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Pak
tones down anti-India tirade
Islamabad, September 21
Pakistan today toned down its
anti-India rhetoric, saying that it was interested in resuming dialogue
with New Delhi to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, but
at the same time expressed its resentment about “Indian attempts to
declare Pakistan a terrorist state.”
No
shift in Indo-US ties: Jaswant
Says time not ripe for talks
with Pak
New Delhi, September 21
External Affairs and Defence
Minister Jaswant Singh today made it clear that India was “not
dependent on the USA” for fighting terrorism and ruled out any change
in the Indo-US relations in view of Washington seeking support from
Islamabad in the current international crisis.
Is
USA tilting towards Pakistan?
New Delhi, September 21
A circumspect Atal Behari Vajpayee
government to unwilling to concede that if Pakistan went all the way to
meet the demands of the USA in tackling the menace of international
terrorism, the Bush administration in Washington will revert to
America’s old policy of “tilting towards Islamabad.”
USA
readies to ease sanctions
Washington, September 21
The State Department has notified
Congress that it is taking steps to ease sanctions against Pakistan and
India, administration and congressional sources said today. Key
House members were briefed yesterday and Senators were being briefed
today, all behind closed doors, said a House Republican aide, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity.
Strike hits life in valley
Srinagar, September 21
The police lobbed teargas shells to disperse demonstrators when anti-US slogans were raised and the US flag was burnt in Jamia Masjid area here today even as life was paralysed in the valley in response to the militants’ strike call which was opposed by APHC.
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President
Bush has demanded that Taliban should turn over to US authorities all leaders of Al Qaida and close
their training camps.
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Panneerselvam sworn in CM
Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef has
reiterated that the Taliban is not willing to hand over Osama bin
Laden to the United States.
After the Supreme Court ruled Jayalalitha's appointment as
Chief Minister unconstitutional, Jayalalitha says, she will prove her innocence.
