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  1. No Siachen Pullout, Troop Reduction in J&K (May 18, 2006)
    Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament that India would not pullout of Siachen as it did not get ironclad guarantees from Pakistan and that the threat perception has not changed to warrant a troop reduction.<More>

  2. Iran Ridicules EU Offer (May 18, 2006)
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the European Union (EU) proposal that offers incentives for Iran to give up ambitions to enrich uranium fuel likening the offer of "candy for gold."<More>

  3. Pakistan Admits to Nuclear Bomb Exports (May 16, 2006)
    After consistently denying any official knowledge of export of nuclear bomb proliferation by disgraced scientist A.Q. Khan, Pakistan finally admitted that such proliferation did take place to North Korea, Iran, Libya, and Syria.<More>

  4. Anti-King Resolution Stalls (May 16, 2006)
    Nepal’s bid to pass an anti-King resolution stalled as disagreements within the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) on what should be included and what excluded.<More>

  5. Nepal’s Unstable Roadmap to Peace (May 15, 2006)
    Nepal’s Maoist terrorist leader “Pachanda” announced that he would lead his group in negotiations with the other members of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) in a roadmap that that has disaster written on every bit of it.<More>

  6. Bhutto Claims She Stopped Attack on US (May 12, 2006)
    Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said that she stopped several Army Generals from ganging up with al Qaeda elements to launch an attack on the US and that invited assassination and regime change attempts by Osama bin Laden. <More>

  7. SLMM Says Lanka Army behind Civilian Killings (May 12, 2006)
    For the first time, the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has acknowledged that the Sri Lankan Army (SLA), sponsored militia, and rebel factions of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been behind civilian disappearances and extra-judicial killings.<More>

  8. Indo-Bangla Meet on Customs & Water (May  10, 2006)
    India and Bangladesh officials met to iron out differences in inter-state customs levies, issues, and protocol to boost bilateral trade and the implementation of the Ganga Water Accord of 1996.<More>

  9. Non-Military Purge in Nepal (May 9, 2006)
    In an apparent move to assert himself and the the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) he belongs to, the Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on a large-scale purge of political appointees in Embassies, industry, and state organs.<More>

  10. Lanka Seeks Indian Help to Resume Talks (May 9, 2006)
    Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and opposition leaders asking for their support to influence the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resume negotiations again.<More>

  11. Singapore Stunted Democracy (May 9, 2006)
    In the latest election, Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) came back to power winning 82 of the 84 seats with 37 seats unopposed.<More>

  12. Nepal Maoist Terrorist Agree to Talk (May 5, 2006)
    Nepal’s violent Maoist terrorists termed measures taken by the newly installed Government as “positive” and said that they would be ready for negotiated settlement.<More>

  13. Pak Test Fires Long Range Missile (May 3, 2006)
    A Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations note claimed that Pakistan has successfully test-fired “its long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf VI (Shaheen II)” that is a two-staged solid fuel accurate nuclear capable missile with a range of 2000 kilometers.<More>

  14. Lanka Teeters on the Brink of Civil War (May 3, 2006)
    Sri Lanka appeared slowly drifting towards civil war even as last ditch attempts by Norway to negotiate a seaplane transport arrangement for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) negotiators to go to Geneva for the peace talks.<More>

  15. Pak in Top 10 Failed State List (May 3, 2006)
    A Foreign Policy report that annually rates 146 countries on their effectiveness in maintaining control of its territories, running a Government, and providing basic public services rated Pakistan 9th most likely to fail ahead of Afghanistan, Nepal, and Lanka.<More>

  16. China Joins Nuclear Waste Convention (May 2, 2006)
    After years of waffling, China’s legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, voted to join the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.<More>

  17. IAEA Reports Non-Compliance, Iran Defiant (May 2, 2006)
    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported back to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that Iran has not complied with its earlier diktat to suspend nuclear enrichment and Iran has publicly sworn that it will resist the UNSC.<More>

  18. Escalating War of Words about Iran (April 28, 2006)
    The Iran issue refuses to be resolved with increasingly caustic comments from Iranians President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and equally acerbic comments from various influential circles of the US Administration. <More>

  19. China Reinforcing Developing Nations Ties (April 27, 2006)
    Analysts say that through Chinese President Hu Jintao visits to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya right after his visit to the US on the same trip shows that China is interested to reaffirm its ties with the developing world despite its economic ascendancy. <More>

  20. Terrorists Declare War in Nepal (April 26, 2006)
    Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance (SPA) elected veteran politician G.P. Koirala as Prime Minister for the 4th time and was jubilant about their victory, but the terrorists who are also part of the alliance refused to accept democracy and declared war on the nation.<More>

  21. Sri Lanka Wants LTTE Banned (April 25, 2006)
    A senior Sri Lankan Government (SLG) functionary accused the LTTE of failure to continue with the peace process and honoring ceasefire agreements and called on the European Union (EU) to follow-through with its threat to ban the outfit.<More>

  22. King Reinstates Parliament (April 25, 2006)
    In a televised address, Nepal King Gnanendra, conceding a key Opposition demand, said that he will reinstate the Parliament he dismissed in 2002 from Friday and asked the political parties to “bear the responsibility” for restoring peace and national unity.<More> 

  23. King Amenable to Parliament Resurrection (April 24, 2006)
    Softening his offer to the 7-party political alliance, Nepal’s King Gnanendra said that he is willing to accept the resurrection of the Parliament by a Prime Minister appointed by them but the alliance has been recalcitrant to this softened position.<More>

  24. King Calls for PM Candidate (April 21, 2006)
    Sustained public demonstrations, non-nonsense statements from India, and blunt speaking from the US caused Nepal King Gnanendra to relent and call for a Prime Ministerial candidate from the 7-party alliance of political parties.<More>

  25. Worried But No Progress (April 20, 2006)
    Visiting Special Envoy Dr. Karan Singh returned from a 2-day tour of Nepal where he met King Gnanendra and major political actors to say, “he is optimistic” that Gnanendra will “make an announcement shortly.”<More>

  26. PM Sends Karan Singh to Nepal (April 19, 2006)
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent former Foreign Minister and former King of erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir, Karan Singh, to meet with Nepal’s embattled King Gnanendra and deliver a stiff message.<More>

  27. Iran’s Nuclear Program Not Good for India (April 19, 2006)
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid Syed Bukhari that Iran has a secret nuclear program to develop weapons and that this program is not good for India as it does not desire a 3rd nuclear weapons power as a neighbor.<More> 

  28. Pakistan Puts Off Wullar Dialog (April 18, 2006)
    Pakistan said that it has postponed the upcoming dialogue with India on the Wullar Barrage and Tulbul Navigation Project saying that the Indian Water Resources Secretary was indisposed to attend this crucial meeting because of other business.<More>

  29. LTTE Withdraws from Geneva Talks (April 17, 2006)
    Accusing the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) of creating many “hurdles” and a lack of “conducive environment,” the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has withdrawn from the ongoing Geneva talks scheduled to restart April 19.<More>

  30. Iran Expands Nuclear Facilities (April 17, 2006)
    A US think tank said that new satellite images show that Iran has expanded its facilities at Isfahan and reinforced its Natanz underground facility in preparation for a possible US-led air raid.    <More>

  31. Canada labels LTTE Terrorists (April 13, 2006)
    Canada became the other country after India to label the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization making it illegal for anyone in Canada to support, finance, host, or communicate with it.<More>

  32. Iran Joins Select Nuclear Club (April 13, 2006)
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country has the much-coveted technology of enrichment and that it would, in defiance of United Nations Security Council ruling, race ahead to enrich more uranium on a large scale.<More>

  33. Nepal Stalemate Sours Further (April 12, 2006)
    With continued protests and increased police brutality, the stalemate in Nepal soured further strengthening the hands of the terrorists who continue to hold the nation hostage and inspire Naxalite terrorism in India.<More>

  34. Karzai Visits India (April 11, 2006)
    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is visiting India for the first time after his country was proposed by India to join the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and both countries promised to fight terrorism together. <More>

  35. US Plans to Attack Iran  (April 10, 2006)
    Noted journalist of The New York Times quoted unnamed sources to claim that the US has stepped up plans to use conventional and tactical nuclear weapons to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear “research” facility at Natanz. <More>

  36. “Indefinite Strike” in Nepal (April 10, 2006)
    Nepal went into deeper crisis as police arrested, assaulted, killed, and broke demonstrators literally and figuratively to curb strikes against an increasingly unpopular and violent royal regime.<More>

  37. Nepal under Curfew (April 6, 2006)
    In a massive overnight operation aimed at breaking the Anti-King Gnanendra strike, Royal Nepal Army and police swooped down and picked up politicians, human rights activists, journalists, students, and individuals opposed to the royal regime.<More>

  38. India Wants “Southern Consensus” in Lanka (April 5, 2006)
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told former Sri Lankan Prime Minister and current Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that Lanka needs a “southern consensus” between the two major parties to deal with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).<More>

  39. Nepal Tightens Terrorism Laws (April 5, 2006)
    Ahead of a four-day strike called by a 7-party political alliance to mount pressure on King Gnanendra to bring back democracy in Nepal, the Government has tightened terrorism laws through a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO).<More>

  40. Nepal Terrorists Announce Ceasefire (April 4, 2006)
    In response from the 7-party political alliance to cease violent activities, Nepal Maoist terrorists announced an indefinite unilateral ceasefire to facilitate a national strike.<More> 

  41. Baloachistan War Scorches Pak Army (April 4, 2006)
    Under the cover of official denials from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, his army has fielded 23,000 troops; supported by combat planes, helicopter gun ships, and artillery to crush a serious uprising in Baloachistan.<More>

  42. Carter Bid to Bring Peace to Nepal (March 31, 2006)
    Former US President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate for bringing peace to Israel and Egypt, is arriving in Nepal to talk to King Gnanendra, political opponents, and Maoist terrorists. <More> 

  43. Iranian Vice-PM Visits India (March 29, 2006)
    Visiting Iranian Vice-President Rashim Mashaee insisted that his country is not hiding any nuclear bomb program and encouraged India not to believe Western propaganda.    <More>

  44. Renewed Bugti-Pakistan Baloachistan clash (March 28, 2006)
    Pakistan’s Bugti clan clashed with Pakistani 23,000 strong armed force in Baloachistan at least four times over the weekend destroying all road transport and gas supply from the Sui Valley.    <More> 

  45. India-Pak Friendship & Peace Accord (March 27, 2006)
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a peace, security, and friendship accord to Pakistan and asked that country not to link Kashmir with this accord; Pakistan responded positively to this proposal but refused closer business ties.     <More>

  46. Caution on Escalating Violence in Lanka (March 27, 2006)
    The Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) cautioned both the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against gradually worsening confrontations.<More>

  47. Nepal Journalists under Siege (March 27, 2006)
    An independent international media mission that completed a tour of Nepal stated that the media there has been muzzled both by the Government and the Maoist terrorists.    <More>  

  48. Lackluster Bangla PM Visit (March 23, 2006)
    Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia met with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and shared mutual concerns on terrorism.<More>

  49. Musharraf Indian Response to his Proposals (March 20, 2006)
    Indian politicians who visited Pakistan and had intense discussions with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf urged India to respond to his 4-step proposal.<More>

  50. France & UK Circulate Draft Statement on Iran   (March 16, 2006)
    France and Britain, support by the United States (US), have floated a draft statement to be issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iran’s nuclear program to the 10 so-called non-permanent members of the UNSC.<More>

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