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Indo Pak talks begin in Islamabad today

in National - Thu May 24, 2012

Islamabad: A 12-member delegation, led by Home Secretary R K Singh, is in Pakistan for the Home Secretary-level talks beginning Thursday where a relaxed visa regime is ex

Pakistan in a mess!

in International - Thu May 24, 2012

There is a Persian saying," An unwise man does the same thing as a wise one does but after creating a terrible mess". The Pakistan government has done the same by messing

Continuing clashes and military operations in Syria

in International - Wed May 23, 2012

 Damascus / continuing violent clashes between government forces and Syrian fighters from splinter groups of armed, in one of the towns in rural Aleppo in northern Syri

Violence in Syria spills over into Lebanon

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

BIREH, Lebanon (AP)  Syria\'s war barreled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral Monday for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly st

Encounter kills ASI 4 criminals

in National - Mon May 21, 2012

RAWALPINDI, May 20: Four proclaimed offenders on the "most wanted" police list and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) were gunned down during a six-hour-long &quo

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many que

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

(Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions o

How to Write About Israel

in International - Thu May 17, 2012

At a time when international desks are being cut to the bone, this is the one bone that the newshounds won\'t give up. Wars can be covered from thousands of miles away, g

UN convoy attacked in Syria

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

A convoy of UN truce observers came under bomb attack in a Syrian town on Tuesday during a funeral procession in which a monitoring group said regime forces "massacred&

Opinion The Philippines and US Pivot to Asia

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

AS AN American ally, the Philippines has always been supportive of United States" military presence in Asia. Thus, it is no longer surprising to see the Philippines warml

Syria Spillover Fighting in Lebanon Intensifying

in International - Tue May 15, 2012

 

(TRIPOLI, Lebanon) -- On Monday Lebanon\'s second-biggest city -- Tripoli -- saw its third day of fierce clashes, and Monday night there were repor

Al Qaeda-style tactics add wild card element to conflict i

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

Damascus  The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to draw a cr

Reopening of Nato supply routes included in long list of d

in National - Fri May 11, 2012

WASHINGTON, May 10: The US Congress on Thursday proposed stopping preferential trade with Pakistan and reducing aid to just 10 per cent of available funds unless Islamaba

UN condemns Syria bomb attacks after 55 killed

in International - Fri May 11, 2012

The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the deadliest bomb attacks of Syria"s 14-month uprising, urging all sides to stick to an international peace plan after at l

U S drone attacks in Yemen cause political strain

in International - Thu May 10, 2012

SANAA (Reuters) - As Yemen struggles to shake off ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh\'s legacy, the United States has intensified drone strikes on al Qaeda-linked militants,

Krishna joins Clinton in do more chorus

in National - Wed May 09, 2012

NEW DELHI:

At a time when India and Pakistan are making "huge strides" in normalizing their strained ties, top US diplomat appears to be muddying the water

Airline plotter a double agent U S officials say

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of al-Qaida last month to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabi

News report Would be bomber was a double-agent

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

Washington (CNN) -- A man who volunteered as a suicide bomber for a terrorist group intent on blowing up a U.S.-bound plane was working instead as an intelligence agent f

Foiled pants bomber was CIA agent delivering explosive to

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

A WOULD-BE terrorist caught in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was a CIA double agent, reports claimed last night. 

The person sent by Yemen-based al-Qaeda

U S drone strike kills Al Qaeda chief who was plotting a n

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

U.S. COUNTERTERROR officials believe they killed the mastermind of a new underwear bomb plot during a Sunday CIA drone attack in Yemen, officials briefed on the strike sa

FBI analyzing new explosive from al-Qaida

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

WASHINGTON The FBI is analyzing a sophisticated explosive device, similar to the underwear bomb used in an attempt to blow up a passenger jet over Detroit in 2009, that U.S

US foils new underwear plane bomb plot

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

The United States has foiled a plot by al-Qaeda\'s branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound passenger jet with a new take on the "underwear bomb" near the first anniv

FBI experts examine al Qaeda\'s latest bomb

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

FBI experts are studying an unexploded bomb created by al Qaeda which was intended to blow up an U.S. airliner bound for the States around the anniversary of Osama bin Laden

9/11 defense team says Guantanamo tribunal is unjust

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba The defense team for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, now formally charged with capital murder in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

Al Qaeda Leader Linked to USS Cole Attack Killed in Airstr

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

Washington - The government of Yemen says an airstrike has killed a top al Qaeda leader who was on the FBI"s most wanted terrorist list because of his role in the attack on