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Thursday, May 14, 1998

	Testing times for US media Theories and stories ranging from the wild to the improbable to the fantastic erupted over the American media as a tidal wave of criticism and condemnation followed India's nuclear tests. Shallow at the best of times, most US media struggled to put pictures, quotes and faces on a story that was far removed from the staple Middle East crisis and European affairs they are used to. The result: a grossly distorted picture about the Indian nuclear tests and Indian policy.		Indians overseas swell with patriotic pride over nuclear tests Indians from all over the world swamped on-line opinion polls on the Internet in a strong show of support for the nuclear tests. Naysayers were drowned out by the Indian cyberati in instant live polls on CNN and Time Magazine online. A simple "Do you support India's decision to test nuclear weapons underground for defensive purposes?" question had elicited a 75% "yes" and 25% "no" answer as of Tuesday night.
	Pak vows to hold its own against world pressure Pakistan on Wednesday vowed to reject any "unilateral and discriminatory pressure" on matters of national security and expressed satisfaction "over its ability to respond effectively to new threats" in the light of two more nuclear tests conducted by India on Wednesday. The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) met on Wednesday in response to the Indian blasts.		G-15 endorses India's stand on unilateral trade actions The Group of 15 (G-15) developing countries today endorsed India's proposal for coordinated action to resist unilateral trade actions including extra territorial applications of national legislations by developed countries and asserted that trade differences should be settled within the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Punishment handed out with praise
Glowing praise for India's size, potential and ethos did not preclude US President Bill Clinton from signing into effect today economic sanctions aimed at punishing New Delhi for conducting nuclear tests. However, in a perceptible and significant change of tone and body language, Clinton seemed to indicate that there was scope to contain the international political and diplomatic fall-out of the Indian tests.

Student deaths turn heat on Suharto
Carnage on the streets of Jakarta which left six students dead drew international criticism of the Indonesian Government's handling of unrest on Tuesday, turning up the pressure on an absent President Suharto.

US analysts caught sleeping
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