India pushes Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliation (Sify News) Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri Lanka’s leaders to open a new era of stability after the island’s civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said Monday.
India pushes Lanka for Tamil reconciliation (Gulf Times) Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri [...]

US cautious on removing nuclear arms from Europe (San Diego 6) The U.S. is taking a go-slow approach on one of the touchiest and least discussed national security issues: whether to remove the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in…
Nuclear weapons: Arms control, proliferation and nuclear security (Australian Policy Online) Creator: [...]

Distinguish between jihadists and terrorists, Harkat trial told (Canada.com) A U.S. historian who specializes in the war on terror has urged the judge in the Mohamed Harkat case to carefully distinguish between jihadists and terrorists.
Tom Campbell letter stokes controversy over ties to jihadist (Berkeley Voice – Albany Journal) WASHINGTON Republican [...]

‘Maoists intend to overthrow Indian govt. by 2050′ (Press TV) An Indian minister has warned that Maoist rebels are planning to topple the New Delhi government by 2050.
Canada asks Sri Lanka to start talks with Tamil groups (Hindustan Times) Canada has asked Sri Lanka to start talks and the reconciliation process with the Tamil [...]

Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy (San Francisco Chronicle) French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that “cheat” and use the technology to make weapons. “We need nuclear energy” to meet… Technology – Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

Suicide car bomber strikes Pakistani counter-terrorism offices (Los Angeles Times) The Lahore attack destroys a building housing investigators who interrogate key suspects. About 80 are wounded in the first such strike in Punjab province this year. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Lahore, Pakistan — A suicide car bombing at a building in Lahore that houses [...]

World Learning Counter-Terrorism from Israel (Israel National News) Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) The Israeli International Institute for Counter-Terrorism hosted a group of 90 senior officers from around the world for a special seminar.
Ahmadinejad calls US bluff on counter-terrorism (Press TV) Iran’s president says the US must explain what its troops are [...]

Nuclear Disarmament – The Missile Shield Deadlock Between The U.S. And Russia (Free Internet Press) The U.S. and Russia are currently negotiating a successor to the START nuclear disarmament treaty. But continued American plans for a missile shield in Europe have proven to be a major stumbling block. President Obama’s vision of a nuclear-free world [...]

Abdulhadi Hairan: Experts Say Arrests of Taliban Leaders to Deflate Insurgency (The Huffington Post) For now it is not clear whether Pakistan will hand over the captured Taliban leaders to Afghanistan, but Pakistan’s army chief recently visited Kabul to seek bilateral cooperation on the matter.
Army to transfer insurgency concerns to local government (Sun Star) [...]

Suicide car bomber strikes Pakistani intelligence unit (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) LAHORE, Pakistan — A suicide car bombing at a building that houses terrorism investigations in Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others Monday, the first terrorist strike to hit a major city in the country’s heartland this year.
India Brazil face emerging threats [...]