AFP - Prime Minister John Howard hinted after talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Australia could sell uranium to India following New Delhi's nuclear deal with the US.

AFP - US lawmakers introduced in Congress legislation on a controversial deal to provide India access to key US nuclear technology, as administration officials warned that any attempt to alter the landmark accord would essentially bury it.

AFP - Australia has told visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it would not sell uranium to India despite a nuclear deal between Washington and New Delhi.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New Delhi, India (AHN) - Indian officials are confirming new cases of bird flu, yet none in humans. Upma Chawdhry, Joint Secretary to the Department of Animal Husbandry, says, "We have decided to cull 75,000 birds following confirmation of bird flu cases."...

AFP - Washington is opposed to Russia supplying India with nuclear fuel before New Delhi honors its obligations under the landmark nuclear deal it recently signed with the United States, a senior State Department official said.

AFP - India reported a fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry in western Maharashtra state, close to where the country's first cases were detected last month.

AFP - Washington is opposed to Russia supplying India with nuclear fuel before New Delhi honors its obligations under the landmark nuclear deal it recently signed with the United States, a senior State Department official said.

AFP - Leaders of Nepal's Maoist rebels and the opposition alliance are meeting in the Indian capital to work out a programme to end King Gyanendra's tenure of power, a report said.

AFP - Indian troops killed two suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir and an alleged informer was beheaded in the state, police said, as rebels vowed to continue fighting New Delhi's rule.

AFP - A US think tank has questioned India's nuclear non-proliferation record, saying it had uncovered illicit Indian governmental nuclear procurement from Europe.

Reuters - India circumvents other countries' export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programs, according to a report by former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright.

AP - The facts of the case appeared straightforward: On a hot summer night in 1999, a young woman tending bar in an upscale New Delhi restaurant refused to serve a drunk patron. It was about 2 a.m. Closing time, she told him, had passed. So he shot her in the head.

AP - India's prime minister said Tuesday his country has no intention of scaling back its nuclear weapons program even as it moves to place most of its atomic reactors under international safeguards in a deal with the United States.

AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard was non-committal to a request by India to lift an embargo on uranium sales after the two countries signed trade and defence agreements.

Reuters - Australia will consider selling uranium to India if it is convinced about New Delhi's commitment to follow global nuclear safeguards for its civilian atomic reactors, Prime Minister John Howard said.

Reuters - Australia will consider selling uranium to India if it is convinced about New Delhi's commitment to follow global nuclear safeguards for its civilian atomic reactors, Prime Minister John Howard said.

AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is due to meet Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh Monday during a four-day visit to boost trade and deepen the strategic relationship between the two countries.

AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard effectively ruled out selling uranium to India as he headed for New Delhi.

Andrea Moore - All Headline News Staff Reporter New Delhi, India (AHN) - President Bush warns that fears about job outsourcing to other nations should not prompt the United States to limit global trade. From New Delhi, Bush says, "It's true that some Americans have lost jobs when their...

Praising India's expanding economy, President Bush warned today that fears about job outsourcing to other nations should not prompt the United States to limit global trade. "It's true that some Americans have lost jobs when their companies move their operations overseas," Bush said in a speech in New Delhi. "Some people believe the answer to this problem is to wall off our economy from the world through protectionist policies. I strongly disagree."