<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Tsunami in S. Asia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/tsunami?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><description>Tsunami in S. Asia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In a Jail in Cuba Beat the Heart of a Poet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12399-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12399-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PESHAWAR, Pakistan  --  Among the old leather volumes in the library of Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost is a black plastic binder full of rumpled  letters he wrote, sent from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description><author> N.C. Aizenmann</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital  Services Performed Overseas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A movement toward greater use of telemedicine is widening the spectrum of care doctors can provide from afar and enabling more outsourcing of services overseas.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian TV Channel Finds Little Appetite for the Naked Truth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64602-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64602-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, a new private television channel here has aired grainy hidden-camera footage of politicians having sex with call girls in hotel rooms, Hindu holy men sexually abusing female devotees and movie actors propositioning an undercover journalist and offering film roles in return.]]></description><author> Rama Lakshmi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani President Visits India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59576-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59576-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW DELHI, April 16  --  Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, planned to hold formal talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, part of a weekend of cricket-watching and politics, during his first visit to India in four years.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond 'Karma, Cows and Caste']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59613-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59613-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Indian American parents convinced Fairfax school officials to teach India and Hinduism using more sophisticated and thoughtful curriculum.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India, China Hoping to 'Reshape the World Order' Together]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43053-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43053-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW DELHI, April 11  --  India and China announced a new "strategic partnership" Monday, pledging to resolve long-standing border disputes and boost trade and economic cooperation between two rising powers that together account for more than a third of the world's population.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani Charged With Export Of Devices With Nuclear Uses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A Pakistani businessman illegally exported devices from the United States that could be used to test, develop and detonate nuclear weapons, the government alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Lara Jakes Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kashmir Bus Link Boosts Hopes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LINE OF CONTROL BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, April 7  --  Amid threats of violence and tears of joy, India and Pakistan kicked off a historic bus service Thursday across the divided Himalayan province of Kashmir, reuniting relatives who had not seen each other for decades and boosting hopes for a lasting peace between the nuclear-armed rivals.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Militant Raid Targets  Bus Passengers in India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SRINAGAR, India, April 6  --  Islamic militants stormed a government complex that was supposed to be a haven for passengers scheduled to make a historic bus journey across the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, setting the building ablaze and underscoring the continued threat to peace negotiations between India and Pakistan.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taliban Suspected in New Attacks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20786-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20786-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 2  --  Suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed a convoy of civilian trucks carrying vehicles to the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan, killing three drivers, an Afghan official said Saturday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Human Rights Report Is Critical of Allies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7890-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7890-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The annual State Department report says that upholding human rights will be key to assessing relations with other countries, but omits mention of U.S. prison abuse scandals in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Sri Lanka, a Frustrating Limbo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15413-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15413-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bureaucratic inefficiency and new land-use rules are hindering efforts to rebuild after the tsunami.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesian Gets Mixed Marks After Tsunami]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56473-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid 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Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House to Seek $950 Million for Tsunami Aid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11946-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11946-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration will seek $950 million in federal aid for the areas affected by the Asian tsunami, nearly tripling a previous commitment of $350 million that was announced when the administration was under fire for what critics called a sluggish response to the crisis.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Estimates Tsunami Killed 33 Americans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9151-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid 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Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memo to Tsunami Relief Officials: Get Organized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52503-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52503-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Disaster specialist makes lists in hopes efficiency will improve in battered region.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Tsunami, Costs Skyrocket]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49949-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49949-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A man who left Md. to operate an orphanage in Sri Lanka is finding the search for real estate has confronted him with a surprising problem.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesians Wary of Relocation Centers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49858-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49858-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/tsunami</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Along a narrow country road in Aceh province, the wood frames and peaked roofs of five barracks  are beginning to rise from a marshy field. The Indonesian government plans to evict the few cows and goats grazing beside an  army camp within two weeks and welcome into the new structures about 500 Acehnese uprooted by the tsunami late last month.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item></channel></rss>