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WHY INDIA CAME BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

7. February 2010

BAQIR SAJJAD SYED
ISLAMABAD: Renewed international pressure and growing realisation in New Delhi that the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan could deprive it of its strategic leverage in the region has forced the sudden change of heart in India regarding ties with Pakistan, according to diplomats and analysts.
“It was being increasingly felt by strategists in New [...]

KABUL’S FALL IMMINENT? TALIBAN ATTACK IN FORCE AS KARZAI’S ‘NEGOTIATE’ OFFER REJECTED

20. January 2010

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KABUL’S FALL IMMINENT? TALIBAN ATTACK IN FORCE AS KARZAI’S ‘NEGOTIATE’ OFFER REJECTED

DAWN, Pakistan
KABUL: The Taliban launched a wave of gun and bomb attacks on Kabul on Monday, with at least 13 people injured as fierce fighting erupted in the heart of the Afghan capital.
Latest reports stated that four of the suicide bombers have died. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and another two died in clashes, [...]

INDIA’S UNHELPFUL ATTITUDE

20. January 2010

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By Tariq Fatemi
Thursday, 14 Jan, 2010
India’s long tradition of democracy has given the country an image of a responsible and restrained nation. But this view is not shared by India’s neighbours, especially the smaller ones.
The past 60 years have shown India’s tendency to throw its weight about and browbeat its neighbours. With those that are [...]

Fire at India’s Nuclear Bhabha Atomic Research Center

30. December 2009

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Fire at India’s Nuclear Bhabha Atomic Research Center

A fire broke out on Tuesday in a chemistry laboratory at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, located just a kilometre away from the nuclear reactors, leaving two research students dead, but scientists said there was no danger of any radioactivity.
Scientists at the suburban Trombay-based BARC said a loud bang was heard in the chemistry lab [...]

OIL MIXED IN ASIA

21. December 2009

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SINGAPORE: Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Monday as worries over border tensions between Iran and Iraq eased, and the Christmas holidays kept traders on the sidelines, analysts said. New York’s main futures contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, shed two cents to 73.34 dollars per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for February [...]

Obama’s speech on Afghanistan: A compendium of lies

6. December 2009

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Obama’s speech on Afghanistan: A compendium of lies

In his December 1 speech at West Point announcing the deployment of 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama attempted to justify a major escalation of a deeply unpopular war on the basis of lies and distortions. That he had to resort to such falsifications reflects both the reactionary character of his policy [...]

140 killed in 265 MiG fighter jet crashes

4. December 2009

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140 killed in 265 MiG fighter jet crashes

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has lost 265 MiG fighter jets in crashes during the last two decades leaving 140 people dead, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday.
“In the last two decades (since April 1989 and up to Nov 26, 2009), 265 MiG fighter aircraft of the IAF have crashed. [...]

41 Army officers facing action for selling weapons in grey market

3. December 2009

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41 Army officers facing action for selling weapons in grey market

NEW DELHI: Action is being taken against as many 41 Army officers and four retired ones for having sold their”non-service pattern” (NSP) weapons in the grey market in the border districts of Rajasthan. Armed forces personnel can obtain prohibited bore weapons, like 9 mm pistols or .30 bolt-action rifles, which are called NSP arms, from [...]

Pullout From Afghanistan to Begin in 2011, Official Says

1. December 2009

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Pullout From Afghanistan to Begin in 2011, Official Says

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce Tuesday night that he will begin to transition American forces out of Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, setting the first time frame to wind down the war there nearly a decade after the United States first sent troops in to topple the Taliban government, a senior administration official [...]

The US Congressman who sold his soul to the Israel lobby

1. December 2009

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The US Congressman who sold his soul to the Israel lobby

How Tom Perriello became a slave of Israel
By Adam Shapiro
Adam Shapiro tells the story of a hitherto principled friend and campaigner for justice and human rights, Tom Perriello, who ran for Congress and, once elected, betrayed all of his principles and became a mere tool of the pro-apartheid American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC.
”…the consistent lack [...]