G Parthasarathy, Prime Minister’s special envoy, said positive ideas for a political settlement of the Tamils issue had emerged in the course of his discussions with Sri Lankan leaders.
South Africa and Israel have jointly conducted two successful nuclear weapon tests overground, according to the American magazine, Defence Electronics.
Former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai received $20,000 annually during the 1960s and possibly even later from the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a forthcoming book by an American investigative reporter.