Iranian President begins historic Iraq trip
Mahmoud Ahm- adinejad began on Sunday a historic
visit to Iraq — the first ever by an Iranian president — hoping to
boost ties with Baghdad with which Tehran fought a bitter eight-year
war.
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Farm loan waiver ‘revolutionary’ step - Sonia Gandhi
A populist budget unveiled by India’s ruling
Congress party forgiving loans for poor farmers and cutting income
taxes is unlikely to help its re-election chances in looming polls,
analysts say.
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Stability key when China’s Parliament meets
China’s parliament opens this week with the top
leaders of the ruling Communist Party anxious to avoid trouble ahead
of the Olympics, even as they lay foundations for the next big
generational change.
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