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NEWS
Diplomat Denies India Seeks Security Council Intervention In Hijack
A senior diplomat at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN is likely to fly to Afghanistan to be a part of the Indian negotiating team.

NEWS
Remembering Kargil, Orissa, and Kandahar, Some Will Forego Millennium Galas
Many Hindu temples and ashrams are holding retreats and midnight prayers, chanting and meditation to usher in the new year.

INFOTECH
College Dropout Launches Online Community For Students Worldwide
Founded in New York City in August this year, WhataboutU seeks to be a global destination and online community builder for university and college bound students between the ages of 15 and 25.

NEWS
Chicago To Shop for Teachers in India, Britain
The Chicago public school system has convinced the INS to allow 50 foreign teachers to work in the city under special visas.

INTERVIEW
US A Better Ally For India: Subramanian Swamy
The RSS may topple the government and go in for fresh elections to get rid of those who are opposing Hindutva and the creation of a Hindu state, Swamy warns.

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NEWS
Sikhs Complain Their Reputation Was Hijacked
Even the venerably NYT ran a front page story which began this way: 'Five Sikh men said to be armed with grenades, rifles and knives hijacked an Indian Airline jet yesterday'.

INTERVIEW
Taliban Rep in New York: 'We Will Take All Action to Rescue the Passengers'
'Our government got in touch with Indian government as soon as the plane landed and offered full cooperation,' Abdul Hakim Mujahid said. 'But the Indian government did not respond.'

NEWS
Indian Scientists File Complaints Against Top Defense Laboratory in America
Nine Asian American scientists and engineers, including two Indians, have filed complaints with California State, alleging they are paid less than their white counterparts. If unresolved, the complainants could go to court.

INTERVIEW
eLance Chief Urges Students To Join Startups As Soon As Possible
Srinivas Anumolu says Indian students ought to target India since they have a natural advantage and because Indian Internet companies are going to get high valuations.

NEWS
Racist Remarks Put Pitcher In A Spot
"Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people... How the hell did they get in this country," John Rocker had asked.

'Strong Correlation Between Democracy and Hinduism'
Freedom House survey finds a marked decline in democracy in Pakistan, Bangladesh.

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 India Headlines
Kerala to use the
   Internet to fight cancer
Police kill most wanted
   man in the valley

 More Hijack News
'India should not accept
   militants' demands'
Delhi coughed up
   $25,000 for landing rights
CBI teams leave for
   Amritsar, Kathmandu
UN official to leave
   for Kandahar tomorrow
Only Jaswant Singh
   will brief press
India seeks aid of
   Taliban-friendly nations
Kargil widows warn
   warn against softness
A negotiator speaks
India says it did not seek
   Security Council intervention
Millennium galas in the
   time of Orissa, Kandahar
No proof yet of Pak
   hand, says France
Passengers face severe
   psychlogical stress
More

 Business
Andhra, IL&FS in tie-up for
   project development
More

 Sports
Kiwis thrash Windies
SA follow on for first
   time in 30 years
When Sinclair was on song
More

 The Columnists
Saisuresh Sivaswamy on
   on the hijack drama
Arvind Lavakare on
   Indian education
Abhilasha Khaitan on
   the pressures Down Under
Harsha Bhogle on the
    Aussie aggression
Daniel Laidlaw on
    Indian bowling
Neeraj Kaushal on
    globalisation
Varsha Bhosle on response
   to her last column
T V R Shenoy on
   the latest in the Bofors
   conundrum
Dilip D'Souza on the attitude
   of relief
Ashwin Mahesh on mother
   tongue first
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