New York police arrest ‘al-Qaeda sympathizer’ who plotted bombing campaign
November 21st, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- New York City police officers on Saturday afternoon arrested an 'al-Qaeda sympathizer' who was allegedly plotting to bomb police patrols and American soldiers, officials announced during a ... Read more...
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Obama calls for heightened vigilance during 9/11 anniversary
September 11th, 2011 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Saturday called for "heightened state of vigilance and preparedness" as the country commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Sep 11 ... Read more...
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FBI probes News Corp activities in US
July 15th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 15 (IANS/EFE) The FBI said Thursday that it is looking into the US activities of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation amid the scandal over phone-hacking by one of ... Read more...
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Obama proposes extending Mueller’s mandate at FBI helm
May 13th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 13 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama Thursday proposed extending by two more years the 10-year mandate of Robert Mueller as FBI chief."Given the ongoing threats facing the United ... Read more...
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US ‘on guard’ for terror attacks from Libya: FBI chief
April 7th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 7(ANI): The United States is "on guard" for terrorist attacks "emanating" out of war-torn Libya, FBI Director Robert Mueller has said.The assessment came a day after the FBI confirmed ... Read more...
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US turns down Pak Govt’s offer to trade terror-suspect Aafia for CIA contractor Davis
March 1st, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 1(ANI): The Pakistan Government offered to trade double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis with Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is suspected by US intelligence to be an al Qaeda operative ... Read more...
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Domestic terrorism number one priority for US intelligence
February 11th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.11 (ANI): Intelligence agency chiefs in the United States have unveiled the annual National Threat Assessment, and said that success against Al Qaeda means that domestic terrorism is now their 'priority ... Read more...
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Egypt’s VP Suleiman demonised Muslim Brotherhood as “bogeyman”: Wikileaks
February 7th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 7 (ANI): The whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' has claimed in its latest revelation that Egypt's new Vice-President, Omar Suleiman, had long sought to demonise the opposition Muslim Brotherhood as "the bogeyman" ... Read more...
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Iranian book eulogizing Islamic suicide bombers, militants found in Arizona desert
January 28th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): A book published in Iran containing short biographies of Islamic suicide bombers and other Islamic militants who died carrying out attacks has been reportedly discovered in the Arizona ... Read more...
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Arizona Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords Responding To Commands, Doctors Say
January 10th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Tucson, Jan 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Saturday, a shooting rampage at a meeting in supermarket in Arizona claimed the lives of 6 people and nearly 17 were injured. U. S. ... Read more...
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U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona
January 9th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Tucson, Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was gunned down along with at-least 17 other people at a busy supermarket at Arizona. The eyewitnesses reported that the U. ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: Headley wasn’t acting alone, said Chidambaram
December 18th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/London, Dec 18 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram had insisted on having access to Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley, who scouted for targets for the 26/11 terror attack. ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: Boucher, Menon disagreed on tactics regarding Pak elimination of LeT
December 17th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 17 (ANI): India's National Security Adviser, Shiv Shankar Menon, and US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher agreed that there was a need ... Read more...
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‘US diplomats harassed in Pakistan for backing India’s n-programme’
December 1st, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Pakistan's security services harassed US diplomats in Islamabad, delayed visas, clogged customs clearance and sabotaged security contracts as punishment for American support for Pakistan's civilian government ... Read more...
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Americans warned of home grown extremism
September 24th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Citing the cases of two Pakistani Americans involved in the Mumbai terror attacks and the failed Times Square bombing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned of ... Read more...
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‘WikiLeaks’ founder has ‘blood of soldiers on his hands’, says Mullen
July 30th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): United States has asked for FBI's help to inquiry into the leaking of more than 90,000 classified military records on the Afghan war by 'WikiLeaks' website, and accused ... Read more...
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485 Arrests Made In Mortgage Fraud, FBI Reveals
June 18th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Washington, June 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Thursday, the Department Of Justice declared the launch of an interagency plan to track down all costly mortgage scams all over the nation.Eric ... Read more...
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FBI & Urban Development target 485 mortgage frauds
June 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jun 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States Justice Department has reiterated its efforts to clamp down on mortgage fraud practices in the United States. The Justice Department has announced that ... Read more...
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The American Government Attacks 485 Mortgage Frauds
June 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 18, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The American Justice Department on Thursday sounded off about its endeavors to demolish the practice of mortgage fraud. The Department has mentioned that it has ... Read more...
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Krishna heads for first India-US strategic dialogue (Lead)
May 30th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Washington, May 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Sunday left for Washington for the first India-US strategic dialogue that will prepare the ground for the visit of President Barack ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda websites present growing threat: FBI chief
March 18th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.18 (ANI): Al Qaeda may be using the Internet to recruit and radicalize, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Wednesday before a House Appropriations subcommittee.Mueller said Wednesday that the United States faces ... Read more...
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NATO claims China has declared a cyber war
March 8th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 8 (ANI): NATO diplomatic sources have told The Times that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks."We're now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security," they said, ... Read more...
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Headley case: Intelligence sharing discussed with FBI, says Chidambaram
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:26 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, March 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that useful discussions regarding Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) conduit David Coleman Headley and intelligence sharing were held between him and ... Read more...
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Pakistan should have acted against Saeed: Chidambaram
March 2nd, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday criticised Pakistan for allowing Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed to make provocative anti-India statements despite New Delhi having given clear information ... Read more...
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Pakistan court stops deportation of top Taliban leader
February 26th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 26 (DPA) A Pakistani court Friday blocked the possible deportation of a top Afghan Taliban leader recently detained in the country, a lawyer said.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, second only ... Read more...
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Pak snubs US, turns down request to hand over Baradar
February 25th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.25 (ANI): The Pakistan government has turned down a US request to hand over the Taliban's second-in command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was recently captured in Karachi, to it.According ... Read more...
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FBI Director visits Islamabad, Pakistan
February 25th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) – U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller III visited Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, a spokesman announced.Director Mueller attended a U. S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan tripartite session as well as ... Read more...
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FBI chief meets Indian officials, discusses Pune and Headley
February 23rd, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The visiting director of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller Tuesday met with Indian government officials and discussed issues related to Pune blast investigation ... Read more...
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FBI chief meeting Indian officials, a proof of robust counter terror cooperation: US Envoy
February 23rd, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.23 (ANI): The United States Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Tuesday described the meeting between the visiting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller with officials of ... Read more...
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FBI chief meets Indian officials, likely to give information on terror suspect Headley
February 23rd, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.23 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief Robert Mueller met with senior Indian Government officials here today, and is believed to have shared information about the probe related to ... Read more...
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Intelligence chiefs warn of more Qaeda terror plots against US
February 4th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.4 (ANI): Intelligence chiefs have warned that al Qaeda is likely to attack the U.S. within six months.They said Nigerian terror suspect Abdulmutallab has identified his handlers in Yemen, including the ... Read more...
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Another terror attempt in US is ‘certain’: Intelligence chiefs
February 3rd, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Another attempted terrorist attack on the United States in coming months is "certain" with Al Qaeda remaining the top security threat to the country, according to ... Read more...
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Headley denies role in Mumbai terror attack (Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 2:15 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, Dec 9 (IANS) Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166 people.
Son of a Pakistani diplomat and ... Read more...
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Headley pleads not guilty in Mumbai, Danish terrorist attacks
December 10th, 2009 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, Dec 9 (IANS) Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166 people and planned to launch ... Read more...
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FBI chief in Chicago for briefing on Headley case
December 10th, 2009 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) FBI director Robert Mueller is in Chicago for a briefing on the case of Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley, who is due to appear in ... Read more...
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