He disowns the responsibility of the Kargil adventure and repeatedly says that he was not in the picture. This may well be true because Gen Ayub Khan also did not know when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto sent the infiltrators into Kashmir in 1965.

Both Mr Nawaz Sharif and Gen Ayub Khan came to know about the hostilities when they were in the midst of war. However, since the nineties, people-to-people contacts have themselves become an institution in the two countries. Civil societies on both sides have responded well and they would like to bury the hatchet. It would be a tragedy if the ISI were to reactivate the Babbar Khalsa to revive terrorism in Punjab, as reports indicate. President Pervez Musharraf has never thought of dismantling the training camps in his country.

What is worrying the domestic scenario in Pakistan.

TNA Against All Odds PPV Reax #1: " Of all the excessive interference ...

Terrie Neilson of Las Vegas, Nev. (6.5): Best: Machine Guns/Lethal vs. 3D/Devine Worst: way too much interference! Right out of the gate, my score is based on the play-by-play reviews as opposed to actually seeing the PPV. TNA wants so bad to swing for the fences, yet barely seems to be able to swing a double inside the park. Less is more when it comes to PPVs, except for the strictly gimmick matches (Abyss-Judas/Mitchell and MCMGs/Lethal-3D/Devine) specifically designed to have bells and whistles in them. Of all the excessive interference used, the one least needed was Kong's assistant. I suppose it was meant to protect ODB somewhat, but it takes Kong down a peg from her unstoppable persona. Her speaking on behalf of Kong is acceptable; distracting opponents for her isn't. My major soapbox issue outside all the interference is that Williams needed the win more than Steiner at this in his career.

Bride Dies In Husband's Arms During Dance

Fellow teachers provided the wedding gown, the flowers and decorations. One of them, an ordained minister, performed the ceremony.

Innovative Constellation NewEnergy Risk Management Program Helps ...

BALTIMORE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy (CNE), has completed a successful trial of an innovative risk management program for large industrial users that helped two participating companies meet their energy spending budgets during an extended period of commodity price volatility. Since 2005, industry leaders CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and Solo Cup Company have participated in CNE's i2i(SM) program, which emphasizes a long-term approach to energy procurement to mitigate price risk and achieve budget goals. Staying within the annual energy budget is a significant achievement for CBRE and Solo Cup given the extreme volatility in energy markets the past two years.

"We're thrilled with the results achieved through our participation in Constellation NewEnergy's i2i program, and our benchmarking shows we performed well on energy spending when compared to our peers," said Doug Bushing, global director of Sustainability and Energy Services at CBRE.

Palomar To Debut New Technology At The American Academy Of Dermatology ...

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTI), a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced that it will unveil two new fractional handpieces at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Antonio, Texas from February 2nd to 4th.

Palomar's new Lux2940(TM) fractional ablative laser handpiece is a sophisticated, single-treatment skin resurfacing device which allows the practitioner to tailor the level of skin tightening based on the patient's needs. Three treatment modes are available: short pulse for pure ablation with the fastest treatment times and quickest recovery; long pulse for more coagulation around the ablation columns; and a dual mode for a short pulse / long pulse automatic sequence for deeper corrections.

Ultimate Fighting's Ultimate Fight

We were losing millions upon millions. But fighters have always gotten paid, we never bounced a check. Our goal was to pay a fighter a million dollars. Little did I know that would be the start of our problems."

To be sure, under White and Fertitta, Ultimate Fighting has gained a lot of respect. In the 1990s, critics like Senator John McCain were deriding ultimate fighting as barbaric, and the public was aghast at the mixed martial arts bloodbaths. The sport was banned in state after state. But the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization slowly built interest among young people, filling the void left by professional boxing, cleaning up the rules and marketing itself through the reality show The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. The show helped humanize the fighters, managing to coax nobility out of their quests for martial arts fame.

Rapping with a proud Albanian

This week Today and PM are broadcasting my radio reports on my Balkans trip. One of the frustrations of radio or TV is that you can find someone who has some very interesting things to say, but in the quest for balanced pieces reflecting the whole story I can only give them a half-minute or so of airtime. Here, I am not limited in that way. So, over the next few days I'll be posting four different stories about how people are reacting to the Serbian elections or the looming independence of Kosovo. They are not meant to be comprehensive or in themselves balanced: they are a snapshot. But I hope together they add up to a bigger picture.

In the corner of the small studio is a long necked guitar-like instrument which is a couple of centuries old.