Word: hussains
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...star! He was born in Madras, on January 6, 1966, with a Bollywood star's soundalike name, A.S. Dileep Kumar. His musician father died when the boy was nine, and to support his family this precocious child left home to become a touring tyro musician with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain...
...Adam Zagorin, with reporting by Syed Talat Hussain...
...Behind the scenes, the new U.S. Administration should help broker a settlement between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir, says Riffat Hussain, professor of security studies at Islamabad's Quaid-e-Azam University. That would defuse tension between these two nuclear-armed enemies. A partial settlement over Kashmir could be one major surprise in the offing. Musharraf has suggested dropping Pakistan's insistence that a referendum be held among Kashmiris to choose whether they want the territory to belong to India or Pakistan. But President Bush will also have to decide whether to push Musharraf into...
...Early last week, Pakistani commandos disguised in turbans and tribal tunics surrounded the mud house where five of Mesud's men were holding the hostages. On Thursday, according to Lieut. General Safdar Hussain, the regional commander, a shot was heard inside the house. Fearing that the militants were executing their captives, the general said, the commandos attacked. All five kidnappers were killed in the ensuing gunfight, along with one hostage, 32-year-old engineer Wang Peng, who died of gunshot wounds. His fellow captive Wang Ende, 49, was rescued alive. Meanwhile, Mesud was several kilometers away, in touch with...
...Pakistani troops courageously battling 200 al-Qaeda guys to a standstill." As for bin Laden, he is still the figurehead, the most potent symbol of Islamic terrorism. And he still tops America's most-wanted list. --By Tim McGirk/ Kabul. With reporting by Syed Talat Hussain/ Islamabad and Timothy J. Burger/ Washington