UPI International Intelligence articles from September 2005

UPI International Intelligence archives from September 2005

Commentary: Remembering the Maine in Iraq.
September 1, 2005... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- When the Iraqi insurgency reared its ugly head shortly after the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld reassured the home front this was like the...

Germany offers Katrina relief.
September 1, 2005... BERLIN, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Thursday offered the country's help to the U.S. government, which is battling the effects of hurricane Katrina. "We have seen terrifying images," Schroeder said in Berlin...

Review of the Arab press.
September 1, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Sept. 1: Jordan's ad-Dustour daily said the U.S. war on Iraq succeeded in creating a state of chaos in the country as a rumor led to the death of hundreds of people. The...

India to hold talks with separatists.
September 1, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh plans talks with Kashmiri separatist leaders Sept. 5. "Leaders of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq will arrive in New Delhi on Sunday...

Feature: Mad about Turkey.
September 1, 2005... Byline: GARETH HARDING BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Brussels, the self-styled capital of the European Union, is a consensual sort of place, where believers in the EU project far outnumber doubters, and polite debate is preferred to heated...

Germany: Schroeder sure of victory.
September 1, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Less than three weeks before the elections, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder still believes in victory, and so do many of his party colleagues. Observers say the optimism of...

Analysis: S.Korea POWs stranded in North.
September 1, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Chang Sun-saeng, a 78-year-old South Korean prisoner of war, began an arduous and dangerous journey to his homeland in 2002 after fleeing North Korea where he was detained for five decades. ...

Analysis: Kashmiris shun confrontation.
September 1, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The separatist Kashmiri All Party Hurriyat Conference has realized it must talk to the Indian government for its grievances to be resolved so a solution can be found for the Kashmir issue,...

UPI Energy Watch.
September 1, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Gazprom makes debut on global LNG market Gazprom will deliver its first Russian-owned natural gas to U.S. markets Sept. 2, a company news release said Wednesday. The delivery will place the world's...

U.S.-China textile talks end in deadlock.
September 1, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Trade talks between the United States and China failed to reach a comprehensive textile agreement on Thursday, the U.S. trade office said. "The second round of talks with the Chinese...

Analysis: Hariri probe making progress.
September 1, 2005... Byline: DALAL SAOUD BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, who is leading the United Nations investigation into the Feb. 14 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, is making progress but is...

Analysis: Katrina - help, criticism for US.
September 1, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A number of foreign governments including China and Venezuela have offered to help the U.S. relief effort in areas stricken by Hurricane Katrina, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

China won't sign on to PSI.
September 2, 2005... Byline: EDWARD LANFRANCO BEIJING, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- China reiterated its reluctance to join the U.S.-inspired Proliferation Security Initiative Thursday, citing concerns about the legality of interdictions. The comment was made by...

Politics & Policies: Lebanon's 'Z'.
September 2, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The arrests, earlier this week, of a handful of Lebanon's former top security officers could have been a scene borrowed right out of Costa Gavras' classic 1969 political thriller film,...

Walker's World: British jobs, French Taxes.
September 2, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PERIGUEUX, France, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- With France's labor unions threatening to bring a million protesters onto the streets of Paris this month against his various reforms, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin this week...

Israeli, Pakistani foreign ministers meet.
September 2, 2005... TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Israeli and Pakistani foreign ministers met in Turkey, fueling hopes in Israel for diplomatic relations with one of the biggest Muslim states. However, the Pakistanis served notice such ties are not around...

S.Korea economy grows 3.3% in 2nd quarter.
September 2, 2005... SEOUL, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The South Korean economy grew at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, a slight increase from the previous quarter, officials said Friday. But the country's real gross national income, reflecting its real...

India to hold talks with Iran government.
September 2, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh left on a three-day visit for Tehran Friday for the first high-level political contact with Iran's new government. "Singh is expected to explore ways to further consolidate...

Germany offers its help to U.S.
September 2, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The German government said it wants to help U.S. emergency teams battling the effects of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Chancellor Gerhard...

Bottom Line: Wanniski's last word.
September 2, 2005... Byline: GREGORY FOSSEDAL NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Jude Wanniski sat down at his desk Aug. 29 and began typing a memorandum on Iraq. A colleague says the article was critical of U.S. Mideast policy, as Wanniski was, and would have...

Egyptian troops to deploy on Gaza borde.
September 2, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Some 750 Egyptian border guards backed by armored vehicles, radars, helicopters and patrol vessels are Sunday scheduled to deploy on their side of the border with the Gaza Strip,...

UPI Energy Watch.
September 2, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU White House calls on Americans to use less gas President George W. Bush asked Americans Thursday to lower their gas consumption after the average price at the pump hit nearly $3. The president said:...

Analysis: Bolton challenges U.N. proposals.
September 2, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is engaged in its worst arm-wrestling contest with the United Nations since the confrontation leading up to the Iraq war. That is the assessment of observers as...

Analysis: Norway's luxury election.
September 2, 2005... Byline: CHRISTIANE KIRKETERP AND GARETH HARDING BRUSSELS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- How do you unseat the leader of a country that tops the United Nations' "best country to live in" league table for the fifth consecutive year? With less than a...

Analysis: US asks NATO, EU for relief aid.
September 4, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A week after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the American Gulf Coast the Bush administration formally requested emergency assistance from the European Union and NATO, both organizations...

Review of the Arab press.
September 5, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Arab press editorial roundup for Sept. 5: Arab newspapers Monday commented on Hurricane Katrina that struck parts of the southern United States, saying the disaster and its repercussions showed the real face...

TV debate: Merkel better than expected.
September 5, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Angela Merkel didn't crumble under pressure. The Christian Democrat chancellor candidate fought hard and well in the televised debate with media-savvy Chancellor Gerhard...

Egypt adopts U.S.-style campaigning.
September 5, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Although Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is widely expected to win the presidential election on Sept. 7, reports from Cairo indicate that it will be far from a shoe-in. Mubarak will more...

Mideast Watch: A Russian-Syrian Alliance?
September 5, 2005... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Despite their many common interests (including opposition to American "hegemony" in general and the American-led intervention in next-door Iraq in particular), Russian-Syrian relations have...

Indian PM to hold talks with separatists.
September 5, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held discussions with his interior minister Shivraj Patil, and government's point man for Kashmir N N Vohra, ahead of his proposed talks with Kashmiri separatist outfit All Party...

Analysis: India needs plan on Maoists.
September 5, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- India requires a comprehensive strategy to deal with increasing killings by Maoist rebels fanned out in at least eight states, Indian strategist analysts said Monday. "After recent...

Review of the Arab press.
September 6, 2005... Arab press editorial roundup for Sept. 6: Egypt's semi-official al-Gomhuriya said the United States seemed, despite Sept. 11, 2001, invincible because of the ease at which Iraq was occupied. The mass-circulation daily said the blows...

Eye on Europe: Glasnost in Brussels.
September 6, 2005... Byline: GARETH HARDING BRUSSELS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Question: What do North Korea, Cuba and the European Union have in common? Answer: They are three of the last powers on the planet where the main legislative body meets behind doors and...

India counters Hepatitis B rise.
September 6, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- India has the world's second-largest pool of carriers of the lethal Hepatitis B virus that has emerged as a bigger problem than AIDS in the country. "One in every 20 people in India is a carrier of this deadly...

Walker World: Turkish disaster in Europe.
September 6, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PARIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The new Europe took shape over the weekend, and even though it means the eclipse of those two Washington headaches who have led France and Germany for the past 7 years, the Bush administration...

Analysis: Germany's old revolutionaries.
September 6, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is touring the country, traveling aboard a green campaign bus, trying to reverse the seemingly irreversible -- the loss of power of...

Analysis: S.Korea fears water control.
September 6, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE YEONCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- South Korean residents living close to the border with North Korea were again reminded of the perils of living next to the communist state. The South Koreans, mostly...

Chirac's health sparks calls for candor.
September 6, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT PARIS, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- By all accounts, 72-year-old French President Jacques Chirac has enjoyed robust health during his lifetime and his recent "vascular accident" is -- by official accounts -- not a big deal....

Analysis: An end to Kashmir's troubles?
September 6, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The first-ever talks between an Indian prime minister and Kashmiri separatists was more because of international pressure than because of domestic issues, Indian political analysts said...

UPI Energy Watch.
September 6, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Major oil spill on Mississippi River The Mississippi River has seen a major oil spill of approximately 160,000 barrels near two storage tanks southeast of New Orleans. "The slick is visible and is...

German elections closely watched in France.
September 6, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT PARIS, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Few countries are watching the election campaign in Germany more closely than neighboring France, Berlin's closest European ally. The stakes are high for French politicians on the left,...

Analysis: EU-U.S. love in still skin deep.
September 7, 2005... Byline: GARETH HARDING BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- If U.S. President George W. Bush ever gets five minutes to flick through the German Marshall Fund of the United States' latest Transatlantic Trends survey, which was published Tuesday, he...

Israel winds up settlements' demolition.
September 7, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT GANEI TAL, Gaza, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Ezra Eldar rummaged through the pile of rubble and twisted iron rods of what had been his home for the past 27 years. He picked up a broken, thin, white door panel. On the first...

Analysis: Pouting: 'I haven't spoken to Ge.
September 7, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin say he bears no grudge against the European Union for helping defeat the pro-Moscow government in the Ukrainian election, but he warned that Western interference in the former Soviet...

Review of the Arab press.
September 7, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Arab press editorial roundup for Sept. 7: Egypt's official al-Ahram daily said Egypt's first multiparty election, held Wednesday, were part of a transition that will lead to a democratic system. It...

U.N.receives $4 billion to fight disease.
September 7, 2005... LONDON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is accepting pledges of nearly $4 billion to further the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. "The pledges made here today will go a long way towards...

Analysis: N.Korea in two-track talks.
September 7, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- South Korea reaffirmed its commitment on Wednesday to producing substantive progress at next week's multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, stressing there would be no...

German-Russian pipeline under way.
September 7, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- When German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Thursday greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin, the two friends will announce one of the biggest business projects...

Politics & Policies: Rifaat eyes return.
September 7, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Syria's President Bashar Assad is under mounting pressure from the Bush administration to introduce change in his country. Pressure from Washington is something Assad can deal with. But...

Analysis: Aid, trade and U.N. development.
September 7, 2005... Byline: NICOLE DUARTE UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.N. Development Program Wednesday called for no compromise on aid and trade technology, and for a strengthened commitment to the Millennium Development Goals in next week's world...

Outside View: An outbreak of reason.
September 7, 2005... Point one: Mainstream Middle East politics has what might be called a "reality problem," that is it has difficulties in acknowledging what should be pretty factually based and obvious analytically. Point two: Of course, and regrettably,...

UPI Energy Watch.
September 7, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU UPI market update: Global energy crisis looms The Paris-based International Energy Agency said Hurricane Katrina's damage on important strategic oil refineries ignited a global energy crisis. Despite...

Outside View: the U.N. crisis.
September 7, 2005... Byline: DIETER FARWICK NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The summit of U.N. heads of states on Sept. 15 in New York was supposed to be a big celebration with a new design for the decades to come. The summit was seen as an incentive to the desired...

France eyes tougher terrorist laws.
September 7, 2005... Byline: ELIZABETH BRYANT PARIS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two months after the London bombings, neighboring France is drafting a series of far-reaching antiterrorist measures, even as it faces new manifestations of radical Islam within its borders....

Nour: Change in Egypt Could 'Come Tomorrow.
September 7, 2005... Byline: SHARON OTTERMAN CAIRO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Egyptians headed to the polls Sept. 7 to elect a president for the first time in the nation's history. Challenger Ayman Nour, a 41-year-old Egyptian parliamentarian and leader of the...

Anti-Mubarak bloc seeks support.
September 7, 2005... Byline: SHARON OTTERMAN CAIRO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The Egyptian government had threatened to act decisively to squash any protests during the nation's first open presidential election Wednesday. Any demonstrations -- such as the anti-regime...

Analysis: No surprises in oil-food inquiry.
September 7, 2005... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The report from the Independent Inquiry Committee into the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program for Iraq really presented no surprises Wednesday but did deliver a strong call for reform of...

Analysis: Are U.S.-EU relations stronger?
September 7, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- With the advent of his second-term presidency, George W. Bush vowed to end tyranny in the world offering whole-hearted support to the growth of democratic movements, only this time he...

Analysis: No surprise as Mubarak wins.
September 7, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- There's virtually no doubt that President Hosni Mubarak will emerge as the winner in Egypt's presidential election Wednesday, but for the first time in that country's post-war politics...

Analysis: Kashmir talks positive.
September 8, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The first-ever talks between an Indian prime minister and Kashmiri separatists are a serious attempt to restore peace in the strife-torn northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian analysts...

Review of the Arab press.
September 8, 2005... AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for Sept. 8: The al-Ayyam daily said Thursday Palestinians were not surprised by the killing of former security chief Gen. Mousa Arafat. The West Bank paper said that this, however, did...

Analysis: S.Korea on the road to recovery?
September 8, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- South Korean officials were excited Thursday because of upbeat data indicating the country was set to emerge from nearly three years of an economic slump. The country's benchmark stock...

Report: India fails to look after kids.
September 8, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The U.N. Development Program's Human Development Report 2005 has chided India for failing to look after its children. "Over 2.5 million children die in India every year, accounting for one in five child deaths...

U.S. asks India to fasten nuke steps.
September 8, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. envoy to India asked New Delhi to expedite what it has voluntarily committed to do about its nuclear installations. "Commitments need to be kept in this agreement. We are in the process of trying to...

Hurriyat chairman to talk to Musharraf.
September 8, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The head of the Kashmiri separatist bloc who met with India's premier has said he will tell Pakistan's president to take more steps to push for peace. "It is now a triangular process. I will tell him to further...

India-EU to work together on ITER.
September 8, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The European Union has indicated it will support India's bid to join the International Thermonuclear Reactor Experimental project. The sixth summit meeting between the two sides Wednesday also resulted in the...

Israel to be out of Gaza next week.
September 8, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The Israeli government is planning to pull out of the Gaza Strip as early as Sunday night and complete the withdrawal within a day. Sunday morning Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will...

Koizumi win may facilitate broader reform.
September 8, 2005... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Few doubt that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will emerge victorious when Japanese voters head for the polls on Sunday. Yet even as the results are likely to be in line with what pundits...

Germany's energy future enters campaign.
September 8, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Energy is the hot topic in German politics as oil and gas prices are shooting through the roof. Less than two weeks before the country heads to the polls to choose a new...

Setting the Sino-U.S. strategic agenda.
September 8, 2005... Byline: EDWARD LANFRANCO BEIJING, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Putting China on the radar screen of the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, was a positive step in Sino-U.S. ties this week. Admiral Fallon is the leader...

UPI Energy Watch.
September 8, 2005... Byline: ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU Chinese, French firms bid on Canadian firm State-owned China Shipping Group and French-based CMA CGM plan to bid for Canadian Pacific Ships, company officials said. An China Shipping official confirmed...

Europe's future leaders: Jens Stoltenberg.
September 8, 2005... Byline: GARETH HARDING BRUSSELS, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Some world leaders' resumes -- U.S. President George W. Bush's for example -- read like politics is something they stumbled on accidentally after exhausting all other options. But there are...

Israel prepares to leave Gaza Sunday night.
September 8, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Sunday night the Israeli army will start its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and complete it within some 24 hours, military sources said. Sunday morning Israeli Prime Minister...

Analysis: Kiev's Orange Revolution sours.
September 8, 2005... Byline: ROLAND FLAMINI WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Less than a year after coming to power in the "Orange Revolution" and making Ukraine the envy of people in less democratic former Soviet regimes President Viktor Yushchenko has sacked key...

Analysis: Is Hong Kong the end of Doha?
September 9, 2005... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Nearly four years ago, members of the World Trade Organization agreed to launch a series of negotiations to help liberalize trade in the developing world by reducing tariffs and eliminating...

Bomb hoax on plane kills 1 in Sri Lanka.
September 9, 2005... NEW DELHI, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A women was killed and 62 people hurt in a stampede triggered by a bomb scare on a Saudi plane about to take off from Colombo international airport. "The Jeddah-bound Saudi Arabia Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft...

Politics & Policies: 9/11 etched in memory.
September 9, 2005... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- As the fourth anniversary of the Sept.11 attacks approaches, a majority of Americans are finding it hard to erase the scenes of carnage and death that remain forever imprinted in their...

Outside View: The twain may yet meet.
September 9, 2005... Byline: MUAZZAM GILL ANAHEIM HILLS, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The historic meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel in Turkey last week is a bold and courageous step that could open up a much-needed dialogue between non-Arab...

Analysis: Was Arafat poisoned?
September 9, 2005... Byline: BILAL DAHER HAIFA, Israel, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Public interest into the causes behind the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat surged again this week following the publication of a report in the Israeli press suggesting a...

Germany: Final election result delayed.
September 9, 2005... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The citizens of Dresden -- roughly 219,000 of them -- could be the tipping point on the scale in Germany's choice of a chancellor as the death of a neo-Nazi candidate in the...

Analysis:N.Korea no longer wants food aid?
September 9, 2005... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- North Korea has said it would no longer receive food aid from U.S.-led international relief agencies, in an apparent bid to block information leaks during relief agents' monitoring of...

Walker's World: Rice and American Interest.
September 9, 2005... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes the world may be entering a period that will be free of great power conflict for decades or more to come, and that the mission of...

Pulling Gaza out of the mess, slowly.
September 9, 2005... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT GANEI TAL, Gaza, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Zvika Binyamin drove his small car between rows of plastic covered greenhouses in the evacuated Gaza Strip settlement of Ganei Tal. The season ended and most of the greenhouses...

Analysis: India, EU ties won't upset U.S.
September 9, 2005... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- India's recent warming of ties with the European Union after the sixth India-EU summit in New Delhi is unlikely to hurt relations with the United States, Indian analyst said Friday. ...