Israel may attack Iran before US election: Report
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 22 (IANS) Israel is planning a military strike against Iran's nuclear programme before the US presidential elections in November, a media report said.According to British officials, Israeli ... Read more...
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Osama death: Zardari, Gilani, Pak security chiefs in emergency talks
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 2(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has convened an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and security chiefs following US confirmation that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ... Read more...
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UK freezes Libyan security chiefs’ assets to pressurise Gaddafi to step down
March 4th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 4 (ANI): Britain has frozen the assets of 20 of Colonel Gaddafi's security chiefs with the intention of pressurising the Libyan leader to step down.The Libyan dictator's spy chiefs ... Read more...
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Chinese telecom giant offers to install free mobile phone network on London Tube
February 21st, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.21 (ANI): Chinese telecom firm Huawei has offered to install a mobile phone network worth 50 million pounds on the London Underground train system for free.London Mayor Boris Johnson has backed ... Read more...
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Chinese firm offers phone network for London subway commuters
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A Chinese company has offered to install a phone network estimated to cost 50 million pounds for subway commuters here as a gift before the 2012 Olympics.According to ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s dirty bomb poses risk of nuclear 9/11: WikiLeaks
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Al Qaeda has been trying to stockpile "dirty" nuclear explosives and recruit rogue scientists to plot 9/11-like terror attacks in world's major cities, secret US diplomatic cables ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda actively planning to make ‘dirty bomb’
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): After getting close to producing workable and efficient "biological and chemical weapons", Al-Qaeda is actively trying to get nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists from Pakistan to build ... Read more...
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UN chief slams bombing at Moscow airport
January 25th, 2011 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Jan 25 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Monday, which killed at least 35 people. The secretary-general is "appalled" by the incident ... Read more...
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Mumbai-style attackers may target German Parliament
November 21st, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 21 (ANI): Terrorists could attack the Reichstag, Germany's security chiefs have warned.The New York Post quoted police sources, as saying that al Qaeda and associated terror groups could launch ... Read more...
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‘Bush could be arrested abroad over sanctioning ‘waterboarding’ of terror suspects’
November 10th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): US security chiefs have condemned former President George W Bush's defence of torture yesterday, and disputed his claim that information obtained by subjecting prisoners to simulated drowning or ... Read more...
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MI5 job nothing like TV show ‘Spooks’, Jane Bonds told
November 8th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): British secret spy agency MI5, which launched a recruit drive for more Jane Bonds, has told the would-be female candidates that "it was nothing like the TV show ... Read more...
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British police being trained for Mumbai-style attack
October 26th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 26 (IANS) British police are being trained and armed with more powerful weapons to prepare for any future "Mumbai-style" terror attack in the country, a media report said Tuesday.Security ... Read more...
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Brit police in training for ‘26/11 Mumbai-style’ gun attacks
October 26th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 26(ANI): British security chiefs have ordered an acceleration in police training to prepare for any future '26/11 Mumbai-style' gun attacks in the country.According to the BBC, a series of ... Read more...
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IRA lorry bomb heading towards mainland UK
July 15th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): IRA terrorists are planning a devastating lorry bomb attack on mainland Britain.According to The Sun, British security chiefs fear Republican dissidents are on the brink of pulling off ... Read more...
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FA security chiefs probing Three Lions hotel shooting incident
June 9th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 9 (ANI): Football Association security chiefs are probing a shooting incident close to the England team's hotel.Police opened fire after a high-speed car chase on the highway near the ... Read more...
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Funding cuts will risk 2012 London Olympics: Brit intelligence chiefs
June 1st, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 1(ANI): British intelligence chiefs have warned that Al-Qaeda bombers could wreak havoc at the 2012 London Olympics, if funding cuts go ahead.Brit intelligence agencies MI5, MI6, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) ... Read more...
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Brit MPs warn terrorists one step ahead of airport security chiefs
March 24th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): British parliamentarians have condemned airport security chiefs for failing to keep ahead of terrorists, and said 'overseas weak points' in airport security posed a serious risk to the ... Read more...
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Karzai, US general visit Taliban’s former stronghold
March 7th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Marjah (Afghanistan), March 7 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO's chief commander, US General Stanley McChrystal, Sunday visited the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern
Afghanistan.NATO officials also announced two ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda planning to dress up suicide bombers as Sikhs
January 27th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): Al Qaeda is planning to dress up suicide bombers as Sikhs and security chiefs fear that Muslim extremists may hide the explosives inside Sikh headgear.Al-Qaida is plotting ... Read more...
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Obama to meet security chiefs in wake of Detroit plot
January 5th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 4 (DPA) One day after returning from a winter vacation in Hawaii, US President Barack Obama was to host a critical meeting Tuesday with his top security chiefs at ... Read more...
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Peaches Geldof says she’s a better role model than Miley Cyrus
June 4th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jun 4 (ANI): Brit socialite Peaches Geldof has insisted that she is a better role model than Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, as she has had a "real" upbringing.Geldof, 20, ... Read more...
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Holbrooke meets Karzai amid strained ties
February 15th, 2009 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 14 (DPA) US President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday evening to discuss strategies in the fight against terrorism, amid heightened political tensions ... Read more...
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Afghanistan tightens security as Holbrooke arrives
February 13th, 2009 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 12 (DPA) Afghan police boosted their presence on Kabul's streets and erected new checkpoints Thursday as the new US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, arrived.
The beefing up of ... Read more...
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British hotels on high terror alert fearing Mumbai-type attacks
January 21st, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 21 (ANI): British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has revealed that the country is on high alert fearing a Mumbai-style terrorist attacks on a top hotel.She told MPs that ... Read more...
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Iran asks Islamic countries to severe ties with Israel
January 12th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 12 (RIA Novosti) Iran Monday called upon Muslim countries to severe all their relations, including diplomatic and trade, with Israel as a protest against its military operation in Gaza Strip.Iran's ... Read more...
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Western security chiefs fear revamped version of 70s-style violence
November 29th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.29 (ANI): Western intelligence officials have expressed concern about the security implications of the Mumbai attacks for their own cities, and warned of a resurgence of a violence that was ... Read more...
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Terror groups developing ”dirty bomb”: Western security chiefs
September 8th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.8 (ANI): Security chiefs in the West are claiming that Islamist terrorists are developing a ''dirty'' bomb for use against Western targets.
According to them, at least one plot has been ... Read more...
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Nepal government team to camp in Sunsari for rescue work
August 27th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Aug 27 (ANI): A high-level government team headed by ministers of defense and physical planning is to monitor the execution of work at the flood-affected areas at Sunsari and supervise ... Read more...
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Russia recognizes independence of Georgia’s rebel regions (Second Lead)
August 26th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev formally recognized Georgia's rebel regions as independent Tuesday, defying Western criticism as its troops remained in the former Soviet state."In the current crisis it ... Read more...
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Russia recognizes independence of Georgia’s rebel regions
August 26th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sochi (Russia), Aug 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday signed a decree recognizing the independence of Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia."In the current crisis it became necessary to ... Read more...
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Koirala meets Nepals security chiefs
August 13th, 2008 - 5:20 am ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Aug 12 (ANI): Nepals caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met heads of security agencies today to discuss the issue of integration of the Nepal Army and the Maoist People''s ... Read more...
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Cyber attacks from China, Russia biggest threat to Britains national security
August 9th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 9 (ANI): Cyber attacks on British Government computer systems and vital parts of the economy have become one of the greatest threats to national security, an official report has ... Read more...
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Nepal’s royal palace becomes people’s museum now
June 15th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS) The Narayanhity royal palace, Nepal's best-known landmark that was once the seat of power as well as the venue of the nation's darkest tragedy, officially became ... Read more...
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Morocco’s chase for terrorists raises human rights concerns
May 19th, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by admin
By Sinikka TarvainenCasablanca (Morocco), May 19 (DPA) Five years after Morocco's deadliest suicide bombings killed 45 people in Casablanca, the north African kingdom remains engaged in a relentless chase for Islamist terrorists. ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe security forces on full alert ahead of polls
March 28th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by admin
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Harare/Johannesburg, March 28 (DPA) Zimbabwe's security forces were on "full alert" ahead of Saturday's combined presidential, parliamentary and local elections, police commissioner Augustine Chihuri said Friday. Addressing a press conference in Harare ... Read more...
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