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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Paving the Way for a Perilous Deal

J. Sri Raman writes: "'At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.' That was India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, waxing poetic on the eve of India's Independence on August 15, 1947. 'In the wee hours of December 9, 2006, as the world slept,' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can claim, 'India awoke to a new nuclear status.'"

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Bush to Sign India Nuclear Deal Into Law on Monday

President George W. Bush will sign into law on Monday a civil nuclear cooperation deal that allows the United States to sell nuclear technology to India. Some in Congress say the legislation, which helps clear the way for India to buy US nuclear reactors and fuel, will undermine efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.

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