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(Photo: AP / Karim Kadim)Bring Iraq's Sunnis on Board
In this photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting at the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday April 26, 2009 in the southern Shiite city of Kut, which left at least one person dead and six arrested, as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Greg Baker)Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday....Full Story

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JuD shows ban 'meaningless', organises mass rally in Lahore
| Lahore, Feb.6 (ANI): After spending over an year in hibernation, the banned Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD), the front face of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has resurfaced once again.  | The JuD, which was banned by the UN following the Mumbai terror attacks, held a massive r...Full Story
Malik terms Karachi twin blasts 'sectarian violence'
| Lahore, Jan.6 (ANI): Condemning Friday's twin blasts in Karachi, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has described the attacks as 'sectarian violence.'  | Two bomb blasts within the span of 30 minutes ripped apart Karachi on Friday evening killing 25 persons ...Full Story
Plot foiled to bomb Americans in Pakistan hotel
| LAHORE—Pakistan police claimed Monday to have arrested six suspects, including a would-be suicide bomber, who were plotting to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans. | Police recovered an explosive-laden suicide vest fitted with 26 hand grenades during the opera...Full Story
Straw denies ignoring Iraq war advice
LONDON - Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied on Monday he had ignored legal advice that the 2003 invasion of Iraq would be illegal without specific U.N. authorisation. | Giving evidence for the second time in a month to the Iraq Inquiry, Straw said the advice fro...Full Story
US denies rift with France over Afghanistan
PARIS - The United States denied on Monday it was disappointed by France's decision to send only 80 more trainers to Afghanistan and held out hope President Nicolas Sarkozy would be able to do more later. | Public support for the war in France has eroded, and a series o...Full Story
Bring Iraq's Sunnis on Board
The government of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has played a positive and crucial role in stabilising the war-ravaged Iraq. | Maliki has earned himself admiration and praise of Iraqi people as well as the larger Arab world with his no-nonsense approach, often even confr...Full Story
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Former Iraq PM: poll ban risks civil war
The Star | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A ban on election candidates accused of links with Saddam Hussein's Baath party threatens to drag Iraq into civil war, a former prime minister and head of a group seen as a strong contender in the polls said on Monday. Former Ir...
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India-Pakistan thaw key to Afghan peace
Asia Times | By Siddharth Srivastava | NEW DELHI - India has proposed the first high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan since their peace process broke down following the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008. | New Delhi and Islamabad are still working ...
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people hou...
Pakistan's military sets Afghan terms
Asia Times | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | ISLAMABAD - With the United States striving hard to establish dialogue with the Taliban, Asia Times Online sources privy to the Pakistan military establishment reveal that the army has clearly spelled out that Washington mu...
Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies
The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami urged people on Monday to attend rallies marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, when the opposition is expected to revive anti-government protests. | Opposition lead...
Mon 8 Feb 2010
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
The Dallas Morning News | HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. | The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from ga...
Congressman John Murtha of Pa., influential critic of Iraq war, dies at age 77
Star Tribune | HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. | The Pennsylvania Democra...
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. | The Pennsylvania Democrat had been sufferi...
Afghanistan: Mother of All Battles Poised to Begin
Pravda RU | As NATO gets ready for a massive troop surge in Helmand Province, the local population flees ahead of what both sides promise to be the Mother of All Firefights. The Taleban have sneered at NATO’s warning to move away or lay down arms in this impor...
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
Boston Herald | HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died today. He was 77. | The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gal...
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
Fresno Bee | - Associated Press Writer thefresnobee_994:/news/national-politics/story/1813672.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam...
Pakistan police parade six Taliban terrorists - and 26 hand grenades, suicide vest and detonators ...
The Daily Mail | Pakistan police claim to have foiled a bomb attack on a five-star hotel as they paraded six suspected Taliban militants along with an arsenal of suicide vests, hand grenades and detonators. | The militants arrested on the outskirts of Lahore includ...
Tony Blair dismisses Iraq Inquiry as part of Britain's 'obsession with conspiracy theories'
The Daily Mail | Tony Blair today launched an extraordinary attack on the Iraq Inquiry - as the chairman warned that he and others could be recalled over 'gaps' in their evidence. | In an outspoken interview in the U.S. the former prime minister dismissed the inqui...
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