Soviet soldier to be buried 30 years after Afghan war
March 24th, 2012 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of a Soviet soldier who died in Afghanistan 30 years ago will be reburied in his home country, former Soviet republic Kazakhstan, following ... Read more...
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Ex-GITMO Libyan detainee is now a US ally of sorts
April 25th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Darnah (Libya), Apr. 25 (ANI): For over five years, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu was a prisoner at the Guantánamo Bay prison, judged "a probable member of Al Qaeda". Now, ... Read more...
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Russia says U.S. intervention in Kuril Islands dispute with Japan is unacceptable
February 25th, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that the United States attempts to intervene in the Japan-Russia dispute over the Kuril Islands are unacceptable.On Monday, the Russian Foreign ... Read more...
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Britain planned to help Afghan resistance after Soviet invasion
December 30th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Britain had planned to assist the Afghan resistance just weeks after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, reveal secret documents that show a top official negotiating how to channel ... Read more...
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Germany to pay over 50 million pounds to preserve World War II death camp
December 18th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18(ANI): Germany is to pay over 50 million pounds to help preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland, where 1.1 million Jews were exterminated during the Second World War.According to ... Read more...
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Afghanistan was Soviets graveyard and will the Americans also: Taliban spokesman
November 27th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Nov.27 (ANI): The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1989 after nearly ten years of occupation is a favourite public relations theme of the Taliban movement, which itself was ... Read more...
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Musharraf lists West’s ‘three blunders’ that gave the world scourge of terrorism
October 25th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 25 (ANI): Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf has alleged that the West committed three blunders years back, the outcome of which Pakistan and Afghanistan are still bearing in ... Read more...
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West responsible for making Pak breeding ground for international terrorism: Musharraf
October 5th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Oct 5 (ANI): Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has blamed the West for having made Pakistan the breeding ground for international terrorism.In an interview to der Spiegel, Musharraf said that ... Read more...
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UN Security Council calls for calm in Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 15 (DPA) The UN Security Council has condemned the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan and called for the restoration of law and order.
The president of the 15-member Security Council, Claude ... Read more...
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Kyrgyzstan arrests agitators as riot toll touches 120 (Second Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek/Moscow, June 14 (DPA) The Kyrgyz military said Monday it has arrested several snipers in camouflage uniforms and provocateurs whom it blames for fresh unrest that has left some 120 people dead ... Read more...
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Ex-Soviet general’s interview reveals that USSR was almost defeated by the Nazis
May 5th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 5 (ANI): In a frank revelation, a former general of the Soviet Army has revealed that the Soviet Union was very close to being defeated by Adolf Hitler's Nazis during ... Read more...
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Twin brother identifies body of Polish President Kaczynski
April 11th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Smolensk (Russia), Apr 11(ANI): Former Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has identified the body of Polish President, and his twin brother, Lech Kaczynski after Saturday's plane crash in Russia."Jaroslaw Kaczynski identified ... Read more...
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Polish President among 87 killed in Russian plane crash
April 10th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Smolensk (Russia), Apr 10, (ANI): Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died here on Saturday when a plane carrying 87 passengers from Warsaw crashed while approaching Smolensk airport in Russia.The Polish ... Read more...
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Rocket attack on US base in Afghanistan
March 15th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 15 (DPA) A roadside bomb killed three Afghan civilians Monday in southern Afghanistan while one person died when a rocket hit the main US military base in the country, officials ... Read more...
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Suicide bomb attack kills 15 in Afghanistan
February 22nd, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 22 (DPA) Fifteen people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, police said Monday.
The attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar occurred when ... Read more...
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Osama sought high-tech weapons from Yugoslavia: report
January 12th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, Jan 12 (DPA) Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden tried to covertly buy weapons from former Yugoslavia in the 1980s, but was turned down, according to an investigation by the Belgrade ... Read more...
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NATO reaching turning point in Afghan war
December 31st, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Farhad Peikar
Kabul, Dec 31 (DPA) For retired army colonel Gholam Rabani, the troop timetable set by US President Barack Obama is a clear sign that NATO forces will abandon Afghanistan ... Read more...
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Militants kill eight policemen in Afghanistan
December 14th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kunduz (Afghanistan), Dec 14 (DPA) A group of insurgents stormed a checkpoint in the northern province of Baghlan Monday and killed eight policemen, the provincial governor said.
The attack took place in ... Read more...
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Gorbachev reveals how he prevented Third World War in 1989
November 4th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov. 3 (ANI): Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has revealed that the Kremlin could have triggered off the Third World War in 1989 had it used force to prevent the Berlin ... Read more...
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Soviet-era refugee camps becoming breeding grounds for Taleban
October 13th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Oct.13 (ANI): Refugee camps created along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after the exit of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1979-80, have become breeding grounds for Taleban, reports The Times.A visit to ... Read more...
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Hitler’s bullet-punctured skull is actually a woman’s, claim US researchers
September 28th, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 28 (ANI): German dictator Adolf Hitler's suicide in his Berlin bunker is being disputed by some American researchers who claim that a bullet-punctured skull, which has long been thought to ... Read more...
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Polish construction workers find letter written by Auschwitz prisoners
April 28th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.28 (ANI): Polish construction crew renovating a cellar near the notorious Auschwitz death camp in Poland have discovered a letter written by prisoners more than 60 years ago. The note, written ... Read more...
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Russia has no plans to send troops to Afghanistan: Lavrov
March 16th, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 16 (RIA Novosti) Moscow has no intention of sending a military contingent to Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
"The international community is not asking the Russian Federation ... Read more...
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Russia marks 20 years of Soviet pullout from Afghanistan
February 15th, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 15 (RIA Novosti) Russia is celebrating Sunday the 20th anniversary of the Soviet troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan.On Feb 15, 1989, the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan, nine years after ... Read more...
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Let us be Realistic about relations with Pakistan (Part III)
December 12th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
If Pakistan fails to get the second instalment of funds from IMF this month, it won''t have funds in its treasury to pay for the salaries of its staff, and that ... Read more...
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Taliban, Al Qaeda no aliens to Pak soil
November 24th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Nov 24 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that Taliban and Al Qaeda elements in Pakistans territory were no aliens as they were the same people who ... Read more...
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10 militants killed in Afghanistan fighting
November 15th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 15 (DPA) The US-led coalition said Saturday that its forces killed 10 militants, including foreign fighters, during an operation against an Al Qaeda-linked militant network in east-central Afghanistan.The militants of ... Read more...
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Taliban’’s Mullah Omar offers `safe exit” deal to US
September 30th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.30 (ANI): Taliban leader Mullah Omar has urged the United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan to withdraw or face a similar defeat to occupying Soviet troops a generation ago.
In ... Read more...
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Soviet nostalgia becomes display of Russian military might
May 11th, 2008 - 9:54 am ICT by admin
By Alissa de Carbonnel
Moscow, May 11 (DPA) Russia presented a heady show that it could defend itself in a full-blown military parade that drew smiles from World War II veterans, cheers from ... Read more...
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