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- Kerala Tourists Injured In Grenade Attack Near Gulmarg (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 29, 2006)
Ten persons, including five tourists, were injured in a grenade attack in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility.
- War And Peace-Making In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Nov 29, 2006)
Even as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Mohammad Ashraf Shah led a grim war against India in which hundreds were killed, he was a key player in a secret search for peace.
- Intrepid Major Kills Top Militant (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2006)
An Army Major and a top militant of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in an encounter at Beijbehara in Anantnag district of south Kashmir last night.
- Hizb Chief’S Terms For Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen and chief of the PoK-based United Jehad Council, has offered conditional ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Hizb 'Commander' Killed (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Nov 29, 2006)
Security forces killed the 'commander' of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's South Kashmir division Mohammad Ashraf Shah who is ranked 2nd in Hizb's hierarchy and earned a reputation of clever and ruthless terrorist who also tried facilitating a ceasefire.
- Hizb ‘Commander’ Killed (World Socialist Web Site, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2006)
Security forces killed the 'commander' of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's South Kashmir division Mohammad Ashraf Shah who is ranked 2nd in Hizb's hierarchy and earned a reputation of clever and ruthless terrorist who also tried facilitating a ceasefire.
- Curious Death Of Alexander Litvinenko (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Nov 28, 2006)
The death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Soviet spy turned a defector to Britain, allegedly through ‘radiation poisoning’, is both ghastly and mysterious.
- In Lebanon, A Crisis For Christians (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
As this mountain town in the Christian heartland north of Beirut mourns the murder of one of its most revered leaders, Pierre Gemayel, its residents ponder a future that many fear is slipping toward civil conflict.
- New Violence Deepens Iraq's Religious Fissures (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2006)
Ask residents of Baghdad's Sadr City slum about the probable aftermath of more than 200 killed last week - the largest toll from a single attack since Saddam Hussein's fall - and they speak in apocalyptic terms.
- Israel, Palestinians Reach Truce After Months Of Fighting In Gaza (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2006)
Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning as part of a surprise cease-fire agreement reached late on Saturday night by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to end five months of fighting.
- Three Security Men Killed, Militant Hideouts Busted (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2006)
Three security personnel and a militant were killed while a self-styled battalion commander of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested across the Kashmir valley overnight, an official spokesman said today.
- The Politics Of A Murder (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Nov 24, 2006)
Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel’s assassination points to the crisis in the country and Syria’s politics
- Israel Kills 8 As Grandmother Attempts Suicide Attack (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
A 64-year-old Palestinian grandmother blew herself up near Israeli troops sweeping through northern Gaza on Thursday, accenting a day of clashes and rocket fire that threaten to derail fragile efforts for a cease-fire.
- Syria's Allies Have Been The Losers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2006)
The latest assassination in Lebanon has bolstered the U.S.-backed government and weakened Hizbollah and the Opposition.
- Beit Hanoun Massacre (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Nov 24, 2006)
Events after the killing of 18 civilians by Israeli artillery in Gaza point to the shifting of equations in the region.
- Civil War In Lebanon (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Nov 23, 2006)
Civil war - the words on all our lips now. Pierre Gemayel's murder - in broad daylight, in a Christian suburb of Beirut, his car blocked mafia-style by another vehicle while his killer fired through the driver's window into the head of . . .
- Robert Fisk: Gemayel's Mourners Know In Lebanon Nothing Is What It Seems (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2006)
In the house of mourning, an old Lebanese home of cut stone, they did not show Pierre Gemayel's body. They had sealed the lid - so terribly damaged was his face by the bullets which killed him - as if the nightmares of Lebanon might thus be kept . . .
- Lebanon Killing Poses New Challenge For Government (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2006)
The assassination of Lebanese Cabinet Minister Pierre Gemayel is a blow to the Western-backed government but also hurts the interests of its Hizbollah-led opponents tussling for control of Lebanon.
- Un To Investigate Lebanon Murder (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2006)
The UN security council responded rapidly last night to Lebanon's call for help in investigating the assassination of the anti-Syrian cabinet minister, Pierre Gemayel, promising to dispatch investigators while the crime scene was still fresh.
- Gemayel's Death Triggers Sectarian Tensions (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 23, 2006)
A heinous terrorist act, says Damascus
- Hizb Fatwa Against Army, Dps Schools (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Nov 23, 2006)
In yet another diktat, the Hizb-ul Mujahideen has asked people not to enroll their children in the Delhi Public School in Srinagar and the Army schools in various parts of the valley.
- Fresh Crisis In Lebanon (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
Lebanon lurched closer to a fresh round of sectarian bloodletting yesterday with the assassination of its industry minister, Pierre Gemayel, a member of the country's most powerful Christian family and a leading opponent of Syrian influence.
- American Foes Step Into The Iraq Fray (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
This week, Iraq has drawn decisively closer to the two countries the US alleges are the greatest threats to peace and stability in the Middle East.
- Lebanese Industry Minister Assassinated (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
Gunmen on Tuesday assassinated Lebanese Christian Cabinet Minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, plunging Lebanon deeper into a crisis over ties with its dominant neighbour.
- ‘Lost Tribe’ From India Arrives In Israel Amid Controversy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
Fifty-one people, of the 218 who claim descent from a lost Jewish tribe immigrated, to Israel from a remote corner of India early on Tuesday, the first wave of the Bnei Menashe community to arrive in nearly three years.
- Kashmiris’ Role In Talks Sought (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2006)
The executive director of the Kashmiri American Council, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, has suggested the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process, and stressed the need for engaging the real representatives of the people of occupied Kashmir in talks for . . .
- Jihad With Added Teeth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2006)
Disclosure made by NSA about the possibility of LeT cadre infiltrating into the IAF is indicative of the terror outfit's new strategy
- Lebanon In Race Between Compromise, Confrontation (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2006)
Barring a last-minute political compromise, Lebanon faces a looming confrontation pitting its fractured US-backed government against an opposition led by the pro-Iranian Hizbollah, determined to unseat it through mass protests.
- Pak Designs On Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 21, 2006)
With the successful completion of the third round of the Foreign Secretary-level talks with India, General Pervez Musharraf hopes to deploy with confidence more troops on the Western border to bolster the 80,000-strong army that he already has on . . .
- On The Path To Ruin (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 20, 2006)
“An equation has to be created in which it is not worth it for the Palestinians to fire,” said Eli Moyal, mayor of Sderot, after rockets fired from the Gaza Strip killed a 57-year-old woman and severely injured two young men, last Wednesday in the . . .
- Oil Revenues Fuel Resistance To Us (Deccan Herald, KIM MURPHY, Nov 20, 2006)
Iran, Venezuela and Russia are flush with petroleum money, a buffer allowing them to challenge perceived American dominance
- What It Means To Lose (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 17, 2006)
US in Iraq is bit like one of those backyard scenes where the hapless dad lights an enormous firecracker and, after a long wait, it just goes fzzzt, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Two Injured In Grenade Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2006)
Two persons, including a woman, were injured when militants hurled a grenade at a CRPF picket here today, an official spokesman said.
- Iran And Syria Supplied Somali Islamists With Arms, Says Un (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
A UN-commissioned report has accused 10 countries, including Iran and Syria, of breaking an arms embargo on Somalia amid fears that the conflict could spill across the Horn of Africa.
- Doubts Cast On Un Report Of Somali Support For Hizbullah (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
A UN report that claims 720 fighters from Somalia's Islamic courts fought alongside Hizbullah during the recent war with Israel has been questioned by experts.
- Al-Jazeera’S English Service Hits Airwaves (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Nov 16, 2006)
Pan-Arabic satellite channel al-Jazeera on Tuesday began broadcasting in English, realising the half century ambition of Third World countries to have a vehicle for projecting their views of world affairs.
- Iran Flexes Its Military Muscle (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 16, 2006)
Tehran's display of its conventional weapons strength has left Israel worried.
- Terror Threat To Britain (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 16, 2006)
UK and US will have to counter Al Qaeda and Islamist groups globally for peace at home, says Hiranmay Karlekar
- Us Democracy Agenda Loses Steam (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2006)
The Bush administration's democracy agenda, which was losing steam even before last week's US elections, will become less of a priority now the focus is on stabilising Iraq, said foreign policy analysts.
- Can Iran Help In Iraq? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2006)
Iran has been here before, called upon by arch-foe America to assist in a neighborhood security problem. After 9/11, Iran helped the US extensively in Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and establish a new government.
- Our New Friends In The Middle East (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
President George Bush's State of the Union address refers to the "axis of evil": Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
- Lebanese Cabinet Approves Un Tribunal For Hariri Killers (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
Lebanon's government approved Monday a UN plan for an international tribunal for the suspected killers of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri — despite the objections of the president and the resignation of six ministers.
- Blair Wants Shunned Nations To Help Solve Iraq Fiasco (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
Tony Blair has urged George Bush to make a dramatic U-turn by drawing Iran and Syria into efforts to bring stability to Iraq and forge a long-term peace in the wider Middle East.
- Lebanon Crisis Is Foreign Tug Of War (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
AMID failed political talks, resignations of Cabinet ministers and threats of mass street protests, Lebanon finds itself in a tug-of-war between the United States and opponents Iran and Syria that could hold high stakes for both America’s . . .
- Geelani Blames Army For Grenade Explosion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
Hurriyat chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani here today blamed the Army for grenade explosion with the help of a arrested local youth at Tahab in Pulwama in which six persons were killed and 26 injured on Friday last.
- Two Militants Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
Two militants were killed in separate encounters with the security forces in Anantnag and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here today.
- Hizbollah Ministers Quit Lebanese Regime (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 13, 2006)
The militant group Hizbollah and its Shia allies have mounted fresh pressure for political change by pulling out their Ministers from the Lebanese Cabinet and pushing the Government to the brink of collapse.
- Friday Massacre (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 13, 2006)
It is ironical that even while Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, addressing students of Islamic University for Science and Technology (a contradiction in terms if ever there was any) at Awantipora, was waxing eloquent on . . .
- Lebanon Crisis Ignites Wider 'Cold War' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
A walkout by five Shiite cabinet ministers over the weekend has deepened Lebanon's political crisis and sharpened the divisions in a larger, "cold war" struggle for influence over the Middle East.
- Israeli General Resigns Over Abducted Soldiers (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
A second Israeli general has resigned as a consequence of this summer's Lebanon war. Brig-Gen Gal Hirsch, commander of a reserve division, quit under protest after he was severely criticised for failing to prevent the abduction of two of his men, . . .
- Pessimism Has Taken Hold Of Israel (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Nov 11, 2006)
The war in Lebanon and rockets from Gaza have reinforced a great mood swing. People no longer seem to want a peace deal.
- 6 Die In Blast Outside Mosque (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 11, 2006)
Militants target worshippers on their way to offer Friday prayers
- Muslims Rally Against Israel, Us (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Thousands marched though Middle East capitals on Friday to protest an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, their calls often spilling into a broader outcry against America's policy in the region and its backing of Israel.
- Truce With Israel Over, Says Hamas Head After Beit Hanoun Deaths (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he was "very distressed" about a pre-dawn Israeli artillery attack that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza village of Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
- Truce With Israel Over, Says Hamas Head After Beit Hanoun Deaths (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he was "very distressed" about a pre-dawn Israeli artillery attack that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza village of Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
- Those Who Are Left To Suffer (Pioneer, Kofi A. Annan, Nov 10, 2006)
Whatever its justifications, war brings unspeakable horror to combatants and civilians alike and can destroy in minutes what has sometimes taken generations to achieve.
- Lebanon's All-Party Talks Adjourn Without Breakthrough (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Rival Lebanese politicians failed to bridge differences in all-party talks Thursday, but agreed to hold further discussions in efforts to try to pull the country away from a showdown between the major factions.
- Lebanon Leaders Make Progress At Crisis Talks - Berri (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Rival Lebanese leaders made some progress in talks on Thursday on a Hizbollah demand for more say in the Western-backed Cabinet that would give the pro-Syrian party effective veto power over the government.
- Lebanese Leaders Seek To Break Impasse (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Lebanon's rival political parties on Tuesday worked to develop a formula to break a political impasse that threatens to throw the country into another bout of violence, Lebanon's parliament speaker said.
- Injuries Revive Bid To Ban Cluster Bombs (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Hassan Hammade was picking oranges near his home when a strange object fell from a tree in front of him. The 13-year-old picked it up.
- Israeli Minister Calls For Arab-Free Israel (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Less than a week after being appointed to the Israeli cabinet, ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman called for Israel to become "as much as possible" an all-Jewish country without an Arab minority.
- Udhampur: Killing Field For Jilted Jihadi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Six weeks after a class 12 student, Shamima Akhter, was strangulated to death by local militants after she refused to marry Hizbul Mujahideen militant Manzoor Ahmad alias Furkan, the same group of militants attacked her house late Saturday evenin . . .
- 4 Of Family Killed In Udhampur (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Four members of a family, two Pakistani militants and a minor boy were killed and three boys injured critically in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, where-as a powerful IED on Srinagar-Gulmarg road was detected today.
- Us Accuses Syria, Iran, And Hizbullah Of Plot To Topple Lebanon (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
The Bush administration has accused the governments of Syria and Iran, as well as the militant Lebanese group Hizbullah, of plotting to overthrow the elected government of Lebanon.
- The Domino Effect (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 03, 2006)
There are few things as demeaning as nation-states being engulfed in hyphenated relationships. For more than five decades, until information technology injected a new dimension, India was trapped into a hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
- Ground Slips Beneath Musharraf's Feet (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 03, 2006)
The proposed self-rule in Jammu & Kashmir has made the Pakistani President's cheer-leaders wary, particularly after Balochistan and Bajaur, says Ghazanfur Butt.
- Azad’S Report Card: But Where’S The Politics? (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 02, 2006)
After one year as J&K CM, Ghulam Nabi Azad comes across only as an efficient administrator. His tenure has seen a weakening of the Indo-Pak peace process
- Al Badr Resurfaces (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 30, 2006)
The arrest of two terrorists in Mysore proves that the ISI is using Al Badr, one of the oldest jihadi outfits, to spread mayhem in south India, says B Raman
- Staying The Course In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2006)
For decades, Indian policy-making on Jammu and Kashmir has consisted of doing the same things again and again — and hoping they will somehow have a different outcome.
- Robert Fisk: Mystery Of Israel's Secret Uranium Bomb (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians?
- From An Unknown Name To An Emerging Nightmare (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 28, 2006)
Al-Badr has for long harboured ambitions of taking its terror campaign to major cities across India
Al-Badr traces its origins to a quasi-fascist militia set up by Pakistan's armed forces in 1970
Fought against the Soviet Union's forces in . . .
- J&k Autonomy Working Group Doa? (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
The Hindu reported that the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Autonomy Working group promised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 5 months ago may be dead on arrival (DoA) because of a lack of suitable leadership to lead the group and procedural issues.
- Six Killed In Kashmir Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Six persons, including two militants and two brothers, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir where the security forces busted two militant hideouts and seized huge cache of explosives and ammunition since last evening.
- Nc Pulls Out Of Working Groups (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 26, 2006)
Renewed contact with secessionists behind decision?
- Syrian Strength (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 26, 2006)
Lasting peace in West Asia will be achieved only if Israel opens a dialogue with Syria.
- Israelis, Lebanese Reach Across War's Divide (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Aghast at the destruction that ensued as Israel's army and Hizbollah fighters waged war in Lebanon this year, Israeli David Sasson felt compelled to try to make contact with the Lebanese side.
- Kashmir Teen On Fast Dies In Custody (Telegraph, MUZAFFAR RAINA, Oct 23, 2006)
When people across Kashmir were busy observing Shab-e-Qadr — the night of prayers — 17-year-old Mohammad Maqbool Dar was battling for his life. The next morning, Saturday, his torture-scarred body reached home.
- Terrorists Diverting Charity Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Humanitarian and religious charity for the needy is being channelled for terrorist activists by groups such as Tamil Tigers and Al Qaeda, according to a former US official and expert on terrorism funding.
- Israelis Threaten To Retake Gaza-Egypt Border (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Several Israeli Cabinet ministers called on Sunday for a military operation to retake control of Gaza’s southern border and prevent Palestinian fighters smuggling weapons from neighbouring Egypt.
- Iran Nuclear Issue Tops Olmert's Kremlin Talks (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought President Vladimir Putin's support at talks here Wednesday for a tougher stance against Iran's nuclear programme, in which Russian engineers are building the country's first reactor.
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