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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 8:15:36 GMT 3
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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 8:37:44 GMT 3
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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 9:18:13 GMT 3
Chidambaram asks India Inc to cut prices, not production Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asked the Indian industry to cut prices and maintain production levels in a bid to address demand slowdown, while exuding confidence that the economy will bounce back next year. Link
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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 9:53:17 GMT 3
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said it was opposed to the move by the Orissa government to rebuild churches that were damaged during the communal violence in the state's Kandhamal district in August. "The government has no right to spend taxpayers' money to appease the Christian community. Churches and Christian training centres are patronising conversion activities," general secretary VHP's Orissa unit Gouri Prasad Rath told IANS. "If the government wants to restore communal harmony in Kandhamal it must stop any kind of financial help for their reconstruction," he said. "There is no provision for financial assistance to places of worship in the state relief code. The Supreme Court had never directed the state government to provide financial assistance to such institutions. "It had only asked the government to look into the issue in a humanitarian manner but the government seems to be mistaking the court order," Rath added. "Orissa is the first state in the country that is offering financial help for reconstruction of religious institutions damaged during communal violence. It may lead to further tension in the region," he said. The state government had recently notified that it would provide Rs 200,000 each for churches and temples destroyed during the riots. It is also to give Rs 100,000 each to partially damaged places of worship and Rs 50,000 each to prayer halls that were destroyed. Link
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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 10:46:30 GMT 3
Shares in Japan's carmaker Mazda Motor have jumped 6.4% on reports that US carmaker Ford Motor may sell a 20% stake in the Japanese company. The Nikkei business daily newspaper said the stake could be sold as early as Tuesday. Ford owns a 33.4% stake in Mazda. The Japanese carmaker declined to comment on the Nikkei report. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7734798.stm
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Post by Guest on Nov 18, 2008 11:24:05 GMT 3
Legal advice given to Tony Blair by the attorney general prior to the Iraq war was fundamentally "flawed," a former law lord has claimed. Lord Bingham said Lord Goldsmith had given Mr Blair "no hard evidence" that Iraq had defied UN resolutions "in a manner justifying resort to force". news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7734712.stm
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