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Interim head named
UNITED NATIONS, AUG. 23. The U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has named Ramiro Lopes da Silva, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, as his acting special representative to the war-torn country to succeed Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed ...

Pakistanis held on `terror suspicion'
WASHINGTON, AUG. 23. In what is seen as having disturbing parallels to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 in the U.S., the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have arrested 19 persons — all Pakistanis — last week and are holding them ...

Why Iran's n-programme is in the limelight
MANAMA, AUG. 23. Faced with mounting international pressure, Iran, suspected of seeking nuclear weapons, appears unrelenting. Indicating that the Iranian nuclear programme will no longer be treated with soft hands, the Washington Post ...

Other Stories

'Terror stalks Pakistan professionals'

A march on Washington to redeem America's soul

Russia to go ahead with nuke plant in Iran

`Pak. struck deal with U.S. on Osama'

Hamas U.S. assets frozen

India & World
Pak. complaint to U.N. against India a `surprise'
ISLAMABAD, AUG. 23. Observers here are intrigued at Pakistan's decision to lodge a `complaint' with the United Nations over what has been dubbed as the `persistent refusal' of India to resume bilateral dialogue. The perception here is that ...

Bilateral extradition treaty cannot be ruled out: Singapore Minister
SINGAPORE, AUG. 23.Exuding optimism about the possibility of constituting a Singapore-India working group on security, the Singapore Foreign Minister, S. Jayakumar, has said that a bilateral extradition treaty was not ruled out. In an exclusive ...

Bureaucracy delays release of fishermen
ISLAMABAD, AUG. 23. Over 340 Indian fishermen, arrested by Pakistani authorities for straying into its waters, continue to languish in various jails despite the announcement by the Pakistan Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, on May 6 ...

LTTE worried `only about India', says Kadirgamar
COLOMBO, AUG. 23. The Sri Lankan President's senior adviser on Foreign Affairs, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is of the view that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is worried "only about India", and is "not afraid of taking on" any international player ...

Suggestion to Balasingham
COLOMBO, AUG. 23. Sri Lanka's former Foreign Affairs Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, on Friday suggested that the LTTE's chief negotiator, Anton S. Balasingham, pen a book on the latest peace process. He even came up with a title for ...

Protest in Pak. against ban on Indian channels
ISLAMABAD, AUG. 23. Perhaps for the first time in the history of Pakistan, there could be an agitation in support of the demand for an Indian service. The cable operators here have threatened to go on strike from tomorrow till August 31 in ...

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