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* US envoy says no evidence Bangladesh is a terrorist haven (AFP): The US ambassador in Bangladesh said she had no evidence to back a recent report in Time magazine that the country had become a haven for Islamic extremists including al-Qaeda supporters. The US embassy in Dhaka "follows terrorism issues closely and has no evidence to support" the report in the US-based magazine's October 21 issue, Ambassador Mary Ann Peters said in a statement. "Nor is the embassy aware of any basis for the story that a ship called the M.V. Mecca dropped off a large al-Qaeda group in Chittagong last year," Peters said. She said that while terrorists have been found in many countries -- including the United States -- Bangladesh was a staunch member of the coalition against terrorism and not a "hotbed of radical Islam."
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--- South Asian News, October 21, 2002 ---

In Pakistan, an explosion rips through a market near a military base west of Islamabad, killing a girl and injuring 16 other people.In another story from Pakistan, top American general watches the first joint Pakistani-U.S. Army exercises since the lifting of U.S. sanctions earlier this year. In India, Hindus and Muslims clashed today in a small town in Bombay, injuring at least 20 people. The editorial section looks into Musharraf's legacy and the surprising verdict in the Pakistani polls and its expected aftermath.

Top Stories

* One killed, 16 wounded in bomb blast in market near Pakistan army base (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (NY Daily News) (CNN) (Monterey Herald) (Boston) (Star Tribune) (San Francisco Chronicle) (San Diego Union-Tribune) (Sacramento Bee) (News Day) (Action News) (MSNBC)
* Top U.S. commander watches first joint U.S.-Pakistan exercises since sanctions (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (ABC News) (Star Tribune) (San Francisco Chronicle) (Sacramento Bee) (News Day) (MSNBC)
* Pakistani Islamists want to abolish co-education (MSNBC)
* Pakistan, Russia deny accusation (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Hindu-Muslim rioting injures 20 in western India (Wall Street Journal) (NY Times) (LA Times) (Washington Post) (Action News) (Star Tribune) (San Francisco Chronicle) (News Day) (MSNBC)
* Deadline extended for Kashmir gov't (Wall Street Journal) (Washington Post) (San Francisco Chronicle) (Star Tribune) (Sacramento Bee) (News Day) (Action News)
* Time says Qaeda in Bangladesh (NY Times) (Washington Post) (MSNBC)
* Bangladesh army detains two opposition leaders (MSNBC)

Editorial/Op-Ed

* Musharraf and the mullahs (Washington Times)
* Musharraf gets a surprise (Chicago Tribune)

Business/Technology

* India calls for world to adopt renewable energy policies (Wall Street Journal)
* Toyota plans to sell 1,000 Camry vehicles in India in 12 months (Bloomberg)

Other Stories

* CEO of NthOrbit won't take no for an answer (San Francisco Chronicle)

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* One killed, 16 wounded in bomb blast in market near Pakistan army base

Islamabad -- An explosion ripped through a market near a military base west of Islamabad on Sunday, killing a girl and injuring 16 other people, officials said. No one claimed immediately responsibility for the blast in eastern Punjab province and police and Interior Ministry officials said they were not sure who was behind it.

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* Top U.S. commander watches first joint U.S.-Pakistan exercises since sanctions

Islamabad -- The American general commanding operations against fugitive Taliban and al-Qaida fighters watched the first joint Pakistani-U.S. Army exercises Sunday since the lifting of U.S. sanctions earlier this year. Gen. Tommy Franks observed ''a demonstration of an assault across a water obstacle,'' a Pakistan military statement said.

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* Pakistani Islamists want to abolish co-education

Peshawar, Pakistan -- A leader of the hardline Pakistani Islamic alliance that emerged as a possible coalition partner after this month's election said on Sunday his movement would seek to ban co-education. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, vice president of the Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal alliance of six Islamic groups, said women should not be forced to wear the all-enveloping burqa but should have to follow Islamic sharia laws.

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* Pakistan, Russia deny accusation

United Nations -- The Bush administration called on North Korea's trading partners Friday to stop helping it build nuclear weapons, as top U.S. diplomats traveled to the Far East for talks following the communist state's admission that it has a secret uranium-enrichment program. But Pakistan and Russia flatly denied Friday accusations made by U.S. officials that they have supplied material to North Korea that aided it in developing a clandestine nuclear weapons program. U.S. officials also said Friday they believe China may have assisted North Korea.

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* Hindu-Muslim rioting injures 20 in western India

Bombay, India -- Hindus and Muslims attacked each other with stones, bottles and knives in a small town in western India, injuring at least 20 people, police said Monday. Police fired in the air to disperse the rioters who set nearly a dozen shops and cars on fire Sunday night in Badlapur town, 60 miles north of Bombay, India's financial capital, said Surender Shangari, the local police commissioner. The injured included two police officers, Shangari said.

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* Deadline extended for Kashmir gov't

Srinagar, India -- The governor of Indian-controlled Kashmir extended a deadline indefinitely for political parties to form a coalition government, after state elections failed to produce a clear winner. The rebels had tried to sabotage the polls, which ended after a month of staggered voting on Oct. 8 with no party winning a majority.

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* Time says Qaeda in Bangladesh

Dhaka -- Al Qaeda militants fled to Bangladesh from Afghanistan late last year, U.S. magazine Time reported on the weekend, drawing strong denials from officials in Dhaka. A ship had carried 150 Taliban and al Queda fighters and a huge supply of arms and ammunition from Afghanistan on December 21, 2001, to Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong port, Time reported.

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* Bangladesh army detains two opposition leaders

Dhaka -- The Bangladesh army has detained two senior leaders of the main opposition group, the Awami League, party officials and police said on Monday. They said former deputy minister for shipping, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, was detained at Dhaka airport on Sunday night before boarding a plane to London. Family sources said he was going on a private visit to United Kingdom.

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Editorial/Op-Ed

* Musharraf and the mullahs

Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf has become a casualty of his own artifice. In his effort to neutralize his strongest political adversaries ahead of the election held earlier this month, he bolstered the power of Pakistan's most volatile political players - religious fundamentalists. The power that fundamentalists have gained in the election is without precedent in Pakistan, and will probably effect U.S. efforts to ferret out al Qaeda terrorists along the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/.htm

* Musharraf gets a surprise

Pakistan has spent more than half the time since its founding being governed by generals--and though President Pervez Musharraf says otherwise, military rule is going to continue for the foreseeable future. Parliamentary elections were held Oct. 10, but most people stayed away from the polls, perhaps because they regarded the whole exercise as a fraud.

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Business/Technology

* India calls for world to adopt renewable energy policies

New Delhi -- India on Sunday called for the adoption of renewable energy policies, especially in developed countries, to reduce gases believed to be warming Earth's atmosphere. Rising temperatures threaten to melt polar ice caps, causing sea levels to rise and threatening the existence of low-lying islands. Many scientists also warn of an increase in floods, droughts and other natural disasters due to warmer weather.

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* Toyota plans to sell 1,000 Camry vehicles in India in 12 months

Bangalore, India -- Toyota Motor Corp. said it plans to sell as many as 1,000 Camry passenger cars in India in the next 12 months as it competes against Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG in Asia's third-largest economy. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd., the local unit of the world's third-biggest carmaker, said it will import the Camry vehicles from Japan to tap demand for sedans, a growing slice of a $3 billion-a-year car market.

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* CEO of NthOrbit won't take no for an answer

A few times a week, Vani Kola rises at 5 a.m. to train for her first marathon.The chief executive officer of NthOrbit, a software startup, has hit a few potholes since she began in January. One week, Kola slipped on the floor of the bathroom while her youngest child was blowing bubbles. Another week, she held off training because her husband was away on business.But Kola is determined to cross the finish line in Athens next month. At NthOrbit, Kola is also racing to win, despite the bumpy tech environment. The same resolve that gets her up and running in the morning -- and helped her log 20 miles last weekend -- guides the company.

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