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| The Year in Pictures | ||||||
| A kaleidoscope that captures the pains and pleasures of 2003 | ||||||
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| S I M M E R I N G S U B C O N T I N E N T | ||||||
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| The peace process in Sri Lanka was derailed as a running feud between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickreme-singhe plunged the country into a constitutional crisis (above). In Pakistan, the growing pro-Taliban movement remained the albatross around President Pervez Musharraf's neck, who even escaped an assassination attempt. "If talks are not continued it may totally disrupt the peace process." Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||||||
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 In yet another test of Mumbai's resilience, twin bomb blasts rocked India's financial capital on Black Monday, August 25, killing 52 people and injuring 149. For a city famous for its chalta hai attitude, Mumbai survived the shock, but not the painful truth that the perpetrators of the crime could be the family next door. The ordinary working class suburban Hanifs embodied the new, almost benign, face of terror.. | ||||||
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Nothing perhaps could match the worldwide paranoia set off by the SARS outbreak of February as it reached epidemic proportions, crippled Asian economies and quarantined nations. But some questions remain unanswered: Was the viral disease as deadly as it was made out to be and did India have a disease surveillance system in place?
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