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When will Israel Attack Iran?

Netanyahu and Ahmedinejad
Straws in the wind indicate that a non-war option does not hold much water in the current situation. Obviously there are two non-war options, but both look disappointingly implausible. They are: 1) Iran should retreat from its nuclear enrichment process and activities the West alleges are intended to make an N-bomb and 2) Israel, the West and Iran's pathological foes in the Arabian Gulf should live with a nuclear Iran. Both of these options are impractical.
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Indian Gold Traders Stay on Sidelines

Gold traders in India, the world's biggest buyer, stayed on the sidelines as a rebound in the rupee raised hopes of prices dropping further after the yellow metal extended losses for the third day in a row, analysts said.
Priyanka Gandhi

Khurshid Free to Express His Views: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's sister and party's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Monday expressed her opinion on the ongoing controversy between Salman Khurshid and the Election Commission of India (ECI) and said that the Union Law Minister was free to express his opinions.
Yusuf Raza Gilani

New Political Player: Pakistan Supreme Court Takes Centre Stage

By indicting Pakistan's embattled prime minister for contempt of court on Monday, the Supreme Court may have cemented its role as a political player alongside the military and the civilian government, complicating an already Byzantine political scene.
State Bank of India

SBI Q3 Beats Forecast, but Bad Loans Rise

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's biggest lender, reported an unexpected rise in bad loans for the third quarter, taking the shine off healthy growth in loan demand and interest income that helped it post a 15 percent rise in net profit.
Tibetan exiles holding portraits of Tibetan protesters whom they said were killed during demonstrations in China's Sichuan province, stand behind mock coffins during a protest in New Delhi

Another Nun Kills Herself: Self-Immolations Rise as Tibetan New Year Approaches

The long-simmering tension is reaching the boiling point as angry and frustrated Tibetans are preparing to observe their New Year on Feb.22. Monks and nuns are killing themselves in protest across Tibet in alarming frequency even as the government security forces flood the streets around monasteries and nunneries and local people are intimidated with the use of lethal force.
Microsoft

Microsoft India Retail Website Hacked by Evil Shadow Team

Microsoft India's retail website was down on Monday after an apparent hack, with a purportedly Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team posting doctored screenshots that seemed to be of partially obscured customers' usernames and passwords.
Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan Recovering After Hernia Surgery

Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, who underwent a hernia surgery on Saturday, is reportedly doing well after the operation. The surgery took place in the SevenHills Hospital in Marol, Mumbai.

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