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...ground offensive is still likely. For the past two days, Israeli leaders have said they will not agree to an early cease-fire and instead want to cripple Hamas permanently. Sources in Israel's Defense Ministry said Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave France's Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, a polite "no" to his request for a 48-hour cease-fire. But today, as the voices of well-known Israeli writers joined the call for an immediate end to hostilities, the idea of a cease-fire was still being debated, according to the Defense Ministry sources. It's probably no coincidence...
That perceived early success is benefiting two of the leading candidates for the premiership in the upcoming Israeli election scheduled for early February. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were trailing in the polls behind their hawkish Likud rival, Benjamin Netanyahu. But the aerial assault against Hamas has given a lift to Barak and Livni, at Netanyahu's expense...
After last month's terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai, which left more than 160 people dead, blame quickly began to zero in on Pakistan-based militants. Just as swiftly, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi responded with calls for "complete evidence" of any involvement by Pakistanis, declaring "our hands are clean." Just over a week later arrests were made in the case and Qureshi, a longtime member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), told the press, "They are Pakistani citizens and will be dealt with according to the law of the land." Pakistani officials would...
...Served as an elected member of the Punjab parliamentary assembly for eight years before being elected to Pakistan's National Assembly in 1993. He served there for three years before being unseated in 1996, winning reelection in 2002. He remained in the Assembly until becoming Foreign Minister...
...Pakistan is a peaceful country and wants peace and security in the region." - speaking days after being named Pakistan's Foreign Minister earlier this year. Qureshi has maintained a desire for peace with India as well as a resolution to the disputed territory of Kashmir. (Hindustan Times, April...