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	State of emergency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some countries, the state of emergency and its effects on civil liberties and governmental procedure are regulated by the constitution or a law that limits the powers that may be invoked during an emergency or rights suspended ( e.g.
		In the FRG the emergency legislature (passed in 1968 despite fierce opposition by the German student movement) states that the basic constitutional rights of the Grundgesetz may be limited in case of a state of defence, a state of tension, or an internal state of emergency or disaster.
		In India, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in 1975 in response to political opposition and her own conviction on charges of electoral fraud.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_of_emergency (1316 words)

	State of Emergency in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Part XVIII of the Constitution of India (Articles 352 through 360) are dedicated to the interpretation of circumstances befitting proclamation of a state of emergency and the consequences of such proclamations.
		Under financial emergency, the Union is empowered to have the final say in the promulgation of financial acts approved by the state legislature.
		This state of suspension may be renewed at the end of this period under the vote of Parliament (indefinite number of times) until such a time when the Election Commission of India can certify the feasibility of holding free and fair elections in the state to reconstitute the legislature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_of_Emergency_in_India (767 words)

	Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the North American Numbering Plan (mainly the United States), 3-1-1 is the new urgent telephone number, that can be used to contact the police and other services to report minor incidents and historic crime that does not endanger life, to avoid overloading 9-1-1.
		In the past, calls to the emergency telephone number were often routed over special dedicated circuits, though with the advent of electronic exchanges these calls are now often mixed with ordinary telephone traffic, but may be able to access circuits that other traffic cannot.
		An emergency telephone number call may be answered by either a telephone operator or an emergency service dispatcher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emergency_telephone_number (1798 words)

	State of Emergency in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A state of emergency in India refers to a period of governance under an altered constitutional setup that can be proclaimed by the President of India, when he/she perceives grave threats to the nation from internal and external sources or from financial situations of crisis.
		In the history of independent India, there were three periods during which a state of emergency was deemed to have existed:
		The phrase Emergency period used loosely, when referring to the political history of India, often refers to the third and the most controversial of the three occasions.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /State_of_Emergency_in_India (222 words)

	State of emergency -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In some countries, the state of emergency and its effects on civil liberties are regulated by the (The act of forming something) constitution or a (The collection of rules imposed by authority) law that limits the powers that may be invoked during an emergency or rights suspended.
		In the United States, the (The office of the United States head of state) chief executive is typically empowered to declare a State of Emergency.
		State Of Emergency is also a (A game played against a computer) Video Game by (Click link for more info and facts about Rockstar Games) Rockstar Games in which players rebel against a shadowy corporation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/state_of_emergency.htm (1507 words)

	India (11/04)
		India maintains an embassy in the United States at 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel.
		India maintains that the entire former princely state is an integral part of the Indian union, while Pakistan insists that UN resolutions calling for self-determination of the people of the state must be taken into account.
		The United States considers all of the former princely state of Kashmir to be disputed territory.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3454.htm (6301 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
		India is covered over with a network of railways, along which the chief business centres and the chief objects of interest for the traveller are situated -- the rest being accessible by journeys of a few miles by tonga along decent roads.
		India is rich in archælogical monuments of various kinds, and presents a remarkable variety of architectural works of highest excellence, embodying the history of the past.
		In the last respect the Government of India cannot be said to be partial to Christians as compared with non-Christians; since it spends large sums of State money over a number of non-Christian religious edifices and institutions in continuance and perpetuation of the practice of their predecessors in the government of the country.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm (12499 words)

	India
		State Assembly elections held earlier in the year in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Manipur, and Goa were conducted generally in a free and transparent manner with little violence.
		India was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		In 1999 the chairman of the NHRC stated that 60 percent of all police arrests were "unnecessary and unjustifiable" and that the incarceration of those wrongly arrested accounted for 43 percent of the total annual expenditure on prisons.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18311.htm (18376 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Indira Gandhi
		She was riding the crest of popularity after India's triumph in the war of 1971 against Pakistan, and the explosion of a nuclear device in 1974 helped to enhance her reputation among middle-class Indians as a tough and shrewd political leader.
		Gandhi's response was to declare a state of emergency, under which her political foes were imprisoned, constitutional rights abrogated, and the press placed under strict censorship.
		Apart from her infamous imposition of the internal emergency, the use of the army to resolve internal disputes greatly increased in her time; and she encouraged a culture of sycophancy and nepotism.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Independent/Indira.html (837 words)

	Nepalese king lifts state of emergency -DAWN - International; 1 May 2005
		There was confusion about what impact the end to emergency rule would have in the tiny kingdom sandwiched between India and China as the king kept the extraordinary powers he awarded himself in February.
		State radio announced no timeframe for a lifting of the ban, which it said was intended “to maintain law and order”.
		India, Nepal’s biggest military donor, welcomed the lifting of the emergency as a first step “towards the beginning of a political process in that country”.
	www.dawn.com /2005/05/01/int2.htm (706 words)

	Emergency -- Darkest hour in India's judicial history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The era of Emergency, which was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi on June 25/26, 1975, was the darkest chapter in the democratic history of India (1991 to 2000 A D is the darkest economic decade).
		Later, I had occasion to criticise, by implication, the Emergency in my address at the Gandhi Peace Foundation which was well-received and copies of the speech went around the world.
		A fitting finale of the Emergency was the stab on the independence of the High Court judges who were moved helter-skelter across the country.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/20000627/ina27053.html (1060 words)

	SIGHTINGS:
		Pakistan suspended all civil rights last night when it declared a state of emergency due to a "threat by external aggression to the security of Pakistan" which had earlier accused its neighbor of planning to attaqck its nuclear sites.
		India, which tested five nuclear bombs last month, hiked military spending in its budget for fiscal year ending March 1999 by 14 percent to $10 billion.
		India highlighted a threat from China in justifying its nuclear tests and the Chinese official said this made it difficult for Beijing to rule out any possibility.
	www.rense.com /political/indiawarn.htm (709 words)

	CBC News Indepth: India
		In the face of serious opposition and unrest, Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency in India, giving her extensive powers to run the country unopposed.
		Indira Gandhi ends the state of emergency and is voted out of office, but she's re-elected prime minister in 1980.
		India's prime minister and Pakistan's president meet at the northern Indian city of Agra.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/india/timeline.html (862 words)

	Nepal Update no. 14: Emergency and implications for India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their fear was that declaring emergency could be the first step for the King to revert back to the sixties when democracy gave place to direct rule by the King.
		Implications for India: India is bound by the provision of 1950 treaty wherein it has to come to the aid of Nepal.
		After the State of Emergency has been declared pursuant to Clause (1), His Majesty may issue such orders as are necessary to meet the exigencies.
	www.saag.org /notes2/note138.html (2982 words)

	AAEMI - American Academy of Emergency Medicine in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Those of us who are well aware of the current state of emergency medicine in India will realize the magnitude and enormity of the task in attaining our goal of enhancing emergency medicine and disaster preparedness to the level in western societies.
		Pre hospital Emergency Medical Services systems are at the top of the agenda in 3-4 different institutions with plans to extend the same to cover all of India.
		A national emergency access number, which is 1066 is already operational in Hyderabad and is being introduced in other cities at this time.
	www.aaemi.org /prezmsg/2002.htm (525 words)

	Government of India - central,state, judiciary, law, legal system - criminal et al
		In the states, the Governor is the head of Executive, but real executive power vests with the Chief Minister who heads the Council of Ministers.
		The judicial setup of the country is headed by the Chief justice of India and presides over one of the largest judicial apparatus dispensing criminal, civil and all other forms of litigation ( India has has the world's largest number of unemployed lawyer and attorney population).
		The supreme court of India presides over an identical judicial apparatus in the state, where the judicial head is the chief justice of the system, and from the government side attorney general
	www.allindianewspapers.com /government.html (530 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Nepal's state of emergency ended
		The lifting of the state of emergency has been welcomed by India which, like the US and Britain, has suspended arms supplies to Nepal.
		The lifting of the state of emergency came hours after the king returned to the country from a tour of Indonesia, China and Singapore.
		Since the introduction of the state of emergency, the army has said it has inflicted some heavy defeats on Nepal's Maoist rebels.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4500291.stm (552 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		India's advice had also been delivered by the US, which in addition withheld the signing of the free trade agreement that had been slated for the Washington visit.
		India's ability to weigh in critically and constructively in the current turmoil is testimony to the progress New Delhi has made in reshaping and deepening ties with Sri Lanka.
		India is understood to have kept the door open for discussions on the matter at an appropriate time, as reported by the Delhi-based news daily, The Hindustan Times.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EK11Df06.html (2347 words)

	Indira Gandhi And Emergency
		She responded by declaring a state of Internal Emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution on the morning of June 26.
		This was to last for a period of 19 months signalling a rupture in the democratic fabric of India which is yet to be forgotten.
		In fact, it was the PM and not the Cabinet which recommended the declaration of the Emergency to the President in virtual secrecy.
	vivekrk.8k.com /iemergency.html (2810 words)

	Nepal King lifts state of emergency - Irna
		The state of emergency was lifted as per Article 115 (11) of the Constitution, effective from midnight, a Royal Palace notice issued late night said, reports Press Trust of India.
		The King had imposed the state of emergency after dismissing Sher Bahadur Deuba government and suspended fundamental rights and press freedom.
		The state of emergency needs to be approved by the House of Representatives within three months for further extension, as per the Constitution.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0504300162104206.htm (345 words)

	Government India-central,state,embassies,consulates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Today the nation is a federation of 28 states and 7 union territories and formally this federation is known as a Union.
		Sovereignty is shared between the centre and the state, but the centre is given greater powers.
		The state elections are held every five years unless the state governments are dissolved earlier.
	www.allindianewspapers.com /government-india.html (426 words)

	Past emergency: Gujarat Earthquake, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The town of Bhuj was close to the epicenter of the earthquake and was the scene of the some of the worst damage with an estimated 80 percent of buildings destroyed.
		In the UK, CARE joined in the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for Gujarat to maximise fund raising efforts.
		The project's goal was to draw on the talents of India's architects, builders and engineers to make the region less vulnerable in future.
	www.careinternational.org.uk /cares_work/emergencies/gujarat (359 words)

	State Of Emergency Declared In Gaza By Mustafa el-Sawwaf
		State Of Emergency Declared In Gaza By Mustafa el-Sawwaf
		Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip in the small hours of Saturday.
		In its state of emergency decree, the Palestinian cabinet ordered ministries and public institutions to concentrate their efforts on providing assistance to the people of Gaza.
	www.countercurrents.org /pa-sawwaf031004.htm (463 words)

	Colombia borrows Peru's playbook to fight rebels \| csmonitor.com
		Peru lived under a constant state of emergency when Alberto Fujimori was president from 1990 to 2000.
		States of emergency in Latin America have not necessarily ended well for their leaders.
		Argentina's brief state of emergency late last year failed to quell unrest following then-President Fernando de la Rua's economic austerity program, and he was ultimately forced to resign.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0830/p07s01-woam.html (887 words)

	state_of_emergency_in_india (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1975, she declared a state of emergency in India and officially suspended a range of civil liberties.
		In 1975, Indira Gandhi proclaims a state of emergency in India to counter growing criticisms of her presidency.
		The statement titled as andquot;Undeclared state of emergency in Indiaandquot; that the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre has submitted describes...
	state_of_emergency_in_india.networklive.org (261 words)

	India News : Nepal emergency over, king retains power, ( Breaking News,Kerala news, India News,Us,UK,Kerala ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		King Gyanendra ended a state of emergency two days early, the Palace said on Saturday, but the sudden midnight proclamation does not reduce extraordinary powers he seized in February's royal coup.
		India News, KATHMANDU - Nepal's king ended a state of emergency two days early, the Palace said on Saturday, but the sudden midnight proclamation did not reduce extraordinary powers he seized in February's royal coup.
		Constitutionally, the three-month state of emergency granting the military extra powers of search, arrest and curfew had to end or be formally extended by midnight on Sunday.
	www.keralanext.com /news/indexread.asp?id=197635 (1127 words)

	Nepal: Human rights must be restored after lifting of state of emergency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Following the recent lifting of the State of Emergency in Nepal by King Gyanendra, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists have today called for the restoration of all fundamental rights formally suspended under the State of Emergency.
		The three organisations pointed out that the lifting of the State of Emergency occurred almost simultaneously with the publication of an order by the Kathmandu District Authority against public gatherings, meetings or any kind of protest in public spaces and roads.
		The King's announcement of the lifting of the State of Emergency came on the heels of his first official visit abroad since the takeover.
	www.amnesty.org.uk /news/press/16082.shtml (942 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The state of emergency was lifted as per Article 115 (11) of the Constitution, effective from midnight, said a Royal Palace notice issued late night.
		PATNA, India, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A raid on an Indian police post by Nepal's Maoist rebels and arrests of their comrades on Indian soil could be indications that a bloody revolt in that country could be spilling over.
		Since they had not explicitly stated that the ceasefire had ended, there still seemed a hint that it was a pressure ploy to force concessions out of the government.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=maoist (5810 words)

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