Belarus refuses to extradite brother of Kyrgyz ex-president
September 6th, 2012 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has refused to extradite a brother of Kyrgyzstan's ex-president who is wanted in the country on murder charges, a Belarusian official said.Kyrgyzstan has repeatedly ... Read more...
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Belarusian embassy in Kyrgyzstan attacked
August 29th, 2012 - 4:58 am ICT by IANS
Bishkek, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Relatives of victims of the 2010 uprising in Kyrgyzstan threw stones at the embassy of Belarus here, demanding extradition of the former Kyrgyz president and ... Read more...
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Antony to address Singapore regional security dialogue
May 31st, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony will travel Singapore the address the annual Shangri La dialogue on maritime security and navigation freedom issues.Antony will leave for Singapore ... Read more...
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Medvedev sacks Russian Air Force commander
April 27th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked Air Force Commander Colonel-General Alexander Zelin and dismissed him from military service, the Kremlin said Friday.Zelin, 59, had been ... Read more...
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Balochistan resolution could dent ties with US: Pakistan
February 21st, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A US resolution on Balochistan could worsen ties between Washington and Islamabad, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.Khar Monday said in London that Balochistan was Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Pakistan for peaceful coexistence: Gilani
July 5th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) Pakistan believes in peaceful coexistence in the region, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.Gilani Monday told Gul Haneef, chairman of Institute of Strategic Studies, ... Read more...
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US-Pakistan ties not in intensive care: Munter
April 12th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 12(ANI): Ties between Pakistan and the United States are "not in the intensive care unit," rather they are very healthy, claimed US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter."The Pak-US relations are ... Read more...
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‘Gaddafi deliberately curbing ground troops over fears of mass defections’
March 9th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): Britain's military think tank has said that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is deliberately curbing the use of ground troops because his commanders are fearful of mass defections.They ... Read more...
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India’s strategic affairs guru K. Subrahmanyam dead
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.2 (ANI): One of India's well known analysts on strategic affairs, K. Subrahmanyam died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday night. He was 82.Subrahmanyam ... Read more...
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Lanka Government pays UK firm 3 m pounds to boost post-war image
October 23rd, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 23 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Government has agreed to pay a top British public relations firm about three million pounds a year to enhance the country's post-war image.According to a ... Read more...
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US diplomat urges NATO to partition Afghanistan or loose control
September 13th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 13 (ANI): A senior former American national security adviser, Robert Blackwill, has warned that the Taliban are "winning" and the foreign forces are "losing" in Afghanistan and added that ... Read more...
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Pak’s advise unlikely to be heard by Obama administration
November 23rd, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov. 23 (ANI): Pakistani has advised the Obama administration not to send additional US troops to Afghanistan, and instead negotiate with the Taliban.Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's office ... Read more...
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Former PIO G.S. Bhargava dead
September 22nd, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.22 (ANI): Former Principal Information Officer (PIO) to the Government of India, G.S. Bhargava, died in the capital on Tuesday. He was 85. He was unwell and undergoing treatment for ... Read more...
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Zardari wants India in Friends of Democratic Pakistan group
September 19th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said here that his country wants India to be part of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group, a media report said Friday.
"We ... Read more...
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Zardari again blames ‘non-state actors’ for terrorism
September 19th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has again blamed terrorist attacks on "non-state actors and supporters of dictatorship" in Pakistan.
In remarks made ahead of what he described as coming ... Read more...
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Terrorists, militants were created ‘deliberately’ to counter rival ideology: Zardari
September 19th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that terrorist and militants were deliberately created to achieve certain strategic goals and to counter rival ideology."Militants and militancy were not created ... Read more...
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Terrorism a by-product of Pak’s past mistakes: Zardari
September 19th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that extremism was a by-product of Pakistan's past mistakes and was deliberately created during the 1980s.He said the employment of a liberal ... Read more...
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Zardari says Pak needs 100 billion dollars to resolve economic crises
September 19th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said his country requires 100 billion dollars to resolve its ongoing economic crises."We are passing through a thorny period, we have ... Read more...
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Sanjaya Baru to return to PMO in August
June 6th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS)Sanjaya Baru, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's former media adviser, will return in August to take up a new assignment in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Knowledegable sources told ... Read more...
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Ex-MI6 chief says UK was ‘dragged’ into Iraq war
May 4th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): Britain was "dragged into a war in Iraq which was always against our better judgment" a former deputy head of MI6 has claimed. Former MI6 deputy director Nigel ... Read more...
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Move ‘further and faster’ on Mumbai attacks: Miliband tells Pakistan
February 5th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Pakistan must move “further and faster” in punishing those responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in order to repair broken ... Read more...
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US would wipe Pak of world map if 9/11 or Mumbai attack is repeated: UK scholar
January 18th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan.18 (ANI): If an attack similar to Mumbai or 9/11 is repeated in India or the US in the future, then Pakistan would be wiped-off from the world map, war ... Read more...
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Mumbai attacks: US, India subjecting Pak to excessive pre-emptive hype, says expert
December 5th, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec.5 (ANI): In the wake of last weeks terrorist attacks in Mumbai, there is a view in one Pakistani daily that Islamabad is a clear victim of pre-emptive hype, and ... Read more...
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Ties between Central and South Asia facing hiccups: Expert
August 28th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Ashok Dixit
New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): Links between Central Asia and South Asia stand a chance of improving only if the historical linkages of the past are given their due importance ... Read more...
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Pak can never get civilian reactors from West until military controls its nukes
August 28th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Aug 28 (ANI): Pakistan would not be able to get civilian reactors from the West, which would in fact bring along nuclear acceptance from the World community, until its ... Read more...
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US prevented Pakistan from blocking India at IAEA
July 28th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 28 (IANS) Thanks to the US, Pakistan's attempts to block India's efforts to secure a country-specific safeguards agreement from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have "come to a grinding ... Read more...
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Pak foreign minister defends new hot pursuit strategy to combat terror
July 25th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London , July 25 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has supported the new hot pursuit policy to tackle terrorism, by not indulging into dialogue with those militants who do ... Read more...
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Nuke bomb blueprints may up for sale on world black market: Experts
June 1st, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, June 1 (ANI): Nuclear bomb blueprints and manuals on how to manufacture weapons-grade uranium for warheads are feared to be in circulation on the international black market, The Guardian has ... Read more...
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Booming media gives a slip to Musharraf
May 26th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) Shorn of his military uniform and his power diminished by the Feb 18 general election, President Pervez Musharraf has literally vanished from the two dozen TV ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan must jointly produce n-energy: analyst (Interview)
May 20th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) A leading Pakistani strategic expert has suggested that India and Pakistan should jointly produce nuclear energy as a confidence-building measure and to solve their power crunch. ... Read more...
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Pentagon withdraws controversial Guantanamo Bay Gen Hood from Pak posting
May 9th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 9 (ANI): The Bush administration is learnt to have withdrawn the appointment of Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood as a senior American officer based in Pakistan to fight Al ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistani defence think tanks to promote academic exchanges
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:53 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Two government-sponsored Indian and Pakistani defence think tanks have inked a five-year deal to promote academic and scholarly ties, parliament was informed Monday. The aim of the ... Read more...
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad to visit India soon: M K Narayanan
April 20th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan on Sunday said that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "will be visiting India soon".
Narayanan was speaking at the first International Institute ... Read more...
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Iran president to visit India this month
April 20th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first visit to India at the end of the month. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan announced Sunday that Ahmadinejad "will ... Read more...
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US seeks direct access to Paks NCA to monitor nuclear arsenal
April 14th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 14 (ANI): In what is being described as a US bid to interfere into Pakistans sensitive areas, the US State Department has reportedly proposed to the Pakistan Government to ... Read more...
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