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British PM Brown blames Pakistan militants over Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:30 AM CST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last month's deadly Mumbai attacks as tension between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan simmered on Sunday.

Strauss, Collingwood put England in control (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:22 AM CST

Reuters - Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood recorded centuries to put England in complete control of the first test against India on Sunday.

India denies any violation of Pakistani airspace (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 01:28 AM CST

Reuters - India denied on Sunday its warplanes had violated Pakistani airspace.

Kashmir fight still on, says LeT (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:33 PM CST

Reuters - The banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for Mumbai attacks that killed 179 people, vowed on Saturday to fight India's "illegal occupation" of Kashmir but said it has no links to the Pakistan government.

British police may seek to question Mumbai gunman (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

Reuters - British police may wish to question the only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks, a British government source said on Sunday.

Historic Taj hotel to reopen after Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 08:52 PM CST

Reuters - The 105-year-old Taj Mahal hotel, one of two luxury hotels hit by Islamist militants in the Mumbai attacks, is set to reopen its doors on Dec. 21, its owner said on Saturday.

Pakistan PM sees India ties normalising over time (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:57 AM CST

Reuters - International diplomacy was defusing tension with India after the militant attack on Mumbai, and action against militant groups should reassure New Delhi, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.

Reality bites for India after Twenty20 Champions League setback (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 12:39 PM CST

Reuters - The postponement of a lucrative Twenty20 Champions League in India has added to fears regional security concerns and the financial slowdown could strike into the heart of the global cricket hub.

Indian navy captures 23 pirates in Gulf of Aden (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:09 PM CST

Reuters - Indian naval forces came to the rescue of a merchant vessel under attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, capturing 23 of the raiders, India said.

Pakistan plans no meeting with India at Paris talks (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:29 PM CST

Reuters - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday he did not plan to meet India's envoy at an international conference on Afghanistan in France this weekend but he did not rule out the possibilty.

UK's Brown blames Pakistani militants for Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 01:00 AM CST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed the banned Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai attacks and said on Sunday he would convey India's concerns to the Pakistani president.

Experts sent to Assam on bird flu scare (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:47 AM CST

Reuters - India rushed two more teams of bird flu experts to Assam to step up surveillance after nearly 100 people showed signs of the virus, health officials said on Saturday.

Pakistan says Indian warplanes violated airspace (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:50 AM CST

Reuters - Pakistan said on Saturday that Indian warplanes had violated its airspace but said this was "inadvertent" and there was no cause for alarm about an escalation of tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Police kill one in anti-poll protests in Indian Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 07:57 AM CST

Reuters - Government forces in Indian Kashmir fired bullets to disperse hundreds of anti-poll demonstrators during state elections in the disputed region on Saturday, killing one and injuring 25, police said.