He said radical terror groups were enemies of Islam and urged clerics to 'cleanse' their religion of the taint of terrorism.
The US budget proposals unveiled by President George W Bush includes $564 million in aid for South Asia, the bulk of it for Pakistan and Afghanistan and a comparatively miniscule amount for India.
White House Spokesman Tony Snow evaded a question on a seat for India in the UNSC saying he was 'not aware' of any official position on the issue.
The Indo-Pak peace process and the war against terror will be high on the talks agenda, said officials.
Bush also acknowledged that India's relation with Iran will be a major issue in pushing through the recently signed nuclear initiative
President Musharraf will discuss the matter with President Bush in New York.
United States President George W Bush has sent the nomination of Santanu K Baruah, an Indian-origin former management consultant whom he picked as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, to the Senate for approval.
Rice, 50, will become the first female black secretary of state if she accepts the offer.
Bush nominated Hayden on May 8 to replace Goss.
World leaders condoled the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Bush's job approval rating remains at its all-time low -- 31 percent. Sixty-two per cent of those polled disapprove of how he is handling his job as President.
American military officials have spent days huddled in meetings with Iraqi officers in a race to turn blueprints drawn up in Washington into a plan that will work on the ground in Baghdad, The New York Times on Tuesday said.
Image of Condi Rice's testimony to Senate on the plan to send more troops to Iraq.
On why he was determined to go his own when most of the nations have not back his plan, Bush asserted that he is not going to change his principle just to be popular.
US President George W Bush has sharpened his attack on Democratic opponent Senator John F Kerry on economic and welfare issues, calling him a "tax and spend liberal", while describing himself as a "compassionate conservative."
Despite the vicissitudes of the policies of their governments, emotional bonds have already existed between the two countries, certainly from the Indian people's side.
Describing the meeting as "a very good one", Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told reporters that basically what 'she (Rice) did was to set the stage for the important meeting between President Bush and the prime minister'
Earlier in the day, Chandrika Kumaratunga had sacked three senior ministers.
President George W Bush Monday said the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear agreement was part of US efforts to help other countries, such as India, get away from dependence on fossil fuels.
The former deputy secretary of state said the US president should make it clear to his Pakistani counterpart that support to terrorism and incursions across LoC is 'absolutely unacceptable'.
The prime minister is also scheduled to hold his first meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during his stay in New York.
Bush said he looks forward to meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week.
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