South Asian Newsline Update

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:01:17 -0500

SAN-EPISODE # 2851 DATED 17 DECEMBER 2008 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE. I AM RANGABASHIAM WITH THE DAY’S NEWS….. THE TOP STORIES … HEADLINES WASHINGTON SAYS JAMAT-UD-DAWA DEFINITELY LINKED TO TERROR OUTFITS BANGLADESH LIFTS EMERGENCY RULE AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND …200,000 WORKERS IN INDIA TO LOSE JOBS AS GLOBAL DEMAND FOR JEWELLERY SLUMPS PTC 1: NOW THE NEWS IN DETAIL…… WASHINGTON HAS REJECTED ISLAMABAD'S CLAIMS THAT JAMAAT-UD-DAWA PROCLAIMED AS A FRONT FOR THE TERROR GROUP LASHKAR-E-TAYIBA AND BANNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS IS A CHARITY. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE SAID THE US EXPECTS PAKISTAN WOULD COOPERATE, AS THE ISLAMIC NATION ITSELF FACES THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. VO1: Rice said the US would press Pakistan as also other member States to adhere completely to the United Nations decision to ban the Dawa, freeze its assets and deny travel visas to its leaders. Referring to Pakistan’s statement that the government would not take action against the activities of JuD, Rice said that the charity is definitely linked to the Lashkar and it is for Islamabad to figure it out how they are going to implement the Security Council sanctions. “Pakistan is going to have to untangle the difficult circumstances the Jamaat offers, because I understand there are so called charitable activities…. The United States have learned the hard way that sometimes these are intertwined with organizations that have terrorist ties. Rice told reporters after a UN Security Council meeting. The UN had on December 10th clamped down sanctions on the Dawa and branded four of its top commanders as terrorists, including chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Lashkar operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks that killed 188 people. PTC 2: DESPITE THE APPEARANCE OF A RESOLVE TO TAKE STRINGENT ACTION AGAINST TERROR GROUPS OPERATING FROM ITS SOIL, THERE IS GROWING INTERNATIONAL CONSENS...

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