Govt firms to curb Maoists: Mahato

Monday, April 24, 2006, 5:02 [IST]

Dumka, Apr 24: Jharkhand home minister Sudeh Mahato has said the police department was being mordernised with anti-mine vehicles and sophisticated weaponry to curb CPI(Maoist) activity in the state.

Talking to newspersonsmen here Mr Mahato said the government was taking all measures to contain insurgency, it has beefed monitoring in the extremsists affected areas.

He said the police department was being modernised and additional 157 new police stations being were opened and provided anti-mine vehicles and sophisticated weapons to effectively counter the extremists in the state.

UNI

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Dollar hits 3-mth low on yen as G7 presses China

Monday, April 24, 2006,5:03 [IST]

WELLINGTON, Apr 24 (Reuters) The dollar slid about 1 percent to three month lows against the yen in early trade on Monday after Group of Seven countries singled out China in their call for more flexibility in exchange rates. The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, in a communique issued after a meeting in Washington, called for a further rise in China's yuan to help cut its growing trade surpluses with the rest of the.....

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Iraqi leaders have 'awesome' responsibility:Bush

Monday, April 24, 2006,5:03 [IST]

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., Apr 24:U S President George W. Bush called Iraqi leaders, including the new prime inister-designate, to congratulate them on moving to form a unity government, saying they had ''awesome responsibilities'' to the Iraqi people.Yesterday Bush called Shi'ite leader Jawad al-Maliki, prime minister-designate, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and Sunni Islamist Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who was elected parliamentary speaker.''It was a remarkable phone call,'' Bush told Marines in the mess hall at the Marine Corps Air.....

Security to be high for Solomons parliament

Monday, April 24, 2006,5:03 [IST]

Honiara, Apr 24: Security will be tight today in the Solomon Islands amid fears of rising tensions as parliament meets for the first time since the election of Prime Minister Snyder Rini sparked devastating riots.More than 1,500 protesters gathered at Parliament House in the South Pacific nation's capital Honiara last Tuesday when Rini was elected leader, throwing rocks at police before rampaging through the city, looting and burning homes and businesses.A second night of rioting followed before the.....

Lethal injection may cause agony - rights group

Monday, April 24, 2006,5:03 [IST]

NEW YORK, Apr 24 (Reuters) Execution by lethal injection may cause excruciating pain, contradicting its reputation as a humane and thus publicly acceptable way to impose the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said. Executioners fail to take the steps needed to ensure a painless death and use a drug that veterinarians have deemed too cruel for putting down dogs and cats, the group said in a report released today. However, a leading death penalty proponent dismissed.....