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Sunday,
March
20,
2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)
Now, new leaks expose BJP
WikiLeaks cables show party indulged in doublespeak over N-deal
New Delhi, March 19
The BJP was left dumbfounded today with the latest WikiLeaks cables exposing the alleged doublespeak of the main Opposition party on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal finalised in 2008.
According to WikiLeaks, the then US Charge’D Affairs in India Peter
Burleigh conveyed to Washington that the BJP’s opposition to the
nuclear deal was merely “public posturing” and its leaders,
including LK Advani, were “assuring American officials privately that
they were fine with it”.
International military intervention begins
French fighters strike, destroy Libyan tanks
Benghazi, March 19
The French air force destroyed
Libyan tanks and armoured vehicles today, the first shots fired in a
UN-mandated military intervention to protect civilians from attacks by
Muammar Gaddafi's forces. A French defence ministry official said
"a number of tanks and armoured vehicles" were destroyed in
the region of Benghazi, with initial action focusing on stopping
Gaddafi's forces from advancing on the rebels' eastern stronghold.
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