2008年12月3日星期三

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Rice arrives in India to ease tension with Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses a news conference at the end of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 2, 2008. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of urgent U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks.


U.S.'s Mullen in Pakistan to calm tensions with India (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen is seen during his meeting with Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan in Istanbul in this September 14, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Bulent Kilic/Pool/FilesReuters - The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday as part of U.S. diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India after last week's militant attacks on Mumbai.


Mumbai attacks a wake-up call for hotel security (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:41 AM CST

Workers put up a banner outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the recent militant attacks, in Mumbai December 2, 2008. The terror attacks in Mumbai last week have been a chilling reminder to India's hotels to step up investments in security and surveillance systems, experts say. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - The terror attacks in Mumbai last week have been a chilling reminder to India's hotels to step up investments in security and surveillance systems, experts say.


Pakistan not to blame for Mumbai attacks - Zardari (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:39 PM CST

Smoke and fire billows out of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday his government was not responsible for last week's attacks on Mumbai and said he doubted India's claim the lone surviving gunman was a Pakistani. REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday his government was not responsible for last week's attacks on Mumbai and said he doubted India's claim the lone surviving gunman was a Pakistani.


ICC allays 2011 World Cup doubts after Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:57 AM CST

Posters are displayed close to Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai December 2, 2008. Cricket's global governing body has dismissed reports the sub-continent could lose the 2011 World Cup due to safety fears following last week's militant attacks in Mumbai. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Cricket's global governing body has dismissed reports the sub-continent could lose the 2011 World Cup due to safety fears following last week's militant attacks in Mumbai.


Taiwan quashes hopes for visit soon by Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:35 AM CST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is seen greeting the audience before delivering a speech in Prague in this November 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/David W Cerny/FilesReuters - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday quashed hopes for a visit by the Dalai Lama just days after an official close to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said he would like to visit the island next year.


Bird flu spreads to new areas in Assam (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:01 AM CST

A rooster is seen at a roadside shop in Allahabad in this January 19, 2008 file photo. A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected in Assam on Wednesday and authorities prepared to start culling thousands of chickens, a senior official said. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected in Assam on Wednesday and authorities prepared to start culling thousands of chickens, a senior official said.


India's Muslims say no burial for 'demon' gunmen (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 12:22 PM CST

Reuters - Mumbai's top Muslim clerics vowed on Tuesday to block the burial of nine Islamist militants who killed 183 people in a three-day rampage last week, saying their acts were an affront to Islam.

U.S. says Pakistani-based group likely hit Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:03 PM CST

A photographer takes pictures at a blast site in Mumbai in this November 27, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - A group based in Pakistan may have been responsible for the attacks by militants in India's financial hub of Mumbai that killed 183 people, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.


Police question many over Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:25 AM CST

Mumbai's Commissioner of Police Hassan Gafoor speaks during a news conference in Mumbai December 2, 2008. REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - Mumbai police said on Tuesday they were interrogating many suspects in the deadly attacks on India's financial capital but had not arrested anybody other than the one Islamic militant captured alive.


Militant-linked charity fears Indian reprisal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 11:06 AM CST

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Islamic party Jamaat ud Dawa (JD), speaks during a protest rally in Karachi September 7, 2008, condemning atrocities in Indian-controlled Kashmir. REUTERS/Athar Hussain/FilesReuters - Fear of an Indian missile strike haunts the Pakistani Islamist charity that India and the United States say is a front for the militant group suspected of slaughtering 183 people in Mumbai.


Tendulkar left numb by Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:31 AM CST

India's Sachin Tendulkar attends a cricket training session in New Delhi in this October 27, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar said images of the militant attacks in Mumbai last week had "left him numb and saddened."


Top U.S. military officer goes to India, Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:07 PM CST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a news conference at Pristina Airport in this October 7, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Hazir Reka/FilesReuters - The top U.S. military officer traveled to India and Pakistan on Tuesday as part of an American diplomatic effort to ease tensions over last week's Mumbai attacks, officials said on Tuesday.


India confident cricket can overcome Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:35 AM CST

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (front) throws the ball as team mates Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli (L-R) watch during a cricket training session in Cuttack in this November 25, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Terror attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai have triggered security concerns in cricket's global commercial hub although officials are hopeful the game will not suffer any lasting damage.


Rice flies to India to ease tension with Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:04 PM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses a news conference at the end of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 2, 2008.    REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of intense U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks.


India has right to protect itself - foreign minister (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:49 AM CST

Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee seen before his meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa in New Delhi December 2, 2008. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said his country reserved the right to take military action if its territory was under threat.


"Systemic failure" led to Mumbai attacks - Indian navy (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 06:24 AM CST

Customers are reflected in a glass pane with bullet holes in Cafe Leopold as it re-opened after recent militant attacks in Mumbai December 1, 2008. The Indian navy said a Reuters - The Indian navy said a "systemic failure" of security and intelligence services led to the Islamist militant attacks in Mumbai that killed 183 people, PTI news agency reported on Tuesday.


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