Top Headlines http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04 : 52 : 42 +05:30 indianexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/iep/images/logo.gif Indian Express logo http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by indianexpress.com Mayor among 12 killed in Taliban strike http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mayor-among-12-killed-in-taliban-strike/538982/ A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing an anti-Taliban mayor who had formed a militia to fight the militants and 11 other people, officials said.... Lashkar plotted to attack Indian High Commission in Dhaka http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lashkar-plotted-to-attack-indian-high-commission-in-dhaka/538978/ The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh, along with the embassies of the US and the UK, was the target of Pakistan-based terror outfit LeT whose operatives were nabbed here recently, police said on Sunday.... Pak, US deny secret deal to guard n-weapons http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-us-deny-secret-deal-to-guard-nweapons/538977/ Pakistan and the US on Sunday launched a major damage-control exercise after a leading magazine reported that the two countries were negotiating secret understandings.... Hopes and dreams that died with Fort Hood victims http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hopes-and-dreams-that-died-with-fort-hood-victims/538975/ Michael G. Cahill spoke to soldiers all the time in his job as physician’s assistant. In the times when he met soldiers who were too unstable to walk to psychiatric services.... Obama gets boost: House okays Bill to overhaul healthcare http://www.indianexpress.com/news/obama-gets-boost-house-okays-bill-to-overhaul-healthcare/538974/ The US House of Representatives narrowly endorsed on Saturday the biggest healthcare overhaul in decades.... Prachanda threatens ‘parallel govt’ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/prachanda-threatens-parallel-govt/538973/ Maoist supremo Prachanda has warned that his party may declare a “parallel government” in Nepal if the ruling coalition fails to address the dispute over “civilian supremacy”, which has forced them to take to the streets.... Briefly World http://www.indianexpress.com/news/briefly-world/538972/ Sarath Fonseka, the Sri Lankan Army General who presided over the annihilation of the LTTE, has emerged as the Presidential candidate of an alliance of Opposition parties, a report said on Sunday.... So much gained, so much to lose http://www.indianexpress.com/news/so-much-gained-so-much-to-lose/538971/ Of all places it was in divided Berlin in divided Germany in divided Europe that the cold war erupted into an east-west street party,” this newspaper observed 20 years ago.... Walls in the mind http://www.indianexpress.com/news/walls-in-the-mind/538970/ Picture yourself in a smoky café somewhere in the middle of Europe—Prague, say—in late 1989. Sipping muddy coffee sweetened with gritty sugar, served by a sullen waiter at a greasy table, you are discussing the future with friends.... The man who trusted his eyes http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-man-who-trusted-his-eyes/538968/ The fall of the Berlin Wall was not big news in Russia. Neither was it a surprise. It was a logical consequence of the process that began in Moscow in 1985 when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power....