Macbook will not start!! Battery fully charged!!

Hi,
I have a 3 year old Macbook, which was working fine till Monday night. I switched it off and charged it through the night.
In the morning, the charger showed green and I took it off charging. Thereafter, the Macbook will just not start!!
I tried taking the battery out and starting with the charger, still nothing!
I am in India and do not have an Apple store or anything to take it to
Is there something I can try before I look for someone travelling out of the country to get it rectified for me?
Any help is welcome.

Try resetting the PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379.
Also starting up in safe mode or off an install disk to try drive repairs could help.

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