Musharraf says elections will go ahead despite violence
President Pervez Musharraf said Monday’s crucial
parliamentary elections would go ahead as planned despite a massive
suicide car bombing at a campaign rally that killed at least 37
people and wounded nearly 100.
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India to relax arms purchase rules
India, which plans to purchase billions of
dollars worth of military hardware in the next five years, will soon
relax strict rules on arms imports, officials say. A new Defence
Procurement Policy, or DPP, will be unveiled by April, Defence
Minister A.K. Antony said Saturday at a defence fair in the capital.
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Philippine leadership beyond redemption: Archbishop
Outspoken Philippine Archbishop Oscar Cruz
joined a chorus of growing public dissent over alleged government
corruption Sunday by declaring that the “national leadership was
beyond redemption.”
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