Former Colombian general convicted of money laundering
September 7th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 7 (IANS/EFE) A former head of army intelligence was convicted of criminal conspiracy and laundering proceeds of drug trafficking, the Colombian Attorney General's Office said.Prosecutors demonstrated that retired ... Read more...
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61 militants killed in Afghanistan
July 4th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 4 (IANS) A total of 61 Taliban militants have been killed in military operations carried out by Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops in the last 24 ... Read more...
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Bradley Manning arraigned
February 24th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) US Army Pvt. Bradley Manning declined to enter a plea at his arraignment Thursday on charges he leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.Manning ... Read more...
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Manipuri militant nabbed
February 16th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS) Police have arrested a member of the outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) from a rented house at Lachit Nagar area of Guwahati Thursday.The cadre, identified as ... Read more...
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Geelani claims security forces could harm him, police seek proof
November 14th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Monday accused the security forces of being a threat to his life and disrupting his peaceful public gatherings, saying an ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s spy chief takes refuge in Niger
October 23rd, 2011 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
Niamey (Niger), Oct 23 (IANS) The intelligence chief of killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has taken refuge in Niger on the southern border with Libya, Xinhua reported.Bazoum Mohamed, Niger's minister ... Read more...
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US defends making WikiLeaks suspect sleep naked in military cell
March 5th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5(ANI): The Unites States has defended its decision to make US Army private Bradley Manning sleep naked in military cell.A US military spokesman has said the decision was to prevent ... Read more...
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US targets Twitter to trap Assange over ’secret diplomatic cables’ revelations
February 15th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): The United States would reportedly try to obtain the names, dates and locations of Twitter users who had tried to communicate with Wikileaks, from the authorities of ... Read more...
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Brazilian president-elect invites ex-cellmates to inauguration
December 31st, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseff invited to her inauguration this weekend 11 women with whom she shared cells during the almost three years she was imprisoned for her links ... Read more...
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US seeks to build case for conspiracy by WikiLeaks
December 16th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 16 (ANI): Federal prosecutors in America are seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his role in the huge dissemination of classified government documents.According to ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder ’sends out 100,000 copies of secret files as insurance’
December 4th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed that he has sent out 100,000 encrypted versions of secret files in case anything happens to him.Assange acknowledged there had been ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be charged under US Espionage Act
November 30th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website 'WikiLeaks' that released thousands of US State Department's secret documents on Sunday, is under the scanner of investigators who are ... Read more...
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Musharraf accuses India of supporting terrorist activities inside Pakistan
October 11th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 11(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly accused India's external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), of supporting terrorist activities inside Pakistan.Musharraf said that India was involved ... Read more...
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Musharraf does a volte-face on ‘Pak trained militants to fight in Kashmir’ statement
October 9th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 9 (ANI): Days after candidly admitting that Pakistan trained underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir because it felt that was the only way to bring India ... Read more...
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White House Says WikiLeaks is National Security Threat
August 2nd, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The website known as ‘WikiLeaks’ has been urged by the White House to cease in putting the country’s national security at risk by posting secret documents on the ... Read more...
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Afghan War Diary In Wikileaks Cause Of Outrage In White House
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 2, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): White House is infuriated over WikiLeaks, a Sweden based international organization that publishes leaks of unavailable documents and anonymous submissions. The reason behind ... Read more...
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Hacker Claims WikiLeaks Suspect Was Assisted By MIT Student
August 2nd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) As the United States government takes every possible step in the investigation of leakage of thousands of secret documents about the Afghan war, a key figure ... Read more...
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Acclaimed journalism legend Daniel Schorr dies at 93
July 24th, 2010 - 12:46 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Acclaimed journalism legend Daniel Schorr, whose career spanned more than six decades, died on Friday morning, National Public Radio (NPR) announced. He was 93.Schorr was a longtime ... Read more...
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Probe finds Pak Army, intelligence, guilty of not cooperating in terror attacks cases
July 7th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 7(ANI): The Punjab government has said that the Pakistan Army and intelligence agencies have "neither assisted nor showed any interest in the trial" of those accused in suicide attacks on ... Read more...
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BJP seeks Canada apology over remarks on security forces
May 27th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said Canada should apologise for its "unacceptable" remarks about some serving and retired Indian security forces personnel whom it denied ... Read more...
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Assam Police arrest two UNLF militants
May 1st, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
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0Dispur (Assam), May 1 (ANI): Assam Police arrested two
United National Liberation Front (UNLF) members in Guwahati on Saturday.According to Assam Police, Vice-Chairman KS Tomba, alias
Vikramjit, alias Sunil, ... Read more...
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Man posing as army officer held
February 22nd, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) A man who approached the police for some work posing as an Indian Army Major has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Indore town and is being interrogated for ... Read more...
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Pakistani Army, intelligence elements back terrorists: British MPs
August 2nd, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 2 (IANS) A powerful group of British MPs expressed concern Sunday that elements within Pakistani Army and intelligence services do not share their civilian government's resolve to ... Read more...
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Chidambaram to visit Kashmir for security review
June 10th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit Jammu and Kashmir Thursday to review the security scenario in the state in the wake of the recent unrest in ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah reviews security in Kashmir
April 9th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday reviewed the security situation in the valley at a meeting of senior officials.
Abdullah met senior officials of the state police, ... Read more...
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Hariri tribunal should not be used for revenge: Opposition
March 1st, 2009 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, March 1 (DPA) Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition led by Hezbollah said Sunday the chief prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Daniel Bellemare, should ensure that the court does not become ... Read more...
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Global panel set up to investigate Lebanese PM’s killing
March 1st, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, March 1 (DPA) The international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri four years ago was formally constituted in The Hague Sunday.
The court, ... Read more...
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UK being spied upon by 20 foreign intelligence agencies
February 9th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.9 (ANI): At least 20 foreign intelligence agencies, including agencies in France and Germany, are attempting to steal Britain''s most sensitive secrets. Details of the spy plots were revealed in ... Read more...
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Taliban caliphate established in Swat
December 27th, 2008 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): The notion that militants are "allies" which runs deep through elements of the Pakistan Army, intelligence services, bureaucracy and the politicians themselves, has in more ways than ... Read more...
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Lebanon rejects plea to free generals in Hariri’s murder
August 7th, 2008 - 4:19 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beirut, Aug 7 (DPA) Lebanese judicial authorities Wednesday turned down a request to free four army generals who have been held without charge since August 2005 in connection with the assassination of ... Read more...
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Zardari says Pak govt, Army, intelligence agencies enjoying good relations
July 29th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 29 (ANI): The Pakistan government, the Army and the intelligences agencies were enjoying good mutual relations, but some elements were spreading rumours about differences between the three, PPP Co-chairman ... Read more...
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Hectic series of events led to reversal of decision over ISI
July 28th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 28 (ANI): In the backdrop of the Pakistan Governments quick U-turn of once again placing the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) under the Interior Ministry, analysts here say that bad timing ... Read more...
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Colombian troops tricked leftist rebels to free Betancourt, 14 others (Second lead)
July 3rd, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, July 3 (IANS) In an "epic" operation, the Colombian Army have infiltrated the ranks of the country's fiercest leftist rebels and rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others without ... Read more...
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Gunmen target army patrol in Lebanon, 12 arrested
June 15th, 2008 - 4:53 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beirut, June 15 (DPA) Lebanese forces detained 12 people Saturday after gunmen fired at an army patrol near a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country, a Lebanese security official ... Read more...
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US to raise attack on diplomats at UN Security Council
June 6th, 2008 - 7:42 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg/Washington, June 6 (DPA) The US Thursday blasted as "outrageous" and "unacceptable" an attack in Zimbabwe on a convoy of US and British diplomats by a group of police, soldiers and militia ... Read more...
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