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CURRENT ISSUE APRIL 21, 2003
COVER STORY: THE
IRAQIS
The
Fall of a Dictator
The
dictatorship of Saddam Hussein came to an end on Wednesday,
April 9, not with the advance of armoured columns of the
US Marines across the city's old quarter or even with
the dramatic toppling of a 6-m-high statue of the Iraqi
leader in central Baghdad's Firdos Square. It ended because
ordinary Iraqis began tentatively to speak their minds,
with little fear of retribution from the vast security
apparatus that buttressed Saddam's regime
for
nearly a quarter century. Policemen and activists
of the ruling Baa'th Party began shedding the
uniforms and fleeing Baghdad two days before US
forces fought their way into the sprawling Republican
Palace on the west bank of the Tigris, the seat
of Saddam's regime.
Relief: Mulayam
gets stay order from Allahabad HC on tape
issue
Home run: US ambassador
Robert D. Blackwill is returning home
SAARC schedule:
Pak proposes summit between December 1 and
15
Post Saddam: Civilian
flights to Baghdad to resume after a decade
Company dented:
Dawood aide Anil Parab produced in Mumbai
court
Chimera?: Oppn
leader Chalabi claims Saddam, his sons still
'moving around'
Maiden visit:
China gives red carpet welcome to Fernandes
Trident trouble:
Ajmer sessions court grants bail to Togadia
Fresh
beginning: PM to comment on fresh peace offer
to Pak in Upper House on Thursday
Pandya
murder: Five accused of killing Pandya get
10-day police remand
Irrelevant
India One bad resolution on Iraq and India loses a place on the
right side of history
OTHER STORIES
OFFTRACK: BANGALORE, KARNATAKA
STATES: TAMIL NADU
Kick
Start
Quick
Gun-II
An all-woman
garage revs up confidence and breaks a few stereotypes.
Empress Jayalalithaa
cracks her much-used whip.
STATES: WEST BENGAL
INTERVIEW: GOH CHOK TONG
Recurring
Labour Pain
"I'm
a little impatient with the pace of relations with India"
Militant unionism
rears its ugly head again. Led by a brash pack of leaders, it
is more pervasive and threatens to mar the state's new capitalist
image.
The relaxed
environs of the five-star hotel did nothing to curb his impatience
with the slow pace of India's economic reforms.
BUSINESS: CAMPUS RECRUITMENTS
CINEMA: NEW RELEASES
On
the Job
Bollywood's
Biggest Summer
A pick up
in campus placements points to several new and exciting trends
in the job market, placement strategies and course structures.
Eight films
worth Rs. 200 crore. A 3-ft alien, a 14-minute song with 40
lead actors and the return of Rekha.
SPORTS: CRICKET
Bad
Form
Tendulkar
is caught in a messy legal battle with his former tax adviser
over unsettled bills
"There are facilities available even for a
heart transplant, but this syndrome of political difection
is yet to find a remedy."
A.B. VAJPAYEE, prime minister, on the need of a new
anti-defection law
REGULARS
BOOKS
BOOKS
English
Angst
Lost
Horizons
One
whirling day inside the mind of a lover in
multicultural Britain.
Pico
Iyer goes after the Sufi's secrets to create
a mystical thriller with a cultural message.
CURRENT ISSUE APRIL 21, 2003
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