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Pakistan -PeSHAWAR: Taliban militants shot dead three men in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal belt after filming them confessing to spying for theUnited States, officials said on Monday."This is the first time in South Waziristan that militants have made confession videos. Before they just used to put notes on the bodies of alleged spies," Allahbagh Khan, a local administration official,

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IRAQ -BAGHDAD | A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb Tuesday, killing up to 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in three days.The bombings are raising fears that Sunni insurgents may be escalating operations as the U.S. phases out its combat role in Iraq and prepares to withdraw

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Al Qaeda has expanded its presence in Afghanistan, taking advantage of the sinking security situation to resurface in the Afghanistan it was forced to flee seven years ago, the top U.S. military intelligence official testified Tuesday.Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, described Al Qaeda's efforts as one of the reasons for the Obama administration's

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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- The presidents of Pakistan and neighboring Iran and Afghanistan have agreed that their foreign ministers will hold monthly meetings to discuss regional issues, according to a spokesman for Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.Zardari, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also decided Tuesday to hold quarterly meetings among themselves to

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Mustafa Abu YazidAl Qaeda's military commander in Afghanistan has threatened India with further attacks if the country attacks Pakistan."India should know that it will have to pay a heavy price if it attacks Pakistan," Mustafa Abu Yazid said in a recently released videotape. "The Mujahideen will sunder your armies into the ground, like they did to the Russians in

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Taliban release videotape of engineer’s beheadingTaliban militants on Sunday released a videotape showing the beheading of Polish geologist Poitr Stancza and Taliban warned other kidnapped foreigners would meet the same fate if their demands were not met.Before he was killed, the seven-minute video shows the blindfolded geologist making an appeal to the Polish government not send troops to

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LAHORE: Security forces have arrested three more Indian nationals on a tip-off of arrested Indian terrorist Satish Anand,According to sources, a camera, two pistols and secret maps have been recovered from the possession of arrested persons.

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LAHORE: Chief minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif said that the defence of Pakistan is undefeated and no one can look at the country with evil intentions.He said that if Pakistan was not a nuclear power then India would have attacked it.Shahbaz Sharif said that India is directly involved in the Balochistan events.Addressing at a Christmas ceremony in Lahore, the chief minister said that Pakistan

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LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said we are capable to defend the country. Pakistan is a peaceful nation, which does not want war.Addressing the convocation of King Edward Medical College, Prime Minister said Pakistan is a civilized nation, which denounced terrorism. However, we are fully prepared to respond if war would be imposed on us.He said government is keen for the

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ISLAMABAD: Prominent journalist Ansar Abbasi, whose investigative stories in recent weeks brought many powerful people of the country, both judges and politicians, to their knees is now facing death threats.He has already brought these shocking threats to his life to the notice of the top management of the Jang Group of Newspapers.He received these threats from different quarters, including those

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ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik Wednesday said that leadership of both India and Pakistan were sensible enough and would avoid any decision that might trigger a conflict.“The leadership and the people of both countries are sensible enough and they do not want war,” he said while talking to media after attending a ceremony held in connection with the 1st Death

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LAHORE: Intelligence agencies late Wednesday arrested an Indian secret agent and two others who were allegedly involved in the blast of GOR area in Lahore on Wednesday morning, Geo T.V reported Wednesday late night.He was identified as Sutish Anand Sharma a resident of Indian city Calcutta, while confessing his hand in GOR blast, he also disclosed about his other three associates hiding somewhere

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ISLAMABAD: The visiting Interpol Chief, Ronald Noble has said that India hasn’t provided any list of suspected terrorists relating to the Mumbai attacks.Following a meeting with the Interior Advisor, Rehman Malik, Ronald Noble told the media that Pakistan was itself a terrorist inflicted country and Benazir Bhutto became a victim of it. “We are satisfied over the cooperation extended by Pakistan

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PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Militants attacked three English-medium schools in the city on Monday, set their five buses on fire and ransacked the office of the principal of one of the schools and other property.The three private schools — Peshawar Model School (boys branch), Frontier Model School (boys branch) and Frontier Model School (girls branch) — located on the Warsak Road are considered to be among

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ISLAMABAD, : Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik revealed on Monday that the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi organisation carried out the terrorist attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.Answering a question in the National Assembly, he said investigations into the Marriott attack had been completed.He said that the truck used in the attack was loaded with ammunition in Jhang and

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated on Monday that no evidence about involvement of elements from its territory in the Mumbai attacks had been provided, after an Indian diplomat claimed that his government had provided ‘sufficient evidence’.“The government of Pakistan has so far not received any information or evidence relating to the Mumbai incident from the government of India,” Foreign Office

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Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says Islamabad will not compromise on its national security and integrity.Speaking to the visiting Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Gen. Kayani said on Monday that Islamabad wants peace with neighboring India while upholding its sovereignty at the same time, a Press TV correspondent in Islamabad reported."

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SRINAGAR: The authorities have imposed undeclared curfew in Srinagar to thwart the Lal Chowk March on the occasion of the seventh and final phase of the so-called assembly elections, tomorrow.According to Kashmir media service, Indian troops have sealed all the roads leading to Srinagar and not allowing any vehicle to enter the city. The occupation authorities have virtually converted the area

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NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said international community support is insufficient after Mumbai attacks and it is hoped that global community would increase pressure on Pakistan.Making it clear that Pakistan cannot escape its commitments on ending terrorism, Mukherjee said India has kept all options open to make Islamabad do so but refused to specify if military

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ISLAMABAD: Indian Deputy High Commissioner said that Lashkar-e-taiba is responsible for Mumbai attacks.Talking to media here after SAARC chamber of trade and commerce meeting here, Preet Vohra said that Duccan Mujahideen was not involved in Mumbai attacks and these attacks were carried out by Lashkar-e-taiba.India has made it clear to Pakistan several times that Pakistani elements are involved

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LAHORE: Federal Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has said that nuclear weapons will not be used in case of a war between India and Pakistan. Talking to reporters after a visit to ailing Pakistan People’s Party leader Haji Azizur Rehman Chan who is admitted in a local hospital, Mukhtar said the armed forces of Pakistan had all the potential to defend the country if India tried to thrust war upon it.

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:Islamabad: Chairman of United States joint chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen has met Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani here, a media report said Tuesday. The meeting took place in the backdrop of heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attacks.The two officials had an exchange of views Monday on the Pakistan-India situation, war on terror,

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Islamabad - Suspected missile strikes by the United States killed at least eight people on Monday in volatile northwest Pakistan, officials and witnesses said.Bakht Janan, a local security official, said an unmanned drone aircraft began circling over the village of Kari Khel about at 3am and fired missiles at two vehicles several hours later. Witnesses told the Associated Press that one of the

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Dec. 23 -- Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed eight people Monday in northwest Pakistan, where al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders are thought to be hiding, officials and witnesses said. The identities of those killed in the two attacks -- the latest in a stepped-up U.S. campaign in the lawless region close to the Afghan border -- were not known.Meanwhile, the government

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KARACHI: In a clear reference to warmongering by India, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday assured the nation of full preparedness of the government and the armed forces to meet any eventuality should a war was imposed on Pakistan.Addressing the 32nd FPCCI Export Awards ceremony at a local hotel on Monday, the prime minister said the country’s political leadership has unanimity of

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ISLAMABAD: A team of Interpol headed by Secretary General Ronald Noble has reached Islamabad on Tuesday.According to sources, the team is investigating Indian allegations in connection with Mumbai attacks.The team would meet Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik . It would also collect the information about the measures taken by Pakistan after Mumbai attacks.The meeting would discuss

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WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, both in public statements and private meetings, has urged Pakistan to understand the gravity of the current situation and take immediate steps to stop terrorists from using its soil for attacking others.In a speech at Washington’s Council on Foreign Relations, Ms Rice said what Pakistan had done so far to catch those responsible for last month’

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·Emergency was declared after Pakistan claimed that India violated its air spaces twice. ISLAMABAD, - Emergency was declared at Pakistan's airbases Sunday after Pakistan claimed that India violated Pakistan air spaces twice by sending its fire jets, according to local press reports.·The official APP news agency quoted Public Relations Director of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Commodore Humyun

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ISLAMABAD,- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday said that Pakistan had all rights to defend if driven to war."Pakistan doesn't want war and we are desirous of peace, but if war is thrust on us, then we have all the rights to defend," Qureshi said. "We are prepared to fully cooperate with India, but India should provide concrete evidences."The private Geo TV quoted Qureshi as

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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — Taliban militants have killed two Afghan men in Pakistan's troubled tribal belt, accusing them of spying for US forces operating across the border, officials said Sunday.Pakistani Soldiers On Guard In Miranshah The executions were the latest in a string of similar killings in the rugged frontier region, a haven for Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents intent on destabilising both

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CHENGDU: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid visited Chengdu to see the progress of work on Pakistan-China co-production of JF-17 Thunder aircraft for Pakistan Air Force.The project was contracted in April 1999 for joint development and co-production of a state of the art combat aircraft by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC)

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LONDON: British Defence Secretary John Hutton compared the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to the Nazis and said Western forces faced a long fight to defeat insurgents in Afghanistan, in an interview on Saturday.Hutton told a British daily that troops in the violence-scarred country were defending British values in the same way they did in World War II."We know that we must tackle the threat at source, it

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DUBAI: United Arab Emirates and a US defence firm have signed an agreement under which the US would provide UAE a missile defence system worth $3.3. billion. The U.S. Defense Department said it had proposed the sale of air defense systems and helicopters to the UAE with a total potential value of more than $9 billion.The main item in the Pentagon-proposed package was Terminal High Altitude Area

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Unless Pakistan changes how it conceives of its interests and strategy, it will remain an unstable and distrusted place.If the Mumbai attacks were India's 9/11, then it has responded quite differently than the United States did in the weeks following that horrible event. Much of the debate among Indians has looked inward, focusing on their government's lack of preparedness, poor intelligence and

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South Korea's Defense Ministry announced Friday that it has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, after a four-year deployment in the war-torn country.South Korean troops "have successfully accomplished their four-year and three-month long mission and have come back to Seoul," the country's military command said in a statement released Friday.About 520 soldiers returned to South Korea

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MOSCOW – Russia is ready to abandon plans for a wholesale renewal of its nuclear missile arsenal if the United States stops deployment of a controversial missile shield, a Russian general said Friday.The comments by the commander of Russia's strategic missile forces come amid increasing verbal exchanges between the two sides over missile defence ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as US

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BEIJING China says it plans to dispatch warships to join an international effort battling rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia - the Chinese navy's first major mission outside the Pacific.Thursday's announcement came a day after a Chinese cargo ship's crew - aided by an international anti-piracy force - fought off an attempted hijacking in the Gulf of Aden using Molotov cocktails and water

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BEIJING – China's decision to send warships to battle pirates off Somalia — taking on a job that involves cooperating with other nations and possible combat — is a cautious step toward more engagement by Beijing.Though China has a huge global commercial maritime presence, the People's Liberation Army Navy has primarily focused on defending China's coast and, until now, limited operations abroad

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MOSCOW – An Israeli envoy urged Russia on Friday not to sell weapons to Iran that could be used to attack the Jewish state, a news agency reported.The Interfax news agency quoted Israeli Defense Ministry envoy Amos Gilad as saying Israel expects Russia to respect his country's interests."The deliveries of dangerous armaments to our enemies won't serve the interests of peace and, for instance, can

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BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush has won some hearts in neighboring Iran, where one cleric dubbed the act "the shoe intifada (rebellion)." Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- leading Friday prayers in Tehran -- hailed journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's now-famous fling last Sunday, when Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news

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A Dutch soldier has been killed on peacekeeping duty in Afghanistan, the Dutch defense ministry said Friday."I can confirm one death," ministry spokesman Joop Veen told AFP after the ANP news agency reported that 24-year-old Sergeant Mark Weijdt was killed by a mine Friday.ANP said the sergeant apparently stepped on a roadside bomb during a firefight in the Afghan province of Uruzgan, where most

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NEW DELHI: India may have ruled out the military option against Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks but the internationalintelligence community continues to believe that strikes in PoK and elsewhere could still happen.Global intelligence service Stratfor, in its latest report, said, "Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared and await the

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Controversial Firm May Have to Cease Operations in Iraq at the End of the YearThe controversial security firm Blackwater may have to cease its operations in Iraq come Jan. 1, 2009. Despite four separate federal grand jury investigations of its operations, Blackwater has continued to provide security services for the U.S. State Department.But now the department is exploring contingency plans in

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Muslim preachers from both sides of Iraq's once-bloody Sunni-Shi'ite divide appealed to the government on Friday to release the journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush.The family of TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, meanwhile, protested at an entrance to the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad where they believe he is being held in a hospital after

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra to the Foreign Office on Thursday and lodged a protest over the violation of Pakistani airspace by Indian aircraft last week.“The Indian deputy high commissioner was called in the Foreign Office today and a diplomatic note was handed over to him,” a Foreign Office spokesman said on Thursday.The note conveyed the “concern

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GAZA: The armed wing of the Islamist movement Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Friday shortly after 6:00 am (0400 GMT) that its six-month ceasefire with Israel was officially over."The ceasefire is over and there won't be a renewal because the Zionist enemy has not respected its conditions," the group said on its website, adding Israel bore responsibility for the consequences.

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Updated at: 1346 PST, Friday, December 19, 2008 SRINAGAR: Indian authorities Friday deployed thousands of troops in Srinagar to prevent protests called by Kashmiri people ahead of the final phase of state elections in held valley.Kashmiri leadership had urged a total boycott of the polls, arguing that they would strengthen New Delhi's hold over the disputed region.However, the first six rounds

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WASHINGTON Outgoing US President George W. Bush said he did not regret his wartime decisions."I was a wartime President and war is very exhausting. War is hard for a country. And, you know, I made the decision that we were going to win.""The other part of my presidency that's been hard is we've had, you know, huge economic turmoil recently," he added.In an interview to US television, Bush said he

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The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution for the first time authorizing international land operations against audacious, armed pirates sheltering in Somalia.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed the adoption Tuesday of the US resolution saying it sent a "strong signal to combat the scourge of piracy" and stressed the need "to end the impunity of Somali pirates."The text,

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China is preparing to send warships to fight rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, the government said Thursday, a day after one of its commercial vessels foiled an attack near the African state.China is preparing to send warships to fight rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia, the government said Thursday, a day after one of its commercial vessels foiled an attack near the African state."We

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Iraq has arrested about 50 interior ministry officials for plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government, a senior Iraqi security official said on Thursday."Fifty interior ministry civil servants, including senior officials, were arrested over the past three days for trying to topple the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.Among those

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British forces will complete their mission in Iraq in the first half of 2009, leaders of the two countries said on Wednesday during a surprise visit to Baghdad by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown."The role played by the UK combat forces is drawing to a close. These forces will have completed their tasks in the first half of 2009 and will then leave Iraq," according to a joint statement by

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All foreign troops except for those of the United States will be out of Iraq by the end of July, the Iraqi parliament's foreign affairs committee head said on Tuesday."The cabinet has approved draft legislation on the withdrawal of the non-US forces in the coalition. It sets a timetable for a withdrawal of between five and seven months from January 1," Hummam Hammudi told reporters.The bill,

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WASHINGTON: U.S. military operations, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, have cost USD 904 billion since 2001 and could top USD 1.7 trillion by 2018, even with big cuts in overseas troop deployments, a report said on Monday.A new study released by the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, or CSBA, said the Iraq conflict's USD 687 billion price tag alone now exceeds the

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BEIJING: China would work with Pakistan to push forward the bilateral strategic and cooperative partnership, said Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping here on Tuesday.Xi made the remarks in a meeting with General Tariq Majid, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.Hailing the relations between China and Pakistan, Xi said the two nations enjoyed profound friendship, which had stood the test

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Indian air force planes "inadvertently" violated its airspace on Saturday, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours ran high following the Mumbai attacks.Relations between the two South Asian states have deteriorated in the wake of the devastating siege on India's financial capital, which New Delhi blames on elements in Pakistan.Pakistan television reported that

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SARGHODA: Emergency has been declared at Shorkot and Sarghoda airbases on Sunday after India violated Pakistan air spaces twice on Saturday by sending its fire jets.According to sources, Indian Air Force sent its fighter jets into Pakistan air spaces on Saturday in Lahore and Kashmir areas which were forced to go back by Pakistani fighter jets.

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MUZZAFARABAD: Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Attique said Sunday that the violation of Pakistan air spaces by Indian fighter jets was Indian conspiracy to deviate attention of the people of both neighboring countries especially in the context of Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s visit to Pakistan to ease tension.Talking to Geo News he said that this Indian conspiracy was hatched to cancel

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PARIS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Sunday to a press conference here in Paris that Indian leadership was fully aware of our reaction if India attacks Pakistan.He strongly deplored the Mumbai attacks and added that we have extended our sympathy to the Indian government and its people on Mumbai carnage many times.He also said that both India and Pakistan have equally fallen victim to

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KARACHI: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) swift retaliatory action forced the Indian aircrafts hastily retreating from the violation of Pakistan airspace between Saturday and Sunday night in Lahore and Kashmir sectors.PAF spokesman said that the Indian aircrafts intruded up to 4km inside Pakistan territory. However, PAF said that the technical gaffe could be possible in the violation of the airspace.

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MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- A second Indian official offered his resignation Monday in the wake of last week's deadly terrorist attacks as Pakistan urged its nuclear neighbor to withhold blame until further investigation. Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of the state of Maharashtra where Mumbai is located, said he would leave it up to his ruling Congress party to decide whether his resignation would

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(CNN) -- India's top law enforcement official has admitted there were government "lapses" during last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid outrage over security and intelligence failures. "I agree security, intelligence failed," he told reporters Friday at a briefing in Mumbai, after touring some of the 10 sites targeted, including the landmark Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel.Chidambaram said

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A soldier from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is in charge of airport security, keeps watch at the international airport in New Delhi December 5, 2008.NEW DELHI: The Indian media has claimed that the government has proof that Pakistan's military Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was involved in last week's attacks in Mumbai.Several newspapers cited sources as saying

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency met Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday amid growing tension with old rival India over the Mumbai attacks.Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha, the head of Pakistan's main security service, briefed Gilani on security, according to a brief statement from the prime minster's office.India has

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NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday signed an agreement covering the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in southern India, as well as a cooperation accord on manned space flight.Russia becomes the third country to sign an atomic energy agreement with India after a decision in September by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to waive its ban on trade of nuclear technology with India.The United

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ISLAMABAD: India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Satyabrata Pal met with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr. Farooq Sattar on Friday. The situation after Mumbai blasts came under discussion during the meeting. Dr. Farooq Sattar said that both India and Pakistan are victims of terrorism and terrorism would be eliminated by joint efforts.MQM Senator Babar Ghori was also present at this

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Somali transitional president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed on Tuesday accused Somali Islamist militants of carrying out piracy operations and said he was willing to allow Saudi and Yemeni forces into Somali territorial waters to help release captured ships.by Arabian Business staff writerThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Wednesday, 03

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Pakistan has developed an impressive capability to design and build drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), some of which are being used to spy on al Qaeda and Taliban militants and listen in on their phone calls. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) currently fields two UAV squadrons and has plans to boost the number up to six.In addition to the Bravo+ UAV, which, according to PAF chief Air Chief

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force realizes the challenge and assures the nation to prove much equal to the assigned task, said Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed Monday.Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force while addressing the Colour Award Ceremony of PAF elite squadrons at Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf, Sargodha said, “Pakistan Air Force realizes the challenge faced by our country and we

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ISLAMABAD: National Security Conference (NSC) headed by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was held at the Prime Minister's secretariat.The conference aimed at evolving a joint strategy in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks and was attended by leaders of more than 58 political parties.In his inaugural address in NSC, Prime Minister Gilani said that there was complete unanimity of views among

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KARACHI: Sindh Home Department has issued notification of constitution of a 22-member peace committee.The Committee comprises Manzar Imam of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Abid Satti of Pakistan People’s Party, Gul Afridi of Awami National Party, Qari Usman of Jamiat Ulema Islam, Hamidullah Afridi of Jamaat-e-Islami, Suhail Qadri of Sunni Tehreek, Special Home Secretary Kamran Dost, DIG Police Majid

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan has offered a joint investigation team to help India probe the Mumbai attacks.Foreign Minister Qureshi said the entire world is engulfed by the menace of terrorism, adding that Pakistan and India are also its victims.He said Pakistan has offered a joint investigation team to India.Qureshi said terrorism is the biggest challenge

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — India and Pakistan have not changed their nuclear posture or made overt military moves since terror attacks in Mumbai despite heightened political tensions, a US military official said Tuesday."Militarily, the temperature is pretty low right now," said the official, who asked not to be identified.The official said Pakistan moved some aircraft and air defense units to the border

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Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, a spokesman said Sunday.Mikhail Voitenko said the MV Faina could be freed with its crew if agreement is reached on how to get the ransom money to the pirates, who seized the ship off the coast of Somalia in late September. He said there were negotiations on

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani canceled a scheduled trip to Hong Kong this week in order to deal with the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and rising tensions with India, officials said.Despite the Pakistan government's condemnation of the attacks and India's request for intelligence sharing, the two nuclear-armed rivals have seen an increase in friction after

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SRINAGAR: Indian troops shot dead seven militants, including Pakistanis, in revolt-hit Kashmir ahead of another round of voting in state elections, police said Saturday.Separatist leaders have appealed to Kashmiris to boycott the polls, arguing that elections strengthen India's sway over the disputed region.But so far turnout for the seven-stage election has been strong in the Muslim-majority

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ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and the Director General of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) met here on Saturday to discuss the situation prevailing due to the recent incidents of terrorism in Mumbai.Geo News senior correspondent Hamid Mir has said that Pakistan army officials held an important briefing session with a group of senior journalists. The military officials said that

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ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked India to stop blaming Pakistan without any evidence.He said this while addressing at the meeting of the federal cabinet here on Saturday.He said that Pakistan is ready for cooperating with India in investigating the Mumbai attacks as this is the need of the hour to cooperate with each other.He said that the Indian government should not

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Reacting to the reported links of the Mumbai terror attacks to across the border, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan government is not on the defensive."The government of Pakistan and all the institutions of Pakistan are unanimous that Pakistan is not involved in this ghastly act and that is why we do not have to be on the defensive and we are not,"

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Indian commandos have ended the attacks at Mumbai's historic Taj Mahal hotel, local officials reported early Saturday."The Taj operation is over," said Mumbai Police Chief Hasan Ghafoor."The last two terrorists holed up there have been killed."Police said nine terrorists in all were killed, while one was arrested.Maharshta state official R. R. Patil said the captured gunman was a Pakistani

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Indian security commandos take position at a building in the Colaba market area of BombayAn Indian policeman escorts out a survivor from the shooting site at Chattrapati Shivaji stationAn Indian policeman escorts out a survivor from the shooting site at Chattrapati Shivaji station .A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay

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35-40 people are being held as hostages inside Oberoi Trident Hotel, according to reports.A senior hotel official has said some 200 people could still be trapped in the luxury hotel in Mumbai."We still believe that approximately 200 people are trapped inside" the Trident/Oberoi in the south of the city, vice chairman of the Oberoi Group of hotels S.S. Mukherji said.The army and armed police were

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Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Fresh gunshots rang out Thursday morning at the Hotel Taj where security forces battled terrorists holding hostages after a night of horror that left 101 people dead and over 250 injured in India's most audacious terror attack.As soldiers, police and elite commandos fanned out across the country's commercial capital to rescue hostages and kill terrorists who stormed the city

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Maharashtra state police chief A.N. Roy said troops were fighting their way through the financial and entertainment capital's famous Taj Mahal hotel.The attackers were also still believed to be holding hostages in another five-star hotel, the Oberoi/Trident, and an office-residential complex which also houses a Jewish centre.Gunmen from the little-known Deccan Mujahedeen group, who claimed

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, according to a bleak US intelligence report that warns that US global dominance is likely to weaken over the next two decades."The world of the near future will be subject to an increased likelihood of conflict over scarce resources, including food and water, and will be haunted by the persistence of rogue states

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US economic and political power is set to decline over the next two decades and the world will grow more dangerous as the battle for scarce resources intensifies, a report by US intelligence agencies has predicted.The current global financial crisis is the beginning of a weakening of the US dollar to the point where it becomes "first among equals", said the National Intelligence Council's (NIC)

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American intelligence agencies say United States economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades.Casting its eyes forward to the year 2025, the National Intelligence Council paints a bleak picture of the future of US influence and power.For President-elect Barack Obama it will make sombre reading.It predicts that the current financial crisis is the

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The latest offering from the US intelligence community paints a picture of a fragmented world over the next 20 yearsThe predictions are contained in a report called Global Trends 2025 from the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which brings together all the US intelligence agencies. The Global Trends reports are issued every five years and this is the fourth of its kind.Among its predictions:

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The drive for dwindling resources, including energy and water, combined with the spread of nuclear weapons technology could make large swaths of the globe ripe for regional conflicts, some of them potentially devastating, according to a report released by the National Intelligence Council yesterday.The report, Global Trends 2025, covers a range of strategic issues, including great-power rivalry,

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Somali pirates have been accused of forming what is described as an "unholy high seas alliance" with some of the country's Islamist insurgents.Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor says certain insurgents are using pirates to smuggle weapons and supplies and help provide bases in return.The London-based newsletter says pirates are also training Somali hardliners in naval tactics.The links are

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NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The Indian navy may beef up its security presence significantly in the Gulf of Aden to counter the threat of rampant piracy to shipping companies, local newspapers reported on Friday.Somali pirates have caused havoc in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes this year, hijacking dozens of ships including a Saudi Arabian supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of

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MARK COLVIN: The world's biggest oil tanker company is asking for a more aggressive military approach to piracy off Somalia.The acting chief of Frontline Ltd, Martin Jensen, told the newsagency AFP that his company was having serious talks about avoiding the Horn of Africa altogether.The Somali pirates who hijacked the Saudi oil super-tanker Sirius Star this week are demanding $40-million worth

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SINGAPORE (AFP) — A more aggressive military approach is the only answer to an escalation of piracy off Somalia, the world's biggest oil tanker company said Friday."I think that's the only solution," Martin Jensen, acting chief executive officer of Oslo-based Frontline, told AFP.He said Frontline, which has 80 tankers, is considering whether to divert its ships from Somalia and the treacherous

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. Ambassador on Thursday to protest Wednesday’s missile strike, which also came in for strong condemnation by the National Assembly.The missiles fired by a suspected U.S. drone hit a house in Bannu, a district in the North-West Frontier Province, killing six people. A senior Al-Qaeda operative was said to be among the dead.Though the U.S.

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ISLAMABAD — A militant Taliban group warned Thursday of reprisals in Pakistan if there was another US drone attack, as the government condemned the latest missile strike in its territory.Top Pakistani Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur warned he would mount revenge attacks if the US carried out further strikes in tribal territory after missiles fired from a drone Wednesday killed six people,

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday summoned US Ambassador Anne Patterson to protest over missile strikes launched by drone aircraft against militant targets in the country.The protest came a day after a suspected US missile strike killed six militants, possibly including an Arab Al Qaeda operative.Security sources said he was as the main link between Al Qaeda's senior command and Taliban networks in

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For the second time in a week, India's navy has repelled pirates in the Gulf of Aden. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that compared to other navies patrolling the pirate-infested water, India's warships are showing no hesitation in opening fire to thwart hijackings and protect their national interests beyond its shores.An Indian navy warship, on November 11, first

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The commander of the United States forces in Asia and the Pacific reconfirmed Washington's commitment to the region and pledged continuing cooperation during a meeting of military commanders on the Indonesian island of Bali. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more.Military commanders from around two dozen Asia Pacific countries along with the defense chiefs of Great Britain,

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that world should acknowledge Pakistan's proactive role in the war against terrorism. In an interview with a Private TV Channel, he said that Pakistan was playing an outstanding role in the war against terrorism and world should laud this role if they want peace in the region.He further said that the fight against terrorism was not just

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WASHINGTON: US war aims in Afghanistan that call for the defeat of the Taliban and a strong central government in Kabul have become increasingly unrealistic in the face of growing violence and corruption.Even as the Bush administration and US military look for ways to improve strategy, analysts say the next US president could best curb soaring violence through political reconciliation backed by

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