We can't guarantee anyone's safety in CWG: Aussie chiefSource: Times of India
SYDNEY: Australia's Commonwealth Games chief said on Thursday that he cannot guarantee the safety of his country's athletes at next year's games in New Delhi, and will let them decide whether they want to compete.
Andhra ministers refuse to work under new CMSource: PTI
Hyderabad: Ending three days of confusion, Andhra Pradesh Cabinet ministers will be sworn in afresh on Sunday but it was not clear as to how many will take oath of office.
Kalam driver now lecturer Source: The Telegraph: Calcutta
Attur (Tamil Nadu), Aug. 16: If anyone tried to floor A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with a tricky question on politics, the former President may well retort: "Hey, just ask my driver, even he knows it."
A Tear In Our FabricSource: Tehelka
NO ONE knows what the Liberhan Commission report contains, and the prime minister and home minister are far too honourable to allow any leaks. But this has not prevented a spate of rumour and speculation about its contents.
India, Pakistan and KashmirSource: Daily Times
After having lived in the US for decades and having worked with many Indian Americans, as far as I am concerned, Indians and Pakistanis are no different from each other in what they want from life...
Muslim leadership in India is a myth, says renowned scholarSource: Two Circles
Hyderabad: A prominent Muslim scholar Prof Anwar Moazzam has questioned the common notion that the dearth of an effective Muslim leadership in India was the cause of the socio economic backwardness of the community and stressed that resolving of the problems of one community or g …
SIT begins probe into Zakia's complaint against Modi and his ministersSource: TwoCircles.net
Ahmedabad: The probe into the complaint filed against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others in connection with the post-Godhra riots of 2002 began today with Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team(SIT) "interacting'' with Zakia Jafri and Teesta Setalvad...
What's right with Indian bureaucracySource: Business Standard
Bhave resigned from the IAS in 1996, to take up what was then seen as a rather low-profile job — to create India's first share depository, even though he had the option of going there on deputation.

A protest rally was organized against the excesses of a local landlord and police highhandedness in the Pakistan town of Hyderabad in southeastern Sindh province.
Acitivists of local non-profits walked on the street s chanting slogans against landlord Choudhry Nazir Thakur and …
McCain vs Obama: Who's better for IndiaSource: Times of India
In April this year, in an informal tete-a-tete at a California fundraiser, Barack Obama casually referred to a visit he had made to Pakistan during his college days, a sojourn that had never been mentioned before in public — not even in his two best-selling autobiographies.
Hyderabad Heroes - Analysis and RatingSource: onedayers.com
Overall Rating: 4
Batting Rating: 3
Best Batsman: Abdul Razzaq 181 runs at an ave of 90.5 and strike rate of 163.06
Bowling Rating: 4
Best Bowler: Sahabuddin 3 wickets giving 60 runs at eco rate of 6.00
Hyderabad Attackers: Not BuddhistsSource: Times of India
The terrorists were not Buddhists.
And...James Baker and the "Iraqi Study Group" to the contrary not withstanding...solving the "Palestine" problem wouldn't have prevented this.
And...this is not because "the War in Iraq is 'radicalizing Muslims'":
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Kolkata's clerics threaten Taslima NasreenSource: Reuters
Muslim clerics in Kolkata issued a "death warrant" against controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday, threatening her life if she did not leave the country where she lives in exile.
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They wanted to kill me: TaslimaSource: mangalorean.com
Controversial Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen says her attackers at a book release function in Hyderabad earlier Thursday were intent on killing her, but she would not be cowed down and would continue to write.