Pakistan Arrests More Than 100 Allegedly Linked To Mumbai
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks, a top official said Thursday, adding that the information India has handed over still needs work before it can be used as evidence in court. Despite the announcement, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik dodged a question on whether he was conceding the plot _ which killed 164 people in India’s commercial capital and raised tension between the nuclear-armed rivals _ was hatched on Pakistani soil
India To Give US Evidence Showing Pakistani "State Actors’ involved In Mumbai Attacks
he sophistication of the Mumbai attack points to the involvement of “state actors” in Pakistan, India’s home minister said on Sunday, ahead of a visit to the United States with a dossier of evidence.
Swat Valley: Scenic Pakistani Region Falls To Taliban Militants
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan’s picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region far from the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. The deteriorating situation in the former tourist haven comes despite an army offensive that began in 2007 and an attempted peace deal.
Father Paul Mayer: Lessons for President-Elect Obama From Mumbai
Our new president-elect is surely as apprehensive as the rest of the world about the threat of new Mumbai-type attacks spreading around the globe. What then are the policy insights that he should derive from this recent tragedy?
Shirin Sadeghi: Benazir the Martyr: an Anniversary on the Brink of War
As the anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination comes and goes, some people in Pakistan have quietly concluded that getting assassinated was the best thing she ever did. Not because she saved Pakistan by doing it but, as the logic goes, because she hadn’t done a great deal of good before that and at least she passed with the legacy of a martyr.
India’s Media Blasted For Sensational Coverage Of Mumbai Terror Attacks
Emerging from decades of government control and regulations, India’s media are quickly evolving into a boisterous, zealous fourth estate, most observers agree. But coverage of the 67-hour Mumbai (Bombay) terrorist attacks has caused unprecedented condemnation, especially toward 24-hour television news channels.
Steven Weber: Is It True Every Time You Hear an Accordion an Angel Gets Kicked in the Nuts?
As Christmas trundles onto the main stage to provide the audience with another gaudy burlesque, I am reminded that the Jesus kid, were he around today, would probably either be trying to put a stop to all the slander his good name has endured by slamming Western culture with a high profile lawsuit or else have his own line of chic yet affordable Shroud of Turin loinwear. For once again, we are treated to a holiday season which doesn’t even bother to put up any pretense to its origin, opting instead to be brazen and sans irony about its true purpose: to bring Americans to a fevered, panting orgasm of consumerism
Stray Dog Wounded In Mumbai Terror Attacks Survives
MUMBAI — On a leafy hospital campus in this still-scarred city, one of the victims of last month’s terrorist attacks is making a recovery.
Kalpana Sharma: No Time for Revenge
Ever since the terrifying terror strike in Mumbai on November 26, many of us have strained hard to find some voices advocating peace.
India Releases Photos, Details Of Mumbai Gunmen
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