Saturday, December 13, 2008

India-Pakistan Tensions Cast Cloud Over Cricket Matches... and other news

India-Pakistan Tensions Cast Cloud Over Cricket Matches
12 -- Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent Mumbai attacks appeared to cast a shadow Friday on cricket matches scheduled for next ...
Read at Washington Post

Arundhati Roy: Mumbai was not our 9/11
As the carnage in Mumbai raged on, day after horrible day, our 24-hour news channels informed us that we were watching "India's 9/11". ...
Read at guardian.co.uk

Mumbai terrorist attack stumps cricket event
The shortest version of the game, scheduled to be held in the Indian metro cities of Mumbai, Bangaluru, and Chennai from December 3 to 10 this year, ...
Read at RTT News

The Mumbai I Remember
As the horrific news from Mumbai poured in -- gunfire in hotels and hospitals, murderers in acid-washed jeans -- I watched the bulletins with something more ...
Read at AlterNet

Pakistan Cracks down on Charity Group Implicated in Mumbai Attacks
Voice of America
By Barry Newhouse Pakistan is continuing to freeze assets and close down offices of a prominent Islamic charity accused of links with the Mumbai terrorist ...
Read at Voice of America

Mumbai police get Fahim Ansari's custody
LUCKNOW: The Mumbai police on Friday got custody of suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba activist Fahim Ansari, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for an ...
Read at Times of India

India, US official discuss Mumbai attack probe
... Negroponte on Friday discussed with Indian officials investigations into last month's attack on Mumbai and urged Pakistan and other countries to help. ...
Read at Reuters India

US Diplomat Holds Intelligence Sharing Talks in India
India's intelligence agencies were sharply criticized for failing to prevent the Mumbai attacks, which killed at least 170 people. ...
Read at Voice of America

Pakistan acts on extremists but military support in doubt: analysts
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan has cracked down on militant groups in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, but analysts question the government's ability to destroy ...
Read at AFP

Mumbai lawyers pray but won't represent suspect
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - Lawyers in Mumbai are refusing to take on the case of the lone surviving gunman from last month's attacks in India's ...
Read at Reuters India

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