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India-US N-deal near finish line

An Indian negotiating team in Washington “is in the final stretches of arriving at a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement” with the United States. The pact is likely to be announced during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s five-day state visit to the US beginning on Sunday, reports Varghese K George.
China, US have no role in India-Pakistan issues: Yechury
The Left parties are opposed to any third party intervention -- be it by the US or China -- in India and Pakistan issues, a Communist Party of India-Marxist Politburo member said on Saturday.
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A year on, we are still sitting ducks
Our response to 26/11 has been a failure. At the time we believed that the event was so horrific that Pakistan would stand isolated in the community of nations. And that our shared experiences would lead the US to help us in our own battle against terror. Both hopes have been belied, writes Vir Sanghvi.

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