Police swoop on sellers of Jaswant Singh’s pirated book in Pak

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Expressing disappointment over Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh's remarks that Islamabad must change its attitude and policies regarding the use of terror as an instrument of state policy, Pakistan has said that Singh's statement has no link with reality and is very regrettable. "Pakistan has a transparent agenda in the meeting of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries today.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new book has claimed that U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama prevented Hillary Clinton from becoming her husband's vice-presidential nominee.

September 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Three people have been arrested for selling pirated editions of former Indian minister Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" in this Pakistani city, authorities said. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided two shops in Defence Housing Authority and arrested three people for selling the pirated editions of Jaswant Singh's book, Daily Times reported Friday.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - American writer Dan Brown's new book 'The Lost Symbol' is said to have broken sales record in the first 36 hours of its release in the UK, after it sold more copies than any other adult hardback novel. The book, which went on sale on September 15, has sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK.

September 13th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The Indian community in United Arab Emirates has paid a tribute to the founder of the nation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, by publishing a book on him in the Malayalam language. The book was officially released at a special ceremony at the Indian Social and Cultural Centre here during a mass Iftar banquet Saturday, WAM news agency reported Sunday.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Murali Manohar Joshi, L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and their former colleague Jaswant Singh have stopped talking to each other, according to Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora.

September 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Indian government has allowed expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh to visit Pakistan Sep 26 to promote his book Jinnah: India, Partition and Independence, a media report said. He will arrive in Karachi Sep 26, before heading to the Pakistani capital Sep 27 to attend a launching ceremony of the book at the Islamabad Press Club.

September 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book, Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence, which has created a furore in India, is selling like hot cakes in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The twin-city booksellers had imported more than 3,000 copies on Saturday and sold them out by Monday morning.

August 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India's internal politics was the prime reason behind New Delhi's reluctance to restart the composite peace dialogue. Interacting with media persons at the Foreign Office here, Qureshi said it is evident that India's foreign policy was influenced by its domestic politics.

August 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book, Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence, which has created a furor in India, has received an overwhelming response in Pakistan. A famous book store in Lahore sold 100 copies of the book in a single day (last Wednesday) which indicates how eager the Pakistanis are to know the reason what prompted the BJP to expel the former Foreign Minister and end his 30 year long association with the party.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Expressing solidarity with expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has criticized the BJP for throwing Singh out of the party for writing a book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah, saying if anybody would have written a book on Jawaharlal Nehru in Pakistan, it would have not created such a furor. Interacting with media persons here, PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq said Singh's expulsion has exposed the 'narrow-mindedness' of BJP towards Muslim leaders.

August 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Thursday criticised the expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party for his praise of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah saying India still has prejudice and bias against the country even 62 years after partition. The PML-N said Singh's expulsion shows the real face of India that boasts of great democracy in the world, the Online news agency reported.

August 15th, 2009 Summary: WTO rules on China, but piracy persistsWHAT HAPPENED? A World Trade Organization panel on Wednesday said China is violating free-trade rules by forcing foreign movies, music, books and video games to be routed through Chinese state-owned companies, and by not allowing foreign partnerships in the realm of digital music. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? It's one step in a long process that could lead China to further open its market to foreign cultural products.

July 23rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian man was taken into custody for trying to smuggle heroin into Australia by hiding it in a kid's story book. The 56-year-old man had carved a little compartment inside the book and filled it with the drug.

June 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - Fifteen Australian men have been arrested in a global swoop on those who downloaded a film clip of the rape of an 8-year-old Russian girl, police said Monday. They expect to pick up at least 30 suspected paedophiles as they run through the list of those who accessed the film in the four months it was on the internet last year.