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LeT camp raids spilled beans, Pak involvement in 26/11 exposed

Islamabad, February 10 : During a raid on two Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps in Sindh province, “huge quantity” of incriminating items including details about the distribution of weapons to the Mumbai attacks’ terrorists were found, a court conducting the trial of seven men charged with involvement in 2008 attacks was told on Saturday. Deputy director Faqir Muhammad and inspector [...]

February 11, 2013No CommentRead More

Rights watch report asks US to stop ‘globalising torture’

Reuters Washington: In a hard hitting report, a US human rights organisation has asked the Obama administration to repudiate the CIA’s practice of extraordinary rendition and stop transferring individuals to foreign countries on the basis of “diplomatic assurances” against torture. At least 54 countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan Syria, Iran, Canada and Britain, offered CIA “covert [...]

February 7, 2013No CommentRead More

Protesters demand death for Bangladesh war crimes Islamist

Reuters Dhaka: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangladesh on Wednesday to demand the execution of a leader of the country’s biggest Islamist party after he was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence conflict. The sentencing of Abdul Quader Mollah by a war crimes tribunal on [...]

February 7, 2013No CommentRead More

Under diplomatic fire, Israel faces settlement showdown

Reuters Jerusalem: Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. The next few months may prove crucial if Israel is to avoid diplomatic disaster, with a new government forming around [...]

February 7, 2013No CommentRead More

Morsi must put end to sexual violence in Egypt: Amnesty

Reuters Cairo: Amnesty International on Wednesday urged President Mohamed Morsi to take “drastic steps” to end sexual violence against women in Egypt, following harrowing tales of mob attacks around Cairo’s Tahrir Square. “Horrific, violent attacks on women including rape in the vicinity of Tahrir Square demonstrate that it’s now crucial President Morsi takes drastic steps [...]

February 7, 2013No CommentRead More

US calls drone strikes ‘legal, ethical and wise’

Reuters Washington: The US has defended its drone strikes against the al-Qaeda and Taliban in countries like Pakistan, saying the use of unmanned aircraft is ‘legal, ethical and wise’ to prevent future terror attacks and save American lives. “We have acknowledged that sometimes we use remotely piloted aircraft to conduct targeted strikes against specific al-Qaeda [...]

February 7, 2013No CommentRead More

Moscow endures snowiest winter in 100 years

Reuters Moscow: The Russian capital has not witnessed such a snowy winter in the past 100 years, Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said Tuesday after heavy snowfall hit the city Monday night. “This is the snowiest winter in 100 years,” Biryukov said. He said 216 cm of snow blanketed Moscow since the beginning of winter, which [...]

February 6, 2013No CommentRead More

Iran ‘danger’ threatens Israel’s existence: Peres

Reuters Jerusalem: Israeli leaders warned Tuesday of threats posed by Iran, Hezbollah and their mutual ally Syria as the new Israeli parliament opened following last month’s general election. President Shimon Peres said the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran was growing under the “terrifying dictatorship” ruling the Islamic republic. “The Iranian danger has grown,” Peres said [...]

February 6, 2013No CommentRead More

Egypt protester was tortured: Sources

Reuters Cairo: An Egyptian activist who died on Monday was beaten unconscious during interrogation at a security camp where he was detained for three days, two security sources said on Tuesday. Human rights campaigners say the same brutal tactics that helped ignite the uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak two years ago are back under the [...]

February 6, 2013No CommentRead More

Hispanics favour Obama: Poll

Reuters Washington: As America heatedly discusses immigration reform, President Barack Obama continues to enjoy a majority job approval rating from Hispanics, according to a poll. Gallup, which polled 1,288 Hispanics throughout January, showed that Obama’s job rating stood at 70 percent. While this is a 12 percentage point increase since August 2012, his approval did [...]

February 6, 2013No CommentRead More