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	Omar Abdullah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omar Abdullah was a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Indian administration.
		Farooq Abdullah’s strategy to abstain on voting in the House on the Gujarat issue, and Omar Abdullah’s giving in his resignation were seen all seen as moves by the father-son duo to establish Omar Abdullah in the Valley.
		Omar was re-elected to the Lok Sabha for the third time in a row from Srinagar and he continues to represent that constituency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omar_Abdullah (333 words)

	Dullah Omar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdullah Mohamed Omar (May 26, 1934 - March 13, 2004), better known as Dullah Omar was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 till his death.
		Born in Cape Town, Omar was a respected member of the Muslim community, attended the University of Cape Town, and graduated with a law degree in 1957.
		In 1994, Omar became Minister of Justice in South Africa in Nelson Mandela's ANC government, and was the first cabinet minister appointed Acting President in the absence of both the President and Deputy President from South Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dullah_Omar (285 words)

	rediff.com: Omar Abdullah shifts out of Farooq's house
		Omar Abdullah, however, denied all talk of differences as rubbish and gave different reasons for moving out of his father's house.
		One of Omar's sisters, who is married to a local businessman, also lives in the Gupkar Road house with her children.
		Omar has already aired in public his view that age and experience alone are not reasons enough for someone to be in the Cabinet.
	www.rediff.com /election/2002/sep/19jk10.htm (700 words)

	States
		The aggressive tone of the CM and Omar is seen in the context of the National Conference effort to tell the Kashmiris that it was not an appendage of the BJP-led NDA.
		However, Omar Abdullah said he had expressed to the PM his inability to do justice to his two positions.
		Omar, however did not comment on the Minister of State for Home I. Swami’s statement that the Centre would not restore the pre-1953 status to the State.
	www.dayafterindia.com /july1/kashmir.html (819 words)

	Omar Abdullah
		Omar Abdullah is the scion of one of the most distinguished families of Kashmir.
		Omar Abdullah, at 31, is the youngest Minister in the Indian Cabinet.
		Omar upholds the belief of both the family and the party, "Kashmir was, is and will be an integral part of India.
	www.the-south-asian.com /Nov2001/Omar%20Abdullah.htm (889 words)

	Omar Abdullah: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Omar Abdullah was a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link]'s India India quick summary:
		Farooq abdullah (1937-), the son of shaikh abdullah, has served as chief minister of jammu and kashmir on several occasions....
		(Omar Abdullah was elected to 12th Lok Sabha.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Om/Omar_Abdullah.htm (364 words)

	India Today Group Online > Web Exclusive >Despatches
		Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Omar Abdullah has temporarily shifted base to Srinagar and it is not mere coincidence that his father, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has packed his bags and gone abroad for five weeks.
		Omar may well have preferred to beat the heat and follow suit, but if "Dad" has left the state to him, it is with a purpose: the third generation of Kashmir's first family is being groomed as the future chief minister of the state.
		As Omar admits: "After winning a two-thirds majority last time, there are also that many more people who are disappointed." So, if anti-incumbency is a huge negative, add to it the charges of dynastic politics and the fact that his father is better known as Flamboyant Farooq.
	www.indiatoday.com /webexclusive/dispatch/20010619/rohit.html (1411 words)

	HindustanTimes.com - Project Kashmir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday dubbed the talk of anti-incumbency wave in voting in the ongoing assembly elections as a propaganda and was confident that the National Conference would retain power.
		Omar, who is also India's high-profile junior foreign minister, said his party would be returned to power at the four-phase polling.
		Omar said he would not speculate on how many seats his party would win, but said people would vote for a single, stable and strong party.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/5788_71622,00290002.htm (337 words)

	The Hindu : National : Farooq Abdullah's remarks on travel permit his own: Omar
		Omar Abdullah said Delhi and Islamabad should do a lot more to sustain the goodwill and the "feel good" atmosphere that the trans-LoC bus had generated on either side of the "artificial divide." "It needs to be a big bus and a daily service.
		Omar Abdullah said if the flagging off ceremony of the bus service to be presided over by the Prime Minister is declared as a national ceremony then he would join but "if it is a party [Congress or PDP] ceremony then I may not be there."
		Omar Abdullah said: "Yes, I met him soon after his speech in the Rajya Sabha and told him that it was not the party stand." Dr. Abdullah did mention in his speech that his party would not be happy with him on the issue.
	www.hindu.com /2005/03/22/stories/2005032202041200.htm (594 words)

	Daily Excelsior....News Page
		Omar had been elected as NC’s president for his maiden term on the eve of the Assembly elections of 2002, which his party lost albeit retaining the status of the state’s single largest mainstream political party.
		Omar dismissed New Delhi’s current format of talks with Mirwaiz faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference as "an exercise in futility" and alleged that the Centre was "simply humiliating the separatist leaders".
		Omar announced to the highly responsive crowd that NC would establish its offices at Mujahid Manzil after 16 years of militancy in near future and the party’s next Presidential election would be held there in three years.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05dec20/news.htm (4636 words)

	Omar Abdullah returns to a grand welcome in Srinagar
		National Conference Chief Omar Abdullah was accorded a grand welcome in Srinagar on Sunday on his arrival from his recent visit to Pakistan.
		Omar Abdullah had gone to Pakistan to attend an international conference on Kashmir organised by Pugwash, a non-government organisation, in Islamabad.
		Omar, who presented Musharraf a document on greater autonomy, hoped that it would find acceptance in the latters theory of self-governance.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060319/281857.html (397 words)

	Interview
		Shri Omar Abdullah: We would have to make a case to the United Nations taking all the evidence that we have about Pakistan’s role in aiding and abetting terrorism because the 1373 is very clear on the fact that there can be no passive or active support.
		Shri Omar Abdullah: Yes, I am glad now that the BJP MPs are the ones who are taking up on his lines before one of our BJP Members of Parliament from JandK actually called him a war-monger when he made this statement.
		Omar Abdullah should not be misled by what some of his senior ministers are saying for no reason.
	meaindia.nic.in /interview/2001/12/15i01.htm (3384 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One of them, Omar Abdullah, chief of the National Conference, was elected president of the Old Sanawarian Society from 2005-2007.
		Abdullah, of the 1987 batch, was unanimously elected in a meeting of about 400 Old Sanawarians from across the world yesterday.
		Abdullah, who was in Dutt’s place last year, also shared his experiences.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041008/asp/nation/story_3856817.asp (329 words)

	Web Exclusive > Chat Transcript > Omar Abdullah
		Omar Abdullah, Union minister of State for Commerce and Industries.
		Omar Abdullah: Because you are chatting with me – do not use up my time to chat to him, set up your own appointment.
		Omar Abdullah: In most things we are like chalk and cheese, but on crucial issues we tend to agree or at least agree to disagree.
	www.india-today.com /chat/200007/omar.html (2504 words)

	Omar Abdullah keeping fingers, toes crossed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		National Conference president Omar Abdullah has expressed the hope that talks between the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand on January 22 are successful.
		Abdullah told rediff.com that both sides would have to step back from their stated positions if progress has to be made.
		Asked what could be the meeting ground between the government and Hurriyat leaders, Omar Abdullah said the Hurriyat would have to give up its pro-Pakistan stand and the idea of an independent Kashmir.
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/jan/21onkar.htm (409 words)

	IslamOnline - Views Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference (NC) chief and the current Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, has made his plans clear to bring his son, Omar Abdullah, to state politics by making him the NC chief and thereby install him in the seat of the state's chief minister.
		Omar Abdullah, who first contested the Lok Sabha polls in 1998 from Srinagar, was seen as a greenhorn, but later while serving in different ministries as a junior minister at the Center, he has proved his worth.
		Omar joining Kashmiri politics for the first time implies drastic changes not only in his party, but also in the state's administrative set-up in case he takes over as the head of the government in the state.
	www.islamonline.net /English/Views/2002/02/article13.shtml (1004 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Key figures in Kashmiri politics
		Farooq Abdullah is also criticised for shifting allegiances - he was allied with the Congress Party in 1987 when it was in power in Delhi, but switched sides in 1996 to support the United Front government.
		Observers say with the anointment of his son, Omar, as the leader of the National Conference party, Farooq Abdullah is now planning to play an active role in national politics from Delhi.
		Omar Abdullah began his political career with a distinct advantage - he shared the famous family name.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2249496.stm (1221 words)

	The DayAfter
		Every word which Omar Abdullah uttered, and every single action and gesture of his, after he wore the fl Karakuli cap, would be closely linked with the future of Kashmir and Kashmiris.
		Omar made it clear that it would be up to his father and the party to decide on that.
		Omar was bold enough to go on record to State that the National Conference did not win polls using unfair means.
	www.dayafterindia.com /july1/good.html (695 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Kashmiri voters redraw the political map
		Omar Abdullah, its urbane 32-year-old leader, failed to retain his seat.
		Sheikh Abdullah, a populist figure known as the Lion of Kashmir, took power in Indian Kashmir after independence and was succeeded by his son and grandson.
		Abdullah, the 'Lion of Kashmir' dies in 1982
	www.guardian.co.uk /kashmir/Story/0,2763,809833,00.html (981 words)

	MSN India - Omar favours Muzaffarabad bus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Farooq Abdullah, NC patron, had said he would not board the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus as it "undermined the country's stand on Kashmir", but Omar Abdullah said that these were the senior Abdullah's "personal views".
		Omar Abdullah wondered if a 17-seater fortnightly bus between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was enough to take on the travel rush.
		Omar Abdullah also demanded that the flagging off of the bus by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh be a national occasion and the state's ruling alliance (led by People's Democratic Party) not be allowed to make it a party affair.
	autofeed.msn.co.in /pandorav3/output/News/2826311a-ac62-4ece-85cb-b298ef02f162.aspx (337 words)

	Sonrise in Srinagar, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 3 No. 5
		Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference chief and Kashmir chief minister has made his plan clear to bring his son Omar Abdullah, minister of state for foreign affairs in the Vajpyee government to state politics by making him the National Conference chief.
		Abdullah, who first contested the Lok Sabha polls in 1998 from Srinagar, was seen as a greenhorn, but later while serving in different ministries as junior minister at the centre, he has proved his worth.
		Omar's joining the Kashmiri politics for the first time will lead to drastic changes not only in the party, but also in the state's administrative set-up in case he takes over as the head of the government in the state.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/01032002/0103200235.htm (690 words)

	As India Shines, J&K Bleeds: Omar Abdullah
		Jammu: National Conference president Omar Abdullah has admitted that the party debacle in 2002 assembly elections was the result of the mistakes committed by the party in the past.
		Addressing road shows, organised by the party in support of SS Slathia, party candidate from Jammu-Poonch parliamentary constituency, Omar said while BJP is raising the slogan of 'India shining' the state of Jammu and Kashmir is bleeding, reports Greater Kashmir.
		Omar said while Mufti-led coalition government made tall promises in the last Assembly elections, they failed miserably to fulfill even one of them.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2004/kashmir20040405a.html (164 words)

	Zee News - Omar Abdullah to attend round-table on Feb 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Discussions can revolve around this....." The senior Abdullah had spurned the offer to join the round-table meet saying there was nothing new that could be added from his party`s side and Centre had been sitting on the greater autonomy proposal of his party for more than a year now.
		The meeting of Pakistani leadership including Musharraf with Omar could be seen as an important development because so far the Islamabad regime had refused to acknowledge the relevance of the elected leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
		Abdullah, who was present for the release of a book titled "The Wonder house" by a British author, Justine Hardy, said the book "captures the changing face of Kashmir".
	www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=277462&sid=REG (381 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jammu & Kashmir
		The way Mr Omar Abdullah son of Dr Farooq Abdullah, has been running the National Conference show in the Kashmir valley in the absence of his father who is in London on a month’s trip indicates that the young Abdullah is being projected as the party’s vote catcher in the next Assembly poll.
		Omar has done well in the Centre as Minister of State for Commerce and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, is said to have liked his style of functioning.
		As the impression went round in Kashmir that Omar Abdullah was being inducted in the state politics, senior ministers and party legislators, besides bureaucrats, have been at his beck and call.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010612/j&k.htm (1658 words)

	TIME Asia Magazine: Ballots Over Bullets -- Oct. 21, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Omar was supposed to rejuvenate the clan's National Conference party; if it won the election, he would have become the state's chief minister.
		Omar's disappointment, however, was probably the best news out of the embattled region in ages—and a possible breakthrough in the Kashmir Gordian knot.
		Omar Abdullah paid for the sins of his father and grandfather and the corruption in their governments.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501021021-364428,00,00.html (951 words)

	The Hindu : National : Foreign militants creating mayhem in Kashmir: Omar Abdullah
		Abdullah remarked that foreign militants, who had nothing to do with Kashmir, were engaged in reckless killings and mayhem in the name of religion.
		Abdullah whether he implied that "80,000 graves of martyrs in Kashmir consisted of Chechens, Afghans and Arabs." An angry Mr.
		Abdullah insisted it could not be taken in isolation and seen merely as the result of brutality and the Indian security forces.
	www.hindu.com /2006/03/12/stories/2006031205080900.htm (932 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Omar Abdullah addresses a rally in Srinagar on Sunday, the last day of campaigning for the second phase.
		Omar had reportedly mentioned at a rally in Samba how his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah successfully threw out the Maharaja from Jammu and made his clan live like commoners.
		Omar is believed to have repeated his remark in Vijaypur, another Rajput-majority town.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020923/asp/nation/story_1225539.asp (537 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		Omar is the third generation of the Abdullah family to take over the party.
		Proclaiming his innocence, Omar denied that he was in Karachi on the day Pearl was abducted, rejected the video of Pearl's killing as a fake, denied he had any role in the emails and disputed police claims that he was arrested on February 12, saying he had surrendered a week earlier.
		Omar also disputed his alleged February 14 comment to an anti-terrorism court in Karachi that as far as he knew Pearl was dead, claiming it was inadmissible evidence because it was "not a confessional statement, it was not a statement under oath".
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/230602/subcont.htm (10108 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Earlier, Omar, the Minister of State for External Affairs, was formally presented the party President’s badge and ‘karakuli’ (cap) by the outgoing president and Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
		As Mr Omar Abdullah was unanimously elected President of the ruling National Conference here today, the Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, clarified that his son would be the chief ministerial candidate in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
		Mr Abdullah after being administered the oath by the General Secretary, was felicitated by his father and other members of the family, party leaders, ministers and legislators present on the occasion.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020624/main2.htm (1809 words)

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