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Top brass to campaign for BJP in TN

Chennai, Apr 29 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lined up its top leaders, including senior leader L K Advani and former test cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, to campaign for the May eight Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Giving details of the tour programmes, BJP former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu told newspersons here that party leader L K Advani, who completed the first leg of his tour, would visit again tomorrow to campaign for candidates in Radhapuram, Nagercoil and Arantangi constituencies.

On May two, party leader and former Union Miniser Sushma Swaraj would visit the city, followed by Jharkhand Chief Minsiter Arjun Munda, who will campaign in Arur, Senthamangalam and Ramanathapurm areas on May three and four.

Former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yaswant Sinha would visit Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore on May four and Mr Sidhu would visit Madurai on May one and two.

While Ravi Shankar Prasad would address an election rally in Kancheepuram on May two, senior leader Jaswant Singh will be in the city on May five.

Mr Naidu said after a road show in Coimbatore on May three, he would address a joint meeting with Mr Advani in Pondicherry on May four.

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Firebomb attacks scares Asian shopkeepers

London, May 1 (UNI) Asian shopkeepers in Britain are fearing for their safety, after three firebomb attacks were made on local businesses in South London in two weeks. One shopkeeper has died in the attacks and another has been critically injured. Police believe that the firebomber is motivated by race, rather than religion, as the victims include Muslims and Hindus from different countries. Last Thursday, the attacker, described as black and in his thirties, was.....

PM aware of TATA DTH issue against Maran: Vaiko

Coimbatore, Apr 29 (UNI) MDMK General Secretary Vaiko today claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was aware about "the truth" about the TATA DTH issue and some changes would be effected in the Union Ministry after the election. Addressing public meetings at Vadavalli Thondamuthur, Alandhurai and Perur Chettipalayam in support of M Kannappan, the MDMK candidate from Thondamuthur constituency, he said when he alleged that the Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran had ''threatened'' TATAs.....

Sen Biden suggests partition of Iraq

Washington, May 1 (UNI) Iraq should be split into three regions, '' Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni '' with a central government in Baghdad, according to a US Senator. Writing in the op-ed page of The New York Times today Sen Joseph Biden, ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign relations Committee, said the idea ''is to maintain a united Iraq by decentralizing it, giving each ethno-religious group ...room to run its own affairs, while leaving.....
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