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The race for the Virginia 8th District congressional seat has seen two candidates vying for the Republican nomination and the opportunity to unseat nine-term Democratic Congressman Jim Moran. This week, I interview one of the candidates, Amit Singh. My interview with his opponent, Mark Ellmore, will be published next Monday. The primary is on June 10. Paul Ibrahim (P.I.): Mr. Singh, thank you for doing this interview. Can you, in one sentence, explain why you are running for Congress? Amit Singh (A.S.): I am running for Congress because our politicians are leading America in the wrong direction and those who...

Hillary Clinton's campaign has dropped Nebraska businessman Vinod Gupta like a hot potato. In June, Gupta passed up a fundraiser for Hillary that he had organized as vice chairman. He tells The New York Times he is out of the campaign because all the notoriety isn't "worth it." ~ snip ~

A Nuclear Hat Trick For Dr Manmohan Singh An IDC Analysis New Delhi, 29 August 2006 Dr Manmohan Singh is not known for his cricketing skills, but more as the Finance Minister who saved India from defaulting on its external debt in 1991. Yet recently he had to bowl against three formidable batsmen on the pitch created by the Nuclear Deal he negotiated with President Bush. The PM’s UPA allies, the CPM were not happy with some clauses, and the BJP went to town even on clauses which did not exist, while the former nuclear doyens (scientists) of India revolted...

Adding 3rd Culture to the Mix: The Army's On the eve of his departure, before the road trip to the rest of his life, the young Army officer strode to the center of the main dining room Saturday night at the Army and Navy Club in Washington to cut the sheet cake his mother made for his farewell party. The room of about 100 well-wishers erupted into hearty applause. Second Lt. Aaron Singh Mann, 26, who spent his early childhood in Fairfax County, lowered his head shyly, focusing on the white frosting and green petals that his mother's pale hands...

(2006-03-02) — As part of an historic nuclear deal between the U.S. and India, President George Bush announced today that officials at U.S. nuclear power plants who experience technical difficulties will call a toll-free number to get immediate help from a tech-support center in New Delhi. “Our friendship with the people of India grows stronger every day,” said President Bush. “It’s good to know that from now on, when a nuculer reactor starts to overheat, or meltdown, the plant manager can call on the world leaders in concise and courteous customer service. They’ll hear that cheerful voice saying, ‘Hello, my...

On the way to India for his first visit there (which will include talks on a landmark deal on civilian nuclear trade), President Bush made his second surprise visit to US troops overseas, this time in Afghanistan, visiting with some of the approximately 19,000 US troops there, as well as President Hamid Karzai. Then it was on to India. Welcome to Sanity Island.

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh resigned from the cabinet in the wake of charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq. "I reiterate that I am completely innocent.... However, I do not wish to be the excuse for opposition to stall the parliament. Hence I have decided to tender my resignation from the cabinet," Singh told reporters. He said that he had not violated any law in "letter or spirit." Singh was removed from the foreign ministry last month pending an inquiry into a UN report naming...

Musharraf cheered by Indian cricket fans By Peter Foster in New Delhi (Filed: 18/04/2005) Indians gave Gen Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, a rousing reception at a New Delhi cricket match yesterday in a show of support for detente between the two nations. Gen Musharraf, an ardent cricket fan, watched two hours of a one-day international with his Indian counterpart, Dr Manmohan Singh, before talks aimed at improving relations between the old enemies.Gen Musharraf and Dr Singh: ‘It needs two hands to clap’ The two sides yesterday announced a joint council to improve trade links and plans to open a rail...

That's right... the incidents that occurred at AbuGhraid prison are now a play production at Harvard University. Here is the story: Abu Ghraib onstage Multimedia theatrical piece tries to make sense of prison abuse By Ken Gewertz Harvard News Office Since the theater's beginnings in ancient Greece, playwrights have used the stage to explore complex ethical issues and portray disturbing current events. It is a practice that continues into the present day with works like Athol Fugard's "Master Harold ... and the Boys" and Tony Kushner's "Angels in America." On May 12, the Loeb Experimental Theatre will premier a work...

THE BEST IS YET TO COME - How Manmohan Singh charmed George W. Bush DIPLOMACY / K.P. NAYAR Only Manmohan Singh could have done it in a United Progressive Alliance government, which has no shortage of Cold Warriors. He charmed George W. Bush. During the brief media interaction at the breakfast which the American president hosted for the Indian prime minister on Tuesday, Bush deferentially addressed Singh twice in one minute as “Sir”. According to those who can vouch for the conversation at the breakfast meeting, Bush did so more than once after the media had withdrawn from the presidential...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has met US President George W Bush in New York on the second leg of his eight-day foreign tour. South Asian peace moves and boosting bilateral ties were among the main topics of a meeting described as "very warm, friendly and relaxed". Mr Singh is in the US to attend the UN General Assembly, on his first major diplomatic trip since taking office. He and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf are to meet on Friday. "Our countries' relations have grown in diverse ways but I do believe the best is yet to come." Indian PM Manmohan...

US President George W. Bush (right) with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York Time is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 22 September 2004 1307 hrs Singh-Musharraf summit could speed up South Asian peace process NEW DELHI : The first summit between India's new prime minister and Pakistan's president could give an impetus to the nations' slow-moving peace process but a solution on Kashmir remains distant, analysts say. Manmohan Singh, who became prime minister in May after his left-leaning coalition's shock election victory, is to meet President Pervez Musharraf Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations General...

SNIPER suspect John Muhammad wanted to kill a policeman and blow up mourners at the officer's funeral. He also talked of shooting a fuel tanker on a busy highway. The plans of Muhammad and boy accomplice Lee Malvo were revealed by former friend Harjeet Singh, 38. He said: "John told me, `We are planning to shoot a fuel tanker to cause a big explosion and maximum damage on the freeway. We want to hide in the wooded area along the highway - just shoot and disappear.'" Muhammad also said they wanted to shoot a police officer, then kill his relatives...

Britain's Race Body to Help Disaffected Whites Last Updated: May 18, 2002 03:10 PM ET By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Commission for Racial Equality, charged with fighting bias against ethnic minorities, is ready to take in disenfranchised whites as the resurgence of the far right sends political tremors across Europe. "Unless society begins to tackle the problems of young, disaffected white men, we will not reduce race violence," CRE Chairman Gurbux Singh told Saturday's Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I believe that if we are to create social cohesion, we have to be concerned about all communities," he added. His...