From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Adam > wrote:
> http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10115350.html
>
> "New Delhi: Terrorism will figure strongly at this week's summit of
> eight South Asian nations, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
> Afghanistan, an Indian official said yesterday.
>
> After a preparatory meeting of top foreign ministry officials from the
> region, India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said they would
> recommend "a very strong statement against terrorism" to the summit
> which will be held in India on April 3-4.
>
> "The issue affects most countries in the South Asia Association for
> Regional Cooperation, or Saarc," Menon said.
>
> India and Sri Lanka have been battling armed insurgencies for decades,
> while officials in Afghanistan have repeatedly said Taliban leaders are
> orchestrating attacks in Afghanistan from Pakistani territory, a charge
> Pakistan denies."
>
> Will south Asia (esp ex-British India) re-coallesce?
>
> Adam

BTW Good news in Nepal (so far). The place would suit a constitutional
monarchy, just not under the current monarch.


A win for democracy & they did it themselves so it might stick around. 

Adam

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