suicidal attack in islamabad

12 persons killed  by a suicidal bomb in capital.

US wants to work with Gilani-led govt

WASHINGTON: Top US envoys are in Pakistan to show Washington intends to work with the new government in fighting extremism, while still working closely with President Pervez Musharraf, a US official said.

Deputy US Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher flew into Islamabad for talks Tuesday focusing on Pakistan's cooperation in efforts against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.

"It's really to reinforce with the new government that we look forward to working with them, certainly talk about our interests and certainly we're going to hear back from them on their interests," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. "Our primary interest there is helping the Pakistani people broaden and deepen the political and economic reform process that has begun in that country and also to work with them to combat the threat that exists to Pakistan and the Pakistani people as well as to us and others in the region from terrorists and violent extremists," McCormack said.

"These two things are linked in our view," he added.

Asked whether Washington could ever support negotiations with rather than military action against extremists, he replied it was important to listen to the new government's views.

"Let's hear what they have to say first rather than try to play this game in public, that's the reason why the deputy secretary went there to talk to this new Pakistani government and political leadership how they see the way forward," he said.

But he did not say whether Washington considered him indispensable when asked to repeat an adjective used here in the past.

"He's clearly an important person in Pakistani political life and he's done a lot of very positive things for his country and put them on an important course for its greater political and economic openness," McCormack said.

FUTURE FLIGHT

Manmohan greets Gilani on assuming office

 

ISLAMABAD  ( 2008-03-25 21:07:33 ) : 

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday greeted his Pakistani counterpart Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on assuming the office of Prime Minister of Pakistan.
According to foreign office, the Indian Prime Minister in his message to Prime Minister Gilani said, 'I re-affirm the government of India's commitment to strengthening friendship and cooperation with Pakistan."
He said, "We see a stable, prosperous and democratic Pakistan as being in the interest of India and the region."
The Indian Prime Minister said, "There is a strong public sentiment in both our countries in favour of accelerating the peace process and establishing a cooperative framework for our bilateral relations."
"There is a common desire to establish a neighbourhood of peace and progress based on greater linkages between our two people, trust and mutual understanding," said the Indian Prime Minister.
Manmohan in his message to Prime Minister Gilani further said, "Leading personalities of the coalition that will form your government have been strong advocates of friendly ties between our two countries and have made important contributions to the peace process."
He said, "I hope very much that we can build upon the progress already achieved and work expeditiously, though the dialogue process, towards agreed solutions of pending issues."
The Indian Prime Minister said, "We have an opportunity to transform our relationship into a close, cooperative and mutually beneficial partnership that should be normal between neighbours like India and Pakistan. I look forward to working closely with you towards an objective that I am confident you share."

SUICIDAL ATTACK IN LAHORE

The 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - CROI 2008

The 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections was a scientifically focused meeting of the world's leading researchers working to understand, prevent, and treat HIV/AIDS and its complications.
At the Conference which took place from February 3-6, 2008 at Boston - The subjects that were highlighted were: immunology, vaccines (preclinical and clinical trials), virology (including other retroviruses), pathogenesis, neuropathogenesis and neurologic complications, antiretroviral therapy (preclinical, clinical randomized trials, clinical observational studies, and complications), therapeutic vaccines and immune-based therapies, primary/acute infection, clinical pharmacology, HIV drug resistance (including molecular mechanisms, clinical implications and epidemiology of HIV drug resistance), opportunistic infections (including tuberculosis), AIDS-related malignancies (e.g., lymphoma and kaposi's sarcoma), pediatrics/adolescents, maternal/fetal, HIV in women/women's health, novel diagnostic technologies and new monitoring tools, epidemiology of HIV infection, molecular epidemiology (including distribution and diversity of retroviruses), epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases other than HIV, prevention studies (including microbicides and behavioral interventions), and research on clinical care and scale-up in developing countries (including operational research and implementation).
The Conference featured the thirteenth Annual Bernard Fields Memorial Lecture, the second N'Galy Mann Lecture, plenary lectures that were highly scientific in nature, roundtable symposia that presented and debated controversial scientific issues, several hundred original oral abstract and poster presentations of new data, and late breakers that  consisted of important preliminary research findings.
Text and graphic courtesy conference website. Additional resources courtesy The Body, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity HIV/AIDS.