"The Tamil Tigers conceded defeat in Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war on Sunday, after launching waves of suicide attacks to repel a final assault by troops determined to annihilate them.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) the day before, even as combat raged in the island's northeast and the military said it was freeing the last of thousands of trapped civilians."
Sri Lanka's long war reaches climax, Tigers concede | U.S. | Reuters
Sunday, May 17, 2009
How real is the Pakistan nuclear risk? | Reuters
"The doomsday scenario of militants allied to al Qaeda gaining control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has only a vanishingly small possibility of ever happening. But the more realistic risks are scary enough.
Analysts say that while the Taliban has almost no chance of ever being in a position to launch a nuclear warhead, there is a real danger militants could exploit chaos in Pakistan to hijack or steal enough radioactive material to build the kind of device long feared by counterterrorist officials -- a dirty bomb. U.S. and allied officials have expressed mounting concern over what would happen to Pakistan's warheads if the country lurched further into chaos and the Taliban came closer to seizing power."
How real is the Pakistan nuclear risk? | Reuters
Analysts say that while the Taliban has almost no chance of ever being in a position to launch a nuclear warhead, there is a real danger militants could exploit chaos in Pakistan to hijack or steal enough radioactive material to build the kind of device long feared by counterterrorist officials -- a dirty bomb. U.S. and allied officials have expressed mounting concern over what would happen to Pakistan's warheads if the country lurched further into chaos and the Taliban came closer to seizing power."
How real is the Pakistan nuclear risk? | Reuters
Sheila delivers a perfect score - Delhi - Cities - The Times of India
"The Congress registered a landslide win in Delhi, whitewashing BJP 7-0 so convincingly that the worst winning margin was of South Delhi Congress candidate Ramesh Kumar, and that was 1.07 lakh votes. The highest margin was of East Delhi candidate Sandeep Dikshit who won by 2.4 lakh votes."
Sheila delivers a perfect score - Delhi - Cities - The Times of India
Sheila delivers a perfect score - Delhi - Cities - The Times of India
In a Sour Economy, What Happens to the American Dream? - NYTimes.com
"What Happens to the American Dream in a Recession?"
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