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  • LTTE appeal to Karunanidhi to assist in their Eelam struggle 5 Jul 2008 23:52 GMT
    ... in their Eelam struggle Chennai, 06 July, (Asiantribune.com): Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has urged ... Tamil people. We regret very much that India is providing help to such a Government. ... Indo-Sino war as well as during the Indo-Pakistan wars, the Sinhala Government always took an ...

  • Rebuilding peace in the wake of the tsunami   5 Jul 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Naidu. She never leaves home without her military fatigues or cigarettes, sleeps with a semi-automatic ... a swathe of destruction across South East Asia, leaving more than 275000 dead. The Indonesian “special ... tsunami also benefited: an orphanage in Balapitiya, Sri Lanka, was refurbished and extended at a cost of ...

  • Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy 5 Jul 2008 17:13 GMT
    ... states and major economies including China and India. That makes this the largest such gathering ... up commodities prices," said Peter Morgan, chief Asian economist at HSBC in Hong Kong. "In the ... President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Friday that Pakistan's powerful army still supports him, but he ...

  • Bush Thanks Troops for Freedom 5 Jul 2008 16:12 GMT
    ... women in uniform today, in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. of Bush being heckled at ... (UPI) - President George Bush Saturday said military forces make it possible for America to ... the chains of slavery, liberated Europe and Asia from tyranny, and brought down an evil ...

  • Bangalore pays homage to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw 5 Jul 2008 15:16 GMT
    ... belonging to the small Zoroastrian community of India, in Amritsar, Manekshaw was among the first ... 1934. After the partition of India and Pakistan, Manekshaw remained in the Indian Army and ... several private companies. By Kestur Vasuki Copyright Asian News International ...

  • Canadian soldier found dead at Camp Mirage 5 Jul 2008 13:15 GMT
    ... a support base on Friday, and the military has launched an investigation. Corporal Brendan Anthony ... Mirage at an undisclosed location in southwest Asia. His body was discovered at 4:15 a.m. ... moving staff and cargo between Canada and Afghanistan. The military will examine the incident, but ...

  • US Congressman calls Musharraf a "terrible leader" 5 Jul 2008 09:12 GMT
    ... the Dawn quoted Ackerman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, as saying. He suggested that the US should let the Pakistan Army combat the resurgent Taliban and Al Qaeda, and added that 'pressuring the Pakistani ...

  • Military: 35 Tamil rebels, 1 soldier killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka 5 Jul 2008 06:31 GMT
    ... managing editor, Alison Smale, analyzes European and Asian perceptions of Obama and McCain. The IHT's ... Thousands of laborers have come from across India to build Cyber City and the Mall ... with the U.S. the air strike in Afghanistan that killed 11 Pakistanis. Players are taking ...

  • Terrorism scholar W.R. Nelson dies 5 Jul 2008 05:19 GMT
    ... Air Forces navigator, an instructor at two military academies and head of the political science ... an Army Air Forces navigator in Southeast Asia, flying 427 combat hours in a total of ... of 35 bombing missions en route from India or Burma and later Tinian Island to China. He ...

  • Editorial > State could turn into a dour, left-leaning place 5 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT
    ... in 1972, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan proclaimed himself more interested in Gross National ... Denmark, top most lists. Impoverished African nations, India, China and much of Asia rank as the unhappiest places along with Russia. The ...

  • Trouble in Tajik mountain province 5 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... to beef up the porous border with Afghanistan and curb the trafficking of drugs brought ... control," Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev told the Asia-Plus news agency in an interview published on ... their presence, and some suspected the extra military force was really a threat to these ...

  • Changing mission of National Guard, reserves detailed for Kiwanians 5 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... Dr. Eric Kean notes impact for recent military involvement Insight into the origins of the ... American, 12 percent Hispanic, and four percent Asian. Seventy-seven percent are men. Some 300,000 reservists ... Guard soldiers have served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2007. Around 1.2 million ...

  • Over-the-counter cloak and dagger 5 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... prerogative of the public sector, such as military support functions, have become the subject of ... taking the place of government operatives. In Pakistan three-quarters of the officers at the CIA station ... views expressed are his own. (Copyright 2008 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. All rights reserved. Please ...

  • Crossfire War -US Sixth Fleet Has Been Practicing Ballistic Missile Interception 5 Jul 2008 02:59 GMT
    ... - GAZA - BAGHDAD WATCH - West Asia - North - Northeast Africa Theatre: US Sixth Fleet ... in Kashmir are maintaining the pressure on India and the state government in Kashmir by ... it will have terrible consequences." [ Though Pakistan's government has said nothing publicly about this ...

  • Guns fall silent in Khyber 5 Jul 2008 00:30 GMT
    ... operation launched by security forces backed by Pakistan Army in Khyber Agency, which is considered ... considered to be the gateway to South Asia from Afghanistan. Two self-proclaimed and unlawful religious organizations through ...

  • Editorial: Iran-US ties: Signs of thaw? 4 Jul 2008 23:55 GMT
    ... the Middle East but across much of South Asia and beyond. This paper is only too ... military front, in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan, would be too problematic for the US ...

  • "ILLEGAL INVASION NEWS": Homeland Security report faults care of detained immigrants 4 Jul 2008 19:58 GMT
    ... claiming he was deported to his native India in retaliation for complaining about police brutality. ... in India , by the New York-based Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, according ... this heinous, unconstitutional war in Iraq (and Afghanistan), they could also expect the incompetent, Nancy ...

  • Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight' 4 Jul 2008 17:31 GMT
    ... Disgraced scientist AQ Khan has said that Pakistan transported nuclear material to North Korea with ... retracted his confession. (15 Jun 08 | South Asia ) (02 Jun 08 | South Asia ) ...

  • Roundtable Interview of the President by Foreign Print Media 4 Jul 2008 17:16 GMT
    ... very important for stability and peace in Asia. And so -- and then, of course, ... be an effective agreement unless China and India are at the table. And I say ... We were able to work together in Afghanistan and Iraq. We were able to work ...

  • Headlines in major Indian newspapers 4 Jul 2008 07:59 GMT
    ... the major Indian newspapers on Friday: ***THE ASIAN AGE - BJP bandh violent in some states, 2 ... time for 2008 N-deal: US experts - India, Israel for FTA - Chief Minister Azad ... threat of attack by US, Israel - `Nepal Maoists should sit in opposition' - Govt ...

  • Pak refutes secret pact to allow unilateral US strikes on its territory 4 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT
    ... action against the terrorists inside its territory. "Pakistan has once again clarified that on the ... the Pakistan side of the border along Afghanistan, it is the Pakistani troops who have ... two Afghan were visiting Bajaur Agency." Copyright Asian News International ...

  • U.S. foreign policy on a march toward hell 4 Jul 2008 05:26 GMT
    ... has lost the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, always referring to the loss in the ... Muslims (e.g. Russia); exploitation of oil resources; military presence throughout Islamic world; and U.S. support ... in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia and Africa has only provided support for ...

  • Sri Lanka: End Internment of Displaced Persons 4 Jul 2008 04:36 GMT
    ... Since March 2008, the government of Sri Lanka has detained civilians fleeing areas controlled by ... fleeing a conflict area,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Valid security concerns ... least 10 refugees who have returned from India. The Sri Lankan army has publicly indicated ...

  • Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy 4 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT
    ... rebuild failed and failing states in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Because Obama has ... of Europe, the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan to burnish his résumé), it's not easy ... Rice. He's also said that he'd attack Pakistan unilaterally to take out Al Qaeda-linked forces ...

  • Iran willing to talk 4 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... By Kaveh L Afrasiabi This week, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki ... example, the Golan Heights) from Israel. Regarding Afghanistan, Mottaki blamed the US's past policies as ... the US that allows a long-term US military presence in Iraq. According to Mottaki, the ...


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