News Analysis - Tuesday, July 04, 2006 @ whatisindia.com

European secret services colluded in CIA terror transfers
Human Rights watchdog Council of Europe again accused intelligence agencies of several European nations to have colluded with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the illegal detention and transfer of terror suspects in or across the continent.<More>

Pak SC Orders Girl Trade Probe
Pakistan Supreme Court ordered an inquiry into a decision by a council of elders, or jirga, in a village in southern Sindh province to give away five minor girls in marriage as compensation for a double murder case.<More>

Govt Rejects Israeli Arms Request
The Federal Government said that security of diplomats in India is its responsibility and has rejected a request from the Israeli embassy to import 20 pistols for its security staff and asked it to return another 4 dozen imported earlier.<More>

India, U.K. Scientific Research Ties
Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sibal announced that scientists from institutions in India and Britain will collaborate in several high-end research projects under a new multi-million program.<More>

Pak Wants Ravi Inspection
In addition to Wullar Barrage, Baglihar and Krishenganga projects, Pakistan now objects to the 240 megawatt (MW) Uri-II power project in Jammu & Kashmir and has demanded to “inspect” the new embankments along the Ravi River, a tributary of Jhelum.<More>

India Rejects LTTE “Regret”
A day after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) regretted the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi the Indian Government strongly rejected these statements as that would be “tantamount to endorsing the philosophy of terror, violence and political assassinations.”<More>

European secret services colluded in CIA terror transfers Human Rights watchdog Council of Europe again accused intelligence agencies of several European nations to have colluded with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the illegal detention and transfer of terror suspects in or across the continent.<More> Pak SC Orders Girl Trade Probe Pakistan Supreme Court ordered an inquiry into a decision by a council of elders, or jirga, in a village in southern Sindh province to give away five minor girls in marriage as compensation for a double murder case.<More> Govt Rejects Israeli Arms Request The Federal Government said that security of diplomats in India is its responsibility and has rejected a request from the Israeli embassy to import 20 pistols for its security staff and asked it to return another 4 dozen imported earlier.<More> India, U.K. Scientific Research Ties Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development Kapil Sibal announced that scientists from institutions in India and Britain will collaborate in several high-end research projects under a new multi-million program.<More> Pak Wants Ravi Inspection In addition to Wullar Barrage, Baglihar and Krishenganga projects, Pakistan now objects to the 240 megawatt (MW) Uri-II power project in Jammu & Kashmir and has demanded to “inspect” the new embankments along the Ravi River, a tributary of Jhelum.<More> India Rejects LTTE “Regret” A day after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) regretted the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi the Indian Government strongly rejected these statements as that would be “tantamount to endorsing the philosophy of terror, violence and political assassinations.”<More>
Putin Criticizes US Ahead of the Russia-US summit next month, Russian President Vladimir Putin trashed American and EU accusations of Russia’s “neo-imperial ambitions” and “energy blackmail” and warned of American diktat in international relations. <More>