India’s poverty rate dips to 21.8 pct-survey
The number of poor people in India fell to 21.8
percent of its 1.1-billion population in the fiscal year ended March
2005, government data showed, thanks largely to strong growth in
Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
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Pakistan gets tribes to fight its battles in new strategy
President Pervez Musharraf has found unlikely
new allies in pro-Taliban tribesmen who are driving foreign Al-Qaeda
militants from Pakistan’s tribal belt for the first time, officials
say.
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Wacky inventor, comedian join race to rule Tokyo
wld03.aspAn eccentric
inventor, a comedian and a taxi driver were among those who launched
campaigns on Thursday in the contest to become the next governor of
Japan’s crowded, sprawling capital of Tokyo.
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