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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 002172 
 
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E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, 
TERRORISM IN INDIA, INDIA AND THE UN, IRAQ; NEW DELHI. 
 
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media 
reaction/opinion from IndiaQs large non-English press. 
The Mission reports on English-language media via email 
through the daily QEarly EditionQ summary. 
 
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SINO-INDIA RELATIONS 
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¶1. QCHINA: VERY LITTLE SWEETNESS IN TIES,Q editorial in 
October 25 nationalist Hindi daily, PUNJAB KESARI: QPM 
Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Wen JiabaoQs meeting 
in Thailand seems to have brought about some sweetness 
in the otherwise bitter India-China relations. China is 
our biggest international neighbor, and we should 
resolve our conflicts via talks, although it is easy to 
get provoked. China has never respected any territorial 
agreement. The border dispute is a century old, but 
war cannot resolve it. We need to change the situation, 
which is leading to bilateral distrust. But this has to 
be done through dialogue, not belligerence. 
 
¶2. QCHINA SPEWS VENOM,Q editorial in October 26 right- 
of-center Gujarati daily, MUMBAI SAMACHAR:  QWill the 
meeting between Indian Prime Minister Singh and his 
Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao help find an amicable 
solution to these border issues?  We believe it will 
not, as China has ulterior long-term objectives vis-`- 
vis its India policy. The Indian leadership has to 
adopt a tough stand against an obstinate neighbor. 
 
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TERRORISM IN INDIA 
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¶3. QNO TERRORIST ATTACK AFTER 26/11,Q editorial in 
October 24 Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: QPM Manmohan Singh 
recently warned heads of the Indian armed forces 
against the threat posed by the ongoing situation of 
unrest in neighboring Pakistan. Although there has been 
no major terrorist attack in India since the Mumbai 
incident in November 26 last year, there are regular 
intelligence reports of imminent attacks. The present 
Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in comparison with his 
predecessor Shivraj Patil, has been more serious and 
sensitive about his work. Terrorists may try hard, but 
they will not win if our security and intelligence are 
sound and active. 
 
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INDIA AND THE UN 
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¶4. QUNITED NATIONS: INDIAQS CONTRIBUTION,Q op-ed 
article in October 24 centrist Marathi daily, PUDHARI: 
QAt a time when the global relevance of United Nations 
is being talked about, India approaches the 64th 
anniversary of its membership in the U.N. on October 
¶30. India has been a firm supporter of all the basic 
principles of the United Nations. It cannot be denied 
that India stood at the forefront during the UN's 
 
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tumultuous years of struggle against colonialism and 
apartheid, its struggle towards global disarmament and 
the ending of the arms race. As the United Nations 
strives to find solutions to newer challenges, India 
pledges to work, with abiding faith and hope, towards 
the UN's success. 
 
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IRAQ 
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¶5. QPITIABLE CONDITION OF IRAQI WOMEN,Q editorial in 
October 24 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA 
SAHARA: QAround 30-year long wars have made Iraq a 
country of widows. At least one million Iraqi women are 
destined to live a life of widowhood, poverty and 
helplessness. Paying no heed to the pressure exerted by 
the world community, America made an incursion into 
Iraq, which turned the country into a heap of debris. 
America itself is suffering losses of lives and money 
but it does not make any difference in the basic 
situation. Neither the Iraqi government, nor America, 
has any justification for the plight of the Iraqi 
people. Now it is duty of the international community, 
including the UN, to rise on the occasion and make 
their all out efforts to make Iraqi women independent 
and self-reliant. 
ROEMER