South Asia – Kashmiri leader urges Pakistan to lift Islamist groups ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Kashmiri leader urges Pakistan to lift Islamist groups ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Around a dozen Kashmiri militant groups gathered publicly Wednesday to urge Pakistan to lift bans against the Islamist organisation India blames for the Mumbai attacks and its political arm.
Four wounded in blast inside Kashmir police station (Calcutta News)
Four people were wounded when separatist guerrillas hurled a hand grenade inside a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police here said Wednesday.
Sri Lanka’s President Predicts Defeat of Tamil Tigers (Washington Post)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa proclaimed in an Independence Day message on Wednesday that the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam would be “completely defeated in a few days,” potentially signaling an end to a 25-year insurgency that is one of the world’s…
India’s Quiet Diplomatic Coup: Kashmir Eliminated From U.S. Envoy’s Mandate (Washington Post)
NEW DELHI, Jan. 29 — Inside a chandeliered ballroom Thursday, Indian diplomats and business leaders and American officials held forth about a new “Cooperation Triangle” for the United States, China and India. But little mention was made at the Asia Foundation’s conference on Indo-U.S. relations of…
Delhi blasts: Suspected terrorists sent to police custody (Calcutta News)
A city court Monday remanded in two days’ police custody five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists allegedly involved in the Sep 13 serial bombings in Delhi last year.
Indian Maoists offer ceasefire: report (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Outlawed Maoists in eastern India declared on Saturday they were ready to hold peace talks with local government authorities but that “mutual trust” was needed, a report said.
Sri Lanka: Deliberate massacre, not ‘crossfire’ killing Tamil civilians – MP (TamilNet)
Criticising international media reports for suggesting Tamil civilians are caught in a crossfire , TNA MP for Vanni S. Kanagratnam Wednesday said the Sri Lanka Army was shelling deep into Tamil Tiger controlled territory and deliberately targeting hospitals and internally displaced people. Scores of Tamil civilians are being killed every day. But the civilian victims are not on or near the …
Sri Lanka war: president claims victory over Tamil Tigers (Daily Telegraph)
Sri Lanka’s president has claimed victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels who he said would be “completely defeated” within days.
Partial strike in India Tamil Nadu state on Sri Lanka (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Protesters called a strike on Wednesday in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu to protest Sri Lanka’s military offensive against Tamil Tigers, but many people ignored the call.
Sri Lankan president says Tamil rebellion nearly crushed (Deutsche Welle)
Sri Lanka’s president has said that Tamil Tiger rebels will be defeated by government forces within days, ending a 25-year-old insurgency.
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