Pak motives point to “protecting” rather than “prosecuting ” 26/11 terror suspects: Analyst
April 15th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15(ANI): The fact that Lashkar-e-Tayyiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused, had been instructing LeT operatives while in Pakistani custody, raises questions over ... Read more...
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Rana denies ‘knowing involvement’ of ISI in 26/11 strike
April 14th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, April 14 (IANS) Lawyers of Pakistani Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana have denied his "knowing involvement" of the Pakistani government and its spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in ... Read more...
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All 26/11 terror attack perpetrators must be brought to justice expeditiously: India
April 14th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 14(ANI): India has demanded that all perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks need to be brought to justice expeditiously.It maybe recalled that ten gunmen from Pakistan arrived in Mumbai ... Read more...
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International meet in Cairo to discuss Libya crisis
April 14th, 2011 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Top Arab, African and European diplomats will participate in an international meet being held in the Egyptian capital Thursday to discuss various ways to resolve ... Read more...
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Pakistan has ’special responsibility’ to bring 26/11 plotters to justice: US
April 13th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The United States has asked Pakistan to "transparently and urgently" bring the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to justice, saying it has a ... Read more...
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Pakistan has special responsibility to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice urgently: US
April 13th, 2011 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 13(ANI): The United States has said that Pakistan has a special responsibility to bring the 2008 Mumbai terror attack perpetrators to justice transparently and urgently.According to the reports, Pakistan-Canadian terror ... Read more...
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Pakistani American jailed for 23 years for terror plot
April 12th, 2011 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 12 (IANS) A Pakistani American accused of helping what he thought was an attempt to bomb Metro stations in the Washington area last year has been sentenced to ... Read more...
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Mumbai terror suspect Rana’s trial on May 16
April 12th, 2011 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, April 12 (IANS) The trial of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, co-accused with David Headley in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, is expected to start in Chicago as scheduled May ... Read more...
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Canadian Muslim charged with helping conspirers in 2009 New York bomb plot
March 16th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 16 (ANI): A federal court in Brooklyn has charged a Canadian Ferid Imam on 10 counts, including helping Najibullah Zazi and others travel to Pakistan for attaining terrorist training ... Read more...
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American jihadist sentenced to 25 yrs over ‘South Park’, Facebook death threats
February 25th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Zachary Chesser, an American Muslim convert and college dropout, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three charges, including threatening the ... Read more...
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Osama’s Sudanese cook to walk free in 2012 after sentence reduced to two years
February 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10(ANI): A US military commission has reduced Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's former cook and driver Ibrahim al-Qosi's sentence to two years in prison.Al-Qosi, a native of Sudan, who worked ... Read more...
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GE Aviation signs technical solutions agreement with Air India
February 4th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) American engineering major GE's aviation arm GE Aviation Thursday signed a 20 year technical solutions agreement with the national carrier Air India (AI).The agreement to expand AI's ... Read more...
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Lebanese man resentenced to 30 years in prison for supporting Hezbollah
January 28th, 2011 - 2:41 am ICT by BNO News
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (BNO NEWS) -- A Lebanese man on Thursday was resentenced to 30 years in prison for providing material support to Hezbollah in Charlotte, North Carolina, prosecutors informed.Mohamad Youssef Hammoud, ... Read more...
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Hafiz Saeed seeks Pakistan government aid in Mumbai case
January 13th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Jan 13 (IANS) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has petitioned the Lahore High Court to direct the Pakistani government to defend him as a citizen of the country in a ... Read more...
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JuD head Hafiz Saeed wants Pak Govt to defend him in US court in Mumbai attack case
January 13th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 13(ANI): Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has moved the Lahore High Court seeking direction for the Pakistan Government to defend him, ISI chiefs and others before a US ... Read more...
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US seeks anonymous jury in Mumbai terror suspect’s trial
January 11th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Jan 11 (IANS) With the Indian media expected to provide extensive coverage of Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana's trial in the Mumbai terror attacks case, US federal prosecutors are asking that ... Read more...
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Pakistan to contest US court notices to ISI officials
December 31st, 2010 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday said it will challenge in court a US lawsuit accusing officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of providing material support for the Mumbai terror attacks ... Read more...
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“No foreign forces allowed or required to operate inside Pakistan”: Haqqani
December 21st, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Pakistan will not allow any foreign troops to operate on its soil, Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, has said in response to a media report that ... Read more...
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ISI blew CIA official’s cover: NYT
December 18th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) The Islamabad CIA station chief's identity is suspected to have been deliberately blown by the ISI apparently in retaliation for naming of the Pakistan intelligence agency chief in ... Read more...
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New York airport bomb plotter gets life sentence
December 16th, 2010 - 6:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) A former member of Guyana's parliament was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for his role in a failed plot to blow up fuel tanks ... Read more...
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Ex-Guantanamo inmate says Assange will never receive a fair trial in US
December 15th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 15(ANI): Former Guantanamo Bay inmate, David Hicks, has come out in support of Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange, saying that he feared for Assange's safety should he end up in ... Read more...
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Mumbai terror suspect Rana’s hearing cancelled
December 14th, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, Dec 14 (IANS) A status hearing of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, set go on trial here Feb ... Read more...
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‘Cheated’ Anti-Taliban lashkars in Pak threaten to end support to govt in war on terror
December 10th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 10 (ANI): Anti-Taliban militias in Pakistan have threatened to withdraw their support to the government and police in the war on terror if their demands are not met within ... Read more...
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Mumbai terror suspect Rana’s trial set for Feb 14
December 7th, 2010 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Chicago, Dec 7 (IANS) Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused with Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, will go on trial in a federal court ... Read more...
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Dragging ISI into Mumbai attack preposterous: Pak FO
November 26th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 26 (ANI): A day after a US court issued summons to Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials over 26/11 attacks, Pakistan reacted by saying that dragging the ISI into the Mumbai ... Read more...
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US blacklists Pak charity foundation as “alias” of banned terrorist group LeT
November 25th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): The United States has added Pakistan's Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a charity group closely associated with banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, to its official list of blacklisted terror organisations."On November ... Read more...
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US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists
November 25th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) The United States has designated three top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, as global terrorists and ... Read more...
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US court summons ISI chief in Mumbai terror case
November 24th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) A US court has summoned top officials of Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as also the alleged masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in ... Read more...
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US woman charged with aiding Somalia-based militia with Al-Qaeda links
November 16th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): A Californian woman has been charged with aiding a Somalia-based militia with ties to Al-Qaeda, the US Department of Justice has said.Nima Ali Yusuf was arrested on November ... Read more...
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US tags Iranian militant group ‘Jundullah’ a terrorist organisation
November 4th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): The US has designated the Iranian militant group 'Jundullah' as a terrorist organisation, as it uses "a variety of terrorist tactics" to spread violence across the world.The ... Read more...
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Virginia man arrested over plot to bomb D.C.-area subway stations
October 28th, 2010 - 1:43 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- A 34-year-old Virginia man was arrested on Wednesday on accusations of attempting to assist others whom he believed to be members of al-Qaeda who were planning multiple ... Read more...
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Pakistani jailed in US for helping Taliban
October 23rd, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) A 33-year-old Pakistani who came to the US on a student visa was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment after being convicted of possessing firearms and planning ... Read more...
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Man who tried selling arms to LTTE convicted in US
October 21st, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) A Singapore man who tried to sell arms to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been convicted by a court in the US.A Baltimore federal court ... Read more...
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Mumbai attack suspect Rana’s February trial on track
September 23rd, 2010 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, Sep 23 (IANS) The trial of Pakistani Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a co-accused with Pakistani American David Coleman Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, remains on track for ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban added to US terror list
September 2nd, 2010 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) The United States has designated the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, linked to the botched Times Square bombing attempt by a Pakistani American, ... Read more...
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