| US
still hopeful that n-deal will move forward
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Washington,
May 23:
The India-US civil nuclear deal remains stalled due to unrelenting
opposition from the Indian coalition government's leftist supporters,
but the US is still hopeful and would like to see it move forward.
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| Lebanese
parliament to elect new president Sunday
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Beirut,
May 23:
Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday
that the session to elect army commander Michel Suleiman as
the next president would be held Sunday. Berri's office said
in a statement that the session would convene at 5 pm (1400
GMT).
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| King
Gyanendra leaves Royal Palace
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Kathmandu,
May 23:
Nepal's besieged King Gyanendra has left the Narayanhity royal
palace from where his ancestors had ruled for generations, probably
his final exit as the last king of a nearly 250-year dynasty.
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| Malaysia
to provide 600,000 new jobs
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Kuala
Lumpur, May 23:
At least 600,000 job opportunities will be made available after
the Ninth Malaysia Plan's mid-term review, to reduce the dependency
on foreign workers by 2010.
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| The
two Mukherjees of India House
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London,
May 23:
After the Sens of America, meet the two Mukherjees of London.
The impeccable sense of timing behind the Ministry of External
Affairs' move to post a new Indian envoy to Britain gives the
Indian ...
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