Indo-Pak talks on Siachen, Sir Creek issues on April 22
April 3rd, 2011 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 3(ANI): India and Pakistan are set to resume stalled talks on the world's highest battlefield- Siachen- in yet another attempt to demilitarise the area."The Defence Secretaries of both the South ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s terrorist sanctuaries “rich hunting ground” for US: NYT
January 18th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 18(ANI): Pakistan's refusal to launch a military operation in North Waziristan to hit the terrorist sanctuaries on its northwest border may have created a magnet there for hundreds of Islamic ... Read more...
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Execute WikiLeaks whistleblower: US Congressman
August 4th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking over 90,000 intelligence documents, should be given death if he is found guilty, says a US Congressman.
Republican Rep. Mike ... Read more...
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Wrestler Trent Acid Found Dead At His Home
June 19th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
June 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American professional wrestler, Michael Verdi, who is best known by his ring name, Trent Acid was found dead at his home on Friday morning.The lifeless ... Read more...
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Army Major General Anthony Cucolo III bans pregnancy in Iraq
December 22nd, 2009 - 1:41 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Baghdad, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a bizarre order, Army general Anthony Cucolo III has banned pregnancy for all the military personnel who serve under him, in Iraq. However he does have ... Read more...
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Five militants killed in Pakistan
November 22nd, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 22 (DPA) The Pakistani armed forces said Sunday that troops killed five militants in the ongoing anti-Taliban offensive in the tribal region near the Afghan border.
Around 30,000 soldiers launched ... Read more...
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What does the future hold for NATO’s new chairman?
July 31st, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
By Ben Nimmo
Brussels, July 31 (DPA) The last time NATO handed over to a new secretary general, in 2004, the alliance had 19 members, a handful of troops in Afghanistan and ... Read more...
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Pakistani security forces kill 10 Taliban in Lower Dir
May 30th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have killed at least 10 Taliban in overnight operations in Lower Dir in the country's restive northwest, the military said Saturday as the operations ... Read more...
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Security forces kill five Taliban in Lower Dir
May 29th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Five Taliban militants were killed in a clash with security forces in Lower Dir in Pakistan's troubled northwest as the military operation against the rebels entered its ... Read more...
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Tamil rebels say they are silencing their guns (Third Lead)
May 17th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 17 (DPA) The embattled Tamil rebels have declared that they have decided to silence their guns in north-eastern Sri Lanka where the military says the rebels have been cornered into ... Read more...
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Civilians flee war zone as Sri Lanka rejects UN pressure (Lead)
May 14th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 14 (DPA) More than 1,000 civilians have fled Tamil Tigers-held areas in north-eastern Sri Lanka Thursday, a military spokesman said.
At least 1,000 civilians escaped the combat zone by crossing a ... Read more...
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50,000 people still trapped in Sri Lanka war zone: United Nation
April 30th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday termed the conditions in camps for displaced Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka as "far from satisfactory" while stating that its top priority ... Read more...
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Thousands trapped in Sri Lanka combat zone need food, medicines: ICRC
April 30th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Thousands of civilians, including women, children and the elderly, many of them wounded and sick, remain trapped and at risk in the no-fire zone in Sri Lanka, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka turns away Swedish foreign minister
April 28th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, April 28 (DPA) Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Tuesday said he cancelled the trip he had planned to take to Sri Lanka along with his British and French counterparts after Colombo ... Read more...
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EU ministers to visit Sri Lanka on peace mission
April 27th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Luxembourg, April 27 (DPA) Three European Union foreign ministers are planning an urgent mission to Sri Lanka amidst concerns for the safety of civilians trapped by the fighting, diplomats announced Monday as ... Read more...
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Tamil rebels resume fighting after truce call rejected (Lead)
April 27th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 27 (DPA) Sri Lankan military and Tamil rebels started fighting again around the last LTTE-held area in north-eastern Sri Lanka, where thousands of civilians remain trapped, after the government rejected ... Read more...
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LTTE declares unilateral ceasefire, Sri Lanka rejects it (Lead)
April 26th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), holding less than eight sq km of territory in the island's north, Sunday announced a unilateral ceasefire in Sri Lanka, a ... Read more...
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Troops capture more LTTE-held areas, UN official reaches Colombo (Lead)
April 26th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) Troops Sunday captured more LTTE-held areas as a senior UN official arrived in Sri Lanka to assess the needs of tens of thousands of civilians who fled the ... Read more...
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US expresses concern over Sri Lanka situation, calls for halt to war
April 25th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 25 (IANS) The US Saturday expressed deep concern over the plight of civilians caught in the conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the Tamil Tigers and has called on ... Read more...
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White House statement on the situation in Sri Lanka
April 25th, 2009 - 10:30 am ICT by admin
Washington, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The White House released the following statement on the continuing conflict in Sri Lanka on Friday."The United States is deeply concerned about the plight of innocent civilians ... Read more...
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UN seeks funds to help civilians who fled Sri Lanka war-zone
April 23rd, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 23 (IANS) With over 103,000 Tamil civilians fleeing Sri Lanka's war-zone in the north, the UN Thursday made an urgent appeal for funds to meet the critical needs ... Read more...
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No ceasefire with Tamil Tigers, says Sri Lanka
January 30th, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 30 (IANS) Reiterating its call to the Tamil Tigers to release immediately thousands of innocent civilians trapped in the island's northern war zone, Sri Lanka Friday made it clear that ... Read more...
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Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka, says ICRC
January 28th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 28 (IANS) Hundreds of people have been killed and scores of wounded are overwhelming understaffed and ill-equipped medical facilities in Sri Lanka's north, the International Committee of the Red Cross ... Read more...
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Russia toppling Georgian government: Bush
August 12th, 2008 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, Aug 12 (DPA) US President George W. Bush warned of a "dramatic and brutal escalation" in Georgia and accused Russia of trying to oust the democratically elected Georgian government. "It now ... Read more...
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Israel considers halting arms sales to Georgia
August 10th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Jerusalem, Aug 10 (Xinhua) Israel is planning to halt arms sales to Georgia amid fears of Russian retaliation, daily Ha'aretz reported Sunday. "Israel needs to be very careful and sensitive these days," ... Read more...
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Brit soldiers beating the bugs with Venus Flytraps!
June 24th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 24 (ANI): British troops in Iraq are ordering insect-eating Venus Flytraps online to keep their tanks and armoured personnel vehicles free of bugs.Alistair Pearce, who owns South West Carnivorous ... Read more...
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Prince William undertakes secret trip to Afghanistan
April 30th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr.30 (ANI): Prince William, second in line to the British throne, has secretly visited British troops deployed in Afghanistan.
According to The Sun, 25-year-old William landed a giant C-17 Globemaster jet ... Read more...
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France to send more troops to Afghanistan
April 3rd, 2008 - 7:04 am ICT by admin
(Lead)
DPA
Bucharest, April 3 (DPA) France has pledged to send a "substantial" number of additional troops to NATO's mission in Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said Wednesday at the end of the first day ... Read more...
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