Koizumi gets big reform mandate

A CRUSHING election victory by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's party was cheered by financial markets on Monday but left questions about his agenda once he achieves his dream of privatising the vast postal system.

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India, Pakistan should make border irrelevant: Manmohan Singh

INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that with no question of redrawing borders, India and Pakistan should strive towards making the "border irrelevant" by giving a further impetus to people-to-people contacts and developmental efforts.

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