Indian PM? Pak Gen? Bush Jr doesn't know
The man who could be the next President of the United States does not know the name of the Prime Minister of India or the new ruler of Pakistan, and is being portrayed as largely as a foreign policy klutz.

Hindujas host millennium Diwali bash
Bofors was a million miles away as Brothers Hinduja, who have reinvented themselves as the flag bearers of global ``tolerance'' and ``multiculturalism'', gathered in London on Wednesday to host a ``millennium'' Diwali bash at which British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife were the star attractions.

Gen Musharraf rules out early return to democracy
Pakistani Chief executive Gen Pervez Musharraf has indicated that former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto may be debarred from participating in politics and ruled out early return to democracy in the country in the near future.

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