Oppn cautions against war
New Delhi, December 18
The Opposition today asked the Vajpayee government to exhaust all other options before deciding to launch an attack on terrorist camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir even as the ruling benches led by the BJP and the Shiv Sena clamoured for a strong action in retaliation against the December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament.

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Cabinet okays corporate funding of elections
New Delhi, December 18
The government today cleared a slew of proposals, including corporate funding for the elections, amendments to the Money Laundering Bill and allocation of two coal bed methane blocks under the first phase of the CBM policy.

Stabbing of Sikh woman: US police seeks help
Washington, December 18
The US authorities have approached public for help in tracking down two assailants who stabbed a Sikh American woman in what was the first documented local hate-crime after September 11 attacks.

MEA dream house rocked
Public Accounts Committee’s report
New Delhi, December 18
A heated indoor swimming pool with a sauna bath cabin and a separate shower room, four bedrooms, a guest room, study room, hobby room, store room, garage, kitchen and a big garden. This is not a dream house but one housing the Consul General of India at Frankfurt.