Rice arrives in India to ease tension with Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 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. |