Last month UEFA prevented Israeli clubs from hosting matches on home soil because of the war with Lebanon.
'Our response to the current crisis in Lebanon is indicative of our not being in a position today to act like a global power. Coalition politics is not going to help.'
Yechury has said changes brought in by the US will make India completely dependent on it.
All the seven companies, including the two Indian companies, Balaji Amines Ltd and Prachi Poly Products Ltd -- both chemical manufacturers -- will be barred from doing business with the US government.
An enquiry conducted by the Israeli Defence Forces following the incident determined that the two Indian soldiers were injured as a result of an explosion of an 81mm mortar bomb which was fired by the Hezbollah.
Pakistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen are attending the meeting besides Malaysia.
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There are five Indian soldiers fighting for the Israel Defence Forces in southern Lebanon, Tzvi Khaute, secretary of the Bnei Menashe, the community of north eastern Indian Jews hailing from Manipur and Mizoram.
Crisis-hit Lebanon has withdrawn from qualifying for the 2007 Asian Cup football.
Since the outbreak of hostilities, four UN military observers as well as one international staff member and his wife have been killed.
Two Indian soldiers participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon were wounded in an Israeli Air Force operation when a bomb hit close to their post in southern Lebanon, a spokesman said.
Strongly condemning the Israeli attacks, he said the campaign was a continuation of the Jewish state's "war and genocide against the Palestinian people" and it has the full backing of the US and other imperialists.
The decision may be taken when the tenure of the UN peacekeeping force ends.
The Indians, however, are facing an acute shortage of water and essential supplies due to the hostilities.
The news agency reported that Musharraf said his country was ready to cooperate with India to root out terrorism.
Out of those who arrived from Lebanon at 2.15 AM, 269 were from Tamil Nadu, 139 from Punjab, nine from Kerala, three from Goa and one each from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Minister of State for Information and Public Relations Debasish Nayak laid wreaths at the coffin of Swain, who hailed from Kendrapara district, at the Biju Patnaik airport.
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