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• India's N-tests anger Israel

• None of us wants to mediate in Kashmir, says US

• India looking forward to Clinton's visit, says PM

• Pak scientists tells Jane's they need 60-70 N-warheads for deterrent value

• Pakistan calls for third party mediation to resolve disputes

• Agenda For A Post-Nuclear Vajpayee

• India sends its diplomats far and wide to argue its case

• G-8 Plus to discuss nuclear tests on Friday, sans India and Pakistan

• Kissinger argues for progressive lifting of sanctions

• India will sign CTBT if P5 guarantees disarmament

• National Conference decries US hand in J&K affairs

• Chirac airs differences with US over sanctions

• SAARC summit on July 9-11, all eyes on India and Pakistan

• EU sanctions tempered by Pakistan's fragile economy

• Jaswant Singh all set to become Vajpayee's foreign minister

• EU readies for punitive action against Pakistani tests

• Vajpayee rejects security council admonishment on J&K

• Indo-Pak tension will not derail SAARC summit, says Lanka

• • Bomb-drunk Pakistanis wake up to the reality of emergency

• Sharief collects assurances of help during Gulf visit

• Our nukes are not for aggression, says Sharief

• UNESCO chief asks India, Pakistan to divert resources to development

• Singhal reiterates resolve to erect temple at Pokhran

• Republican leaders promise a fair probe into technology transfers to China

• Solve Kashmir first, Sharief tells India

• Primakov moots new mechanism to resolve Indo-Pak disputes

• Fernandes now turns to the US, tells it to lay off Indo-Pak problems

• India accuses Security Council of overstepping its authority

• India, Pak offer to resume talks with each other

• Having won the diplomatic war, India now looks to win the peace

• Start talking, P-5 tells India, Pak

• The P-5 joint communique

• Partition Jammu and Kashmir: Palkhivala

• Dutch govt blocks 'strategic' Pak-bound shipments

• 'Pak blasts may have set off Afghan quake'

• 'Pak will produce M-11 missiles in a year'

• Mahatma was against third party mediation

• Halt tests, weaponisation: P5

• P-5 gets down to defusing tension in the subcontinent

• Vajpayee calls for global meet on disarmament

• India reiterates stand on third-party mediation

• 'We hope the views of a responsible, sober country like India will be kept in mind in Geneva'

• Trishul takes to the seas, Agni to get more fire

• Russia wants Kashmir resolved as per Simla agreement

No confrontation with China, says MEA

'India has become the target of US, China and Pak'

• US continues to preach to India, tags along Pak for good measure

• Iran minister calls for positive response to Indo-Pak crisis

• Chinese ship carrying armaments to Pak comes under US surveillance

• Pak N-programme received boost during Reagan years

• People from the land of the Buddha and Gandhi should talk about de-weaponisation, says Dandavate

• The BJP's Monumental Blunder

• 'It would be a mistake to embark on largescale manufacture of nuclear weapons'

• Pokhran II told both Islamabad and Beijing that deterrence is a two-way street

• Govt launches major diplomatic offensive ahead of G-8, P-5 meets

• India rejects third-party mediation offer

• US promises to work for peace in south Asia

• CIA has no spies worthy of the name in India: report

• India calls for nuclear weapons convention

• Netanyahu's cars may have scared Pak

• Russia won't cancel defence deals with India

• India to appraise Thailand of regional security scenario

• India should launch diplomatic drive against 'multi-lateralising' issues, says Gujral

• Tit-for-tat N-tests bring Kashmir back on international agenda

• US prods Security Council into discussing Kashmir on Thursday

• PM tells P-5 to stop sermonising, eliminate N-weapons

• Brajesh Mishra sent to France for damage control

• China blasts India for arms race

• US-based Kashmiris fear war in the Valley

• Wisner defends showing satellite photo to Narasimha Rao's aide

• NYT report highlights Chinese contribution to Pakistani bomb

• Stop N-tests, disarmament conference tells India, Pak

• 'Pakistani nuclear bombs are a threat to Pakistan: Michael Krepon

• Parliament goes ballistic over attack on Indian diplomat

• Pak rejects India's no-first-use proposal

• Pak tests way behind ours, says Fernandes

• Pak tests inconsequential, suggest experts

• We can deploy nuclear weapons in days: A Q Khan

• India appeals for just global framework

• Bomb backlash hits Indian pilgrims

• Nuclear tests: The balance sheet

• Pakistan conducts another nuclear test

• Blasts blow up Indo-Pak peace initiative

• India will not go back on moratorium

• No more tests: President

• Pakistan promises to match any Indian threat with ''vengeance''

• 'India wants friendship with Pakistan. India wants to be a good neighbour'

• Pak tests highlight failure of Clinton's non-proliferation policy: US congressman

• 'By acquiring nuclear capability we can exert our influence more effectively in bringing about disarmanent'

• No arms race in the region: Krishan Kant

• 'India and Pakistan need skillful diplomacy'

• G-8 foreign ministers to discuss N-tests

• Pak conducted only one test on Thursday: experts

• US scrambles to restore peace in South Asia

• UN urges India, Pakistan to sign arms control treaties

• World hesitates as US, Japan, Canada slap sanctions on Pakistan

• Pak has shown no regard for world opinion, says Britain

• Emergency also meant to protect economy, says Pak finance minister

• Crippling sanctions dampen N-bomb euphoria in Pakistan

• US ambassador to return to New Delhi

• Pak may have nuke heads for M-11 missiles

• No security threat when I stepped down: Gujral

• Deve Gowda blasts Vajpayee for dumping 'consensus'

• 'Moratorium' announcement shows govt had no clue about Pak tests: Congress

• Swadeshi violence against MNCs condemned

• Sign no-first-use agreement now, Benazir tells India, Pak

• Army forces herdsmen out of Chagai hills

• Pak's N-programme is more sophisticated than India's: Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan'

• India and Pakistan have bought a certain symmetry in the world: J N Dixit

• Did Washington leak Vajpayee's letter to the press?

• 'We are concerned at the help China is extending Pakistan'

• Vajpayee renews no-first-use offer to Pak

• India's N-tests hit diplomatic, defence ties

• President confident of amity in region

• Fernandes blasts "India specific" Pak tests

• It is now Gohar's turn to rattle sabres

• Pak preparing for more tests: US intelligence

• 'It is extremely curious, isn't it, that no technical details regarding these tests have been released?'

• Western experts sceptical of Pak claims

• Pak bomb righted balance: Indian analysts

• Despite the deja vu, American policy-makers stunned by Pak tests

• For Cold War players, it is action-replay time

• US carrots and sticks failed to contain Pak

• Clinton, Yeltsin to stay in close touch

• US betrays pro-Pak tilt

• Britain to withdraw envoy to Pakistan

• Germany freezes aid to Pakistan

• NATO condemns Pak N-tests

• EU flays Pakistani N-tests

• Pak bomb threat to Israel: Moynihan

• Banks remain closed in Pakistan

• Pakistan is gripped by Friday spirit

• 'It will be difficult to resume meaningful talks for another two-three months'

• Mulayam seeks Vajpayee's resignation

• Thackeray accuses US of using Pak to trip India

• Greenpeace International urges India, Pak to sign CTBT

• 'Each crisis from now on will have a nuclear edge'

• Pakistan tests five nuclear devices

• Nawaz Sharief's speech in Real Audio

• Pak ready to arm Ghauri, says PM

• Pak N-tests created 'new situation': PM

• Pak ready now for no-aggression pact, says minister

• Pakistan's tests have nothing to do with India: President

• Army chief punches holes in Pak war hysteria

• Pakistan fears Indian attack on N-installations

• Pak spreading canards about attack on N-plants: India

• In the end it boiled down to the fear of annihilation

• 'Nawaz Sharief had no choice'

• Defence sources say China's hand is evident in Pak tests

• Indian scientists say they expected Pak N-tests

• Nuclear race possible in south Asia

• BJP readies for flak on triggering off N-race

• US brushes aside no-first-use offer, sets three conditions for India

• Clinton's visit to India uncertain

• BJP's allies not consulted before blasts, says Barnala

• A Ghauri Strike

• Pakistan's Dr Strangelove

• Natwar Singh blasts Advani, Fernandes

• IISc denies any involvement in nuclear project

• 'India is today a nuclear weapons state. This is a reality that cannot be denied'

• This government has no mandate to decide on N-weaponisation, says Chidambaram

• Chandra Shekhar urges government to restrain machismo

• VHP to rope in Buddhist monks from Nepal for Shaktipeeth project

• Pak refutes reports of nuclear test, tells US it is disinformation

• Analysts debate efficacy of tests, signing the CTBT

• The China Syndrome

• BJP leaders are singing different tunes about nuclear tests, charges Sonia

• Without weaponisation, going nuclear makes no sense, says Fernandes

• Parliament to discuss N-tests fallout threadbare

• R Venkataraman praises Vajpayee for N-tests

• Why the CIA could not detect Pokhran plans

• Nuclear blasts shake China out of its splendid isolation

• Russia against N-tests by India and Pakistan

• Pak may skip N-test if given weapons to match India, says Ayub Khan

• Sharief says India will step across LoC and 'cross our threshold of tolerance'

• Newsmen report unusual activity at possible site of Pak N-test

• India may not have an H-bomb, says scientist

• Let's talk about NPT, India tells the world

• Scientists brief Opposition leaders about nuclear tests

• Nuclear tests are not much of a deterrent, says Chatterjee

• Vajpayee seeks to mend fences with China, Pakistan

• RJD says it will oust government if it did not give up jingoism

• Yeltsin nudged India down the path of conciliation

• Fernandes invited to visit US, yet to make up his mind

• Sharief accuses India of nuclear blackmail

• If armed, Pakistan may forego N-tests: Gohar

• Clinton repeats call to India to eschew N-weapons, sign CTBT

• Clarify misgivings, Deve Gowda tells PM

• Mahajan claims he's not been gagged

• Clinton seeks in vain for Pak assurance on N-test

• Pakistani women take to the streets asking for the bomb

• Clinton-Yeltsin talks on India's CTBT position

• NAM rebuffs Pak bid to censure Indian N-tests

• Naresh Chandra meets Pickering in Washington, pushes Indian moratorium

• PM's poetry catches up with him

• America's pro-China stance comes under fire

• Sonia regrets flexing of nuclear muscle

• Chinese media assails India for 'hegemonistic' aspirations

• Additional security for BARC, other nuke centres

• Another Russian daily supports India's tests, criticises US and Moscow

• Indian nuke programme is unstoppable: Dr Ramanna

• Dear Prime Minister Sri Vajpayeeji...

• Hypocrites, all of them!

• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

• Parts of Kashmir LoC come alive with Pak fire

• India rules out war with Pak

• Albright breaks her silence, calls tests 'grave historical error'

• India stays further N-tests

• Did Indian at CIA supply info to New Delhi?

• China waffles on ignoring Pakistani N-test

• Nambiar to return to China by month-end

• Japan has been understanding about nuke tests: India

• India, Israel may try to kill Pakistan's nuke capability

• India should acquire second-strike capability and ICBMs, says AICC secretary

• Blair tells Pakistan not to test further

• TDP won't withdraw support over N-tests: Naidu

• Hind-Chini byebye?

• India is willing to discuss proliferation, CTBT terms

• Feint and jab

• MEA turns around, says envoy Nambiar's visit is routine

• Vajpayee blasts big powers's hypocrisy

• 'Jai jawan, jai kisan aur jai vigyan' Vajpayee coins new slogan

• Pak should take lead for talks, says Vajpayee

• BJP rupturing foreign ties with vitriol, says Congress

• Economic carrot stalls Pak N-tests

• US still persuading Pak not to go nuclear

• Clinton administration moves ahead on repeal of Pressler Amendment

• Annan asks Pak not to compete with India

• China not to impose sanctions on Pak for N-tests

• VHP's shaktipeeth to be built 50 km from Pokhran

• Gandhians sad, and a trifle happy, about nuke tests

• India summons envoy from Beijing as China, Pak step up hostile campaign

• India invaded China, its N-weapons pose great danger, says Xinhua

• China, Pak wind up talks on 'recent developments'

• Clinton changes tack, admits India's security concerns

• Carter chides US reaction to India's N-tests

• Indian point of view gaining ground in the US

• N-tests were meant to contain BJP coalition's rift, not external threat, says Deve Gowda

• Isolating India will not help US: experts

• Expert calls for 'nuclear bargain' between US and India

• Shaktipeeth near Pokhran is VHP's baby, not Vajpayee's

• Chidambaram lauds BARC's role in N-tests

• Too early to comment on Pak N-test: Chidambaram

• Benazir charges Sharief with inaction over Indian blasts

• Pak dashes off envoy to China

• Prepare for fiscal hardship, PM warns nation

• Fernandes breaks silence on N-tests, repeats charge against China

• Government not bothered by Pakistan's tests

• Pak N-tests close to certain: Gohar Ayub Khan

• US not to cut diplomatic ties with India

• No more tests planned, says Vajpayee

• Weapons a nuclear deterrent, say scientists

• VHP to build memorial near Pokhran

• Scientists come together to protest against nuclear tests

• G-8 has spared India, says Gohar Ayub Khan

• Nuclear capable India and Pak should negotiate peace, says Gujral

• West fears more nuclear powers may emerge from the basement

• Arab nations hail India's N-tests

• Condemnation, no sanctions, is G-8 outcome

• Pokhran natives to be compensated

• Did it finally take a thermonuclear explosion to blast Jayalalitha out of the PM's hair?

• Pokharan II: It's not the time for euphoria

• India does not rule out more N-tests

• US rejects India's 'nuclear nation' claim

• Washington in a ferment over Indian nuke tests

• G-8 to condemn, not convict, India

• Vajpayee, Blair discuss nuke tests

• Pak keeping its nuclear options open

• India ready for dialogue with Pak: Mishra

• How could you make nuclear plans public, Mulayam asks PM

• American sanctions never last the course, say Russian analysts

• Nordic countries urge India to sign CTBT

• Pak will sign NPT, CTBT if India does

• Sanctions mean trouble but nation should unite, says Pawar

• Left parties flay nuclear policy

• Signature campaign blasts India's nuclear tests

• Sangma's report foresees snap poll

• No mid-term polls, says BJP chief

• Indians, Pakis protest in US to bring Vajpayee, Sharief on road to peace

• India should offer 'no first use', says expert

• It was 'Operation Shakti' on Budh Purnima

• The Buddha smiled a cracked smile

• When the echoes of the blasts have died down, what remains?

• We have a big bomb now: Vajpayee

• India formally declares herself a nuclear weapons state

• We will use N-weapons if threatened, says Vajpayee

• India steps up diplomatic offensive to contain fallout

• India trashes US's charge

• India flays Security Council's criticism of blasts

• Indian politicians urge Vajpayee to show Clinton the door

• PM to brief opposition about blasts fallout

• Congress backtracks, praises N-tests

• Clinton hopes jets-for-restraint deal will be struck with Pak

• Bill introduced to repeal Pressler law

• All the best, India tells US delegation in Pak

• Gujral calls for early normalisation of situation

• India should not sign CTBT in its present form, says Arundhati Ghose

• CIA vows not to be caught off guard again

• Revenge is sweet, sanctions bitter, say Pak nationals

• Indian government misled us, says US

• Ramanna 'elated' over N-tests

• Pakistan may test bomb on Sunday

• Possible Pak N-test leaves govt unfazed

• Halt India's N-programme: China

• Chinese reaction out of character, say analysts

• India launches diplomatic offensive to woo NAM, developing world

• Tokyo recalls envoy, more Japanese sanctions

• Australia suspends aid, cancels defence deals

• Russia tightens nuclear export norms

• Govt to seek opinion of political parties on CTBT

• Raje to seek NAM backing

• US may repeal Pressler law to please Pak

• Mixed reaction to N-tests in Pakistan

• 'I cannot predict what the Security Council will decide'

• Bad boy India won't be allowed in nuclear club, says Uncle Sam

• Sanctions won't stall India's atomic power generation programme

• US consulate denies rumours of visa non-issue

• India explodes two more nuke devices

• Wednesday's tests are of weapons of war

• Clinton imposes tough sanctions

• France, Russia oppose sanctions

• Japan suspends grants worth $ 30m

• India vows to continue all defence plans, including long-range missiles

• India ready to face any challenge: Vajpayee

• Canada calls home high commissioner for 'urgent consultations'

• 'Indian leadership has gone berserk'

• CIA orders inquiry into intelligence failure

• Pakistan feels let down by US spy satellites

• US senators, peaceniks flay India

• Vajpayee, A-team, review sanctions's fallout

• Congress tells government to explain changed security perceptions, E K Nayanar echoes view

• Indian leaders welcome nuke explosions

• Britain deeply disturbed at new tests, complains to Indian envoy

• 'Our tests pose no danger to any country which has no inimical intentions towards India'

• Security Council may appeal to India to sign CTBT, NPT

• India can now sign CTBT: defence expert

• What the US will sanction against

• Heel, Clinton tells India

• Government undecided on CTBT

• US open to accord with India on CTBT

• Mahajan talks tough, says life-time mission fulfilled

• Clinton may not cancel India visit

• 'India cannot escape sanctions'

• Japan is thinking of freezing aid

• Australia recalls high commissioner for 'consultation'

• Vajpayee writes to world leaders explaining India's compulsions

• Yeltsin says India has let down Russia

• Pakistan under increasing domestic pressure to reply in kind

• 'We are like a cook waiting for orders'

• Security the provocation for N-tests, says govt

• China 'seriously concerned' over tests

• Gujral won't admit he gave nod for the bomb

• Rao wanted to conduct nuclear test

• 'India ready for nuke bomb ban if world corrects discrimination'

• N-device without policy blueprint is adventurism, Swamy tells PM

• Experts call for diplomatic offensive to defang sanctions

• Tests took US by surprise

• Sanctions won't hurt India, feels analyst

• N-tests an expected result

• For Indian nuke scientists, spring comes in the month of May

• It was essential for India to demonstrate its defence capabilities: Farooq

• India explodes three nuclear bombs

• Analysts believe decision will not lead to arms race

• N-deterrent at last, says government

• 'Tests show India has proven capability for weaponised N-programme'

• America disappointed, no word of sanctions as yet

• Pakistan cries foul, calls for sanctions

• Hosannas all over, but Pakistan demurs

• Parties welcome N-tests

• 'There is dictum in strategic defence planning, Imagine the worst case scenario and prepare yourself for it. Which is exactly what we have done'

• 'We have not mentioned the word peaceful so far'

• 'It's the BJP way of showing the world India is great'

• 'Why should we wait? Didn't we wait for 24 years?'

• 'It was a militaristic, chauvinistic, jingoistic move'

• 'India risks international isolation'

• 'The West cannot ignore the fact that India is a large market'

• India on road to H-bomb, says Jane's

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