Tropical storm forces delay of 9/11 trial
August 24th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) A military commission hearing of suspects of 9/11 terrorist attacks, including alleged mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammad, that was set to begin Thursday has been postponed because ... Read more...
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9/11 Pakistani mastermind, 4 others sent for trial
April 5th, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 5 (IANS) The United States has formally sent to trial Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged Pakistani mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks, along with four other suspected Al Qaeda militants ... Read more...
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US charges five 9/11 terror suspects
April 5th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 4 (IANS) The US Wednesday announced charges against alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The charges were referred to a ... Read more...
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Pakistani-American pleads guilty to terror charges
March 1st, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani-American suspect, who is a legal US resident being held at Guantanamo Bay, has pleaded guilty to all charges as part of a deal ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s sovereignty must not be violated: Envoy
December 9th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Pakistan's sovereignty and independence should not be violated under any circumstances, Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan has said.Khan said Pakistan is committed to continuing cooperation ... Read more...
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Pakistani mastermind of 9/11 charged again
June 1st, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) For the second time, US prosecutors have filed charges with a military commission against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pakistani mastermind of Sep 11, 2001, terror attacks ... Read more...
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Holder blames Congress for forcing 9/11 mastermind, accomplices’ trial at Guantanamo Bay
April 5th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): US Attorney General Eric Holder has held the Congress responsible for not allowing the Obama administration to initiate trials of the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden would have been sent to Gitmo if captured: Rumsfeld
February 21st, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Former US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has said that if America could have managed to capture Osama bin Laden, an FBI most-wanted terrorist for more than a decade, ... 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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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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NY jury acquits Tanzanian man of 284 counts of Qaeda-linked terrorism
November 18th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.18 (ANI): A New York jury has acquitted a Tanzanian man of 284 counts related to his alleged involvement in Al Qaeda terrorism, delivering a major setback to Obama administration ... Read more...
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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il tries hand at restaurant designing
October 23rd, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has bolstered his CV with a new skill - restaurant design.The 68-year-old Kim personally provided "on-site guidance" during the construction of a new ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden’s cook sent to 14 years in prison
August 12th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A Sudanese man accused of being Osama bin Laden's cook and driver and helping the Al Qaeda mastermind avoid capture has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Ibrahim ... Read more...
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Osama’s Sudanese cook sentenced to 14 years in prison
August 12th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's cook has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, making it the first Guantanamo secret conviction under President Barack Obama.Ibrahim ... Read more...
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US military judge seals sentence of bin Laden’s former cook
August 10th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 10 (ANI): Judge Nancy J. Paul, a US Air Force lieutenant colonel, has ordered the sealing of a plea agreement capping the maximum sentence of Osama bin Laden's former ... Read more...
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Bin Laden’s driver pleads guilty at Guantanamo
July 8th, 2010 - 7:13 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 8 (IANS) A Sudanese man who served as a bodyguard and driver for Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden has pleaded guilty before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ... Read more...
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Karnataka Naxal leader reveals expansion plan on camera
June 29th, 2010 - 12:13 am ICT by ANI
Bangalore / Mahabubnagar, June 28 (ANI): Maoists' Karnataka state committee chief Chandrashekhar Gorebal, who was arrested recently by the Andhra Pradesh Police, has revealed details about their expansion plan.Gorebal gave his ... Read more...
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Andhra Police arrest another Maoist Central Committee member
June 14th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Mahbubnagar (Andhra Pradesh), June 14 (ANI): In another major success for anti-Naxal operations in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the security forces have arrested Maoist Central Committee member and Karnataka committee chief Chandrashekhar ... Read more...
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Nuclear plant made tourist site in China
April 26th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 26 (IANS) An abandoned nuclear plant in China, built inside an artificial cave that can withstand earthquakes, has been opened as a tourist attraction, a media report said Monday.
Construction of ... Read more...
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Two top Maoist leaders killed in Andhra (Lead)
March 12th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) In a severe jolt to the Maoist movement, especially in Andhra Pradesh, the police Friday gunned down two top Maoist leaders in separate gun battles in the ... Read more...
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Nabbed Maoist leader was a techie: Police
March 3rd, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Key Maoist leader Venkatesh Reddy alias Deepak -- who was arrested from Kolkata's adjoining South 24 Parganas district Tuesday night -- was a mechanical engineer and in charge ... Read more...
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Maoist leader held near Kolkata
March 2nd, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) A key Maoist leader was arrested Tuesday from Kolkata's adjoining South 24-Parganas district by West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), police said.
"Venkatesh Reddy alias Deepak was a Communist ... Read more...
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Nigerian bomber begins talking to US investigators again
February 3rd, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb. 3 (ANI): Nigerian bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, has begun talking to investigators again.He earlier talked to agents for about ... Read more...
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9/11 mastermind to be tried in New York
November 13th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in a federal court ... Read more...
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Main 9/11 suspects to be tried in New York court
November 13th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 13 (DPA) The US Justice Department was to announce Friday that the main suspect in the Sep 11, 2001, attacks will be tried before a US civilian court, National Public ... Read more...
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Statement of President Barack Obama on Military Commissions
May 16th, 2009 - 3:33 am ICT by admin
Washington, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – "Military commissions have a long tradition in the United States. They are appropriate for trying enemies who violate the laws of war, provided that they are properly ... Read more...
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Obama to retain military tribunals for terrorism trials: Report
May 15th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 15 (DPA) US President Barack Obama will continue to use military tribunals to put suspected terrorists on trial, The New York Times reported Friday.
Obama will retain the military commissions ... Read more...
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Five GITMO detainees say they planned 9/11
March 10th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): The five detainees at Guantanamo Bay charged with planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have filed a document with the military commission at the United States naval ... Read more...
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Judge halts Guantanamo proceedings against Canadian
January 22nd, 2009 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 22 (DPA) A US military judge suspended the proceedings Wednesday against a Canadian citizen accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan, in what could be the first step toward ... Read more...
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Yemen releases Osama bin Laden’s ex-driver
January 11th, 2009 - 2:32 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), Jan 11 (DPA) Yemeni authorities have released the former driver of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nearly two weeks after he was released from the US military prison in ... Read more...
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Bin Laden’s freed ex-driver arrives in Yemen
November 27th, 2008 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), Nov 27 (DPA) The former driver of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden arrived in the Yemeni capital Wednesday after his release from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, ... Read more...
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“Osama’’s driver to be moved to native Yemen from Guantanamo Bay”
November 25th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 25 (ANI): Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the former driver and bodyguard of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, will be removed from Guantanamo Bay prison and sent to Yemen to ... Read more...
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Satellite imagery casts doubt on US army’’s 2007 surge success in Iraq
September 20th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 20 (ANI): A team of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) geographers has uncovered fresh evidence from satellite imagery that last year''s U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not ... Read more...
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Bin Ladens driver could be freed in five months
August 8th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.8 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden''s former driver, who was jailed for five and a half years yesterday for supporting terrorism, could be freed in five months, reports ... Read more...
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Human Rights Watch slams US treatment of imprisoned kids in Iraq, Guantanamao Bay
June 9th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York , June 9 (ANI): Human Rights Watch, a US-based group of lawyers, journalists, academics, and HR experts, has said that the American administration should immediately implement the recommendations of ... Read more...
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