The grotesque irony is that while Hussein was hanged for killing 148 people, the leaders of the US and its allies won't be tried for killing half-a-million Iraqi children through the post-1991 sanctions, nor for the death of 655,000 Iraqi civilians.
"We would say about this election what we would say about virtually any other election around the globe, and that is you want to see the candidates have access to media. You want to see people be able to freely express themselves in a peaceful manner, free from threat of violence or intimidation," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement ahead of the February 18 polls in Pakistan.
The United States has decided to appoint a treasury attache and an attache for intellectual property rights in India. The US will also appoint a special official to deal with the aviation sector.
US Ambassador David Mulford said that the deal was good for India and would make the country the centre of a civil nuclear industry in the world. "If this is not processed in the present Congress, it is unlikely that this deal will be offered again to India. It certainly would not be revived and offered by any administration, Democratic or Republican, before the year 2010, which is after the life of this administration," he said.
Despite optimism that the deal will be sealed, differences marred talks between the two sides.
Over 90 Indian-American community leaders and political activists, who were catalytic in pushing through the passage of the legislation, took part in the ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
Clinton has denied those allegations but says it was a mistake on her part to use a personal email.
It is disheartening to see the Bush Administration's efforts to hide more and more information from the public eye in the name of security, presumably to 'protect our freedoms'.
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said in New York on Friday that New Delhi is trying to negotiate for an agreement with the Bush Administration under which temporary Indian workers in the US would not have to pay social security taxes.
The new law, signed in October, strips foreigners of the right to challenge their detention in federal courts.\n\n
Seeking to dispel their apprehensions, Saran is expected to highlight New Delhi's impeccable record on non-proliferation front.
McCormack wanted what he described as 'our friends in Pakistan' to view a free media as an institution that ultimately strengthens the society and added that the media has a responsibility to report the news accurately and objectively.
What could be the reason for Condi's contemplation?
It has been the tradition, that the US president has appointed a person to that job. And that person traditionally has been an American.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said at a press briefing that 'within the last year or so, we have seen more defined training capabilities of Al Qaeda in western Pakistan, along with Taliban safe havens there.'
Both need to tackle Kashmiri militants together, Nicholas Burns said.
"Today, he is a hero of Pakistan because he has given us the atom bomb. But otherwise now he does not even speak on telephone," Musharraf maintained.
Major hurdles in tabling the Indo-US civilian nuclear bill in the US Senate are being removed. \n
McCormack was also asked to comment on media reports that there are some demands that Washington is not happy with and those could make the whole deal break.
Congressional sources said on Tuesday that the bill was unlikely to be taken up during the current session as there are 'limited legislative days left' and so much work to do.
"The Pakistani strongman agreed to withdraw his army from the area and release prisoners in exchange for promises by militants not to attack the Pakistani army or set up a parallel government.
According to the report, post war findings intimate Saddam Hussein "as distrustful of al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime".
At separate press briefings on Tuesday, White House and State Department spokesmen refused to discuss alleged intelligence activities in Pakistan.
Top law makers led by Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives Tom Lantos have urged the Bush administration to maintain favorable conditions for importing products from India to keep up the pace of its trade with the Uni
The FBI is investigating whether Bush's chief political and strategic adviser Karl Rowe was among those who blew the cover of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
The two Indian firms are Sabero Organics Chemical and the Sandhya Organics Chemical.
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