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| 541. |
 | Left Party let down India’s prestige in Indo-US Deal ?
MIL/IR/Zee News Oct 9, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: October 9, 2007 - IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei was definitely reluctant to say something clearly on Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal keeping in view the delicate position of the Indian Govt.
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| 542. |
 | Kumaraswamy to resign as Chief Minister today, Governor informed
MIL/IR/Agencies Oct 8, 2007 Author:
Bangalore: October 8, 2007 - Finally, Mr. H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday that he would be resigning from the post of Chief Minister by 6 pm today and confirmed having conveyed to state Governor Rameshwar Thakur after the JDS legisture meet at 5-30 pm.
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| 543. |
 | Why PM Gordon Brown declines to go for general elections?
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 8, 2007 Author:
London: October 8, 2007 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown told BBC Television on Sunday in an interview that he would not go ahead with a general election since it is not a public priority; the public priority is get going with the job. Perhaps, he needs more time to show Britain that he has a proper “vision for the future of the country.”
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| 544. |
 | Switzerland do not want refugees and foreigners on their land?
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 8, 2007 Author:
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland: October 8, 2007 – There is an all round apprehension that the influx of foreigners has somehow polluted Swiss society, straining the social welfare system and threatening the very identity of the country.
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| 545. |
 | U.S. Renews Proposal to Destroy Opium Poppies in Afghanistan
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 8, 2007 Author:
Kabul, Afghanistan: October 8, 2007 - Bush administration want to make a bid to counter narcotics strategy that will include increased efforts against traffickers, more aid for legal agriculture and development, and greater military support for the drug fight and are ready to respect the decision of the Afghan Govt.
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| 546. |
India nuclear talks could trigger poll
MIL/FT.com Oct 8, 2007 Author: IR/Jo Johnson
October 8, 2007 - The Indian government is to open formal negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency over the implementation of a civil nuclear deal with the US, setting the stage for a clash with its Communist allies that is likely to lead to early general elections, analysts predicted on Monday.
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| 547. |
 | H.D. Gowda asserts no alliance with Congress or BJP in future
MIL/IR/Hindu/Agencies Oct 7, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: October 7, 2007- The former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) President, H.D. Deve Gowda, is frustrated over the point of withdrawal of support by the BJP, he had all the hopes that his logic could convince BJP.
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| 548. |
 | Pak opposition played a wrong card to give Musharraf a big win
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 7, 2007 Author:
Islamabad, Pakistan: October 7, 2007 - The Opposition political parties of Pakistan believe that Gen. Pervez Musharraf has manipulated the Presidential election and got the sweeping victory while his opposite candidate just got 2 votes.
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| 549. |
 | Govt. firm to honor its commitment of Indo-US Nuclear Deal
MIL/IR/Agencies Oct 6, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, October 6, 2007 – Left party, important alliance of UPA govt., has to cut a sorry figure nationally when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee plainly told them today that the commitment made by the government in connection with the Indo-US nuclear deal is got to be honored what come may, and thus the govt. shall start negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the India-specific safeguards agreement, as per schedule.
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| 550. |
 | Will Musharraf be elected President, voting begins?
MIL/IR/NDTV/Agencies Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Islamabad, Pakistan: October 6, 2007 – Pakistan’s most important day, which the people have been awaiting, has after all come i.e. the election of President Musharraf. To begin casting their votes, a special session of Pakistan's national and four provincial assemblies has been convened to put an end of the controversy once for all. Let us wait see, though everything is pre-arranged.
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| 551. |
 | Global Day failed in view of UN Draft Proposal for Myanmar
MIL/IR/Agencies/Reuters Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Sydney: October 6, 2007 - A global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests has miserably failed to spark in Asia, not even 100 people gathered in Bangkok, though there was better figure in Australia, where about 250 people assembled to protest, still not impressive gathering.
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| 552. |
 | Deve Gowda and his son adamant to sever their promise
MIL/IR/HT/Agencies Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Bangalore: October 6, 2007 - Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son Kumaraswamy are adamant to sever their promise at the end of 20 months of the JD(S)-led coalition.
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| 553. |
 | Bush defends interrogation techniques –Methods not torture
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Washington: October 6, 2007 - President Bush, shifting course of his subject, reacted to a Congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret harsh interrogation of CIA on terrorism and said that the methods deployed on the people are not torture, the govt. does not torture the people.
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| 554. |
 | Blackwater USA Shooting case - Tighter Control by State Department
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Washington: October 6, 2007 - The story of Blackwater armored vehicles, which unfearingly and regularly used to carry out the operations of killing innocent Iraqi people, while moving on the vehicles, stirred the State Department.
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| 555. |
 | Christians Split in Lebanon, High risk of Civil War
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Beirut, Lebanon: October 6, 2007 – There is a mounting tension among the Christian community. With the Islamist group Hezbollah having brought Lebanese politics to a standstill, the country’s once-dominant Christian community feels under some sort of blockade and has started re-establishing militias, training in the hills and storing weapons for self defence.
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| 556. |
 | Musharraf wins Presidential Poll
MIL/Agencies Oct 6, 2007 Author:
Islamabad: October 6, 2007 - Pakistan's Election Commission has decreed today that General Pervez Musharraf has swept the Presidential election. The Chief Election Commissioner Qazi M Farooq has told the Union Assembly that Musharraf has won 252 out of 257 votes cast.
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| 557. |
 | Revelation of Secret of CIA’s inhuman Interrogation creates stir
MIL/IR/NYT Oct 5, 2007 Author:
Washington: October 5, 2007 - The revelation of secret of the Justice Department on interrogation on Thursday flared an acidic round of debate over the treatment of terrorism suspects in American custody and whether the Congress was in knowledge of all these techniques of interrogation?
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| 558. |
JD(S) leaders meet again to discuss crises in Karnataka
MIL/IR/Agencies Oct 5, 2007 Author:
Bangalore: October 5, 2007 - The political situation in Karnataka has gone from bad to worse, the top JD (S) leaders are found incapable of deciding what to do? They meet again and again with their inner party leaders but no result. Ultimately the top JD(S) leaders met today and discussed the issue of transfer power to BJP.
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| 559. |
Kumaraswamy has no alternative but to transfer powers to BJP
MIL/IE/Agencies Oct 4, 2007 Author:
Bangalore: Octoaber 4, 2007 - Keeping in view the grave situation and hanging threat for the elections, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has become panicky, and very late felt to treat the issue urgently and sort out the controversy immediately, lest it is too late.
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| 560. |
Miners trapped in mine west of Johannesburg
MIL/IR/Guardian Unlimited Oct 4, 2007 Author:
Johannesburg: October 4, 2007 - More than 1,500 miners are reported to be trapped in a collapsed South African gold mine and have been rescued in one of the most dramatic all-night rescue operations. About 1,700 workers remained stranded more than a mile underground after extensive damage to a lift shaft at the Elandsrand mine west of Johannesburg.
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