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Obamas' First State Dinner to Honor India's Prime MinisterBill Clinton invited nearly 700 people for a state dinner under a tent on the South Lawn honoring Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee . Among those lucky 320 invited to the Obamas' first formal fete are notable Indians from the United States and abroad
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Seeking to Avoid South Asia War
not worth the risk, not when nuclear weapons are thrown into the mix. It is assumed that both Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf understand that risk, and have no desire to go nuclear over Kashmir. Trying
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India and Pakistan Dig In Heels at Summit
of nuclear weapons. At a regional security summit in the Kazakh city of Almaty, Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee sat at the same table for the first time in months, but did not speak to each other at least not directly. The tensions
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Trouble Is Brewing on Roof of the World
confrontation. Amid intense international pressure to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the sidelines of a summit in Kazakhstan, the international community has
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Putin to Mediate South Asia Dispute
Pakistan but only if that nation stops cross-border raids into Indian-held territory in Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf are attending an Asian security summit in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week
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Timeline: Fighting Over Kashmir
Kashmiri leader Abdul Gani Lone is shot dead at a public meeting in Srinagar. Tensions mount as Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee calls upon the military to prepare for a "decisive fight" and Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface
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Ancient Hate Has India on Edge of Chaos
ahead with the controversial ceremony near the site where the mosque was torn down. Earlier today, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee vowed to uphold the court order and the government has launched a huge security operation around the disputed site, which
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Rumsfeld Warns of Indefinite Detentions
tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region. On Friday, he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in an attempt to help defuse the crisis. India wants Pakistan to crack down on militant groups on its soil, and U
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Pakistan's President Faces Political Pressures
cosmetic," India has now adopted a softer tone. It still has not said, however, whether the Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will meet Musharraf at a regional summit in Nepal this week. The crisis does seem to be dissipating, but it is by no
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Key Figures in Kashmir Uprising
domestic issue, and Pakistani rulers in the past have realized the importance of being seen as being hawkish on Kashmir. Atal Behari Vajpayee , Indian Prime Minister Perceived as the moderate face of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a Hindu right-wing party known
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India-Pakistan Troubles Rooted in Religion, Real Estate
public meeting in Srinagar. Pakistan denied the charges. But tensions have continued to mount as Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee called upon the military to prepare for a "decisive fight" and Pakistan test-fired three medium-range surface-to-surface
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Powell Calms India; Special Forces Ready
Australian troops will be elite Special Air Service forces. Friendship Reaffirmed Powell met with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today in an attempt to calm tensions that may have developed due to the closer military, intelligence and economic ties
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U.S., Pakistan Discuss Afghanistan's Future
He met today with India's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, and will speak Wednesday with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee . A spokeswoman for the Indian Foreign Ministry has said that the United States has no role to play in the dispute between
