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-- South Asian News, November 14, 2002 ---

Osama tape obtained from inside Pakistan says journalist; Afghan officials concur, saying Osama and Mullah Omar may be hiding in Pakistan. Pakistan finally prepares for its parliament session even as some fundamentalist parties accuse the US ambassador of meddling with the country's political process. In India, high level technology trade talks have been finalized with US for equipment including nuclear and military supplies. Also US and UK warn their citizens not to visit the Camel fair in India for fear of terrorist strikes. In other sections read about Bill Gates' visit to India and the developments in its wake.
Top Stories
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* After many delays, Pakistan's parliament called into session for Saturday (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Action News) (CNN) (Press Enterprise) (Las Vegas Sun) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Journalist with Arabic TV network says he received the Osama bin Laden tape in Pakistan (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (Washington Times) (LA Times) (ABC News) (Sanluisobispo.com) (KREM. com) (St. Petersburg Times) (Press Enterprise) (Fox News) (The News Tribune) (The State) (Las Vegas Sun) (MSNBC)
* Pakistan lawyers protest scheduled U.S. execution (NY Times) (MSNBC)
* Security stepped up for execution (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Boston) (The State)
* Family of condemned Pakistani prepares to bury him in ancestral graveyard (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (KREM. com) (Las Vegas Sun) (Press Enterprise) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Pakistan-N.Korea tie seen as tricky issue for Bush (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (The News Tribune) (MSNBC)
* Afghans: Bin Laden, Omar in Pakistan (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Sanluisobispo.com) (Salon) (Fox News) (Press Enterprise) (The News Tribune) (Las Vegas Sun) (Action News) (Billings Gazette) (News Day) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Pakistan group blames US envoy for failed coalition talks (Wall Street Journal)
* Pakistan court orders parcel-bomb suspect kept in custody (Wall Street Journal)
* Former Pakistani health minister freed from custody (Wall Street Journal)
* U.S., India set up group to boost high technology trade (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (CNN) (The Island Packet) (Silicon Valley News) (Digital Mass Boston) (Action News) (News Observer) (Philadelphia Inquirer) (Sanluisobispo.com) (Press Enterprise) (Hoovers Online) (The State) (Mercury News) (ABC News) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* U.S., Britain warn citizens to avoid camel fair because of risk of terrorism (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Las Vegas Sun) (Press Enterprise) (Reuters Alert) (Action News) (ABC News) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Croatian president, Indian PM agree to stronger international ties (Wall Street Journal)
* Indian election panel stops Hindu march in Gujarat (MSNBC)
* India's Hindu hardliners to proceed with illegal march (Wall Street Journal)
* India hits West on terror tactics (Washington Times)
* Gates to launch immunization program for Indian children (Wall Street Journal)
* To ease tension, focus on trade rather than Kashmir (International Herald Tribune)
* India court rules enough evidence to try Hinduja brothers (Wall Street Journal) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Two Indian air force pilots killed in fighter jet crash (Wall Street Journal) (Press Enterprise) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* 50 fishermen feared dead in Indian cyclone (Wall Street Journal) (Reuters Alert)
* 200 sailors feared dead after boats sink in storm off Bangladesh (Wall Street Journal) (Houston Chronicle) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Boston Herald) (Las Vegas Sun) (ABC News) (Press Enterprise) (Sunspot.net) (Hoovers Online) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
* Two killed in Nepal as bus hits landmine (Wall Street Journal) (Houston Chronicle) (NY Times) (Washington Post) (LA Times) (Press Enterprise) (Las Vegas Sun) (MSNBC) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Editorial/Op-Ed
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* Bill Gates, the biggest thing in India since the Beatles (Christian Science Monitor)

Business/Technology
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* Bill Gates finds a Seattle in India (NY Times)
* Vinod Dham to start India firm (Wireless Week)

Other Stories
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* Romeo and Juliet go to India (NY Times) (Washington Post) (ABC News) (Reuters)
* Uninsured and ill, a woman is forced to ration her care (Wall Street Journal)

Top Stories
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* After many delays, Pakistan's parliament called into session for Saturday

Islamabad -- Pakistan's military ruler has called on parliament to convene Saturday, ending a series of delays while political parties jockeyed to form a ruling coalition after October elections. No party has been able to cobble together a majority of the 342-seat legislature. Negotiations were continuing, but the calling of parliament into session was a sign that agreement might be near.

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_003331,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-Politics.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-politics1113nov13,0,7669087.story
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/wsbtv/news/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V7060.AP-Pakistan-Politi.html
http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/11/13/pakistan.politics.ap/index.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Pakistan_Politics_36210I.shtml
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111307060.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Pakistan%20Politics

* Journalist with Arabic TV network says he received the Osama bin Laden tape in Pakistan

Islamabad -- A journalist with an Arab TV station that broadcast a purported Osama bin Laden audiotape said Wednesday he received the recording in Pakistan from an agent of the al-Qaida leader. Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan of Al-Jazeera TV said the bin Laden emissary contacted him by phone Tuesday and asked to meet in Islamabad that night. Zaidan would not say where they met in the Pakistani capital.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_005873,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-Bin-Laden.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov14.html
http://www.washtimes.com/world/.htm
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-bin-laden1114nov13,0,3618427.story
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20021114_39.html
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/4512414.htm
http://www.krem.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D7N9CU4G0.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/11/14/Worldandnation/Journalist_got_tape_o.shtml
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Pakistan_Bin_Laden_36236I.shtml
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70252,00.html
http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/nation/story/618614p-4757409c.html
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/4515157.htm
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111307256.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA

* Pakistan lawyers protest scheduled U.S. execution

Quetta, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Pakistanis protested on Wednesday against the scheduled execution of a Muslim militant in the United States while his family said they would not abandon efforts to save him. Pakistani Mir Aimal Kansi, also known as Mir Ahmad Kasi or Mir Aimal Kasi, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on Thursday for the murders of two Central Intelligence Agency employees in a shooting spree outside CIA headquarters in 1993.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/national/14EXEC.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters.asp?reg=ASIA

* Security stepped up for execution

Richmond -- Fearing retaliation against Americans, authorities are ratcheting up security in advance of the execution of a Pakistani man convicted of killing two CIA employees and wounding three others in 1993. Virginia planned to execute Aimal Khan Kasi, 38, on Thursday night -- drawing interest from both the international community and vigilant U.S. officials.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Kasi-Execution.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov14.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-kasi-execution1114nov14,0,803974.story
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/318/nation/Security_stepped_up_for_Thursd:.shtml
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/4515830.htm

* Family of condemned Pakistani prepares to bury him in ancestral graveyard

Quetta, Pakistan -- Just outside this dusty town, a grave plot has been chosen for the body of convicted killer Aimal Kasi, scheduled to be put to death in Virginia for gunning down two CIA employees. Kasi's family said Wednesday they have little hope he will be pardoned and are calling on their countrymen not to retaliate with violence if he is executed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_010308,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-Kasi-Execution.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-kasi-execution1113nov13,0,1740897.story
http://www.krem.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D7N95KQ00.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111307201.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Pakistan_Kasi_Execution_36215I.shtml
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Pakistan%20Kasi%20Execution

* Pakistan-N.Korea tie seen as tricky issue for Bush

Washington -- The Bush administration's tough line on North Korea's nuclear weapons program differs sharply from its delicate approach toward Pakistan, a U.S. ally in the anti-terror war who some suspect has provided Pyongyang with key technology. Despite Pakistan's reported role in Pyongyang's program, there is no indication President George W. Bush or the Republican-led Congress plan to impose sanctions or any other punishment on the South Asian nation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021112_010812,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-korea-usa-pakistan.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.tribnet.com/news/nation_world/story/2121089p-2217625c.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters.asp?reg=ASIA

* Afghans: Bin Laden, Omar in Pakistan

Kabul -- Afghan officials and members of the former Taliban regime said Wednesday they believe Osama bin Laden could be hiding across the border in Pakistan -- and some even suggested he may be traveling with Mullah Mohammed Omar, the deposed Taliban leader. They said they weren't surprised by news of a new audiotape purporting to have been made by bin Laden.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_010573,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bin-Ladens-Trail.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bin-ladens-trail1114nov13,0,5248874.story
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/4512832.htm
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/11/13/where_laden/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70286,00.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Bin_Ladens_Trail_36245I.shtml
http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/world/story/619153p-4760345c.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111307898.html
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/wsbtv/news/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V8304.AP-Bin-Ladens-Tra.html
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2002/11/14/build/world/85-binladentrail.inc
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-bin-ladens-trail1114nov13,0,1460309.story
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Bin%20Laden%27s%20Trail

* Pakistan group blames US envoy for failed coalition talks

Islamabad -- An alliance of six fundamentalist Islamic groups that made a strong showing in Pakistan's parliamentary elections accused the U.S. ambassador on Thursday of tampering with the country's political process in order to keep them from forming a coalition government. "We were very close to signing an agreement with the Pakistan People's Party, but suddenly American Ambassador Nancy Powell became active and our talks failed," Ameer ul-Azeem, spokesman for Muthida Majlis-e-Amal, or the United Action Forum, told the Associated Press.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021114_002024-search,00.html

* Pakistan court orders parcel-bomb suspect kept in custody

Karachi, Pakistan -- A court in the southern city of Karachi on Wednesday ordered a suspect in a series of parcel bombs last month to remain in police custody and to return to court in one week, officials said. The suspect, Asif Shadmanwala, belongs to the outlawed militant Islamic group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and "played a key role in carrying out these parcel-bomb attacks," investigator Mohammed Irfan told The Associated Press.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_003526,00.html

* Former Pakistani health minister freed from custody

Lahore, Pakistan -- A senior political ally of Pakistan's deposed prime minister was freed from custody on Wednesday after a court ordered his release on bail, a state-run news agency reported. Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, a former health minister in ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet, was released in the eastern city of Lahore on US$17,000 bail, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The court ordered his release Tuesday, but it took a day to process the bail request.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_002577,00.html

* U.S., India set up group to boost high technology trade


New Delhi -- The United States and India agreed Wednesday to increase trade of high-tech goods including nuclear and military equipment, a senior U.S. official said. The agreement comes after months of improved trade ties between the two countries since the Sept. 11 attacks. After the attacks, President Bush withdrew sanctions on India and Pakistan to help the U.S. war on terrorism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_003720,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-India-US.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-us1113nov13,0,1454641.story
http://asia.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/11/13/india.usa.reut/index.html
http://www.islandpacket.com/24hour/business/story/618717p-4758065c.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/4511691.htm
http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/317/economy/U_S_India_set_up_group_to_boos:.shtml
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/wsbtv/news/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V7582.AP-India-US.html
http://newsobserver.com/24hour/business/story/618717p-4758065c.html
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/4511290.htm
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/4509620.htm
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/India_US_36228I.shtml
http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR_72720006d297abc4
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/technology/4511691.htm
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/news/transportation/4511290.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20021113_1773.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20US

* U.S., Britain warn citizens to avoid camel fair because of risk of terrorism

New Delhi -- The United States and Britain warned their citizens Wednesday to avoid a camel bazaar in western India because of the risk of terrorist activity. The centuries-old bazaar is held annually in the desert town of Pushkar, in Rajasthan state some 200 miles southwest of New Delhi. Hundreds of thousands of camels, horses and cattle are sold during the fair, which has become a popular tourist event.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_005736,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-India-Terror-Warning.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-terror-warning1113nov13,0,1600644.story
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111307020.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/India_Terror_Warning_36207I.shtml
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpDhCubebAw5KAweTDhjHDMvSywr2AwnLlxm
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/wsbtv/news/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V7020.AP-India-Terror-Wa.html
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Travel/ap20021113_1207.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20Terror%20Warning

* Croatian president, Indian PM agree to stronger international ties

New Delhi -- Visiting Croatian President Stipe Mesic met with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday and agreed boost ties between their nations. Mesic, who is on a five-day state visit to India, and Vajpayee held talks on bilateral and regional security issues, trade and economic cooperation, an Indian official said on condition of anonymity.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_005655,00.html

* Indian election panel stops Hindu march in Gujarat

New Delhi -- India's independent election commission on Wednesday banned a religious procession by hardline Hindus in the riot-hit western state of Gujarat saying it could trigger new violence and affect state polls next month. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in Hindu-Muslim clashes in Gujarat earlier this year after a Muslim mob torched a train carrying Hindu activists, burning 59 Hindus alive.
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters.asp?reg=ASIA

* India's Hindu hardliners to proceed with illegal march

Ahmedabad, India -- Defying Indian election authorities, Hindu hardliners said Wednesday they would go ahead with a victory procession in the western state of Gujarat where more than 1,000 people were killed in the country's worst religious riots earlier this year. The Election Commission, an independent body, had earlier Wednesday asked the Gujarat government to ban the procession by the hardline World Hindu Council scheduled to begin on Nov. 15.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_006033,00.html

* India hits West on terror tactics

Srinagar, India -- Indian officials say they have presented the United States with voluminous evidence that Pakistani support for an insurgency in India's Kashmir Valley continues unabated five months after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf pledged to an American envoy that it would end.
http://www.washtimes.com/world/.htm

* Gates to launch immunization program for Indian children

Hyderabad, India -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates traveled to Andhra Pradesh state Thursday to talk business and immunize village children, winding up an Indian tour during which he's promised to pump $500 million into the country. Gates flew late Wednesday to the state capital Hyderabad, which has been a leader in India's computer software boom and where Microsoft has a development center.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021114_000292-search,00.html

* To ease tension, focus on trade rather than Kashmir

Washington -- Now that India and Pakistan are pulling back forces from the front lines, ending the immediate danger of war, the United States is once again calling for a dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad to defuse tensions. Once again, Washington is urging Indian and Pakistani leaders to focus the dialogue on a Kashmir settlement.
http://www.iht.com/articles/76860.html

* India court rules enough evidence to try Hinduja brothers

New Delhi -- After nearly two years of hearings, a court on Thursday ordered the defunct Swedish company Bofors and the wealthy, U.K.-based Hinduja brothers to face charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in the 1986 sale of artillery guns to the Indian army. The attorney for the Hindujas said they would plead innocent when they appear Friday for formal reading of the charges.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021114_001847-search,00.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20Bofors

* Two Indian air force pilots killed in fighter jet crash

New Delhi -- A Soviet-made MiG 21 fighter aircraft caught fire and crashed into a tea plantation during a training flight Thursday, killing both the pilots on board, officials said. The aircraft disintegrated as it tore past a high tension utility wire over the Vojnagar tea estate in a hilly area of West Bengal state, local Police Superintendent Sanjay Chander was quoted as saying by Press Trust of India. No one on the ground was hurt.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021114_001042-search,00.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/India_MiG_Crash_36268I.shtml
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20MiG%20Crash

* 50 fishermen feared dead in Indian cyclone

New Delhi -- At least 50 fishermen are feared dead and another 650 missing as a severe cyclone lashed eastern parts of India. Coast Guard helicopters Thursday searched for the fishermen who were apparently washed away when six trawlers and four mechanized fishing boats sank during the storm.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021113_007116,00.html
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpDhCubebAw5KAweTy3LJBg9Uzs1ZCg90

* 200 sailors feared dead after boats sink in storm off Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh -- Nineteen boats sank in a fierce storm off Bangladesh on Wednesday, and officials and witnesses said about 200 men were missing and feared dead. The bodies of two fishermen washed ashore. Rescue workers were battling high waves to search the seas and offshore islands for the missing men.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB-search,00.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/world/1660452
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bangladesh-Storm.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov13.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bangladesh-storm1114nov13,0,5788156.story
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/international/ap_storm11132002.htm
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111306861.html
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20021113_1570.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Bangladesh_Storm_36269I.shtml
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-bangladesh-deaths1113,0,4774102.story?coll=bal%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines
http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR_ac5f0001f7b99466
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Bangladesh%20Storm

* Two killed in Nepal as bus hits landmine

Kathmandu -- Two people were killed and 20 injured in eastern Nepal on Thursday when the bus in which they were travelling ran over a landmine believed to have been planted by Maoist rebels, police said. The attack followed a three-day national general strike ending on Wednesday, called by the rebels who are fighting to set up a communist republic in the deeply poor Himalayan kingdom.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021114_001724-search,00.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/world/1661667
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Nepal-Bus-Explosion.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov14.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-nepal-bus-explosion1114nov13,0,1128109.story
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Nepal_Bus_Explosion_36265I.shtml
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/nov/13/111308401.html
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters.asp?reg=ASIA
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Nepal%20Bus%20Explosion

Editorial/Op-Ed
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* Bill Gates, the biggest thing in India since the Beatles

Something happens to people when the world's richest man passes through a crowd. At a photo exhibit at the regal Maurya Sheraton Hotel here, Bill Gates - the famous billionaire, philanthropist, and founder of the Microsoft Corporation - slid through the masses to view photos of AIDS patients. But for everyone else, the main attraction was, well, Bill Gates.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1114/p07s02-wosc.html

Business/Technology
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* Bill Gates finds a Seattle in India

Bangalore, India -- Old if they were over 30, the elite of India's high-tech revolution sat today in a food court at Infosys Technologies Ltd., Domino's pizzas stacked in the background, awaiting their guru. The air was heavy with expectation, which, when the man himself appeared, turned into a standing ovation. In the last 10 years, Bangalore has become a hub of an enormous software services industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/international/asia/14INDI.html

* Vinod Dham to start India firm

Vinod Dham is back and rearing to go. Dham, who was associated with development of Pentium chip from day one, is setting up his first Indian company, Insilica. This will be funded by NewPath Ventures, a $ 50-million venture fund he has set up along with Tushar Dave of Armedia fame about four months ago.
http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleId=NEa1113028.7iw&verticalID=223&vertical=Technology

Other Stories
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* Romeo and Juliet go to India

Bombay, India -- Romeo, a Muslim in a leather jacket? And Juliet, a Hindu girl in a tank top? Sounds bizarre, but an Indian theater director has given the world's most famous love story a modern-day twist to bridge the growing gap between Hindus and Muslims in India. Like many of the ad campaigns by Padamsee, "R&J" is about the fusion of old and new.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-leisure-india-shakespeare.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/ANov14.html
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/reuters20021114_60.html
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=5D5RJONLNIVT0CRBAE0CFEY?type=entertainmentnews&StoryID=1736463

* Uninsured and ill, a woman is forced to ration her care

New York -- One morning in May, Amandeep Kaur awoke to a throbbing in her right eye. It hurts most of the time, but on that morning, she says, it felt as if "someone was punching me, hard." Ms. Kaur swallowed the pain, left her Queens apartment and headed for work at a Manhattan newsstand. A little after 6 a.m., she unlocked the green metal shed at East 86th Street and Second Avenue, but the pressure inside her red, swollen, totally blind eye had grown unbearable.
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