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Indian spy agencies failed due to their overwhelming focus on Pak terror groups

November 28th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov 28 (ANI): Indian intelligence agencies completely failed in preventing the Mumbai terror strikes because of their overwhelming focus on Pakistan-based militant groups all these years. And, the focus has ...

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Extremist groups using Facebook, MySpace, YouTube to recruit members

Extremist groups using Facebook, MySpace, YouTube to recruit members

November 20th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Nov 20 (ANI): Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, which have millions of users, are being used by extremist groups to recruit members, experts have warned. Many experts have claimed ...

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Cutting off terrorist financing a success, but getting lax: Report

November 11th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov.11 (ANI): Two former U.S. Treasury Department officials have come out with a report that suggests that the international system for tracking and cutting off terrorist financing has achieved major ...

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Hyderabad police to question Malegaon suspects on mosque bombing

November 7th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Nov 7 (IANS) With the investigations revealing involvement of some right-wing Hindu groups in the Malegaon blasts, the Andhra Pradesh police have started probing last year's Mecca Masjid bombing here from ...

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Take reports of Hindutva elements in army seriously: CPI-M

November 7th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday urged the central government to take the actions of 'Hindutva elements' in the army seriously after a serving lieutenant colonel ...

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British MPs to defuse Muslim-Jewish campus tensions

November 3rd, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 3 (IANS) A group of British MPs began a tour of some of Britain’s biggest universities Monday to promote better relations between Muslim and Jewish students.The tour is part of ...

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‘174 terror groups operating across India’(With ‘Unknown terror group claims responsibility for Assam blasts’ - Roundup)

October 31st, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) A staggering 174 terrorist, insurgent and extremist groups, many of them little known, are operating across India, figures compiled by a terror watch portal show.The maximum number ...

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Malaysian PM says Indians contribution vital in nation-building

October 27th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Oct 27 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly sent Diwali greetings to the Indians living in his country, saying they were an integral ...

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Contributions of Indians vital: says Malaysian PM

October 26th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 26 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi has hailed the contribution of ethnic Indians as "vital" to nation-building and said a cabinet committee has been set up to ...

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Pak parliaments rejection of war-on terror may hurt ties with US

Pak parliaments rejection of war-on terror may hurt ties with US

October 24th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , Oct 24 (ANI): In a resolution overwhelmingly passed by the Pakistani Parliament late on Wednesday night, the lawmakers expressed serious doubts over Islamabad s continued commitment to America s ...

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Pak political parties divided over backing US-led war in wake of economic crisis

Pak political parties divided over backing US-led war in wake of economic crisis

October 17th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London , Oct 17 (ANI): In the wake of prevailing deep financial crunch and slowdown in the overall Pakistani economy, a deep rift has opened up within political parties, including some ...

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March in Delhi to condemn Orissa communal riots

October 13th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Shocked over the alleged rape of a nun in Orissa, students and activists held a protest march here Monday demanding punishment to the perpetrators of communal riots ...

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US warns citizens against travelling to Pakistan

US warns citizens against travelling to Pakistan

October 10th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Oct 10 (ANI): The United States has advised its nationals to avoid unnecessary travel to Pakistan due to security concerns. According to a statement issued by the US State Department ...

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UK mulls lessons on terror to check kids being indoctrinated by terrorists

October 9th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London , Oct 9 (ANI): In an attempt to get schools and colleges to tackle the problem of teenagers being radicalised or indoctrinated by terrorists, the UK Government is expected to ...

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UK mulls lessons on terror to check kids being indoctrinated by terrorists

October 9th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct9 (ANI): In an attempt to get schools and colleges to tackle the problem of teenagers being radicalised or indoctrinated by terrorists, the UK Government is expected to announce a ...

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Amnesty suggested for once rebel Sikhs abroad

October 9th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has urged the government to grant amnesty to Sikhs who fled the country after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and got involved ...

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If elected,Tories to crackdown on Islamic extremism

September 29th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept.29 (ANI): If Britains Conservative Party is voted into power at the next general elections, it would ban sharia courts and impose a tough crackdown on Islamic extremism, said the ...

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Conversion of Hindus to Islam rampant in Pak

September 22nd, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , Sept 22 (ANI): A new International Religious Freedom Report has said that though Pakistan took some steps to improve the treatment of religious minorities during 2007, serious problems, like ...

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Pak safe haven has turned Qaeda, Taliban combo into an out-of-control Frankenstein

Pak safe haven has turned Qaeda, Taliban combo into an out-of-control Frankenstein

September 11th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Sept 11 (ANI): Over the past seven years after 9/11, al-Qaeda has spread its violent tentacles across Pakistan, while its ally the Taliban have staged a bloody comeback both in ...

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Ten CoBRA battalions to be raised for tackling Maoists

August 29th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) To tackle the growing Maoist threat, the government for the first time would raise ten Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in the Central Reserve Police Force ...

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Musharraf has a better image than Marcos, Shah of Iran in US eyes

Musharraf has a better image than Marcos, Shah of Iran in US eyes

August 22nd, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Aug 22 (ANI): Attaching importance to yesterdays phone call by US President George Bush to his former Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf, diplomatic and political observers in Washington have said that ...

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Bush calls Musharraf at last, strongly backs new government

August 22nd, 2008 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) At long last President George Bush talked to former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf and followed it up with a call to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to convey ...

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Former US official says Musharraf practiced selective counterterrorism

Former US official says Musharraf practiced selective counterterrorism

August 19th, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , Aug 19 (ANI): A former US government official at the White House has said that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had indulged into selective counter-terrorism by pursuing only a ...

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For Washington, Musharraf is history

August 19th, 2008 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) As key ally Pervez Musharraf resigned as Pakistan president, Washington talked of strongly supporting the new democratic regime in Islamabad to continue its "war on terror". President George ...

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US thanks “friend” Musharraf, asks new regime to maintain war on terror

August 18th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Calling former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf "a friend to the US" and one of the world's "most committed partners in the war against terrorism", Washington Monday asked the ...

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Unprecedented security measures in place for trouble free 62nd Independence Day

Unprecedented security measures in place for trouble free 62nd Independence Day

August 14th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): In the wake of recent serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, unprecedented security measures have been put in place to ensure a trouble free 62nd Independence ...

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Hindu idols desecrated in Trinidad and Tobago

August 8th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS -
By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Aug 8 (IANS) The idols of Hindu gods Shiva and Ganesh were desecrated in a temple in Trinidad. Vandals damaged the idols at the Kolahal Shiva Temple, Chaguanas in ...

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Hate crime increases in Russia

July 25th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS -
RIA Novosti Moscow, July 25 (RIA Novosti) The incidents of hate crime in the Russian capital have risen six-fold in the first half of 2008, the prosecutor general's office said Friday. "A total ...

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Syndication of extremist groups in FATA possible, says US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman

Syndication of extremist groups in FATA possible, says US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman

July 21st, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 21 (ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman (JCSC) Admiral Mike Mullen has warned that there is a joining and a syndication of various extremist and terrorist groups in ...

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Pak suspects banned Qaeda-linked outfits behind Islamabad attack

Pak suspects banned Qaeda-linked outfits behind Islamabad attack

July 8th, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , July 8 (ANI): Pakistani security agencies are reportedly zeroing in on the banned extremist groups - Jaish-e-Muhammad and Sipah-e-Sahaba - having links with Al Qaeda, to be behind Sundays ...

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