Egypt’s vice president under Mubarak dies in US
July 19th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 19 (IANS) Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president under Hosni Mubarak, who announced the president's resignation to the world, has died in a US hospital, CNN reported Thursday.According to ... Read more...
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Myanmar grants amnesty to 80 prisoners, to deport 34
July 3rd, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, July 3 (IANS) The Myanmar government has granted a general amnesty to 80 prisoners, including 34 foreigners, who will be freed starting Tuesday, according to an order of President ... Read more...
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Russian military intelligence chief resigns
December 25th, 2011 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The chief of Russia's military intelligence GRU has resigned from his post, the Kommersant business daily reported.The 64-year-old Col. Gen. Alexander Shlyakhturov, who resigned Saturday, ... Read more...
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Pakistani military intelligence chief appears before Osama panel
October 12th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) A Pakistani commission, investigating the US sneak raid to kill Osama bin Laden in the northwestern city of Abbottabad near Islamabad on May 2, Wednesday questioned ... Read more...
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Ex-Pak MI chief denies ordering washing-off Benazir’s assassination site
April 30th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.30 (ANI): Former Pakistan Military Intelligence Director Major General Nadeem Ijaz has rubbished allegations that he had ordered subordinates to wash-off the crime scene at Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh, where former ... Read more...
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BB case: Pak denies UN Commission permission to quiz army’s top commanders
January 1st, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan.1: The Pakistan government has denied giving permission to the United Nation's (UN) commission probing the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to interrogate Army's top brass, including the ... Read more...
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UN tribunal frees four accused in Hariri case
April 29th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague/Beirut, April 29 (DPA) A UN tribunal Wednesday ordered the immediate release of four former Lebanese generals detained for four years without charge in connection with the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's ... Read more...
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Iran has crossed n-bomb threshold: Israeli military intelligence
March 26th, 2009 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, March 26 (DPA) Iran has "crossed the technological threshold" for making an atom bomb, Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin has said.
Achieving military nuclear capability was now "mainly dependent on ... Read more...
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US expels Venezuela’s envoy
September 13th, 2008 - 5:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The US government has expelled Venezuela's ambassador here in response to the Andean nation's expulsion of US envoy in Caracas, Spain's EFE news agency reported Saturday. Sean ... Read more...
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Syria squashes coup attempt: German newspaper
June 7th, 2008 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Berlin, June 7 (DPA) A coup plot against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quietly crushed without the world noticing, the German newspaper Die Welt said, quoting German and "foreign" intelligence sources. The ... Read more...
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Peruvian army general sentenced to 35 years for massacre
April 9th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by admin
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Lima, April 9 (DPA) A former military intelligence chief was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 1992 massacre of nine students and one professor in a public university in Lima. ... Read more...
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Maj-Gen Asif replaces Musharrafs key man Ijaz as Military Intelligence chief
April 3rd, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 3 (ANI): The new Yousuf Raza Gilani government in Pakistan has removed Musharrafs man Maj Gen Nadeem Ijaz as DG of Military Intelligence (MI), and appointed Maj Gen Mohammad ... Read more...
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