ 577 million project to dredge a shipping channel between India and Sri Lanka -- right through a chain of limestone shoals and sand that Hindus believe was built by the God King Rama.

Bhutto to return on Oct. 18, Govt. says she won't be deported
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto will return home next month to press for the restoration of democracy, regardless of the outcome of her talks on sharing power with Pakistan's U.S.-allied military president, her party said.The government, meanwhile, said Friday that Bhutto would not suffer the fate of political rival Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister who was.......

15,000 buildings damaged in Indonesian quake
More than 15,000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged by a series of massive earthquakes striking Indonesia's Sumatra, authorities said today as the death toll rose to 17. An initial 8.4-magnitude quake struck at dusk off Sumatra's west coast on Wednesday and was followed by a series of major aftershocks, jolting the coastal provinces of Bengkulu and West Sumatra most severely.


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In India, where religion is all-pervasive, it was a comment destined to misfire. At issue was a US$ 577 million project to dredge a shipping channel between India and Sri Lanka -- right through a chain of limestone shoals and sand that Hindus believe was built by the God King Rama.