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SAARC
Mar 4 2009, Hariharan Iyyer

SAARC or better known as the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is there from many years now and has made some or rather minimal progress to truly be a working forum for cooperation. This has more to do with the problems between India...

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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse addresses the audience during the inauguration of the 31st session of the Council of Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.