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International

Monk power shakes junta

Armed only with upturned begging bowls, chanting Buddhist monks in Myanmar have caught the country's military rulers off guard with their peaceful protests. They have emboldened the public to take to the streets by the thousands to support the most dramatic anti-government protests the isolated Southeast Asian nation has seen in a decade.

 
Englishisation of India and vanishing languages

India's language policy appears to have settled down to something firm: English as the link language and Hindi as the Union language. Some problems keep cropping up here and there. But they either boil over or find a solution within the limits of law or precedent.

 
Fake Sheik, Hand ShakE
Did you see George all choked up? In his surreal TV talk last Thursday, he got all emotional over the killing by al Qaeda of Sheik Abu Risha, the leader of the new Sunni alliance with the US against the insurgents in Anbar Province, Iraq. Bush shook Abu Risha's hand two weeks ago for the cameras.

   
Musharraf shuffles generals, pressing on toward disputed re-election
   
UN hosts key talks on rescue plan for Iraq
   
   
Iran shows off the ‘Ghadr’ its new longer-range missile
   
Going round in circles
   
The Lebanese labyrinth
   
Kosovo as a separate state will unfreeze European wars
   
Little fire but lots of festivity
   
Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch
   
Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on
   
Hollywood spotlights growing trade in humans
   

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