Nepal’s Maoists welcome US’ removal of terror tag
September 8th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 8 (IANS) The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) has welcomed the US State Department removing it from its list of terrorist organisations - six years after the end ... Read more...
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China important for US farmers: official
March 29th, 2012 - 6:54 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) China is a very important market for American farmers and agricultural exporters, a US official said Wednesday in Shanghai.Michael Scuse, the US Department of Agriculture's acting ... Read more...
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Sit-in against Pakistan drone strikes
February 26th, 2012 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Hundreds of Pakistanis who live near the Afghan border have launched a two-day sit-in here against US drone strikes in the country's tribal areas.The protesters ... Read more...
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UAE leaders meet foreign officials
February 16th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Feb 15 (IANS/WAM) Rulers of three states in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have met two American envoys as well as a number of visiting MPs from Germany.Sheikh ... Read more...
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Iran no threat to Israel: Mossad chief
December 30th, 2011 - 3:54 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Dec 30 (IANS) A nuclear Iran would not necessarily post an "existential" threat to Israel, head of the Israeli spy agency Mossad, Tamir Pardo, has said.Pardo was addressing a ... Read more...
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US starts vacating Pakistani airbase
December 4th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 4 (IANS) The US Sunday began to pull out from the Shamsi airbase that had been used to launch drone attacks, a move that came after Pakistan ... Read more...
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US blocks property of Haqqani network commander
November 1st, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 1 (IANS) The US Tuesday blocked the properties of a key commander of the Haqqani network, described by American officials as "a veritable arm" of Pakistani spy ... Read more...
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Iran to respond ’strongly’ to any ‘destructive’ US act
October 16th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 16 (IANS) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Sunday that Iran will respond "strongly" to any "destructive" act by the US against the ... Read more...
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Pakistan and its mango diplomacy
August 2nd, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) The arrival of Pakistani mangoes in the US is an example of successful collaboration between Islamabad and Washington that used "diplomacy to achieve tangible results", said ... Read more...
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US promises not to repeat Osama raid: Gilani
July 22nd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says he has received US assurances that there will be no repeat of the unilateral commando raid that killed ... Read more...
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US to restore military aid to Pakistan? (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) The US is mulling to restore the suspended $800 million in military aid and equipment to Islamabad, Pakistan's spy chief was quoted Sunday as saying.Lt Gen ... Read more...
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CIA plotted to nab Osama bin Laden with fake vaccination drive
July 12th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Abbottabad, Pakistan, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Almost three months after the raid at Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan resulted in the death of the world’s most wanted man, details about the ... Read more...
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‘Talks haven’t improved US-Pakistan ties’
July 12th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Talks between Pakistan and the US seem to have failed to put their relationship back on track, a leading Pakistani daily said Tuesday.The ties between Washington ... Read more...
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ISI arrested CIA informants in Osama raid: NYT
June 15th, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Pakistan's spy agency has arrested some Pakistani informants who fed information to the US Central Intelligence Agency before the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout deep ... Read more...
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Without internet, phone, Osama depended on couriers: NYT
May 8th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US officials believe that Osama bin Laden spent many hours on the computer in his Abbottabad house in Pakistan, relying on couriers to bring him ... Read more...
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Kashmir terror outfit Hizbul Mujahedeen behind sheltering Osama in Abbottabad?
May 4th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 4(ANI): There are indications emerging that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was sheltered at the luxury compound in Abbottabad by Hizbul Mujahedeen- one of the militant groups that has ... Read more...
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US intelligence examining bin Laden’s PC, electronic equipment
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The assault team involved in the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has reportedly managed to grab personal computers, thumb drives and electronic equipment during their ... Read more...
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A courier finally led to Osama: New York Times
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 2 (IANS) Osama bin Laden was marked for death the day American spies learnt about a trusted courier of the man the US had hunted for years, ... Read more...
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TTP says Osama bin Laden alive
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, May 2 (ANI): Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied the reports that Osama Bin Laden was killed, Geo News reported.The statement came even as American officials said that the US Special ... Read more...
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Talks on US presence in Afghanistan after uullout nnnerving region
April 19th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr. 19 (ANI): The proposed pullout from Afghanistan by American troops is now being viewed as a delicate development, as it will take place at a critical time. There are ... Read more...
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CIA has established spy network in Pakistan, doesn’t need ISI collaboration anymore
April 16th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 16(ANI): The Central Investigation Agency (CIA) has established its own spy network in Pakistan, a US newspaper has quoted an official, as saying.According to the US official, the CIA established ... Read more...
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US groups helped nurture Arab uprisings
April 15th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): American officials and others looking back at the uprisings of the Arab Spring, they are seeing that the United States' democracy-building campaigns played a bigger role in fomenting ... Read more...
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US drone attacks in Pak no solution to terrorism: Nawaz Sharif
April 9th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 9(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has stated that the US drone campaign is no solution to the menace of terrorism plaguing the Asian country.Nawaz said that the ... Read more...
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US-Pak talks on April 21-22 for improving ’strained’ bilateral relations
April 9th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 9(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir will visit Washington later this month on the invitation of the United States, for crucial talks to mend bilateral ties tattered by the drone ... Read more...
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US-Pak discussions on visa-related administrative issues underway: Foreign Ministry
April 8th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 8(ANI): Pakistan and the United States are discussing the issue of visas to the US diplomatic staff posted in the country to resolve the matter that threatens to worsen their ... Read more...
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US to recall 331 ‘diplomatic staffers’ as per secret Davis release deal with Pak
March 26th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 26(ANI): As many as 331 American officials, most of whom are suspected of being engaged in espionage under diplomatic cover, have been identified to leave Pakistan as part of a ... Read more...
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US-led assault nears goals in Libya, European allies likely to take over command
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22(ANI): The US-led military campaign to destroy Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over the country has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, American officials have ... Read more...
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Four men killed in Pakistan for allegedly collaborating with the US
March 21st, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 21(ANI): Four people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan for allegedly collaborating with the United States.The dead bodies of the men had pieces of paper on them, which sent out ... Read more...
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Japan’s nuclear plant’s radioactive plume reaches U.S., but experts assure no threat to Americans
March 19th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): A very low level radioactive plume from the earthquake-cum-tsunami affected nuclear complex in Japan has reportedly been detected in Sacramento, US, but health experts are of the ... Read more...
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US-Saudi ties at crossroads over Mid East turmoil
March 15th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 15 (ANI): American officials are getting increasingly concerned about the level of stability in Saudi Arabia, suggesting that country too faces the prospect of unrest, succession politics and resistance to ... Read more...
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ISI-nurtured Lashkar-e-Taiba extends jihad campaign from India to US, Europe: Report
March 13th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 13(ANI): Pakistan's security establishment nurtured militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba for years as a proxy force to attack targets and enemies in India, but US officials, who earlier dismissed it as ... Read more...
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FBI utilising private spy network’s skills to investigate Afghan aid workers’ deaths
March 1st, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly taking the help of a private spy network operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan to investigate the killing of 10 ... Read more...
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NYT justifies ‘withholding Davis’ CIA link information at Obama administration’s plea’
February 27th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27(ANI): The New York Times as well as some other US newspapers had 'withheld information' about double murder-accused Raymond Davis' ties to the Central Intelligence Agency "at the request of ... Read more...
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Pak doctor claims Raymond Davis was chasing him in Lahore
February 21st, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 21(ANI): A Pakistani doctor has alleged that the killing of two men by American citizen Raymond Davis in Lahore was staged to force him to withdraw a case he filed ... Read more...
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US Embassy employee involved in third death in Davis saga slips back to America
February 19th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 19(ANI): The US Embassy employee who ran his car over a Pakistani citizen- Ibadur Rehman- while rushing to assist American official Raymond Davis on January 27 in Lahore has slipped ... Read more...
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