Workaholic Indian PM Singh ‘refuses holidays’
He hasn’t taken a holiday since he took the top
job in 2004:
INDIA: India’s workaholic Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has not taken a holiday since he took the top job in 2004,
according to a new in-depth profile published this week. The
12,000-word study in current affairs journal The Caravan of
79-year-old Singh,
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Syrian dissident Kilo fears civil war
SYRIA: Prominent Syrian activist Michel Kilo
said he fears that if protestors against President Bashar al-Assad
fall into the strongman’s trap and take up arms, it will lead to a
disastrous civil war. “If the protestors decide to take up arms,
there is a great risk that the situation will deteriorate and that
Syria will slide towards a religious or civil war.
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Indian government attempts to end harmful speculation
About splits and rivalry in Cabinet:
INDIA: India’s beleaguered government attempted
Thursday to end a damaging period of speculation about splits and
rivalry in the cabinet with a joint statement by leading figures.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, considered the number two of the
left-leaning administration,
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