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Corrections and Clarifications

The sentence in "Trilateral talks being upgraded" (July 14, 2006) was: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the G-8 summit along with the leaders of four outreach countries — China, South Asia, Brazil and Mexico." A reader points out that "South Asia" should have been "South Africa".

How does one know there are to be CCTVs for Rashtrapati Bhavan, asks a reader. In "Briefly," "CCTVs for Rashtrapati Bhavan" (July 14, 2006, page 1), the text only said "the premises". It was an editing error. The missing detail was that in the wake of threat perception to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi Police have decided to install up to 74 close circuit television cameras (CCTVs). The system will cover areas like corridors, rooms and lawns inside the presidential palace and will be monitored at the Police Control Room (PCR) as well as at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

In the New York Times report "PoW rights for terror suspects" ("International", July 13, 2006), the U.S. Deputy Defence Secretary was mentioned as Gordon English, while in another New York Times report "Bush takes a step back in terrorism" (Op-Ed, July 13, 2006) he was mentioned as Gordon England. What is the right name, asks a reader. It should have been Gordon Richard England. According to U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs, President George Bush gave a recess appointment to Gordon England on January 4, 2006 to be Deputy Secretary of Defence.

In "Documenting marine life" (Tamil Nadu, July 14, 2006), a report on the documentation of marine species at the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, the text said it is India's richest marine biosphere. What are the others, a reader asks. They are: Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal), Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), North Andaman Biosphere Reserve (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and the Little Rann of Kutch Reserve (Gujarat). In the same report, "scuba diving" was incorrectly mentioned as "scuba dividing".

The second answer for the question "How are the temperatures below 0Celsius measured?" ("Question Corner — Science & Technology/Agriculture", July 13, 2006) should read as "Thermocouples are now used for measuring any range of temperature, minus 250C to even 1,400Celsius", and not "minus 250C to even minus 1,400Celsius", as was published. Minus 253.15Celsius is the absolute zero, theoretically the lowest possible temperature.

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