Hezbollah denies having chemical weapons
September 5th, 2012 - 8:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Lebanon's Shia group Hezbollah has no chemical weapons, but enough missiles to inflict a considerable damage on Israel in case of an assault, the group's ... Read more...
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`Kayani’s speech a welcome change from persecution complex’
August 15th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's Independence Day eve speech is a welcome change from "the persecution complex and denial of responsibility that so often ... Read more...
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Iran asks Turkey, Qatar to help release pilgrims in Syria
August 5th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on Turkey and Qatar to help release 48 Iranian Shia pilgrims abducted in Syria, RIA Novosti reported Sunday.In ... Read more...
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18 Shia pilgrims gunned down in Pakistan
July 7th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed Friday night when unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen rained bullets at a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, media ... Read more...
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American held captive in Iraq released
March 18th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 18 (IANS) An American national reportedly held captive for around nine months in Iraq has been handed over to the US embassy, CNN reported.The man had earlier been ... Read more...
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Dialogue important for peace in Baltistan: Malik
March 10th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has stressed the importance of dialogue to solve the deteriorating law and order situation in Gilgit- Baltistan, the Dawn News reported.Malik ... Read more...
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India probing Iran’s Quds Force link to attack on Israelis
March 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Iran's secretive Quds Force or West Asian terror groups may have been behind the terror bombing on an Israeli embassy car last month, investigators said ... Read more...
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Pakistani Army offers to probe bus passengers’ killing
March 1st, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The Pakistani Army has offered to assist in the investigation into Tuesday's sectarian killing in which 18 bus passengers were shot dead on the Karakoram ... Read more...
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India’s Sufi pictorial takes Islam to children worldwide (With Image)
February 18th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) "O Imam Ali, can you tell us how far it is to heaven?" asked a group of Muslim pilgrims to which the wise one replied, ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills 53 in Iraq
January 15th, 2012 - 3:24 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 53 people were killed and over 135 wounded in a suicide bomb attack which targeted Shiite pilgrims in Iraq's Basra city Saturday as hundreds ... Read more...
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50 killed in Iraq suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and around 100 others injured Saturday in a suicide bombing targeting Shia pilgrims in Iraq, Xinhua reported.The bombing took place ... Read more...
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Pakistan moves against Shia killers, 70 held
October 5th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have raided several places in Quetta city and arrested over 70 people in connection with the gunning down of at least 40 Shia ... Read more...
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Umbrella body of Indian Muslims condemns Mumbai attack
July 14th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) An umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations like the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, All India Shia Conference and Indian National League Thursday strongly condemned the Wednesday ... Read more...
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Four Shia pilgrims killed in Pakistan gun attack (Lead)
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 11 others were injured when unidentified gunmen fired at a bus carrying about 30 pilgrims in Pakistan's Quetta city ... Read more...
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Pakistan is Janus-faced: British scholar
June 9th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Pakistan is full of contradictions where several extremist groups are in rebellion, including those that target India, says noted British writer and analyst Anatol ... Read more...
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Indian Grand Prix could be pushed to December
May 21st, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is planning to move the inaugural Indian Grand Prix to the end of the season to make room for the Bahrain ... Read more...
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Hurriyat suspends Ansari for meeting interlocutors (Lead)
April 20th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) The moderate Hurriyat group led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq suspended its senior leader Molvi Abbas Ansari from the separatist conglomerate taking strong exception to his meeting ... Read more...
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Kashmir interlocutors meet separatist leader
April 20th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) The central government-appointed interlocutors on Kashmir Wednesday met a senior leader of the moderate Hurriyat group during their current visit to the Valley.Addressing a media conference ... Read more...
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Bahrain to disband two opposition groups for threatening national unity
April 15th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by BNO News
MANAMA, BAHRAIN (BNO NEWS) -- Bahrain's Justice Ministry on Thursday informed that legal cases were filed against two Shia opposition groups for threatening national unity, a move aimed at disbanding and outlawing ... Read more...
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Three die, 30 hurt in Iraq bombings
December 12th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 12 (IANS) Three people were killed and at least 30 others, including a police chief, were wounded Sunday in two bomb attacks targeting Shia pilgrims in eastern Iraq's Diyala province, ... Read more...
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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi splitting into eight cells
November 18th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the Pakistan-based terror outfit with strong links to Al Qaeda, is in the process of splitting into at least eight small cells for better coordination ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda kingpin escaped as chopper had no fuel
October 24th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) A British military helicopter ran out of fuel, allowing Osama bin Laden's Iraqi commander to evade capture for further 15 months, the Guardian reported Sunday after studying the ... Read more...
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British let al-Qaida kingpin Zarqawi go free, say Iraq war logs
October 24th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 24 (ANI): British troops came close to capturing al-Qaida's top commander in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but the operation collapsed after the only surveillance helicopter ordered to monitor him ran ... Read more...
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Ayodhya dispute: Ansari’s move for talks welcomed
October 4th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) Intellectuals and religious leaders have appreciated Mohammed Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya title suit, for seeking an out-of-court settlement of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.They said ... Read more...
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Sean Parker Talks ‘The Social Network’ And Justin Timberlake’s Character
October 3rd, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This Friday saw the release of the much anticipated 'The Social Network' and the film is already creating waves in the box office. The film has ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict:Allahabad High Court gives ownership of disputed land to all three factions
September 30th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Sep.30 (ANI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday delivered a verdict that has favoured the Hindu contention that Lord Ram's birthplace existed at the same place where ... Read more...
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‘Don’t view Ayodhya verdict as victory or defeat: RSS chief
September 30th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.30 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday appealed to people across the country and all sections of religious faith to observe solidarity and unity, and respect ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict should not be deferred, say many Hindu, Muslim groups
September 28th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.28 (ANI): Even as the Supreme Court Bench is considering a plea that parties in the Babri-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit should resolve the matter in an out of court settlement, ... Read more...
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US journalist accuses ‘Blackwater’ of being behind false flag terrorist attacks in Pak
September 25th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep 25 (ANI): A Washington-based investigative journalist- Wayne Madsen- has claimed that a CIA contractor firm- XE Services- formerly Blackwater, has been carrying out false flag terrorist attacks in Pakistan."WMR ... Read more...
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Muslims appeal for peace — post Ayodhya verdict
September 17th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 17 (IANS) Muslim intellectuals and religious scholars Friday urged the Muslim community to maintain peace after the judicial gives its ruling on the Babri mosque title suit Sep 24.
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Pak Taliban threaten attacks in America and Europe
September 4th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Ismail Khan, Sept 4 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban(TTP) has threatened to launch terror strikes in the United States and Europe."We will launch attacks in America and Europe very soon," the Daily ... Read more...
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Hezbollah chief calls on Lebanon to build nuclear reactor
August 25th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 25 (DPA) Seyyed Hassan Nasarllah, leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, called on Lebanon's government to follow Tehran's footsteps and build a nuclear facility to generate electricity like the ... Read more...
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Iraq sets free Saddam Hussien’s loyalist
August 5th, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 4 (IANS) A former Saddam Hussien loyalist was set free after being cleared of draining the marshlands in the country's south, while other co-defendants were sentenced ranging from seven years ... Read more...
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Muslim law board enhances its own women quota
March 21st, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef ... Read more...
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13 Yemeni army personnel killed in chopper crash (Lead)
February 15th, 2010 - 6:19 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen) Feb 15 (DPA) Thirteen army personnel were killed and one injured when a military helicopter crashed in the restive province of Saada in northwestern Yemen, the defence ministry reported.
The helicopter ... Read more...
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