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	Top Stories A new dawn of Invincibility for South Africa - Part I Dr Eike Hartmann presents Master Plan for World Capital of Global Raam Raj in Brahma-Sthan (centre) of India - Part II Report from Canada: Good news

	Top Stories Britain delays pulling troops out of Iraq France may send additional troops to Afghanistan Palestine: Sick Gazans die in 'avoidable tragedies' - WHO
Positive Trends 10 Short Summaries of Top Stories EUR test 15 August 2008 - test (more) AFR test 14 August 2008 - test (more) KOS test 14 August 2008 - test (more) test LAT 14 August 2008 - test (more) Israel will ease some West Bank restrictions 31 March 2008 - Israel announced plans on Sunday to ease some restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, responding to calls by visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take steps to bolster peace talks. (more) Egypt talks with Hamas, Islamic Jihad over truce 27 March 2008 - Egypt held a new round of talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Thursday as part of efforts to strike a truce between the Palestinian militant groups and Israel, Egyptian sources close to the talks said. Egypt has been trying to negotiate a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the militants from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. (more) Russian President Putin welcomes US President Bush's acceptance of invitation for visit 27 March 2008 - US President George W. Bush announced on Wednesday he would visit Russia early next month for talks with President Vladimir Putin on strategic issues, and identify areas of cooperation. Russia welcomed Bush's decision to make the trip. 'We are satisfied that the US President has accepted an invitation issued earlier by President Putin to visit Sochi and discuss a wide range of issues at a working summit,' Putin's top foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko told Reuters. (more) Georgia-Russia flights resume 26 March 2008 - Air travel between Georgia and Russia resumed Tuesday, more than 17 months after Moscow suspended flights because of tension between the ex-Soviet neighbours. Both governments have toned down their rhetoric and travel by boat between Russia and Georgia on the Black Sea is also being restored. (more) Interfaith dialogue called for by Saudi Arabia's King 26 March 2008 - Saudi Arabia's King has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians, and Jews -- the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. The call, the first of its kind by an Arab leader, was significant. The Saudi monarch is the custodian of Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina, a position that lends his words special importance and influence. (more) Religious leaders welcome Saudi proposal for dialogue amongst religions 26 March 2008 - Several Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders reacted warmly to a proposal for dialogue among the religions by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, welcoming the overture from the leader of the strict Muslim country as a major development in interfaith relations. (more)
Success of Maharishi's Programmes 10 Short Summaries of Top Stories A new dawn of Invincibility for South Africa - Part I 1 April 2008 - Speaking recently on Maharishi's Global Family Chat, Raja Bob LoPinto, Raja (Administrator) of South Africa for the Global Country of World Peace, reported on the development of programmes in a new east-facing building in Johannesburg, and Unified Field conferences held in South Africa. (more) *Dr Eike Hartmann presents Master Plan for World Capital of Global Raam Raj in Brahma-Sthan* (centre) of India - Part II** 1 April 2008 - On a recent Maharishi Global Family Chat, broadcast live daily via satellite and over the Internet on Channel 3 of the Maharishi Channel, Dr Eike Hartmann, Minister of Architecture of the Global Country of World Peace, presented the master plan for the World Capital of Global Raam Raj in the Brahma-Sthan (geographical centre) of India. (more) Report from Canada: Good news 1 April 2008 - Tourism continues to grow and thrive in Canada. In the eighth month of the 2nd year of Canada's national Invincibility Programme, there continue to be indications of national consciousness rising to invincibility as evidenced by positive trends in the economy and other areas of national life, from the expanding groups of Yogic Flyers throughout the world. (more) *Dr Eike Hartmann presents Master Plan for World Capital of Global Raam Raj in Brahma-Sthan* (centre) of India - Part I** 31 March 2008 - On a recent Maharishi Global Family Chat, broadcast live daily via satellite and over the Internet on Channel 3 of the Maharishi Channel, Dr Eike Hartmann, Minister of Architecture of the Global Country of World Peace, gave an inspiring and very complete, detailed presentation of the master plan for the World Capital of Global Raam Raj in the Brahma-Sthan (geographical centre) of India. (more) Great upsurge of interest in Transcendental Meditation in Mongolia 30 March 2008 - Raja Tom Stanley, (Administrator) of Invincible Mongolia for the Global Country of World Peace, recently reported on the great upsurge of interest in Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation Programme in the nation. (more) Invincibility for the Netherlands through Maharishi Sthapatya Veda 30 March 2008 - During his presentation on a recent Maharishi Global Family Chat, Dr Paul Gelderloos, National Director of the Global Country of World Peace for Holland, reported on the success of several one-day seminars, including one on Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. (more) Good News from Invincible Trinidad and Tobago 29 March 2008 - Raja Graham De Freitas, Raja (Administrator) of Invincible Trinidad and Tobago for the Global Country of World Peace, reviewed the recent progress of Maharishi's programmes in the field of education and crime reduction. (more) Maharishi Vastu Effect:  An example of invincibility through the establishment of ideal Vastu 29 March 2008 - In an ideal city with an ideal Vastu--ideal orientation of buildings--all roads run North/South, East/West, creating cross ventilation and enriching city life with the evolutionary power of Natural Law--creating order, harmony, and coherence. (more) Rising Invincibility for Spain 29 March 2008 - Speaking on a recent Maharishi Global Family Chat, Raja Antonio Bartolome, Raja of Invincible Spain, reported on developments in the areas of education, Unified Field conferences, and Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture. (more) Initiatives to create invincibility in Denmark - Part I - Consciousness-Based Education 17 March 2008 - Many initiatives to create invincibility, including several Consciousness-Based Education programmes, are going ahead simultaneously in Denmark reported Raja Bjarne Landsfeldt, Raja (Administrator) of Denmark for the Global Country of World Peace. (more)
Flops 10 Short Summaries of Top Stories Britain delays pulling troops out of Iraq 1 April 2008 - Britain will delay pulling up to 1,500 troops out of Iraq due to recent unrest in the southern city of Basra, Defence Secretary Des Browne said on Tuesday. British defence officials said last year that all troops could be pulled from the country by 2009, but that now looks unlikely given the instability that has ensued since Britain handed responsibility for Basra to Iraqi forces last September. (more) France may send additional troops to Afghanistan 1 April 2008 - France may send a few hundred additional troops to Afghanistan to help NATO allies fight the Taliban and train the Afghan army, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday. France already has some 1,500 troops based in Afghanistan serving as part of a 47,000-strong NATO force and French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to announce later this week that the contingent will be reinforced. (more) Palestine: Sick Gazans die in 'avoidable tragedies' - WHO 1 April 2008 - Israel has turned away more sick Palestinians from Gaza seeking treatment since Hamas seized control of the enclave and several have died each month unnecessarily, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday. The WHO said the number of applicants and the percentage of those turned away surged after Hamas Islamists seized control of Gaza in June, the crossing to Egypt was closed and Israel tightened restrictions on the enclave. (more) Czech Republic: Prime Minister says US radar deal almost ready 31 March 2008 - An agreement on building part of a US missile defence shield in the Czech Republic is almost ready for signing, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was quoted as saying on Monday. Russia has fiercely opposed the plan, which would site US military installations in its Soviet-era satellite states, and views it as a threat to its security. (more) No end in sight to Andean conflict 31 March 2008 - President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year. Now, with the discovery that an Ecuadorean man was killed in the raid along with Colombian rebels and several Mexican leftist students, Correa is threatening a new diplomatic offensive against Colombia. (more) Iraq: Clashes cause Baghdad curfew to be extended indefinitely 30 March 2008 - Iraqi authorities on Saturday extended a curfew in Baghdad indefinitely in an attempt to contain clashes between Shi'ite militants and Iraqi security forces that have threatened to spiral out of control. But in an indication that the violence was set to continue, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers not to lay down their weapons, defying a five-day-old crackdown by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has ordered them to disarm. (more) North Korea threatens to cut off dialogue with South Korea 30 March 2008 - North Korea threatened to suspend dialogue with the South over comments made by a South Korean military official and said it was ready to attack its wealthy neighbour, the North's state media said at the weekend. Over the past several days, the North has lashed out at the new conservative government in Seoul and its ally the United States by test-firing missiles, expelling South Korean officials at a joint factory park, in the North and threatening to slow down a nuclear disarmament deal. (more) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Militia suspends peace process participation 29 March 2008 - A shaky 2-month-old Congolese peace deal plagued by delays and daily ceasefire violations faced additional uncertainty on Friday when a major eastern militia suspended its participation in the process. PARECO, a faction of the Mai Mai traditional warrior militia and one of the principal armed groups to sign a 23 January deal, said it was withdrawing its delegates in a dispute over the composition of commissions set up to monitor the peace process. (more) Displaced Somalis loot food aid in Mogadishu 29 March 2008 - Somalis uprooted by fighting in Mogadishu looted trucks carrying UN food aid on Friday, peacekeepers said, highlighting what relief agencies warn is a fast deteriorating humanitarian catastrophe. Somalia now has 1 million internal refugees, aid workers say, and their numbers increase by an exodus of some 20,000 civilians each month from the capital, where Islamist insurgents are battling the Ethiopian-backed government. (more) Angry North Korea tests short-range missiles 28 March 2008 - North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles. The launches Thursday night also came as the North issued a stern rebuke to Washington over an impasse at nuclear disarmament talks, warning the Americans' attitude could 'seriously' affect the continuing disablement of Pyongyang's atomic facilities. (more)