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>>In a report “Manmohan speaks to [British Prime Minister Gordon] Brown” (July 6, 2007, page 1), Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was incorrectly mentioned as Shankar Menon.

>>In an article “Out of London — Foreign doctors to pay for ‘bad apples’” (Op-Ed, July 6, 2007), paragraph seven should have read as: “Ramesh Mehta, president of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, said the proposed review was ‘worrying’ and likely to fuel the anxiety among overseas doctors. One doctor described the decision as the start of a ‘crackdown’.” (The sentence in italics had been e dited out. As a result, the quote in paragraph eight was wrongly attributed to Ramesh Mehta.)

>>The first paragraph in a report “We are not apologetic about our Presidential choice: Manmohan” (July 6, 2007), stated that UPA Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil has been in public life for 25 years. It should have been 45 years, as Ms. Patil has been in public life since 1962 (and as mentioned in the fourth paragraph).

>>The fourth paragraph in a report “Tie-up for free paediatric heart surgery” (Chennai city, June 26, 2007, page 10) was: “David Hopper, US Consul-General, said the United States was concerned about healthcare around the world. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief had been extended for another five years and the amount available doubled to $30 million ….” David Kennedy, Spokesman, US Embassy, New Delhi, clarifies that the proposed amount for the second phase of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is $30 billion, rather than $30 million. Also, at this point, the $30 billion is only a proposal from the President. The PEPFAR programme will not be officially extended until Congress re-authorises the programme’s authorising legislation.

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