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INDIA Gujarat Battles The government said it would send 2,000 troops to help combat ongoing communal violence in the western state of Gujarat. State officials initially asked for extra police from Punjab after local forces failed to quell street battles between Hindu and Muslim groups armed with pistols, iron bars and homemade explosives. Human-rights groups say hundreds died in the latest clashes in the state capital, Ahmadabad, and more than 2,000 in Gujarat since February...
MALAYSIA Antiterror Pact The leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines signed a cooperation agreement to combat terrorism and target Islamic fundamentalists who they say threaten all three states. The accord allows for combined antiterrorism operations and the sharing of information, including airline passenger lists...
AFGHANISTAN Allied Offensive British troops backed by U.S. fighter jets began their biggest combat operation since the Gulf War, launching a sweep through southeastern Afghanistan that some said would be the last major offensive against al-Qaeda forces. About 1,000 British commandos scoured the mountainous regions of Paktia province in what was dubbed Operation Snipe. But U.S. officials said there were several operations under way, with allied troops also preparing to strike in areas across the Pakistan border...
...Faculty Council met last week to discuss a report issued by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) on how to combat grade inflation...
After working toward a $200,000 federal grant to combat sexual violence on college campuses, members of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence missed yesterday’s application deadline...