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Breaking News/ Newswire
* US Congress warns on easing US fast computers exports (reuters): The White House should have conducted a more thorough review before allowing U.S. technology firms to sell high-speed computers to Russia, China, India and countries in the Middle East, according to a congressional report released
on Monday.
--- South Asian News, August 06, 2002 ---
Nearly two months after his visit to the region, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will travel to India and Pakistan later this month to review the steps taken by the two countries to ease tensions since his last trip. In the first major terror strike on Amarnath pilgrims this year, a militant guns down nine Hindu devotees and injures 30 others in Kashmir. The attack on a Pakistani Christian school yesterday leaves six dead, blatantly targeting Westerners rather than local Christians. Meanwhile, a European Union team arrives in Pakistan to observe October parliamentary elections. Four new suspects are nabbed in the Pearl murder case and an analysis whether the arrests might cause a re-trial forms focus in the editorial. Furthermore, in the editorial section, a parallel is drawn between nuclear rivalry of US and Russia, and India and Pakistan. In the business section, India's prime minister orders closure of nearly 4,000 gasoline stations, half of which were reportedly being run by ruling party members and their relatives.
Top Stories
* Deputy Secretary of State plans Asian trip (NY Times) (Washington Post)
* Pakistani authorities questioning at Guantanamo raises concern (NY Times)
* Hindu pilgrims killed in Kashmir (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (Chicago Tribune) (Washington Post) (Miami Herald) (Washington Times) (Boston Globe) (Orlando Sentinel) (NewsDay.com) (Burlington County Times)
* Six killed in Pakistani school attack (NY Times) (LA Times) (Chicago Tribune) (Miami Herald) (Washington Times) (Seattle Post Intelligencer) (Boston Globe) (Orlando Sentinel) (Seattle Times)
* Pakistan attack seen targeting Westerners, not Christians (NY Times) (Miami Herald)
* Pakistani school ponders future after attack (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (SF Gate)
* Scene of Christian school attack was once British resort to escape blistering heat (SF Gate)
* State of security in Pakistan remains fragile: Australian Minister warns (Wall Street Journal)
* EU team arrives in Pakistan to observe national elections (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (SF Gate) (NewsDay.com)
* Pakistani leader: India used planes in attack that killed five (Wall Street Journal)
* Explosion outside Indian government hospital in Kashmir injures 12 (Wall Street Journal)
* Pakistani court convicts two militants for anti-government pamphlets (Wall Street Journal)
* Four more arrested in Pearl slaying (Washington Times)
* Ex-PM Bhutto's Party forms group to contest Pakistani vote (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times)
* Nepal police release two editors at media group's request (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times)
Editorial/Op-Ed
* Nuclear role models (Washington Post)
* Analysis: Arrests may cause retrial of Pearl case (Washington Times)
* Brutality cloaked as tradition (NY Times)
* Amid India-Pakistan hostility, a tale of two mothers fighting to stay with their children (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (Miami Herald)
Business/Technology
* Indian PM cancels allotment of gas agencies in India (NY Times) (Washington Post) (digitalMass Boston.com) (News & Observer)
Other Stories
* Second member of Sikh family fatally shot (Fresno Bee)
* Detained passenger may face fine in Sea-Tac razor-blade incident (Seattle Times)
Top Stories
* Deputy Secretary of State plans Asian trip
August 05, Washington -- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is planning a five-nation trip in late August aimed in part at diffusing tensions between India and Pakistan and a renewed dispute between China and Taiwan. Armitage will try to build on Secretary of State Colin Powell's efforts last month to prod India and Pakistan into direct talks over Kashmir and to seek a total ban on the infiltration of Pakistani militants into the Indian-controlled portion of the disputed territory.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-US-Asia.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug5.html
* Pakistani authorities questioning at Guantanamo raises concern
Miami -- Human rights advocates raised concerns on Monday over Pakistani intelligence agents interrogating Afghan war prisoners at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying Pakistan authorities have a ``track record'' of torture. A six-member Pakistani team left for the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last week to interview 40 Pakistani prisoners and collect details about alleged links with al Qaeda and other militant organizations, a Pakistani government spokesman said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-attack-prisoners.html
* Hindu pilgrims killed in Kashmir
Srinagar, India -- At least nine people were killed and about 37 wounded Tuesday when suspected Islamic militants attacked a camp of Hindu pilgrims in Indian-administered Kashmir. A few hours later, three people were killed in a gun battle north of Srinagar. Police say the militants attacked a camp at dawn near Pahlgam using grenades beforeng fire with automatic rifles, before escaping in the darkness. Police killed one of the attackers. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB-search,00.html
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Kashmir-Attack.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-aug06.story?null
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug6.html
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/08/06/news/world/3806185.htm
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/r.htm
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/218/nation/India+.shtml
http://orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-aseckashmir06080602aug06.story
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ats-ap_top13aug05.story
http://www.phillyburbs.com/apNews/apstory.asp?ArticleNo=40558
* Six killed in Pakistani school attack
Islamabad -- Masked men armed with AK-47 assault rifles stormed a school for missionary children yesterday, killing six and wounding three in the latest attack on Christian targets in this overwhelmingly Muslim nation. Some 150 students, including 30 Americans and the mostly British staff at the Murree Christian School, were spared when as many as four gunmen fled under fire from a security guard, police said. The dead - two security guards, a receptionist, a cook, a carpenter and a bystander - all were Pakistanis. The gunman also wounded three persons, including a Filipina, before escaping.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/06/international/asia/06STAN.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan6aug06.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-aug06.story
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/08/06/news/world/3806162.htm
http://washingtontimes.com/world/.htm
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/218/nation/Pakistani_Christian_school_hit_six_dead+.shtml
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/81447_pak06.shtml
http://orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-asecpaki06080602aug06.story
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134507665_pakattack06.html
* Pakistan attack seen targeting Westerners, not Christians
Islamabad -- An attack on a school for children of foreign missionaries in Pakistan that killed six Pakistanis appears to have been aimed at Westerners rather than Christians, school officials and diplomats said on Tuesday. None of the 146 children of missionaries from countries including the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany, Australia and New Zealand was hurt, but a Filipino missionary visiting her son was shot in the hand. All 30-35 foreign staff were unharmed.
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-pakistan-church-attack.html
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/3808533.htm
* Pakistani school ponders future after attack
Murree, Pakistan -- Officials of a Christian school to educate the children of missionaries pondered its future Tuesday after masked gunmen burst onto the campus, killing six people and wounding three others in the latest attack on Western interests since Pakistan joined the war against terrorism. None of the 150 students, including 30 Americans, or the mostly British staff was hurt in the attack Monday against the Murree Christian School in this resort town in the Himalayan foothills about 35 miles northeast of the capital, Islamabad.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-Christian-School.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-christian-school0806aug06.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug6.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/08/05/international0258EDT0443.DTL
* Scene of Christian school attack was once British resort to escape blistering heat
An attack against a Christian school Monday took place in Murree, Pakistan, a mountain town founded by the British to give colonial administrators a refuge from the sweltering, disease-ridden lowlands during the summer. Murree (pronounced "MOO-ree") was among a string of "hill stations," where homesick colonials could try to construct a bit of England thousands of miles from home
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/08/06/international1458EDT0613.DTL
* State of security in Pakistan remains fragile: Australian Minister warns
Canberra -- An attack on a Christian school in Pakistan was a deliberate strike against foreigners and highlighted the fragile state of security in the South Asian nation, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Tuesday. Six people were killed and three wounded after masked gunman burst through the school gates Monday and fired at staff in the Murree Christian school, in the resort town of Murree about 55 kilometers northeast of the capital, Islamabad. Downer said that although no Australians were injured, about 16 were present during the attack on the school, which is run by an Australian.
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* EU team arrives in Pakistan to observe national elections
Islamabad -- A European Union team has arrived in Pakistan to observe October parliamentary elections, an EU spokeswoman said Tuesday. The five-member team will watch the conduct of the Oct. 10 national and provincial parliamentary vote, said the spokeswoman for the EU delegation in Islamabad, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity. The 54-nation Commonwealth has said it will also send a monitoring team.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-EU-Election.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-eu-election0806aug06.story?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug6.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/08/06/international0447EDT0469.DTL
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-eu-election0806aug06.story
* Pakistani leader: India used planes in attack that killed five
August 05, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan -- The leader of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on Monday accused India of using planes in last week's attack in the Neelum Valley in which five people were killed. "The Indian military on Saturday used its air force to attack the Neelum Valley." Sardar Sikandar Hayyat told a group of lawyers here in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. "They dropped two bombs, killing an army officer and four civilians."
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* Explosion outside Indian government hospital in Kashmir injures 12
August 05, Jammu, India -- An explosion outside a government hospital in the troubled northern state of Jammu-Kashmir injured at least 12 people Monday, police said. The explosion, in a crowded area in the town of Rajauri, appeared to be the work of Islamic militants, a police official said. No other details were immediately available. Rajauri is about 180 kilometers northwest of Jammu, winter capital of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. The area around the hospital has been cordoned off and security forces have launched a search for the militants, the official said.
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* Pakistani court convicts two militants for anti-government pamphlets
Quetta, Pakistan -- Two Islamic militants were sentenced to three years in prison Monday for distributing pamphlets opposing Pakistan's participation in the war against terrorism, officials said. According to court officials, the two militants - Mohammed Umair and Khuram Ahmad - were arrested in January. They were alleged to be members of an Islamic extremist group, Hizbul Tehreer.
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* Four more arrested in Pearl slaying
Police in Karachi have arrested four men who will be charged with killing American journalist Daniel Pearl, Pakistani security officials said. Four men convicted last month of Mr. Pearl's murder were guilty of his kidnapping but turned him over to the recently arrested men before he was killed, the officials added in a telephone interview from Washington. They said the government is reluctant to announce the arrests because it fears that the disclosure at this stage may force a retrial of the earlier case.
http://washingtontimes.com/world/.htm
* Ex-PM Bhutto's Party forms group to contest Pakistani vote
August 05, Islamabad -- The party of Benazir Bhutto said Monday it has created a new faction without her to contest the October elections so that the party can avoid a ban which it might face with the former prime minister at the helm. Bhutto will remain leader of the Pakistan People's Party, the group said in a statement. But she will not be included in the new faction, the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20020805_002548,00.html
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pakistan-bhutto.html
* Nepal police release two editors at media group's request
August 05, Katmandu -- Two newspaper editors were released from jail Monday, a day after they were arrested for publishing accusations of police corruption and allegedly extorting money from a restaurant owner, a media rights group said. "The two editors were released at our request," said Taranath Dahal, president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists. A federation delegation, led by Dahal, met top police officers and demanded the journalists' release. Police later confirmed the two had been freed.
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Editorial/Op-Ed
* Nuclear role models
Although the current South Asian crisis seems to have ebbed, the underlying dynamic remains. The next flare-up will be even more dangerous if the region's nuclear confrontation develops in the same direction as the U.S.-Russian standoff -- with nuclear missiles on alert, aimed at each other and ready to launch on warning. As Lee Butler, former head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said, it was "no thanks to deterrence, but only by the grace of God" that the United States and the Soviet Union survived their crises. Will South Asia be so fortunate?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug5.html
* Analysis: Arrests may cause retrial of Pearl case
August 04, Washington -- Police in Karachi have arrested four men who will be charged with killing American journalist Daniel Pearl, Pakistani security officials said Sunday. They told United Press International the four suspects already convicted last month for Pearl's murder were not the killers. The officials said they believe the previously convicted suspects abducted the journalist, buy the newly arrested suspects were responsible for Pearl's slaying. The Pakistani government is reluctant to announce their arrest because it fears that the disclosure at this stage may force the retrial of the earlier case, the officials explained. The new suspects were arrested last month. They belong to a sectarian organization called Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. The group's leader, Akram Lahori, had been arrested earlier in Karachi and under interrogation is believed to have revealed the identity of the new suspects to the police.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/r.htm
* Brutality cloaked as tradition
Karachi, Pakistan -- How could a tribal council in the Pakistani village of Meerwala Jatoi decree that a young woman be raped in revenge for a crime allegedly committed by her brother? They were certain they could get away with it, of course. And they would have, except that the local imam spoke out against it during Friday prayers; a journalist in the mosque that day reported the case; the story was picked up nationwide, then worldwide. Absent this circumstantial chain, the rape would have gone unremarked.. That was and is the norm for rape - except that no tribal council (known as a panchayat or, in regions bordering Afghanistan, as a jirga) is known to have pronounced such a sentence before.
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* Amid India-Pakistan hostility, a tale of two mothers fighting to stay with their children
August 05, New Delhi -- Hundreds of miles apart, two Pakistani women are waging lonely battles to remain with their children in India - battles that are enmeshed in the bitter enmity between the two South Asian nations. One of the Pakistani women has found some justice. The other is still waiting, and hoping. In Jammu, the winter capital of the northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir, Shahnaz Kauser Parveen, a Pakistani, emerged victorious last week from a six-year court fight, which she waged from jail, to remain in India with her daughter, an Indian citizen.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-India-Pakistan-Two-Mothers.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-pakistan-two-mothers0806aug05.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug6.html
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3808298.htm
Business/Technology
* Indian PM cancels allotment of gas agencies in India
August05, New Delhi -- Faced with a new political scandal, India's prime minister on Monday ordered closed nearly 4,000 gasoline stations, half of which were reportedly being run by ruling party members and their relatives. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee acted after the opposition blocked proceedings for a second day Monday, calling for a federal probe into the state allotment of stations that sell kerosene and cooking gas. They also demanded the resignation of Petroleum Minister Ram Naik.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-India-Gas-Scandal.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AAug5.html
http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/217/economy/Indian_PM_cancels_allotment_of:.shtml
http://24hour.newsobserver.com/24hour/business/story/489155p-3904606c.html
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* Second member of Sikh family fatally shot
August 05, Phoenix -- The brother of an Indian man killed in an apparent hate crime a few days after Sept. 11 was fatally shot in San Francisco as he drove his cab, police said. San Francisco police responded at about 4 a.m. Sunday to reports that a cab driven by Sukhpal Singh Sodhi had crashed into a power pole and some parked vehicles, according to a police press release. After flames from the burning cab were doused, police discovered that Sodhi, an immigrant from Punjab, India, had apparently been shot dead.
http://www.fresnobee.com/state_wire/story/3860811p-4886280c.html
* Detained passenger may face fine in Sea-Tac razor-blade incident
A 29-year-old software engineer from India may face a fine for carrying razor blades as he boarded a plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday. And although the man has been freed on bail, authorities are still investigating whether he was in possession of a dangerous weapon. The man was arrested after he was accused of having razor blades in his shoes as he was about to board a flight to return to India. He had been staying in Bellevue with friends for the past six months, the friends said..
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134507697_razors06m.html
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