Jonathan Allen

Position: Journalist

Articles

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Renewed protests threaten to delay Nano India launch August 08, 04:57am EDT 

SINGUR, India (Reuters) - Violent protests and political opposition against land seizures for a Tata Motors <TAMO.BO> <TTM.N> factory in eastern India threaten to delay the long-awaited launch of the Nano, hailed as the world's cheapest car. ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Does the White House think India is a Hindu nation?

The White House staffers charged with transcribing the every public utterance of U.S. President George W. Bush and his friends do not have an easy job. If they falter even for a moment in the constant ...  Full Article | Comments [46] 

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Baroque Nazi war criminal hoax -- an update

I'm sad to learn that not everyone at the DNA newspaper reads this blog. Yesterday, they ran the story of the arrest of Johann Bach -- the fictional, music-loving, piano-stealing, octagenarian Nazi ...  Full Article | Comments [8] 

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Indian newspapers fall for baroque Nazi war criminal hoax

You would think a press release about a German Nazi war criminal named Johann Bach being caught in the jungles of Goa after trying to sell a stolen 18th-century piano would be worth double-checking. Nonetheless, ...  Full Article | Comments [34]