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May 10, 2009
Al Qaeda’s world base in Pakistan, says Petraeus…
LAHORE: Pakistan has become the nerve centre of Al Qaeda’s global operations, Gen David Petraeus has said.
The head of the US Army’s Central Command, who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has told an interviewer that Al Qaeda leaders have re-established its organisational structure and stronger ties to Al Qaeda offshoots in Iraq, Yemen, [...]
May 10, 2009
Syria criticizes renewal of US sanctions…
Syria rejected the Obama administration’s decision to renew economic and diplomatic sanctions against Damascus and urged Washington to abandon “foolish policies,” a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.
The State Department announced Friday that President Barack Obama felt compelled to renew the sanctions, which were first imposed by George W. Bush’s administration four years ago as diplomatic contact [...]
May 10, 2009
Double suicide strike on Afghan police kills five…
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 10 (Reuters) – At least five people were killed on Sunday when two suicide bombers attacked a convoy of police in Afghanistan’s volatile southern province of Helmand, a provincial police chief said.
Despite increasing numbers of foreign forces, violence has surged in the past year to its worst level since U.S.-led troops overthrew [...]
May 10, 2009
Cheney derides idea of closing Guantanamo prison…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says transferring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the United States would be a bad idea.
The Obama administration has pledged to close the military prison in Cuba and raised the possibility of transferring some inmates to this country.
But Cheney said Sunday, “That’s going to be a tough sell.”
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May 10, 2009
U.S. will not halt Afghan air strikes – White House…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not end air strikes in Afghanistan as demanded by President Hamid Karzai after two villages were hit by U.S. warplanes last week, White House National Security Advisor James Jones said Sunday.
Civilian casualties from U.S. air strikes has caused friction between the Afghan government and the United States. Karzai [...]
May 10, 2009
Netanyahu: Israel will never withdraw from Golan…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of Russian-language reporters Thursday that Israel will never withdraw from the Golan Heights.
“Remaining on the Golan will ensure Israel has a strategic advantage in cases of military conflict with Syria,” Netanyahu said during a briefing he gave to the reporters.
His comments were published Friday on several Russian-language Israeli [...]
May 10, 2009
Patent for killer chip denied in Germany…
A Saudi inventor’s proposal to insert semiconductors subcutaneously in visitors and remotely kill them if they misbehave will not be patented in Germany.
On Wednesday, a German Patent Office spokeswoman said the application was received on October 30, 2007 and published 18 months later, as required by law, in a patents database. But inventions that are [...]
May 10, 2009
Pakistan faces biggest human flood since 1947…
Half a million people are being displaced by Pakistan’s military operations against the Taliban…
Her name was Sahin and in a matter of hours her world had been broken. As fighting raged in their hometown of Mingora – fighter jets screaming overhead and mortar fire pounding – she and her husband tried to escape with their [...]
May 10, 2009
US using White phosphorus in Afghanistan…
Afghan girl’s burns show horror of chemical strike…
Life as 8-year-old Razia knew it ended one March morning when a shell her father says was fired by Western troops exploded into their house, enveloping her head and neck in a blazing chemical. Skip related content
Now she spends her days in a U.S. hospital bed at the [...]
