Tuesday, January 31 2006 18:31 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

NewDelhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam today (Jan 31,2006)said terrorism emanated from certain long-standing issues, including poverty, and suggested a three-point global plan to tackle the menace.

"I believe terrorism is a phenomenon which comes out of certain long-standing historical issues," he told journalists accompanying him to a three-nation tour to Singapore, Philippines and South Korea.

To tackle the problem he outlined a three-dimensional model educational value system, transforming religion into a spiritual force and poverty eradication.

"As long as poverty is there, there will be some element of terrorism," Kalam said.

"We need an integrated solution encompassing the entire world," he said.