Pakistani president to visit India 'soon'

ISLAMABAD (AP) ? President Asif Ali Zardari will visit India's shrine of a famous Sufi Muslim saint soon, the first trip by a Pakistani head of state to the country's archenemy since 2005, a spokesman said Sunday.

It comes at a time of improving relations between the two countries.

"The visit has been on the cards for sometime, and initially it was a private visit," presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told The Associated Press. He held out the possibility that it could turn into an official visit.

Zardari will travel to the Ajmer Sharif shrine in Rajasthan district, said Babar. The visit will take place "very soon," but exact dates are being worked out, he said. The site is not far from the India-Pakistan border.

Pakistan and India have fought three wars, two of them over the disputed territory of Kashmir, since they both gained independence from Britain in 1947.

Relations hit a low point in 2008, when militants killed 166 people in attacks on a hotel and other sites in the Indian city of Mumbai. India blamed the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for carrying out the rampage and has criticized Pakistan for not doing enough to crack down on the group. Pakistan has denied that any state institutions played a role in the attack on Mumbai.

Relations have slowly improved over the last year. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh last November on the sidelines of a conference in the Maldives. Pakistan also said last year that it plans to grant India "Most Favored Nation" trading status.

Associated Press

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That particular weather beckoned an inner feeling of rebirth and renewal. It called forth a spirit of cleansing; whether that meant the annual spring cleaning of your garage or hall closets, or finally tackling those leftover and unresolved New Year resolutions. Either way, the coming of spring?with budding flowers, new babies and sunny warmth?set forth a cycle of change.

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Supporters of Syrian opposition to meet in Turkey

In this picture released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the northwestern city of Mashhad, Iran, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

In this picture released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the northwestern city of Mashhad, Iran, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

ISTANBUL (AP) ? China and Russia turned down invitations. Iran didn't get one. The absence of these key supporters of the Syrian regime at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday highlights the global division over how to stop the bloodshed in Syria as much as the unity of dozens of participating countries from the Western and Arab worlds.

Then there are differences in tone and priorities in the "Friends of the Syrian People" group that aims to encourage the Syrian opposition into unifying its scattered ranks. Saudi Arabia and Qatar want to arm Syrian rebels, Turkey is making contingency plans for a buffer zone in Syria if refugee flows surge, and the United States, in an election year, says military force against the Syrian government is a last resort.

Even nations that relentlessly championed diplomacy as the best way to isolate Syrian President Bashar Assad and force him to step down are showing fatigue with that approach. Some fear Assad only agreed to a peace plan presented by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan in order to buy time and deflect outside pressure, and note fighting has not let up since the deal was announced.

"From the moment that was said, deaths in Syria have not stopped," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "They are continuing still. There is no point in saying: 'I hope, I await, I expect.' There is no point in it. Because he is continuing to kill. Faced with such a scene, I have no such hope."

Annan's plan calls for an immediate, two-hour halt in fighting every day to allow humanitarian access and medical evacuations. The plan also outlines a complete cease-fire and calls for an inclusive, Syrian-led political process to address the concerns of citizens.

But skepticism about Assad's intentions suggests Turkey and other countries that say he should quit now have low expectations for the U.N. peace plan. Syrian opposition figures question the idea that Assad would help to oversee reforms, presumably including a political transition leading to his exit, after presiding over the deaths of thousands of his own people in order to stay in power.

"It seems the world, the international community, is still exhausting all efforts, all diplomatic solutions, all solutions that do not involve military action," said Bassam Imadi, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council who believes the Syrian government will not abide by Annan's plan.

"All the regime is doing is to gain time and more time and more time in hope that the regime will be able to crush the uprising and people will go back home," Imadi said. "But, of course, this is not going to happen."

Annan's call for talks within Syria appears to contradict the premise of key nations at the Istanbul meeting that believe Assad must go now. However, the broad nature of the U.N. proposal was designed to win the support of Russia and China, which earlier blocked action against the Syrian regime in Security Council vetoes.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected in Istanbul for the one-day meeting after talks in Saudi Arabia on devising a unified strategy on stopping the Syrian crackdown and gaining humanitarian access to beleaguered communities there. More than 9,000 people have been killed in Syria's violence since last March, according to U.N. estimates. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.

"Turkey and the United States both believe military force is absolutely a last resort, an undesirable one," Francis Ricciardone, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, told reporters in Istanbul. "We are working within the bounds of international law and diplomacy. And we are doing it together. This is a situation with no easy answers, no simple answers, no magic, that can be produced."

He said of the Istanbul meeting: "Will it lead to an instant solution on Monday morning? I don't think so. But will we be closer? Yes, I think so."

A Turkish analyst, Osman Bahadir Dincer, compared negotiations with the Syrian regime to "putting a brain dead patient on a life support machine," and said that even Russia and Iran, Assad's allies, were building ties with "various actors" in preparation for a post-Assad era.

"The United States speaks of a change in Syria and appears to support it diplomatically, but at the moment it does not want to intervene or pay a price for it. But this does not mean that it won't intervene at any time," said Dincer, a Syria expert at the International Strategic Research Organisation, a center in Ankara, the Turkish capital.

"It can be expected that, as in Libya, it will try to intervene by putting an ally like Turkey to the fore," he said.

Turkey, which shares a long border with Syria and hosts about 18,000 refugees, has been one of the most vocal critics of the regime there and its leaders were frustrated by Assad's failure to heed their calls for reform last year. In an interview with The Associated Press late Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Syria was a Cold War-era case of the "illusion of autocratic regimes."

"They think that after a while, they will control the situation. But when they do more oppression, then pressure, then they are losing more control," said Davutoglu, who has traveled to Syria dozens of times in the last decade.

Of Assad, he said: "Unfortunately, he did not show vision, courage, and understand the logic, the logic of the flow of history."

___

Associated Press reporters Ayse Wieting in Istanbul and Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, contributed.

Associated Press

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Henry's 3 goals lead Red Bulls

By The Associated Press

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updated 12:47 a.m. ET April 1, 2012

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - Thierry Henry scored his first career MLS hat trick and set up goal to lead the New York Red Bulls to a 5-2 victory over the expansion Montreal Impact on Saturday.

Kenny Cooper and Mehdi Ballouchy also scored as the Red Bulls won their second straight at home after losing their opening two games on the road. New York has nine goals since returning home, with Henry getting five and two assists.

Sanna Nyassi and Justin Mapp scored for winless Montreal (0-3-1). The Impact, who had one goal in their first three games, had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before the Red Bulls' French international took over.

The Red Bulls' win did not come without a cost. Midfielder Rafa Marquez suffered a groin injury and didn't play in the second half.

CREW 1, TORONTO FC 0

TORONTO (AP) - Bernardo Anor scored in the 56th minute to lead Columbus past Toronto FC.

Anor put the Crew in front after Toronto captain Julian de Guzman lost possession in midfield. Columbus drove toward the goal and, after a nice give and go, a clearing attempt by defender Logan Emory bounced straight back to Anor, who banged it in from close range.

Columbus (2-1-0) improved to 2-0-5 at BMO Field.

Toronto FC (0-3-0) is winless in MLS play but is just one game away from the CONCACAF Champions League final.

WHITECAPS 0, UNION 0

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - Vancouver's stout defense was sharp once again and the Whitecaps remained unbeaten.

The Whitecaps (2-0-2) haven't allowed a goal in their first four MLS matches, encompassing 360 minutes. The league record for scoreless stretch to open the season is 421 set by the New York Red Bulls in 2007.

Vancouver forward Sebastien Le Toux, Philadelphia's career leader with 25 goals, received a rousing ovation from the crowd when his name was announced during the starting lineups. It was his first game back since he was traded in the offseason.

The Union (0-3-1) are one of three remaining winless teams along with Montreal and Toronto.

EARTHQUAKES 1, SOUNDERS 0

SEATTLE (AP) - Chris Wondolowski scored on a penalty kick midway through the first half, and Jon Busch earned his second straight shutout for San Jose.

Wondolowski's goal was his fourth this season and his third game-winner of the year for the Earthquakes (3-1-0). It also was his fourth against the Sounders, more than any other San Jose player.

Busch made six saves on 18 Seattle shots for his third shutout in four games. He has allowed just one goal this season.

The Sounders (2-1-0) fell short of matching the best-ever start in club history. As an expansion team in 2009, Seattle won its first three games.

REAL SALT LAKE 3, TIMBERS 2

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Kyle Beckerman scored in extra time after Jonny Steele tied it in the 89th minute for Real Salt Lake.

Steele, a late substitute, got the ball past diving Portland goalkeeper Troy Perkins, after RSL (3-1-0) fell behind 2-1 in the second half. Then Beckerman's goal stunned the sellout crowd at Jeld-Wen Field.

Darlington Nagbe scored two goals for the Timbers (1-2-1), becoming the first Portland player with multiple goals in a game since Jorge Perlaza scored a two in the Timbers' home opener last year, their inaugural MLS season.

Alvaro Saborio, returning to the starting lineup for the first time this season, scored on a penalty kick in the first half for RSL.

REVOLUTION 3, GALAXY 1

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Kelyn Rowe and Chris Tierney scored in the first half to lead New England past short-handed Los Angeles.

Saer Sene scored in the 65th minute for the Revolution (2-2-0).

The defending champion Galaxy (1-2-0), playing without captain Landon Donovan, sidelined by a quad strain, avoided the shutout when Robbie Keane knocked in a pass from Edson Buddle in the 78th minute.

Los Angeles also played without David Beckham in the second half.

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