Southern States Update: May 18, 2007.

Five people were arrested after the vessel was fired on and sunk by the coastguards of Maldives. It is believed that the trawler was carrying weapons for LTTE.
Anusha Ondaatjie and Paul Tighe, Maldives Probes Sinking of Possible Tamil Rebel Boat, Bloomberg, May 18, 2007.

The DMK hss revamped its team in New Delhi with Radhika Selvi joining the central council of ministers. The party is also planning its moves to get two names into the Rajya Sabha.
DMK begins changing team in New Delhi, India eNews, May 18, 2007.

The residents of Gulbarga city have remained indifferent to the efforts being made to stamp out the dreaded polio virus from the Indian soil. This has been the major cause of concern for people involved in enmasse polio vaccination.
Urbanites remain indifferent to drive against polio, Deccan Herald, May 18, 2007.

French Journalist Francois Gautier, who has spent nearly two decades in India has pointed out how much ill-found are the facts about the ‘prosperity’ of Hindus, especially, the Brahmins in today’s India.
Francois Gautier, The myth of Mayawati's success, Rediff News, May 16, 2007.

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Jaya Menon, Stalin: Fourth in party, first in line for throne, Indian Express, May 15, 2007.

57 old Dalit brutally persecuted by the Police in Kerala, le Journal Chrétien.