Afghan ministers sacked after confidence vote
August 4th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence on two of its most senior ministers and demanded that they be replaced after they failed ... Read more...
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Four US posts attacked in Afghanistan
October 8th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 7 (IANS) Four American outposts were attacked in simultaneous strikes in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan Friday, on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Afghan ... Read more...
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N. Korea develops warship camouflage
August 23rd, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.23 (ANI): North Korea has developed warship camouflage materials such as stealth paint to hide warships, tanks or fighter jets from foreign reconnaissance satellites and aircraft.A confidential field manual used ... Read more...
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Warship camouflage developed by North Korea
August 23rd, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) North Korea has developed camouflage, including stealth paint, that will help in hiding warships, tanks and aircraft from reconnaissance satellites, a media report said.
A confidential field manual used ... Read more...
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China conducts two military drills to test long-range striking ability
July 29th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 29 (ANI): Chinese military conducted two exercises near the Yellow Sea on Sunday to test the troop's long-range striking precision.On the other hand, the United States and the Republic of ... Read more...
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Taliban ‘captures’ dozens of Pak soldiers in FATA
June 17th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jun.17 (ANI): Dozens of Pakistani soldiers are reportedly been held captive by the Taliban following an attack on a border checkpost between the Mohmand and Bajaur agencies of the Federally ... Read more...
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40 militants killed in Pakistan
April 13th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 12 (DPA) Forty militants and four soldiers were killed Monday in fresh clashes in Pakistan's tribal region as the US said the latest military offensive has displaced over 200,000 ... Read more...
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Six soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in Pakistan
November 21st, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 21 (DPA) At least 14 militants and six soldiers were killed Saturday in the latest fighting in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal region, the army ... Read more...
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420 Tigers killed, troops seize key Sri Lankan area (Lead)
April 5th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 5 (IANS) Fighting the Tamil Tigers in their last bastion, Sri Lankan troops Sunday captured the Puthukkudiyiruppu area, killing over 420 guerrillas in three days of fighting, the ... Read more...
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Troops capture key Sri Lankan area, 420 killed
April 5th, 2009 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka troops Sunday captured the Puthukkudiyiruppu area in Mullaitivu district, killing over 420 guerrillas over the past three days, a military spokesman said.
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96 Tamil Tigers killed in Sri Lanka: Military (Lead)
April 4th, 2009 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 4 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops killed 96 Tamil Tigers in close-quarter ground battles Saturday, as fighting in the last rebel strongholds in the island's northeast stepped up, a military official ... Read more...
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96 LTTE rebels killed in Sri Lanka: military
April 4th, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 4 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops killed 96 Tamil Tigers in close-quarter ground battles Saturday, as fighting in the last rebel strongholds in the island's northeast intensified, a military official here ... Read more...
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LTTE’s artillery gun, underwater vehicle captured: Sri Lanka
January 29th, 2009 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 29 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops in hot pursuit of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-eastern Mullaitivu Thursday captured a long-range artillery gun and a 35-feet long underwater vehicle the ... Read more...
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Final siege on Tigers has begun, says Sri Lanka
January 26th, 2009 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 26 (IANS) Expanding their defences after capturing the Tamil Tigers' military nerve centre Mullaitivu, Sri Lankan troops have begun laying the final siege on the rebels who are still resisting, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka steps up air raids after seizing rebel town
November 16th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 16 (IANS) Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions Sunday, a day after troops captured the last major naval bastion of the rebels on the west coast, military authorities ... Read more...
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Surrender, Rajapaksa urges LTTE as troops capture rebel bastion (Second Lead)
November 15th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the Tamil Tiger rebels to lay down weapons and come for talks, hours after his troops declared they had captured the ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan army captures LTTE’s strategic naval bastion (Lead)
November 15th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops backed by artillery bombardment had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn in the island's north. Pitched battles ... Read more...
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LTTE’s strategic naval bastion falls to Sri Lanka army
November 15th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn in the island's north."Troops of the Army Task Force 1 ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan air force bomb LTTE gathering point
November 8th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 8 (IANS) Sri Lankan gunship helicopters, in a night raid, bombed a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "gathering point" in Palaitivu islet on the country's western coast as government ... Read more...
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LTTE attack on key military base thwarted: Sri Lanka (Third Lead)
September 9th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) The Sri Lankan military Tuesday claimed that it had thwarted a pre-dawn assault by the Tamil Tigers on a army and air force joint base in the country's ... Read more...
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US Def Secy rejects reports of troops build up along Pak-Afghan border
July 17th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): The US Defence Secretary has rejected press reports suggesting that American troops were building up on the Pak-Afghan border to launch an attack into Pakistan, but warned ... Read more...
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