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Violent protests in held Kashmir

2009-07-08T08:05:00.000-07:00

SRINAGAR: Protesters in held Kashmir set fire to a police van and stoned other security vehicles Wednesday after the body of a missing young man was recovered in the regional capital Srinagar.Residents said that Asrar Mushtaq, had disappeared while in police custody. Police denied having detained the 20-year-old, who went missing last week.After his body was found, angry protesters poured onto the streets of Srinagar and attacked vehicles belongi .... Full Story

17 killed as one more US drone strikes in SWA

2009-07-08T07:59:00.000-07:00

WANA: Seventeen people were killed when one more US drone launched an strike in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Wednesday.

According to the correspondent of Geo News, the drone targeted a convoy of militants, killing 17 people and destroying completely 5 vehicles.

Some of the people in the convoy were also injured while there is a possibility of the death toll to mount.

It may be mentioned here that it is a second drone
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Operation triggered by Taliban plan to take over Buner

2009-04-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

ISLAMABAD: Security forces launched a major operation in Buner on Tuesday after intelligence agencies intercepted a telephone conversation of Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah with his ‘commanders’ which revealed their plan to take over the area after faking a withdrawal

Obama's first 100: Now comes the hard part

2009-04-29T08:59:00.000-07:00

Behind closed doors in recent days, senior White House aides have been saying that measuring President Obama's first 100 days is the journalistic equivalent of a Hallmark holiday. "They don't mean anything," quipped one aide, "but you have to observe them." But the Obama administration is embracing the hoopla, partly because Obama's approval ratings are sky-high. full story

Over 50 militants killed as troops seize key Buner town

2009-04-29T08:57:00.000-07:00

The army is facing stiff resistance in Ambela...militants are using area people as human shields, Athar Abbas said.
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Up to eight killed in Islamabad suicide attack: police

2009-04-04T11:04:00.001-07:00

The explosion occurred outside the police diplomatic protection office in Islamabad’s F-7/3 area. Full Story

Israeli foreign minister questioned in bribe case

2009-04-02T10:33:00.001-07:00

JERUSALEM: Israeli police say they have interrogated the country's new hard-line foreign minister for more than seven hours in connection to an ongoing bribery probe.

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Israeli teen killed by axe-wielding Palestinian

2009-04-02T10:30:00.001-07:00

BAT AYIN: A 13-year-old Israeli boy was killed and a seven-year-old wounded Thursday when an axe-wielding Palestinian went on the rampage in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, medics said.

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Obama’s Pakistan policy an extension of Bush’s: Nawaz

2009-04-02T10:21:00.001-07:00

Obama’s policy is still more consultative, but there is no fundamental shift from that of Bush’s, he said. Full Story

Zardari’s word on parliament’s lost power awaited

2009-03-27T17:31:00.001-07:00

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly and the Senate will sit together on Saturday, eager to hear a credible word from President Asif Ali Zardari about how soon parliament will get back its lost power.

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Economy may make comeback in 2010

2009-03-25T05:40:00.000-07:00

The U.S. economy has a good chance of starting to recover in 2010, but the rest of this year is going to be tough, according to a report released on CNNMoney. Recovery in the labor market is expected to be slower than in the broader economy, with 7.5 million jobs lost through the entire recession as the unemployment rate spikes to 10.5 percent in the middle of 2010
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Obama offers Iran 'the promise of a new beginning'

2009-03-20T15:07:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama reached out to Iran on Friday -- the start of the Iranian New Year -- in a video message offering "the promise of a new beginning" that is "grounded in mutual respect."

The message is a dramatic shift in tone from that of the Bush administration, which included Iran, along with North Korea and Iraq, in an "axis of evil." It also echoes Obama's inaugural speech, in which he said to the Muslim world, "we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect."

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Men guilty of £229m banking plot

2009-03-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

Two men who plotted to steal £229m from a bank using software have been found guilty for their roles in the scam.
"Lord" Hugh Rodley, of Gloucestershire, who bought his title, was convicted of conspiracy charges dating back to 2004.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/i/int/news/uk/3/-/news/1/hi/uk/7924074.stm

Man guilty of Potter actor murder

2009-03-04T12:26:00.000-08:00

A man who repeatedly stabbed 18-year-old Harry Potter actor Rob Knox outside a bar in south-east London has been found guilty of murder.
Karl Bishop, 22, attacked the actor, from Swanley, Kent, after a fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/i/int/news/uk/2/-/news/1/hi/england/london/7912105.stm

Mexican prison riot 'kills 20'

2009-03-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

At least 20 people have been killed during a riot at a prison in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, say police sources.
Several other inmates are reported to have been injured in the violence.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/i/int/news/world/3/-/news/1/hi/world/americas/7924815.stm

Warrant issued for Sudan's leader

2009-03-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

But the court in The Hague stopped short of accusing Omar al-Bashir of genocide. He denies the charges and has dismissed any ICC ruling as worthless.

KEY STORY

2009-03-04T08:22:00.000-08:00

Across this new electronic landscape, the headlines about Barack Obama's congressional address were being written before the final draft of the speech went off to the printers at 3pm. Polling of people who had not heard the speech but may have picked up snippets on the internet told us that they had high expectations of it.

Obama's address contained strong arguments and strong emotions, says Kevin Connolly

Lahore: Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, 5 security men killed

2009-03-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara was one of five players injured when gunmen opened fire on their team bus in Pakistan.

LAHORE: Five security men have been killed and two injured when unknown persons attacked Sri Lankan cricket team here on Tuesday.According to sources, unknown attackers riding on motorbikes opened fire on Sri Lankan cricket team bus near Gaddafi Stadium.Intense trade of fire occurred between police and unknown attackers after the attack. Five security men have been killed and two injured who were shifted to hospital. Police have cordoned off the area.

Dow at 12-year lows after AIG loses $62B

2009-03-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Wall Street's benchmark Dow Jones index plunges below 7,000 points -- a 12-year low -- after U.S. insurance giant AIG reveals monumental quarterly losses of $62 billion. Earlier, world markets dived as global banking group HSBC said it was seeking a record $17.7 billion from shareholders. full story

Israeli leaders discuss rocket response

2009-03-01T23:49:00.000-08:00

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday vowed a "painful" response to Palestinian rocket fire still menacing Israel despite its blistering Gaza Strip offensive, but militants defiantly unleashed a barrage of rockets, heightening the prospect of renewed bloodshed.The threat of widening violence cast a pall over a week of intense diplomatic activity, including an international conference designed to drum up billions of dollars to rebuild the war-ravaged territory. With a new Israeli government to take office within weeks, however, it wasn't clear how sweeping any response would be.
PLEDGE: Clinton to announce $300M in Gaza aid

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan on the rise

2009-03-01T23:44:00.000-08:00

KABUL (AP) — U.S. deaths in Afghanistan increased threefold during the first two months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, after thousands more troops deployed and commanders ramped up winter operations against an increasingly violent insurgency.

IRAQ: Obama sees end to military operations in 2010
AFGHANISTAN: Most back president's plan, poll shows
OBAMA'S WAR: Troop increase raises stakes in Afghanistan

Debate heating up again over U.S. policies toward Cuba

2009-03-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON — Political momentum is building behind efforts to soften America's half-century old policy of isolating communist Cuba, foreign policy experts and lawmakers say.

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Mullen: Iran has materials for nuke

2009-03-01T23:35:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military official said Sunday that Iran has sufficient fissile material for a nuclear weapon, declaring it would be a "very, very bad outcome" should Tehran move forward with a bomb.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered the assessment when questioned in a broadcast interview about a recent report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on the state of Iran's uranium enrichment program, which can create nuclear fuel and may be sufficiently advanced to produce the core of warheads.
Mullen was asked if Iran now had enough fissile material to make a bomb. He responded, "We think they do, quite frankly. And Iran having a nuclear weapon I've believed for a long time is a very, very bad outcome for the region and for the world."
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has processed the 2,222 pounds of low-enriched uranium. But the report left unclear whether Iran is now capable, even if it wanted, of further processing that material into a sufficient quantity of highly enriched uranium to arm one weapon.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, also appearing on the Sunday talk shows, did not go as far as Mullen. The Iranians, Gates said, are "not close to a weapon at this point and so there is some time" for continued diplomatic efforts

Tony Blair sets up company to advise world leaders

2009-03-01T06:27:00.000-08:00

Not content with the £12 million he has already earned since leaving office Tony Blair has swelled his astronomical income still further by setting up a consultancy to advise world leaders how to run their affairs.

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Israeli warning over Gaza rockets

2009-03-01T06:14:00.000-08:00

Israel's prime minister has promised an "uncompromising response" if rockets continue to be fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

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