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From: dea@rpi.edu (Anirban De)
Subject: India Objects To Pakistan's Remarks On Ayodhya Issue
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 23:29:31 GMT


Source   :  All India Radio
Date     :  Dec.25, 1992 ( 5:00 pm EST 22:00 GMT)
Country  :  India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

                               * * * *

	New Delhi has storngly objected to comments made by Pakistan President
Gulam Ishaq Khan regarding Babri Masjid incidence during a speech in Pakistan's
National Assembly on Tuesday.  A spokesman for the External Affairs ministry in
India said that such remarks were totally unacceptable  and that Pakistan 
should concentrate on its own minority problems - an area in which Pakistan
has a lamentable record.

The 450 deported Palestinians have urged the Non-Aligned movement, and 
especially India to take actions to save them from the stiuation.

Pakistan is to buy P22 tanks from Poland.

In Sri Lanka 40 soldiers and some tamil militants were killed in
an ambush in Mullaigudi (sp?) district.

Source   :  All India Radio 
Date     :  Dec.26, 1992 ( 1:00 pm EST 18:00 GMT)
Country: India

* Center asks states to implement relief measures for the riot victims

* Allahabad High Court to hold hearings for worship at Ayodhya site

The central government has asked the states to take actions to implement 
the Prime Minister's announcement of giving relief to the victims of the 
recent incidents.

	On Monday the PM Mr. P V N Rao had announced the government's decision 
to award an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakhs to the next of kin of each
person who was killed in the incidents.  In cases where the deceased was 
the only earning member of the family, employment will be provided for the 
widow or a child. Other amounts of relief were also announced for other 
victims.

	The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has decided to continue 
the hearing on an appeal to allow the holding of "darshan" in the temple 
built at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

	                          
Source   : BBC World Service
Date     : Dec.26, 1992 ( 10:00 am EST 15:00 GMT)
Country  : India

The BJP has requested the HIgh Court in India to allow Hindus to worship 
idols of Rama in the temple built at the disputed site.

	A series of protest marches were held in Ayodhya. There was no 
incidence of any serious disturbance, but a number of activists were briefly 
arrested.

	The BBC correspondent in Delhi, Sam Miller reported that it appears 
that in the days to come the BJP will intensify its demad to use the temple 
for worship.  However, since the Central government has promised to 
rebuild the mosque, worship in the temple would come as an embarrassment.

                               * E N D *


Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Washington Asks Islamabad To Return Nine Warships
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 13:08:27 GMT



Source  : PTI
Date    : Dec 24, 1992
Country : Pakistan

Headlines:

* US asks Pakistan to return warships
* Iran and Pakistan making a nuclear bomb

                               * * * *

* US asks Pakistan to return warships

Islamabad - Dec 24: Washington has asked Islamabad to return nine warships 
which it had leased to Pakistan, Pakistani Naval Chief Admiral Saeed Mohd
Khan has disclosed. The demand is in contravention of the Pressler
Amendment which provides that Pakistan's defense capabilities level
should not be lowered, Admiral Khan told.
	At present the Pakistan navy has nine US warships on lease including
"PNS ASLAT" whose lease has already expired. According to the Frontier
Post, the US was not keen on having these ships back at the year's
begining, but of late it has changed its mind and is pressing for
early return of the vessels which includes a supporting ship.
	US military and ecnomic aid was suspended to Pakistan in 
Oct 1990 under the Pressler Amendment under suspicion that Pakistan's 
nuclear program was weapon oriented. Islamabad has repeatedly denied the 
charge but said that while pursuing its peaceful nuclear program it had 
acquired 'a certain capability.'

* Iran and Pakistan making a nuclear bomb  [ Source: PTI ]

Washington Dec 24: Iran and Pakistan have been cooperating in making 
a nuclear bomb for the last two years, the NBC TV reported Tuesday evening
quoting U.S intelligence reports.
	The TV quoted Iranian President Ali Hashmei Rafsanjani telling
his people about a possible war with the west and that the soul
guarentor of victory during such a war would be nuclear weapons.
Pakistan foreign secretary has described the Islamic bomb a mirage.
	NBC said Iran has also been seeking nuclear technology from other
countries including India, Argentian and China, but the US has been
able to stop such help except for the sale of a Russian nuclear rector
to Iran.
	The hatred for the US as the great satan in Iran has survived
for the last 13 years and Presdient Rafsanjani has been engineering the
military build up including efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.

                               * E N D *


Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: ww%nyxfer@igc.apc.org (Workers World Service)
Subject: Indian Firm Produces Cheaper AIDS Treatment Drug 
Organization: The NY Transfer News Service
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 13:06:15 GMT


Source  : The NY Transfer News Service 
Date    : Dec 24, 1992
Country : India

                              * * * *

* Indian company produces cheaper AZT

By Shishir Thadani

An Indian drug company recently announced it could produce the 
AIDS-treatment drug AZT and market it at one-quarter the cost 
charged to patients in the U.S. But Burroughs-Wellcome, which 
produces and sells AZT in the U.S., has moved to prevent 
pharmacies around the world from purchasing the Indian drug.

Burroughs-Wellcome has threatened the Indian company with a 
patent-violation lawsuit. But Indian patent laws are different 
from those in the U.S. Drugs cannot be patented in India; only 
the chemical processes used to manufacture drugs can be patented.

The Indian company has an original manufacturing process. In 
fact, a company spokesperson said the firm could compete in the 
U.S. market and thus begin higher-volume production.

The drug is already being produced and many Third World countries
have expressed interest in purchasing it. Some are considering 
setting up local manufacturing plants with the Indian company's 
assistance.

As a goodwill gesture, the Indian government has sent subsidized 
shipments of the drug to other Third World countries. Public 
health officials in Brazil, Thailand and some East African 
countries are following this development with great interest.

But the U.S. government and its imperialist allies in Europe and 
Japan are bringing tremendous pressure on the Indian government 
to change its more progressive patent laws to mirror those in the
U.S.

Washington's tight patent laws in particular retard technological
development and competition and hurt consumers. This is 
especially true in the health-care field, and in the case of AIDS
and other life-threatening illnesses this issue becomes a matter 
of life and death.

If the U.S. government succeeds in its effort to stymie Indian 
production of the drug, it would drastically increase the death 
rate because very few Indians are able to purchase drugs at the 
monopoly prices charged by the imperialist drug cartels.

Health care costs in the U.S. are astronomical, in large part 
because of the patent laws and trade restrictions against 
importing drugs from Third World countries. Shouldn't people with
AIDS in the U.S. also be permitted to benefit from technological 
developments taking place in India or any other Third World 
country?

                             * E N D *
   
Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
Subject: India - BJP To Move No-confidence Motion Against The Government
Organization: University of British Columbia
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 12:05:06 GMT


Source   : The Consulate General of India, Vancouver
Date     : Dec 18, 1991
Country  : India

                               * * * * 


INDIA
  	A panel of Supreme Court judges who had been appointed to look into the
complaints against their fellow judge Justice Ramaswami have reported that
the complaints are valid and have recommended his dismissal. These complaints
relate to financial irregularities when he was serving as CJ of the Punjab 
and Haryana high court. It is probably the first time such action has been 
contemplated against a Supreme Court judge in India.
 	The BJP-sponsored no confidence motion is being debated in parliament.
Both Congress and non-BJP opposition have been attacking the BJP, though the
latter have also been criticising the government's inability to prevent the
crisis. BJP leader Vajpayee has apologised publicly for the destruction.

GENERAL
	The UAE government has expelled a large number of foreigners who were
said to be living there illegally. They include about 5000 Pakistanis and 300
Indians. They had been detained after participating in demonstrations 
protesting against the destruction of the Babri Masjid.

                                 * E N D *


Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: dea@rpi.edu (Anirban De)
Subject: India Objects To Pakistan Remarks On Ayodhya Issue
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 23:22:39 GMT


Source   :  All India Radio
Date     :  Dec.25, 1992 ( 5:00 pm EST 22:00 GMT)
Country  :  India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

                               * * * *

	New Delhi has storngly objected to comments made by Pakistan President
Gulam Ishaq Khan regarding Babri Masjid incidence during a speech in Pakistan's
National Assembly on Tuesday.  A spokesman for the External Affairs ministry in
India said that such remarks were totally unacceptable  and that Pakistan 
should concentrate on its own minority problems - an area in which Pakistan
has a lamentable record.

The 450 deported Palestinians have urged the Non-Aligned movement, and 
especially India to take actions to save them from the stiuation.

Pakistan is to buy P22 tanks from Poland.

In Sri Lanka 40 soldiers and some tamil militants were killed in
an ambush in Mullaigudi (sp?) district.

Source   :  All India Radio 
Date     :  Dec.26, 1992 ( 1:00 pm EST 18:00 GMT)
Country: India

* Center asks states to implement relief measures for the riot victims

* Allahabad High Court to hold hearings for worship at Ayodhya site

The central government has asked the states to take actions to implement 
the Prime Minister's announcement of giving relief to the victims of the 
recent incidents.

	On Monday the PM Mr. P V N Rao had announced the government's decision 
to award an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakhs to the next of kin of each
person who was killed in the incidents.  In cases where the deceased was 
the only earning member of the family, employment will be provided for the 
widow or a child. Other amounts of relief were also announced for other 
victims.

	The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has decided to continue 
the hearing on an appeal to allow the holding of "darshan" in the temple 
built at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

	                          
Source   : BBC World Service
Date     : Dec.26, 1992 ( 10:00 am EST 15:00 GMT)
Country  : India

The BJP has requested the HIgh Court in India to allow Hindus to worship 
idols of Rama in the temple built at the disputed site.

	A series of protest marches were held in Ayodhya. There was no 
incidence of any serious disturbance, but a number of activists were briefly 
arrested.

	The BBC correspondent in Delhi, Sam Miller reported that it appears 
that in the days to come the BJP will intensify its demad to use the temple 
for worship.  However, since the Central government has promised to 
rebuild the mosque, worship in the temple would come as an embarrassment.

                               * E N D *

Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: nyt%nyxfer@igc.apc.org (NY Transfer News)
Subject: Sri Lankan Garment Workers Strike
Organization: The NY Transfer News Service
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 01:18:48 GMT


Source   : The NY Transfer News Service 
           (from LaborNet via peacenet)
Country  : Sri Lanka

                               * * * * *

Date Received: Dec 21, 1992

  * SRI LANKAN GARMENT WORKERS INJURED IN STRIKE

COLOMBO, Dec 14 - Police used batons and tear gas to disperse hundreds of 
striking Sri Lankan garment workers on Monday and hospital sources said 
42 workers needed treatment.
       Police said about 600 workers, mainly women, from five factories had 
gone on strike over year-end bonuses, pay rises and working conditions at 
the Katunayake Free Trade Zone in Colombo.  Police charged after the workers 
defied orders to disperse. Katunayake is one of three zones set up by the 
government to attract foreign investment.

                                  * E N D *
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
From: jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch)
Subject: Re: RSA patent suit by PKP
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 12:47:00 GMT


kudzu@netcom.com wrote:
>This ill-informed drivel against software patents belongs in another
>newsgroup -- where I've directed it.

As does your equally ill-informed equally-as-much drivel for software patents.

Support the freedom of programmers to write what they want.

Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: O1EVERT@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Tom Evert)
Subject: Prodigy
Organization: The University of Akron
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:59:01 GMT

I got a sales tax refund from Prodigy today.  The letter stated they shouldn't
have charged me Ohio state tax during the short time I was a member.  The
letter didn't say how many states Prodigy screwed-up in charging tax they
shouldn't have.
 
A whole five dollars and eighty cents!!  I'm going to Disneyland!!
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: phaedrus@halcyon.com (Mark Phaedrus)
Subject: Re: Legal Tender?? A different Twist
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 03:35:26 GMT

Rhonda Gaines (rrg@rtp.fibercom.com) wrote:
> How much of a dollar bill ($20 bill to be exact) do you have to have
> before it's spendable?  My husband found 3/4 of a $20 bill and
> figured that it's probably unspendable but I thought I'd pose the
> question anyway.  Replies to rrg@fibercom.com

     When I ran into a similar situation, my bank told me that the Federal
Reserve uses a "rule of thirds".  If more than two-thirds of a bill is
clearly present, the bank can return it to the Federal Reserve for full
value.  If more than one-third, but less than two-thirds, of the bill is
clearly present, the Fed will give half face value for it.  If only one-
third or less of the bill is present, it is worthless.
     So your 3/4 of the $20 bill should indeed be worth $20, less any service
charge the bank charges for exchanging it.
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Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.invest.real-estate
From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Manufactured Housing (not a mobile home)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:28:08 GMT

ktong@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin Tong) writes:
>Does anyone out there know anything about manufactured housing or
>has any experience with a house built using manufactured housing.  
>I'm not referring to a mobile home, I'm referring to a house that 
>is built in a factory and then shipped to the site and assembled
>together.  The finished product should look no different than a
>stick built house.

      I looked into this once, around 1982, but I don't know who is
still in business.  There are basically three levels of manufactured
houses.  The first kind is one step up from a mobile home, with
two house-halves delivered on big trailers.  These may come with
appliances, carpeting, etc.  These are frowned upon in snotty
jurisdictions, but are common in rural areas.  You need a manufacturer
not too far away, since these are oversized loads and require special
routing for delivery.

      The second kind is panelized construction.  You get a set of flat
panels and assemble on site.  Windows are installed, and interior walls
may be.  Foundation is built on-site.  Geodesic domes are available
in panelized form.  Often used for vacation homes.  Some nice designs
are available.  Common in resort and recreational areas.  

      The third kind is log houses.  There's actually a company called
"Lincoln Logs", and they build log houses that look very much like those
kid's toy log houses.  You get a truckload of precut parts and stack them.
High-end houses can be built this way, with squared-off logs, from
Lindahl Cedar Homes.  If you like solid cedar interior walls, this is the
way to go.  Plumbing and electrical present special problems; they usually
are built into the base slab, and are difficult to modify.  And the seals
between the logs are crucial to weathertightness.  Good soundproofing,
though, with all that mass.

       Even for stick-built houses, factory-built rafter sections
are common.  

       I'd be interested in hearing about the current state of the art.

					John Nagle
From: rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Dedicated ATM card?
Date: 30 Dec 92 19:22:54 GMT
Organization: Center For High Perf. Computing of WPI; Marlboro Ma


>FYI, Plus also has one:  1-800-THE-PLUS


This service is automated - you are prompted to touch tone in the area 
code and the first three digits of "the number you are calling from".

This makes a marvelous way to easily determine what town a phone number
is in (unless it is one of those rare towns without a plus ATM 
nearby).


> . SM 1.06 *0020 . Your never too old to learn something stupid.
>                                                                   
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.kids
From: jch@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (jeffrey.c.halle)
Subject: Re: TYCO Stupid Pooper Double Blooper; returning things from Santa
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:37:46 GMT

But how do you go about returning something that Santa brought?  I got
away with exchanging the first one by telling him that the toy company
elves forgot to put some parts in the box (the ToysRUs said I was the
tenth return as of Sunday AM, about half for missing track pieces, in
all cases it was the single loops).  I can occasionally make the jump
and subsequent turn, but I can only rarely complete the track once, and
never twice.  It is an unplayable toy for a youngster and should be
removed from the shelves until redesigned.  I also have major problems
with the cars just sticking on straightaways.  There is no excuse for
the track or car getting mucked up so fast, if that is what the problem is.

Getting back to the first comment.  Andrew still believes in Santa.  How do
I tell him I'm taking it back to a store (as opposed to exchanging it)?

Jeff
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: patti@hosehead.intel.com (Patti Beadles)
Subject: Re: Legal Tender?? A different Twist
Originator: patti@hosehead
Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:26:38 GMT

The section of the bill you have must include the serial number and the
eyes.  This guarantees that two people can't try to spend the same
bill (since they both couldn't have the face from the center.)
-- 
Patti Beadles  503/696-4358 | I don't speak for Intel, nor vice-versa.
   patti@hosehead.intel.com |
   75555.767@compuserve.com | If it wasn't for the last minute,
or just yell, "Hey, Patti!" |             I'd never get anything done!
From: lusol@Lehigh.EDU (Stephen O. Lidie)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Answering machines that don't record
Date: 30 Dec 92 16:21:03 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA

In article <34705@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> jcao@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Jingbin Cao) writes:
>My GE 2-9860 answering machine died after 5 years of service. Thinking
>other brands may be more durable, I bought a Phone Mate (don't have
>the model # now) from J&R Music World for about $50 including tax. I
>liked it initially for its digital out-going message and conversation
>recording capability. Then I realize it uses the annoying
>voice-activated recording, meaning it will stop recording after 3
>seconds of relative silence.


>
>Now I need to exchange the machine again. Since J&R Music World does
>not carry GE machines, and I am hooked by their no-refund policy, the
>remaining choices are AT&T, Sony, and probably ITT. Salesmen there are
>not helpful, so I'd like to ask if anyone knows which brand does a
>decent job and does not hang up prematurely? From what I understand,
>some machines have problem detecting hangup by the caller and have to
>resort to voice activated recording or a one minute time-out.
>Apparently, Phone Mate and Panasonic fall into this category.
>

I just got an AT&T digital beast... timeout is 8 seconds.  This is my first
answering machine, but I didn't want to hassle with tapes.  Records up to 7
minutes and/or 50 messages - seem fine for home use.  You can play/delete
messages randomly, of course.  model=1339?, I think.  Remote access and all
that stuff too...

SOL
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: wdieteri@nyx.cs.du.edu (William Dieterich)
Subject: P&G question
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 00:43:09 GMT


vi

Greetings, I am not sure if this question belongs here but it definatly
does not belong in any others I could find.
Anyways, a couple of months ago Procter & Gamble ran an add in the paper
that gave you the option of sending a couple of lids from one of there
shampoo products, in return they would send you 3 golf balls.  I did this
and about 3 or 4 weeks ago I receied the golf balls.

Now the fun part, today(Dec 31, 1992) I got a call from P&G asking me if I
had received the balls, I siad I had and was then asked if there was a
plastic or glass container in the package.  I said no and was then thanked
and they hungup.  The questions, has anyone else got  a similar call and
why are they calling.  What is in that container?
From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Interplak vs. Braun
Date: 27 Dec 92 09:52:35 GMT
Organization: Green Hills and Cows

In article <34638@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> jcao@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Jingbin Cao) writes:

>Is the electro-magnetic field harmful to human bodies? I heard stories
>about people get sick living under high-voltage power lines.

Perhaps if you slept in the charging receptacle. You would, however,
need to curl up into little ball about .75" in diameter to do that.

Gimme a break!
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