The Norse saga in Sri Lanka
Leiv Lunde, Norwegian State Secretary for Development Cooperation and Human Rights, flew out of Sri Lanka last Thursday, leaving behind much speculation about reported Norwegian efforts to bring the warring sides in this island's.



India, Pakistan agendas may clash with US interests -- CIA
US intelligence agencies have identified India and Pakistan, along with North Korea, Iran and Iraq, as emerging powers whose "regional agendas" may "collide" with US interests in the next decade."



An SOS -- Hole in tender hearts, act
Thousands of babies take birth in the country with a hole in the heart. And a majority of them die before reaching adolescence as the congenital cardiac disorders go unnoticed in the absence of a national registry.



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