Tiny chip could diagnose disease Nov 19, 2009
First to the scene in Pakistan. Blair faces battle for top EU post. (BBC News -- Technology)
19 Killed In Pakistan Courthouse Bombing Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber killed 19 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region ... The army launched its offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan in mid-October ... Pakistan officials flagged the offensive in South Waziristan several months before it actually began, something Bilour claimed allowed the militants to... (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
16 killed in Peshawar blast; sixth in 11 days Nov 19, 2009
Another attack on Pakistani city Peshawar - Pakistan - World - The Times of India ... Another attack on Pakistani city Peshawar ... PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber struck outside a Pakistan court, killing 16 people on Thursday in the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as troops press a major anti-Taliban offensive. (India Times, India)
Policing role for China irks India Nov 19, 2009
There is a new cooperation between the US and China on Pakistan and Afghanistan. They encourage China to be the cop, said strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney. (India Times)
US tries to pacify India Nov 19, 2009
WASHINGTON: After ruffling feathers in Delhi with a reference to Indo-Pak ties, the US today sought to pacify India saying it has to decide with Pakistan the substance, scope and pace of their relationship. "We've always said, in terms of Indo-Pakistan relations, that's really up to India and Pakistan to decide how and when and the scope of that," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, told reporters here. (India Times)
HIV cricket team: Positive role models Nov 19, 2009
Pakistan's HIV cricket team are positive role models - CNN.com ... Pakistan's HIV cricket team are positive role models ... Team created by the Pakistan Society, an NGO working for the rights of those with HIV. (CNN -- International)
Bangladesh officers lose appeal Nov 19, 2009
Mr Rahman was killed in 1975, just four years after leading Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan ... First to the scene in Pakistan. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Chicago Pair Linked To Mumbai Attack Plan Nov 19, 2009
FBI Thinks Terror Plot Suspects Had Ties To Pakistan Terror Group ... The FBI for now is saying only that it has evidence David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana were in contact with the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba which the Indian government blames for the Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead and 308 wounded. (CBS News)
Novelist Colum McCann wins book award Nov 19, 2009
Finalists included Bonnie Jo Campbell's short fiction about hard times in Michigan, "American Salvage," and Daniyal Mueenuddin's tales of the class divide in Pakistan, "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.". Money, or lack of it, also shaded McCann's book and two other nominated novels: Marcel Theroux's "Far North" and Jayne Anne Phillips' "Lark & Termite.". (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Officials: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 3 in Pakistan Nov 19, 2009
MIR ALI, Pakistan Intelligence officials say missiles fired from a suspected U.S. drone have killed three militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal area along the Afghan border ... Pakistani security forces rescue boys who they say were kidnapped by the Taliban to become suicide bombers. (Fox News)
FBI: Chicago Terror Plotters Had Ties to Pakistan Nov 19, 2009
The FBI for now is saying only that it has evidence David Coleman Headley was in contact with the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba which the Indian government blames for the Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead and 308 wounded while he allegedly planned and carried out reconnaissance this year near the newspaper offices in Copenhagen ... Rana, a Pakistani immigrant to Canada who has lived in Chicago for a decade, and Headley are charged in criminal complaints with conspiring to provide material... (Fox News)
Get more: National/World Nov 19, 2009
A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month. Tags. (WJRT, MI)
COMMENT: Thaw In The Valley Nov 19, 2009
Track II initiatives involving senior Indian and Pakistani officials are currently on in Bangkok ... The only solution acceptable to them seems to be a merger with Pakistan ... This could happen simultaneously with the creation of reasonably open borders between Indian and Pakistani parts of Kashmir. (India Times, India)
Cuban conditions 'remain harsh' Nov 19, 2009
First to the scene in Pakistan. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News -- Americas)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Nov 19, 2009
Pakistan court blast kills many. Bangladesh officers lose appeal. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
Pakistan's HIV cricket team Nov 18, 2009
Team created by the Pakistan Society, an NGO working for the rights of those with HIV. London, England (CNN) -- Cricket is the national sport in Pakistan, but what makes the First Positive Cricket Team stand out from all the other Karachi-based clubs is that its members are all HIV positive ... The team was put together a year ago by the Pakistan Society, an NGO working for the rights of people living with HIV. They played -- and won -- their first match in August, and haven't looked back. (CNN -- World)
J&K wildlife population rising Nov 18, 2009
Kashmir has been disputed by India and Pakistan since they won independence from Britain in 1947 after a bloody partition. More than 47,000 people have been killed since simmering discontent against Indian rule turned into a full-blown rebellion in 1989. (India Times)
Fresh plea in Beshenivsky murder Nov 18, 2009
Pirran Ditta Khan is believed to be in Pakistan ... Detectives want to speak to Piran Ditta Khan, 50, who is believed to be in Pakistan, and have appealed for people there to help ... A wanted poster has been released in Pakistan and Crimestoppers has put up the 20,000 reward. (BBC News -- UK)
India can join IPI gas pipeline Nov 18, 2009
NEW DELHI: Iran today said the "door was open" for India to join the ambitious Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline but indicated that it could not wait indefinitely and the structure of the project could change in the future. Iran has in place a bilateral arrangement with Pakistan on the gas pipeline and both the countries have begun work on the project, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here ... "We have a bilateral arrangement with Pakistan and the door is open for our Indian... (India Times)
Disarming the Velvet Revolution Nov 18, 2009
He was worked for CNN since 1999 and frequently travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan to join the CNN teams covering conflict and instability in the region. (CNN) -- When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I always discussed with my most trusted friends what it might be like to live in a free world. (CNN -- World)
LHC nears restart after repairs Nov 18, 2009
Pakistan 'captures Taliban bases. World cup fever in Sudan. (BBC News -- Europe)
Essar seals Dhabi buy Nov 16, 2009
In Asia, Warid Telecom has operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Read business stories in. (India Times)
'I was sold to Lashkar by my father' Nov 16, 2009
WASHINGTON: Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of the group of ten sent by the Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba to attack Mumbai, says his father essentially sold him into the group ... Snatches of cellphone conversations - many never heard before between the gunmen and their controllers in Pakistan, as well as video footage of the police with Kasab were aired on Sunday in a preview of the documentary by narrator Fareed Zakaria in his GPS programme ... Locked in a bathroom... (India Times)
Breakfast With ... Nov 16, 2009
They have traditionally been allies of Pakistan, which has been traditionally seen as Afghanistan's rival. The Russians, as you know, had a pretty bad experience in Afghanistan and are gun-shy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Read the story Nov 16, 2009
-April 2, Judge Leon, in the case of Hedi Hammamy, a Tunisian citizen arrested in Pakistan in 2002: "When combined with the intelligence report describing an extensive Italian law enforcement investigation into Hammamy's membership in, and the activities of, a terrorist cell that provided assistance and support to various Islamic terrorist organizations, the intelligence report of Hammamy's presence at Tora Bora becomes all the more probable." Status today: detained. -Aug. (CBS News -- Evening News)
'I see only the bowler and the ball' Nov 15, 2009
A year earlier in 1998, you had single-handedly almost won a Test match against Pakistan in Chennai ... But you eventually made up by playing that memorable 98 against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup ... India-Pakistan matches had an extra edge those days. (India Times)
Raghu Krishnan:Turn defeat to victory Nov 15, 2009
Just the other day, Pakistan almost pulled off an improbable win against New Zealand when the last wicket added over a hundred runs. In the series against Australia, Team Indias last two batsmen kept surrendering their wickets without even a semblance of a fight. (India Times)
US covers for Pak slip-ups on terror Nov 15, 2009
WASHINGTON: Not for the first time, the United States has downplayed reports of alleged Pakistans nuclear transgressions and promotion of terrorism even as American lawmakers are getting increasingly restive about a nominal ally having become the crossroad where terrorism and nuclear proliferation meet. Because Washington is largely dependent on Islamabad for getting supplies to its 68,000 troops in landlocked Afghanistan, US officials are glossing over worrying reports ranging from... (India Times)
A look at the 10 Gitmo detainees headed to US Nov 14, 2009
He allegedly proposed the concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtained funding for the attacks from bin Laden, oversaw the operation and trained the hijackers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was born in Pakistan's Baluchistan province and raised in Kuwait ... He is believed to have served as a key lieutenant to Mohammed in Pakistan. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
India criticises 'polls' in PoK Nov 14, 2009
NEW DELHI: India on Friday criticised the assembly elections held in Pakistan-occupied northern areas of Jammu and Kashmir calling it just another cosmetic exercise intended to camouflage the fact of Pakistans illegal occupation of areas of the state of Jammu and Kashmir ... Pakistan had announced a plan in August giving greater autonomy to the Gilgit-Baltistan area with the first step being an assembly election ... India had also slammed the autonomy package that was unveiled by Pakistan.... (India Times)
GSM contracts to be awarded after HQ nod: BSNL Nov 14, 2009
Huawei was rejected as a bidder in North and East zones, after the government decided not to allow Chinese companies to supply equipment in telecom circles that share borders with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh or Myanmar, which are considered sensitive zones. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Prez opens India's biggest trade fair Nov 14, 2009
This year, Iran makes its debut, hoping to join some countries such as China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand and Turkey, which have attracted huge crowds in the past with their traditional merchandise. The theme of this year's fair, organised by the commerce ministry-promoted India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), is "Exports of Services". (India Times)
Saarc to negotiate on liberalisation of services market Nov 14, 2009
Saarc is constituted of countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Maldives. Saarc secretary general Sheel Kant Sharma told TOI that an expert group had been constituted to draft the agreement on services. (India Times)
Tendulkar still feels like he's 16 Nov 14, 2009
So all that also makes you a stronger person and you learn to deal with various things in life," said the batting great. Tendulkar has been the face of Indian cricket since his test debut as a chubby, curly-haired 16-year-old against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989. He now holds the record for most test runs (12,773), test centuries (42), ODI runs (17,178) and ODI centuries (45). "I think I'm very fortunate to be living that dream and 20 years is a long time so there have been many special... (India Times)
Tahawwur bigger Lashkar catch, feel investigators Nov 14, 2009
It was Rana who was financing his associate's multiple trips to India, Pakistan, Denmark and other countries like UAE and was also to play guardian for Headley's family in case the latter died in a jihadist operation ... Headley, a Pakistan-origin person who changed his name from Daood Gilani, discussed how his family was to be taken care of in keeping with a practice followed by the Pakistan-based Lashkar with regard to its cadre ... Besides locations in Pakistan and India, FBI had provided... (India Times, India)
The five detainees in the September 11 murder trial Nov 14, 2009
Born in Pakistan, he allegedly proposed the concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtained funding, oversaw the operation, and trained the hijackers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Waleed bin Attash, a Yemeni better known as Khallad, allegedly ran an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, where two of the 19 hijackers were trained, and is believed to have been bin Laden s bodyguard. (Boston Globe)
On the way to Afghanistan, Holbrooke seeks to ease tensions with NATO Nov 14, 2009
Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, wants to unify allies at a time when many Europeans sense drift in the war and a lack of clear US policy ... Washington - President Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, is traveling to Europe and Moscow before attending Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second inauguration next week, for what the State Department says are "routine meetings." ... "These routine meetings are part of continued... (Christian Science Monitor)
Gitmo 9/11 suspects heading to NY trial Nov 14, 2009
Mohammed admitted to interrogators that he was the mastermind of the attacks he allegedly proposed the concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtained funding for the attacks from bin Laden, oversaw the operation and trained the hijackers in Afghanistan and Pakistan ... He is believed to have served as a key lieutenant to Mohammed in Pakistan ... He was born in Pakistan and raised in Kuwait. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Six Ways to Fix the CIA Nov 13, 2009
For example, there are hundreds of ethnic American Pashtuns ready to go work for the CIA in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but their murky family and tribal ties prevent them from being hired. However, they could be brought in with lower security clearances. (Time.com)
Essar Tele to buy majority in Dhabis African telecom ops Nov 13, 2009
In Asia, Warid Telecom has operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Singapore Telecommunications holds a 30% stake in Warids telecoms arm in Pakistan. (India Times)
Poms jump queue for Ashes tickets Nov 13, 2009
au/news/sport/cricket/cricket-poorer-for-skippers-loss-as-inzamam-plays-the-puppeteer-introubled-pakistan/2009/11/12/1257615126738 ... Cricket poorer for skipper's loss as Inzamam plays the puppeteer in troubled Pakistan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Visas for Pak-born US nationals to be cleared by New Delhi Nov 12, 2009
WASHINGTON: As an immediate fallout of the FBI foiling an LeT plot to use US nationals to carry out major terror attacks in India, the Indian Embassy here has tightened visa approval norms for Pakistan-born American citizens, whose applications would now have to be cleared by New Delhi. An instruction in this regard has recently been issued by Union home secretary G K Pillai, according to which all applications for Indian visa from Pakistani-born US nationals would now be processed and cleared... (India Times)
Legal row over Gaza intensifies Nov 12, 2009
Page last updated at 22:40 GMT, Friday, 6 November 2009. Legal row over Gaza report intensifies. (BBC News -- Africa)
'US envoy to N Korea' after clash Nov 12, 2009
Page last updated at 10:46 GMT, Wednesday, 11 November 2009. US envoy to N Korea' after clash. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Dalai Lama calm in the eye of a storm Nov 11, 2009
Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan ... India claims that China has illegally occupied 43,180 square kilometers of Jammu and Kashmir, including 5,180 square kilometers ceded to Beijing by Islamabad under the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement in 1963. (Asia Times Online)
'Price of $375-450 /t to fetch cheaper rice' Nov 11, 2009
NEW DELHI: THE Indian government should specify a price band of $375-450 /tonne for the 3,00,000 tonnes rice that it wants to import through STC, MMTC and PEC in order to facilitate cheaper imports from Pakistan and Myanmar, grain traders maintain ... Trade monitors contend that if the Indian government wants to ensure that the cheapest and most commercially viable rice exportersPakistan and Myanmarmake the grade in the tenders, India should specify a price band of $375-450 ... Pakistan is... (India Times)
Car Bomb Explodes Near Pakistani Market Killing 24 Nov 11, 2009
Car Bomb Explodes Near Crowded Pakistani Market Killing 24 ... Nov. 10: Destruction caused after a car bomb exploded outside a crowded market near Peshawar, Pakistan ... PESHAWAR, Pakistan A car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border. (Fox News)
Australia announces new visa measures for students Nov 11, 2009
The measures target parts of the student visa caseload in India, Mauritius, Nepal, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. There are over 500,000 international students in Australia pursuing university education and vocational studies of which about 94,000 are Indians - the second highest after the Chinese. (India Times)
'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' Nov 10, 2009
"The job was not finished and it is not finished now." Bin Laden, who escaped to Pakistan, was "in all probability" still alive, he said. The regime of President Assad in Syria also seriously threatens western security, he says. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Multiple-entry visa gave Headley a free run Nov 10, 2009
Headleys arrest on October 3 was followed by the arrest of Pakistan-born Canadian citizen Rana ... Headley, a US citizen who changed his name from Dawood Gilani in 2006 and initially resided in Chicago, was arrested on October 3 by the Chicago FBIs Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) at OHare International Airport before he boarded a flight to Philadelphia, intending to travel on to Pakistan. (India Times, India)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 10, 2009
Andrew Buncombe and Omar Waraich discover a silkier side to Pakistan ... A Pakistani mayor who had made a stand against the Taliban was yesterday among a dozen people killed after a suicide bomber set off an explosion outside of the city of Peshawar. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Chicago terror suspect accused of having Al Qaeda videos Nov 10, 2009
According to federal prosecutors, Headley, also of Chicago, was in contact with terrorist leaders based in the tribal areas of western Pakistan about an attack on the Copenhagen newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, and twice scouted out the newspaper s offices in that city and Arhus in preparation for an attack. Rana allegedly made Headley s travel arrangements for the trips to Denmark. (Boston Globe)
British spies help prevent al Qaeda-inspired attack on New York subway... Nov 10, 2009
Najibullah Zazi: Zazi, from Denver, Colorado, is understood to have been given instructions by a senior member of al Qaeda in Pakistan over the internet ... Zazi, from Denver, Colorado, is understood to have been given instructions by a senior member of al Qaeda in Pakistan over the internet ... Zazi was also said by informants to have attended a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. (The Drudge Report)
Bomber Kills 3 Near Group of Police in Pakistan Nov 9, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan A homicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of police constables in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said ... The U.S. supports the operation because Pakistan's tribal belt is home to many militants involved in attacks on Western troops across the border in Afghanistan ... Pakistan's army has pitted some 30,000 troops against up to 8,000 militants, including many Uzbeks and other foreign insurgents who... (Fox News)
'Afghan under India's influence' Nov 9, 2009
WASHINGTON: Acknowledging that there is "An ingress of the ISI in every terrorist group", former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has alleged Afghanistan is under influence of Indian intelligence agencies and he has documentary evidence against it. "Afghan intelligence, Afghan President, Afghan Government. Don't talk of them. I know what they do. They are, by design, they mislead the world. They talk against Pakistan, because they are under the influence of Indian intelligence, all of them,"... (India Times)
Gunmen attack another Pakistan military officer Nov 8, 2009
The spokesman for the Pakistani army, Maj ... The shootings are part of a wave of violence in Pakistani cities since the military campaign began; in the worst of the attacks, a bomb blast ravaged a congested market in Peshawar and killed 114 people, many of them poor women and children ... The latest attack came as the Pakistani army said it had made further advances in its campaign against the Pakistani Taliban, now in its third week. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In the balance Nov 8, 2009
Page last updated at 00:02 GMT, Sunday, 8 November 2009. Dizzy attacks left me spinning. (BBC News -- UK)
Seeking the cellphone future, in Kampala Nov 8, 2009
last week reported that a survey of users in Pakistan and India found that 50 percent So Nokia's new phones can be configured to have multiple address books, or track transaction costs and air time for multiple accounts ... Under these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that Vice President Joe Biden, among others, is for a new turn in U.S. policy, forgoing a counterinsurgency approach and opting instead for a less costly "counter-terrorism" strategy aimed, in part, at crushing al-Qaida in... (Salon)
Newsweek: Pakistan artists workwith violence Nov 8, 2009
On Oct. 18, 2007, returned to Pakistan after eight years in exile, flying into Karachi, where she was greeted by a massive homecoming celebration. "We were so delighted she was back," recalls one of Pakistan's best-known contemporary artists, Rashid Rana, who was in Lahore at the time ... Two months later Bhutto's assassins succeeded, but it was the events of Oct. 18 that prompted Rana to make Red Carpet, a glossy rendition of a traditional Pakistani carpet pieced together using thousands of... (MSNBC -- International)
Hasan's Remarks Worried Muslim Leader Nov 8, 2009
During his talks with Hasan, Danquah said he told him that Muslims were fighting each other in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories and that American soldiers with objections to serving overseas had recourse to voice such concerns. "As a Muslim, you come into a community and the way you integrate normally - I didn't see that kind of integration," he said. (CBS News -- US)
Jackson's father seeks allowance Nov 8, 2009
Deadly suicide attack in Pakistan ... Pakistan's Taliban dilemma ... How Pakistan allows the Afghan Taliban to thrive. (BBC News -- Americas)
Delhi's haze due to increased pollution Nov 8, 2009
"Western disturbances over north Pakistan area has resulted in moisture in northwest India. Plus there is a cooling effect since winters are approaching," Vashisht said. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Militants object to judge's remark Nov 8, 2009
NEW DELHI: A suspected Pakistani militant and his two Kashmiri accomplices have strongly objected to the remarks of a Delhi judge who likened them to Ajmal Amir Kasab who is facing trial in the Mumbai terror attacks ... Mohd Hassan, who hailed from Mandi district in Punjab province of Pakistan and Shafaquat Iqbal and Shabbir Ahmed of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, alleged that the judge without any reason referred to 26/11 attacks and made other observations like -- "It is you who are trouble... (India Times)
Brown: Britain committed to Afghanistan Nov 8, 2009
said the fight in must continue because the main terrorist threat facing Britain comes from both Afghanistan and Pakistan ... " Still, Brown said Britain's presence in Afghanistan is justified because it focuses on strengthening local authorities to enable them to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda. "Our strategy emphasizes the need to strengthen the legitimate authorities in both Afghanistan and Pakistan," Brown said. It recognizes that we cannot succeed in one country without succeeding in the... (CNN -- World)
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban Nov 8, 2009
A model returns from the runway after displaying a creation by Pakistani designer Arshad Tareen, during the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 ... As surging militant violence grabs headlines around the world, Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week ... The four-day event, which was postponed twice due to security fears and amid unease at hosting such a gathering amid an army offensive in the northwest, is aimed... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
