India Times:
Police have arrested a Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) resident and recovered a satellite phone from him at Chakan-Da-Bagh area in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today. (Read More)
India Times:
Ilyas Kashmiri, the dreaded Harakat-ul-Jihad-Islami commander who along with Headley and Rana had planned to attack India and Denmark, is learnt to have been detained by Pakistan. (Read More)
India Times:
Voicing a desire for a new chapter in the history of the sub-continent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Pakistan must break with the past, abjure terrorism and come for talks with India in "good faith and sincerity" to resolve outstanding issues. (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Ciena today beat out Nokia Siemens Network to buy bankrupt Nortel’s metro Ethernet business for $769 million, winning the bidding war for the assets that it began in October. A court will still have to approve the deal that will see Ciena, which makes fiber optical equipment, pay $530 million in cash and issue $239 million (Read More)
Submitted by Spotdamnout
from blog:
When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.US Foreign Policy: Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage - SPIEGEL (Read More)
Engadget:
We've seen more eyesight restoration efforts than we could easily count, but rather than tooting their horn about some theoretical discovery, boffins at Kings College Hospital in London are actually putting their hard work to use on real, live human brings. The new process, which goes by the name brachytherapy, is a one-off (Read More)
India Times:
PM Manmohan Singh has made it clear that there can be no redrawing of borders in Kashmir, triggering a sharp response from Pakistan which said the "dispute" must be settled in line with the UN resolutions. (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
A Taliban insurgency and the war in neighbouring Afghanistan have put Pakistan's nuclear arsenal at risk giving rise to a "troubling" situation, an arms control expert who served as former US President George W Bush's national security adviser has said. (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
The ferocious strategy of Taliban through which they spread terror across Pakistan on daily basis reflects the tactical and ideological influence of al-Qaida over Taliban in the region. Although not at the forefront, the entire terrorist attacks in Pakistan bore the fingerprints of al-Qaida. (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Security was increased around the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus Monday, a day after four outsiders were held for allegedly misbehaving with women students and police used batons and teargas to disperse agitated students. (Read More)
India Times:
With power virtually resting with the army in Pakistan even in a democratic regime, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wonders "who to deal with" or negotiate with in Islamabad. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Normally, the New York Post is a publication known for tabloid-style stories with a right-wing slant. However, in January 2009, they published a short but fascinating inauguration story on something that has the feel of a whispered legend... but it's entirely real. The story was about the "football": The nuclear "football (Read More)