Senior Hamas delegation discusses key issues with Egyptian intelligence chief

Posted by SA On Saturday, 28 April 2012 0 comments
CAIRO, (PIC)-- A senior Hamas delegation led by its supreme leader Khaled Mishaal has discussed three important topics with the Egyptian intelligence chief Murad Muwafi in Cairo on Saturday. Political bureau member of Hamas and member of its delegation Sami Khater told the PIC...
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US-Pak talks deadlocked over drones and US apology

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
ISLAMABAD: After a five-month impasse, Pakistan and the United States resumed formal talks on Thursday as Washington’s point man on Pakistan and Afghanistan arrived amid efforts to mend fractured relations. However, the two sides appeared to have made little headway on some of...
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Punishing war crimes

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
A milestone in international justice also highlights the Court’s need to maintain its legitimacy. After a long and expensive trial, the Special Court for Sierra Leone will finally give its verdict on whether former Liberian president Charles Taylor is guilty or innocent of war...
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India must be careful with Iran

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
The Iran nuclear issue is moving onto a new phase. Talks have resumed after a break of some two years during which the West tried out coercive diplomacy, including military threats, but failed to stop Iran’s nuclear programme. Both sides are in a chastened mood after peering into...
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Israeli military disagrees with Netanyahu over Iran nuclear threat

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military chief said in an interview published Wednesday that he believes Iran will choose not to build a nuclear bomb, an assessment that contrasted with the gloomier statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pointed to differences over the Iran issue...
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US threatens sanction if Iran pipeline project not halted

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has threatenedsanctions against Pakistan if Pakistan would continue progress on Pak-Iran gas pipeline project. While giving statement in front of Congress Hillary Clinton said that the being mounted against Iran by imposing...
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Reagan era envoy found Pakistan 'lied' on nukes

Posted by Admin On Friday, 27 April 2012 0 comments
Memos that are scheduled to be released on Thursday reveal that Pakistan was lying about its nuclear program in the 1980s, and was in fact seeking nuclear weapons. The US halted assistance to Pakistan in 1990 after concluding that the country was developing nuclear weapons. US officials...
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Gilani asked to step down as PM, no imprisonment

Posted by Admin On Thursday, 26 April 2012 0 comments
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was today convicted by the Supreme Court for contempt over his refusal to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and was given a symbolic sentence that lasted 30 seconds threatening his continuance in office. “For reasons...
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KPK government wants illegal immigrants out by 25 May

Posted by Admin On Thursday, 26 April 2012 0 comments
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has asked Afghan immigrants living illegally in Peshawar to leave within a month, Peshawar DCO Siraj Ahmed Khan has said. “Nearly 400,000 illegal Afghan immigrants live in Peshawar and the provincial government cannot bear the burden...
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Becoming a regional military power may not be so easy for India

Posted by Admin On Thursday, 26 April 2012 0 comments
The letter by India’s Army chief last month blasting the state of the armed forces reflected a troubling reality – India’s regional military power aspirations are in danger. Last month, India’s Parliament was up in arms over the leak of a supposedly top secret letter written by...
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