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--- South Asian News, August 22, 2002 ---(International)

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage arrives in Sri Lanka to assure US support in the ongoing peace talks between the Government and the LTTE. In Pakistan opposition parties say they will do their best to block sweeping new powers which gives the military ruler General Pervez Musharraf the role dictatorship under the guise of democracy. In the editorial, read about the amendments to Pakistan's constitution ordered by President Pervez Musharraf, which grants him near dictatorial powers and cements the military's role in political life.

Africa

* 18 die in plane crash (News24)
* Musharraf grabs more power (News24) (Business Day)
* 25 die in India's dam accident (News24)

Americas

* Musharraf broadens his powers and privileges (The News Mexico) (Globe and Mail) (The Star)

Asia-Pacific

* Senior U.S. official to visit Sri Lankan war zone (Japan Today) (Channel News Asia)
* Four suspects accused of attacking Karachi US Consulate (Xinhuanet)
* Musharraf to remain President, COAS for five more years (Xinhuanet) (People Daily) (Australian News) (Australian Broadcasting) (Japan Today)
* Musharraf cements military role in politics in name of "democracy" (Bangkok Post)
* Tourists among 18 killed in Nepal plane crash (Channel News Asia) (Australian Broadcasting) (Daily Telegraph)
* Indian army clashes with rebels on Kashmir border (Australian Broadcasting)
* India says no talks with Pakistan planned during regional meeting in Nepal (Australian Broadcasting)
* Benazir, Shehbaz not allowed to return to Pakistan: Musharraf (Xinhuanet)
* SAARC FM meeting begins in Kathmandu (Xinhuanet)
* India, Pakistan rule out talks in Kathmandu (Xinhuanet)
* Troops kill 34 rebels in Nepal (Japan Today)
* Undeclared war between India and Pakistan (Australian Broadcasting)
* Police targeted in Assam bomb attack (Australian Broadcasting)
* Sri Lankan tourism officials take advantage of ceasefire to lure visitors (Channel News Asia)

Europe

* US official visits Tiger heartland (BBC)
* Tourists dead in Nepal plane crash (BBC) (Swiss Info) (Guardian)
* Opposition denounces Musharraf (Guardian) (Swiss Info) (BBC)
* Britain to examine Kashmir funding (BBC)
* Key ruling for Pakistan women (BBC)
* Nine killed in Kashmir fighting (Times Online)

Middle East

* India offers joint patrols on frontier (Gulf Daily News)
* Musharraf retains supreme command (Gulf Daily News) (Gulf News)
* Musharraf to stay in power for five years (IRNA)
* Mass picket against Advani's visit to London (IRNA)
* Pakistan new offers to resume dialogue with India (IRNA)
* Court adjourns hearing into Bhutto poll ban (Gulf Daily News)

Editorial/Opinion

* Musharraf assumes near total authority (International Herald Tribune)
* Pakistan's heart of darkness (Asian Times)
* Terror stalks Musharraf (Asian Times)

Business/Technology

* BSES plans $120 Mln overseas bond sale to upgrade power lines (Bloomberg)

Africa

* 18 die in plane crash

Kathmandu - A small aircraft with 18 people on board, most of them Germans, crashed in bad weather in west Nepal on Thursday, airport officials said. "Yes, all of them are dead. There were 13 Germans, one Briton and one American," Kathmandu airport official Amar Bahadur Shakya said. The Twin Otter aircraft owned by private Shangrila Air was flying to Pokhara from Jomsom, both tourist resorts. A statement from Nepal's civil aviation office said the last contact between the aircraft and Pokhara air traffic control was at 06:15.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_1245905,00.html

* Musharraf grabs more power

Islamabad - Despite widespread criticism, President General Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amended the Pakistani constitution on Wednesday, granting himself sweeping powers - including the right to dissolve parliament - and extending his term in office. "We are taking Pakistan from democratic dictatorship to elected democracy. I want to introduce a sustainable democratic order," Musharraf told reporters. Critics, however, claimed the 29 amendments were a blow to the very democracy that Musharraf promised to restore with elections October 10 for the national parliament and provincial legislatures.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_1245399,00.html
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,,00.html

* 25 die in India's dam accident

Bhopal, India - A dam burst under the pressure of heavy monsoon rains in central India on Wednesday, washing away at least 25 people, officials said. Officials said the 125-year-old dam in Katangi in Balaghat district in the state of Madhya Pradesh had developed cracks on Tuesday after four days of heavy rains. "Some 10 000 people have been shifted to safer places and a few villages are under almost three metres of water," a senior Balaghat police official said.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_1245385,00.html

Americas

* Musharraf broadens his powers and privileges

Despite widespread criticism, President Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amended the Pakistani constitution yesterday, granting himself sweeping powers -- including the right to dissolve parliament -- and extending his term in office. "Pakistan is passing through a very crucial transitional period," General Musharraf told reporters in announcing his decision to implement the amendments, which were first unveiled in June. "We are taking Pakistan from democratic dictatorship to elected democracy. I want to introduce a sustainable democratic order." Critics, however, said the 29 amendments were a blow to the very democracy that Gen. Musharraf promised to restore by holding an election on Oct. 10 for the national parliament and provincial legislatures.

http://www.thenewsmexico.com/noticia.asp?id=33445
http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20020822/UPAKK3E/International/international/international_temp/1/1/22/
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=&call_page=TS_World&call_pageid=&call_pagepath=News/World&col=

Asia-Pacific

* Senior U.S. official to visit Sri Lankan war zone

Colombo - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who is to arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday, will then fly directly to Jaffna, the capital of the country's battle-scarred Northern Province, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday."He will be flown from the international airport (in Colombo) to Jaffna where he is due to meet with senior military officials, talk with U.S. personnel engaged in demining operations, inspect the forward defensive line and interact with Tamil civilians," an embassy spokesman said.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=227268
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/16797/1/.html

* Four suspects accused of attacking Karachi US Consulate

Islamabad, August 21 -- Charges against four arrested suspects accused of involvement in a US Consulate bomb blast and the attempt to kill President Pervez Musharraf were sheeted by Anti Terrorism Court ATC-I) Judge Syed Aley Maqbool Rizvi in Karachi on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan.The accused face charges of subversion, terrorist attacks/strikes including attempt to kill President Pervez, murder of 12 persons including five women in a suicide bomb attack on the US Consulate building in Karachi.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/21/content_533580.htm

* Musharraf to remain President, COAS for five more years

Islamabad, August 21 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that he would hold the offices of the President and the Chief of the Army Staff for the next five years to ensure continuity of the reforms package after the October 10 general polls. Musharraf also announced restoration of Article 58(2-B) giving discretion to the president to dismiss and dissolve the National Assembly and establishment of the National Security Council (NSC) as part of the Constitution. The president will appoint the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and services chiefs in his discretion.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/21/content_533472.htm
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200208/22/eng20020822_101900.shtml
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4947704%255E2703,00.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s655352.htm
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=227308

* Musharraf cements military role in politics in name of "democracy"

President Pervez Musharraf further cemented the military's role in Pakistani politics and gave himself the power to sack an elected parliament in a series of constitutional ammendments he claimed would promote democracy.The most significant announcement was the creation of a powerful National Security Council, on which four military chiefs and eight civilian politicians will sit, to "oversee" government.Musharraf said the presence of the military in politics would guarantee against future coups by the military.

http://matrix.bangkokpost.co.th/afp_news/220802/.o8koixwf.html

* Tourists among 18 killed in Nepal plane crash

Eighteen people, including 15 foreign tourists, were killed on Thursday when their light plane crashed in western Nepal enroute to a popular tourist destination.Police said among the dead were 13 Germans, a Briton and an American.The other three killed were Nepalese crew members. The plane, belonging to a private airliner Shangrila Air, went missing 20 minutes before it was due to land at Pokhara airport, 225 kilometres west of Kathmandu.An official said rescue helicopters were sent to the crash site.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/16802/1/.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s656269.htm
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,4951400%255E401,00.html

* Indian army clashes with rebels on Kashmir border

The Indian army says its soldiers have shot dead 14 Muslim rebels who tried to enter Indian Kashmir from Pakistan.An army spokesman says it's the second infiltration bid by separatist rebels in three days along a ceasefire line that divides disputed Kashmir between India and Pakistan.India's Defence Minister, George Fernandes, says that Islamic militants from Pakistan are sneaking into India despite Islamabad's pledge to stop such incursions.

http://abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_654604.htm

* India says no talks with Pakistan planned during regional meeting in Nepal

Indian foreign minister Yashwant Sinha says he has no plans to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart on the margins of a South Asian conference in Nepal.Mr Sinha, who's now in Kathmandu, says he will meet foreign ministers of some other countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, but not Pakistan.

http://abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_654287.htm

* Benazir, Shehbaz not allowed to return to Pakistan: Musharraf

Islamabad, August 21 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif are convicted by the court and can not take part in the forthcoming general elections.Musharraf made the remarks at a press conference here while commenting on reports suggesting that Benazir Bhutto, life Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and Shehbaz Sharif, newly elected President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), are coming home to take part in the elections.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/22/content_533612.htm

* SAARC FM meeting begins in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, August 21 -- Foreign ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries began the 23rd Council of Ministers meeting here Wednesday.Foreign ministers from all the seven South Asian countries attended the meeting. Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the meeting.Anti-terrorism, economic cooperation, poverty alleviation, trafficking of women and children, drug smuggling and tourism promotion are among the agenda presented to the ministerial meeting by the SAARC Standing Committee meeting which concluded Tuesday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/21/content_532784.htm

* India, Pakistan rule out talks in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, August 21 -- The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers have ruled out the possibility of holding a dialogue on the sidelines of the forthcoming 23rd meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers in Kathmandu. Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha reiterated Tuesday after his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport that he had no plans to meet Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inamul Haq, The Kathmandu Post reported Wednesday. Meanwhile, speaking to reporters at the Nepali airport later, Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inamul Haq also ruled out a bilateral meeting between them, saying "I am not here to hold bilateral negotiations."

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-08/21/content_532755.htm

* Troops kill 34 rebels in Nepal

Kathmandu - Government security forces killed 34 Maoist rebels in separate encounters in west Nepal on Tuesday, the government said Wednesday.The largest number, 30, were slain in the Rolpa district in midwestern Nepal when the troops raided a rebel training camp, the Defense Ministry said.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=227304

* Undeclared war between India and Pakistan

India says it considers itself at war with Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region, despite there being no formal declaration of hostilities.India's Deputy Prime Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, made the comment during a visit to London.About a million troops are deployed in positions along the border between India and Pakistan after a December attack on India's parliament.

http://abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_655605.htm

* Police targeted in Assam bomb attack

Authorities in the troubled northeast Indian state of Assam say at least four police have been killed and 18 others seriously wounded in a suspected separatist bomb attack.A police spokesman says the incident took place near Mankachar, about 300 kilometres south of the state's capital, Dispur.Police say they suspect the banned United Liberation Front of Asom to be behind the attack, but no group has so far claimed responsibility.

http://abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_655378.htm

* Sri Lankan tourism officials take advantage of ceasefire to lure visitors

To many foreigners, Sri Lanka is synonymous with battles between Tamil tigers and the government. Now that a truce is in place and peace talks between both sides are scheduled for September in Thailand, fears of war have subsided.Tourism officials are thus taking the opportunity to lure the visitors back.Officials hope the tourism revival will help fuel growth in the sagging economy battered by decades of civil war that has left more than 64,500 people dead and 1.6 million displaced.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/16770/1/.html

Europe

* US official visits Tiger heartland

US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has gone to Sri Lanka to lend moral support to the government's peace initiative with Tamil Tiger rebels. Mr Armitage, who is on a tour of Asia, is visiting the northern Jaffna peninsula - the heart of the two-decade-long conflict. Mr Armitage's decision to visit Jaffna is being viewed in the south of the island as a warning to the rebels that the US will not countenance their separatist claims.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2208794.stm

* Tourists dead in Nepal plane crash

Eighteen people - 15 of them western tourists - have been killed in a plane crash in western Nepal. The small Shangrila Airlines Twin Otter aircraft was travelling from Jomosom to the tourist town of Pokhara, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu. It crashed after disappearing into a cloud and vanishing from radar screens at about 1000 local time (0415 GMT), just 20 minutes from its destination. The dead include 13 Germans, one Briton and one US citizen, as well as three Nepalese crew. There were no survivors but all 18 bodies have been recovered.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2209194.stm
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=1288804
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-1962965,00.html

* Opposition denounces Musharraf

Opposition parties denounced constitutional amendments granting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf sweeping powers, calling them a blow to democracy and vowing to repeal them if they win control of parliament in the October elections. Analysts said the opposition had little alternative but to put aside their differences and try to win control of parliament in the Oct. 10 balloting. During a two-hour press conference Wednesday, Musharraf, who seized power in an October 1999 bloodless coup, announced he had unilaterally decreed 29 amendments to the constitution, granting himself the power to dismiss parliament, establishing a National Security Council to oversee the government and extending his stay in office by five years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-1962904,00.html
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=1289174
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2209219.stm

* Britain to examine Kashmir funding

India says Britain has promised to look into the alleged funding by Muslims in the United Kingdom of militants in Kashmir. The issue, along with defence cooperation and trade, was raised by the Indian deputy prime minister, LK Advani, at talks in London with British ministers. An official at the Indian High Commission in London said Mr Advani has met with his counterpart, John Prescott and is scheduled to meet the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, later on Thursday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2206557.stm

* Key ruling for Pakistan women

Pakistan's highest Islamic court has issued in full a ruling that women forced into committing adultery should not face legal proceedings under Islamic sharia law or the country's penal code. The court was ruling on an appeal from a woman, Zafran Bibi, whom a court in the city of Kohat had condemned to death by stoning. Her sentence was overturned in June, but the Federal Sharia Court has only now published its full judgment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2208171.stm

* Nine killed in Kashmir fighting

Indian security forces say they have killed five Islamic guerrillas in a fierce gunbattle in the disputed province of Kashmir. Three paramilitary troops were also killed in the clash and another two soldiers were wounded in the battle in Kupwara sector. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen shot dead a policewoman in southern Kashmir. Another policewoman and a young girl were wounded in the clash in the town of Kokernag, 40 miles south of Srinagar.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/TGD/tgdBreakingNewsDisplay/0,,3,00.html#2

Middle East

* India offers joint patrols on frontier

Pakistan said yesterday it was impossible to completely stop Muslim militants slipping into Indian Kashmir, prompting New Delhi to renew offers of joint patrols along one of the world's most dangerous frontiers. India has demanded a complete halt to infiltrations before it will pull back its troops from a stand-off that brought the nuclear neighbours close to war recently.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=30653&Sn=WORL&IssueID=25155

* Musharraf retains supreme command

Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf unveiled constitutional changes yesterday that enable him to wield overriding power even after a civilian government is elected in October. Musharraf, a key ally in the US-led war on terror, told a news conference the changes would give him the power to dismiss parliament and provided for the creation of a civilian-military National Security Council he will chair to oversee government.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=30644&Sn=WORL&IssueID=25155
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=61262

* Musharraf to stay in power for five years

Islamabad, August 21-- The President General Pervez Musharraf Wednesday introduced amendments to the Constitution, under which he will relinquish the office of the Chief Executive after parliamentary elections but will continue as President and Chief of the Army Staff for five years. General Musharraf announced 'Legal Framework Order 2002', containing constitutional amendments to ensure checks and balances, sustainable democracy, strengthen provincial harmony and the continuity of reforms and policies. It comes into force at once. Giving details of the order at a crowded news conference in Islamabad, he announced the restoration of the president's power to dissolve the National Assembly.

http://www.irna.com/en/world/.ewo.shtml

* Mass picket against Advani's visit to London

London, August 21 -- Indian Muslims were holding a mass picket outside the Indian High Commission in London in protest against the arrival in Britain of Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishan Advani. "We stand here to declare that he is not welcome here - ever," the joint organisers of the demonstration, Awaaz-South Asia Watch and South Asia Solidarity Group said. As Home Minister, Advani was accused of allowing the Gujarat government to engage in a systematic, state-sponsored massacre of more than 2,000 Muslims. The looting and burning of Muslim homes and businesses in Gujarat since February 28 is said to have cost billions of pounds and left 100,000 Muslims in relief camps.

http://www.irna.com/en/world/.ewo.shtml

* Pakistan new offers to resume dialogue with India

New Delhi, August 21-- Pakistan on Wednesday made a fresh offer to resume dialogue with India on all outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) but New Delhi rejected it, asserting that the climate for this was no conducive, local media reported on Wednesday. Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inamul Haq told reporters in Kathmandu shortly after shaking hands with India's External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha that "We are ready to start (the dialogue) today. But I suspect the Indian side is not ready yet." The two ministers smiled and posed for photographs after the inauguration of the two-day 23rd session of the SAARC foreign ministers. They were present during the informal consultations among SAARC foreign ministers.

http://www.irna.com/en/world/.ewo.shtml

* Court adjourns hearing into Bhutto poll ban

A Pakistani court yesterday adjourned for a second time the start of a hearing of an appeal by self-exiled ex-premier Benazir Bhutto against laws barring her from contesting October 10 elections. A lawyer representing the Pakistani government, Amir Hani Muslim, asked the Sindh High Court to postpone the hearing until today because the federal attorney general, Makhddom Ali Khan, was unable to appear due to a cabinet meeting in the capital Islamabad.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=30643&Sn=WORL&IssueID=25155

Editorial

* Musharraf assumes near total authority

Islamabad, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf single-handedly enacted 29 wide-ranging amendments to Pakistan's constitution Wednesday, granting himself near dictatorial powers and cementing the military's role in political life. While he backed away from some of his most controversial proposals, the amendments Musharraf decreed allow him to amend the constitution at will, dissolve the country's elected Parliament and appoint its military chiefs and Supreme Court justices for the next five years.

http://www.iht.com/articles/68428.html

* Pakistan's heart of darkness

Even as the much-publicized war on terror labors on, the world at large and the Indian sub-continent in particular remain oblivious to the happenings in the occupied mountainous region of Pakistan, better known as the Northern Areas (NAs) or Balawaristan (Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan). Since the beginning of 2002, the surviving dregs of the Afghanistan-based terrorist infrastructure have reportedly moved into Pakistan, with the active connivance of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Initially, they moved into the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan and have since spread out from there, along with many cadres of proscribed Pakistani terrorist groups, to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, including Balawaristan. President General Pervez Musharraf's own domestic "war" on the jihadi apparatus has remained a non-event thus far. During July 2002, while there were many raids by Pakistani security agencies during their hunt for suspected terrorists in Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan, the North West Frontier Province and the FATA, there was not a single raid reported from Pakistani Kashmir and the Northern Areas.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH22Df03.html

* Terror stalks Musharraf

Osama bin Laden still has not been captured - dead or alive. The al-Qaeda leadership still has not been captured - dead or alive. They are hiding "somewhere in Pakistan", as Taliban-linked sources once more reassured Asia Times Online. Invisible as ghosts, bin Laden and al-Qaeda remain nonetheless undisputed world champions in the media sweepstakes. The renewed marketing war on how best to demonize bin Laden and al-Qaeda is already in full swing - with three weeks to go before September 11's first anniversary. It's no coincidence that corporate behemoth AOL Time Warner Inc - via its CNN branch - has decided to broadcast its extensive, recently acquired al-Qaeda video library. And so much for CIA "intelligence" on the ground. All it takes is a single resourceful Afghan fixer to find precious al-Qaeda-related information. This is how CNN discovered what it qualifies as "terror on tape".

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH22Df02.html

Business/Technology

* BSES plans $120 Mln overseas bond sale to upgrade power lines

BSES Ltd., India's second- biggest non-state power producer, plans to sell $120 million of five-year, convertible bonds to overseas investors this year to pay for equipment to reduce power thefts in New Delhi. BSES would be the first Indian company to sell an overseas bond since Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., India's fourth-biggest cement maker, raised $100 million in January last year. Demand for Indian convertible bonds waned four years ago after companies such as Essar Steel Ltd. and Arvind Mills Ltd. failed to pay creditors.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=South%20Asia%20News&tp=topfin&T=as_storypage99.ht&s=APWSG2RRMQlNFUyBQ

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---South Asian News, August 22, 2002 ---(International)


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