| Tue 9 Feb 2010 |
JuD shows ban 'meaningless', organises mass rally in Lahore
Newstrack India | Lahore, Feb.6 (ANI): After spending over an year in hibernation, the banned Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD), the front face of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has resurfaced once again. | The JuD, which was banned by the UN following the Mumbai terror attac... |
Malik terms Karachi twin blasts 'sectarian violence'
Newstrack India | Lahore, Jan.6 (ANI): Condemning Friday's twin blasts in Karachi, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has described the attacks as 'sectarian violence.' | Two bomb blasts within the span of 30 minutes ripped apart Karachi on Friday evening... |
Plot foiled to bomb Americans in Pakistan hotel
Inquirer | LAHORE—Pakistan police claimed Monday to have arrested six suspects, including a would-be suicide bomber, who were plotting to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans. | Police recovered an explosive-laden suicide vest fitted with 26 hand grena... |
Straw denies ignoring Iraq war advice
Khaleej Times LONDON - Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied on Monday he had ignored legal advice that the 2003 invasion of Iraq would be illegal without specific U.N. authorisation. | Giving evidence for the second time in a month to the Iraq Inquiry, Straw... |
US denies rift with France over Afghanistan
Khaleej Times PARIS - The United States denied on Monday it was disappointed by France's decision to send only 80 more trainers to Afghanistan and held out hope President Nicolas Sarkozy would be able to do more later. | Public support for the war in France has er... |
Bring Iraq's Sunnis on Board
Khaleej Times The government of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has played a positive and crucial role in stabilising the war-ravaged Iraq. | Maliki has earned himself admiration and praise of Iraqi people as well as the larger Arab world with his no-nonsense approa... |
Former Iraq PM: poll ban risks civil war
The Star | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A ban on election candidates accused of links with Saddam Hussein's Baath party threatens to drag Iraq into civil war, a former prime minister and head of a group seen as a strong contender in the polls said on Monday. Former Ir... |
Central bank stance boosts Pakistan sentiments
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Malek to captain Pakistan in UAE
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Three-race meeting acknowledges special ties with Turkmenistan
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UAE A face tough test agaisnt Pakistan in Sharjah
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India-Pakistan thaw key to Afghan peace
Asia Times | By Siddharth Srivastava | NEW DELHI - India has proposed the first high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan since their peace process broke down following the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008. | New Delhi and Islamabad are still working ... |
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people hou... |
Pakistan's military sets Afghan terms
Asia Times | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | ISLAMABAD - With the United States striving hard to establish dialogue with the Taliban, Asia Times Online sources privy to the Pakistan military establishment reveal that the army has clearly spelled out that Washington mu... |
Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies
The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami urged people on Monday to attend rallies marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, when the opposition is expected to revive anti-government protests. | Opposition lead... |
| Mon 8 Feb 2010 |
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
Yahoo Daily News | HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democ... |
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
LA Daily News By Peter Jackson, Associated PressUpdated: 02/08/2010 04:06:21 PM PST | HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken a... |
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