EXPENDITURE CUTBACKS

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It underwent a series of expenditure cutbacks on public services like health, education and infrastructure. Consequently, deprivation got manifested through higher levels of illiteracy, infant mortality and incidences of AIDS. Today debt servicing forms a large part of government expenditure but its root can be traced back to ‘conditionality’ driven bilateral loans.

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Google facing writers’ googly…

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Google’s book war with copyright holders is heading towards a face off, after New York-based nonprofit organisation, Writers Guild of A m e r i c a , representing over 8000 authors, filed aclass-action suit against the powerful internet engine for massive copyright infringement.The search engine has received flak over its fledgling Google Print programme of digitizing library books, which was launched last October. The plaintiff, apart from claimed damages, wants to block Google Print from unauthorized scanning and copying of countless books without explicit permission.

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Boeing hits the runway finally

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Chicago-based US aviation giant, Boeing, has entered into a threeyear deal with workers,to put an end to a strike spanning over three weeks. The agreement was reached after the world’s largest aircraft maker pledged to lift pension payments and do away with plans to bring about changes in its healthcare program, like limiting workers’ healthcare cover. Boeing union leaders had earlier deemed the previous contract “insulting.”

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...and is poverty too

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India’s poverty reduction failure has supported growth of terrorismWorld Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz, on August 18, 2005,on a visit to India, commented magnificently, “I am here to learn about India... and India would be important because... it is a country that is making some remarkable progress economically in general and reducing poverty in particular!” India?!? Reducing poverty!?! Remarkable progress!!? Paul, did we hear you correctly? As per your own records Paul, with the population aggregating above a billion, a massive 35% of India lives below the poverty line; and these are reducing extremely slowly indeed – but of course you knew that, didn’t you!

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Of Beauty and a Beast

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Mary, queen of shots, and a great Alexander’s US invasionWhence Russia was still the Soviet Union, and the Cold War a menacing reality, two children were strenuously toiling away for the glorious future of their nation. A little racquet in hand, gifted to her by the world’s former no.1 tennis player, Yevgeny Kafelnikov’s father, Maria’s trysts with the tennis court began at the tender age of four. Another pro of the courts, Martina Navratilova also took an interest in Maria’s budding talent.

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MIDDLE EAST

Naturally, the Israeli withdrawal of settlers could not have taken place unless it was pressured into doing so by the US, which has its own calculations in not permitting the Palestinian issue to fester any longer. The move has already won approval from a number of Islamic nations, which are marked by considerable anti-US feelings. Besides, after the removal of Saddam Hussain from Iraq, the US position in Middle East has improved substantially for it to be confident of securing a situation favourable to itself. In addition, the Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is much less inimical to the West, than his predecessor Yasser Arafat who died last year...

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