The night Greenpeace took on Alang
As the red ball of the sun rose above the eastern horizon on December 9, Greenpeace went into its first Indian action. The star attraction, a flying boat, was to be launched from its most famous vessel, the Rainbow Warrior.



Jail superintendent apologises to court for Azhar's absence
Giving an interesting twist to the recent release of the ideologue of the Pan Islamic Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), Maulana Masood Azhar, in return for the passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane.



Intent on restoring democracy, US, UK sending teams to Pak
High-level British and US delegations arrive in Pakistan this week to try to push the country's military rulers to set a time-frame for a return to democracy, diplomats said.



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