Sunday, May 22, 2011

Karachi terror attack: Pak Taliban claim responsibility

Karachi terror attack: Pak Taliban claim responsibility


Karachi terror attack: Pak Taliban claim responsibility

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Karachi terror attack: Pakistan military's most well-guarded military installation in Karachi came under a brazen attack last night when 20-25 terrorists stormed three hangars at the Mehran naval aviation base.


Karachi terror attack: Siege on after 12 hours; 10 killed, 2 planes destroyed

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Karachi terror attack: Suspected militants stormed a naval base in Karachi late on Sunday night, rocking one of the nation's heavily guarded military installations with fiery explosions. The attack, which comes just three weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden, has left at least 10 people dead.


Republican Pawlenty announces presidential run on Web video

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Republican Tim Pawlenty offered a sneak peak on Sunday at his presidential kickoff, blasting out an Internet video in which he promises a campaign that "tells the American people the truth" and suggests that President Barack Obama doesn't.


Tornadoes batter central US, kill unknown number

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Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest on Sunday, killing at least one person in Minneapolis and an unknown number of others in Missouri, where a massive twister flattened a large area of one city and heavily damaged a hospital.


Free speech on Twitter faces test

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What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player and a reality TV star has quickly become another test over how far the rights to privacy and free speech extend online, where social media operate in countries with vastly different laws.


26/11 case: Rana trial today, will it expose ISI links?

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Fifty-year-old Rana is accused of providing financial and logistical support to terrorists who carried out the deadly Mumbai terror attack in November, 2008. A 12-member jury will hear the case.


Pak PM Yousuf Gilani condemns Karachi terror attack

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Karachi terror attack: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Karachi naval base, saying such "cowardly acts of terror could not deter the commitment of the government and people of Pakistan to fight terrorism".


Terror attack on Karachi naval station, 10 killed

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Suspected militants stormed a naval base in Karachi late on Sunday night, rocking one of the nation's heavily guarded military installations with fiery explosions. The attack, which comes just three weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden, has left at least 10 people dead.


US spies in Britain to foil possible Al Qaeda attack: Report

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More than two dozen US spies are currently in Britain to foil any possible attack by terror network Al Qaeda, a media report said. Some 25 CIA agents are roaming the streets of Britain with orders to report their intelligence findings to their US bosses in the wake of revelations of terror plot in Manchester masterminded by late Osama bin Laden and uncovered by America but not shared fully with the UK, the 'Daily Express' reported.


Another Abbottabad-like action in Pak, if required: Obama

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US President Barack Obama today said that he would approve an Abbottabad-like operation which killed Osama bin Laden if another militant leader was found in Pakistan. Speaking to the BBC on the eve of his visit to Britain, Obama said that he was mindful of Pakistani sovereignty but said the US could not allow "active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action".


13 dead in blasts in and around Baghdad: Officials

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The series of attacks come just days after blasts against police in a tense northern city killed 29 people, with just months to go before all US forces must withdraw from Iraq amid question marks over whether local security forces are up to the task of maintaining stability in the war-wracked country.


Pak will respond if drone strikes does not stop: ISI chief

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The powerful ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has warned the US that Pakistan will be "forced to respond" if it does not stop drone strikes in the country's tribal belt, according to a media report today.


Ex-IMF chief's wife mortgages mansion to raise bail bond: Report

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Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife has put her mansion in the US on the block to raise US dollars six million as bail bond to get her husband, facing sexual assault charges, released from New York's Rikers Island prison, a media report said.


Apocalypse not: Doomsday prediction falls flat

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The prophecy of the end of the world ended with a whimper, not a bang, Saturday as life went on as usual despite warnings of Judgment Day by a US preacher which provoked panic in some quarters and parties in others.


100 days on, New Egypt faces uphill transition

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More than three months after a popular revolt overthrew a regime reviled for its corruption and brutality, Egypt is facing mounting religious tensions and economic stagnation. The unity which brought together millions, Muslim and Christian alike, out on the streets in anti-regime protests has been followed by sectarian attacks which threaten to unravel Egypt's precarious religious coexistence.


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