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Pakistan is buying a large number of new & used F-16s:Pakistan, which had put off a four billion dollar deal to buy 75 F-16 from the US in the aftermath of last year's earthquake, now plans to buy a mix of both new and used versions of the fighter jets. "We are also considering to buy used F-16s from elsewhere. However, we will prefer a mix of new and old F-16 fighter planes for the PAF,"

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U.S. Freezes Assets of Syria's Intelligence Director:The United States froze the U.S. assets of Syrian military intelligence director Asef Shawkat, accusing him of fomenting terrorism against Israel and backing Syria's role in Lebanon.The move represented increased pressure on Syria to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a Beirut

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There will be no nuclear deal with India before Bush visits there in March:Indicating that the nuclear deal was unlikely to be implemented before President George W Bush's visit here in early March, the US today said there were "difficulties ahead" and "much more progress" needed to be made in the negotiations unique in nature. After his two-day talks with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran here on

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"A German spy chief and his agents" deny that they helped the US pick out bombing targets in Iraq. A German spy chief and his agents assured members of Parliament that they did not help the United States pick out bombing targets during the invasion of Iraq, but failed to halt demands for an inquiry.Ernst Uhrlau, head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, told Parliament's foreign

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India and the US are holding talks on their recent nuclear deal:Seeking to implement the landmark nuclear deal ahead of American President George W Bush's visit here expected in March, India and the US today held talks on the roadmap for completing the process. Meeting nearly after a month of their last parleys, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran held a restricted meeting with US Under Secretary of

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After 14 months, I think I'm back!

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Rumors that bin Laden has been spotted in Kashmir: The latest rumour emerged via India's Star Television, which has been carrying a report saying a 10-car convoy believed to be carrying bin Laden was spotted in eastern Pakistan by an Indian reconnaissance plane. It sourced the information to intelligence analyst and former US Justice Department Prosecutor John Loftus, who was speaking on Star's

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The State Department is upset with China's Deputy Prime Minister and has spoken with the Chinese Ambassador in Washington: The State Department yesterday summoned Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi to complain about comments by one of China's elder statesman calling U.S. foreign policy "arrogant." The remarks, attributed to former Deputy Prime Minister Qian Qichen, prompted the State Department to

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An American soldier in a burqa sparks a suicide-bomb panic in Kabul: A female American soldier wearing a burqa over an ammunitions belt on a walk through a ladies-only bazaar in Kabul unwittingly sparked a security scare yesterday, when Afghan police mistook her for a potential suicide bomber. “A woman entered the Women’s Garden and the security forces got suspicious because she was wearing

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"Syria rejects image as terrorist hotbed and calls for US friendship" To the European cultural tourists who flock here, the place seems an oasis of calm and tolerance - certainly not a hotbed of terrorist sympathisers. Yet this, much to the annoyance of the Syrian authorities, is how they feel they are being portrayed. America has repeatedly warned Syria for harbouring Palestinian terror groups

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South Korea fires on a North Korean naval boat: South Korea says its patrol boats fired on North Korean naval vessels after they crossed a disputed maritime border. In the latest incident along the tense frontier, the South Korean navy says its ships fired several warning shots after three boats from the North crossed the Northern Limit Line. South Korean defense officials say the North Korean

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Bilal Hiyari, a "Jordanian businessman," has been found guilty in Jordan for "raising funds to help militant leader Abu Musab Zarqawi carry out assaults on U.S. forces in Iraq." This nation's military court convicted a Jordanian businessman of raising funds to help militant leader Abu Musab Zarqawi carry out assaults on U.S. forces in Iraq, but acquitted him of conspiring in the actual attacks.

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The recent election in the Ukraine should lead to a run off between the pro-Russia candidate and the pro-Western candidate. Also, there are report of voter fraud harming the pro-Western candidate. Partial official results in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential election Sunday gave Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich the lead, but he appeared headed for a runoff with a pro-West opposition leader.

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Ali Ahmad Al-Baghli, columnist for Kuwait's Arab Times, says of George H. W. Bush: "Had this man not been in power in 1990 Kuwait would surely have lost its freedom forever." Al-Baghli goes on to say about George W. Bush: "Coming to Bush, the son, we remember how nicely Clinton was treating Saddam although his mere presence was a problem for us, Kuwaitis. Saddam was a nightmare for us for all

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Terror suspect, and acquaintance of Abu Zabaydah, on trail in Canada: There still remain two stories about the life of Mohamed Harkat. One account is written by Canadian security agents, who describe the 36-year-old Algerian refugee as a supporter of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organization, sent to Canada as a sleeper agent. The other story, told this week to a federal court by

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India will not send "its observers nor any officials to train the election staff" to Iraq: India will send neither its observers nor any officials to train the election staff for conducting general elections in Iraq. At a breakfast meeting on Iraq between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the left leaders, including Harkishan Singh Surjeet and A B Bardhan, the consensus emerged that India

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Canada will still give the UNRWA money even though it employs members of Hamas: Canada will continue to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees after a week of allegations that the agency is employing members of Hamas, a group officially designated by Canada as a terrorist organization. "UNRWA has a long-standing record of humanitarian aid for the

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Three foreign election workers abducted in Kabul: Armed men kidnapped three foreign election workers as they drove in a white sport utility vehicle in the Afghan capital on Thursday, the United Nations and Afghan officials said. An election official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the victims were all women and were believed to include one Irish citizen and one Croatian. U.N.

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Abu Bakar Bashir, leader of Jemaah Islamiah, is on trial: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir went on trial in Indonesia on charges of leading the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group. Scores of supporters of the 66-year-old Bashir were at the courthouse as the bespectacled, gray-haired preacher was brought by police officers wielding M-16 rifles. Prosecutors have charged Bashir in

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Three Algerian soldiers have had their heads hacked off by "suspected Islamic militants." Suspected Islamic militants decapitated three soldiers in Algeria in an upsurge of violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, reports said Wednesday. Security forces killed seven alleged militants in an ensuing operation. La Tribune newspaper said 30 armed men intercepted the soldiers at a roadblock

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Abderrezak El Para, one of the most wanted terrorists in North Africa, has been caught: One of North Africa's most wanted Islamic militant leaders, accused of the kidnapping of 32 European tourists last year, has been taken into custody in Algeria. An Interior Ministry statement said: "Amar Saifi, known as 'Abderrezak El Para', was extradited on Wednesday October 27, 2004, by Libyan authorities

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Abnormal activity spotted at North Korean missile base: The United States, South Korea and Japan have been closely monitoring a North Korean missile base where brisk activity has been spotted in the past several days, a newspaper reported here Wednesday.The three countries have yet to confirm the movements at the base in Jeongju, 100 kilometers (some 60 miles) north of Pyongyang, are for

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The German government approves a 1 year extension for German troops serving in operation "Enduring Freedom." The German government Wednesday approved the extension by one year of the deployment of some 500 soldiers in the US-led war on terror, sources said.The decision, which affects German troops stationed in the Horn of Africa and the Mediterranean, is expected to receive parliamentary

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The South Korean Defense Ministry claims that a South Korean has cut through 3 fences along the DMZ and defected to North Korea. But not everyone in South Korea believes this story: Harsh disciplinary measures are expected to follow the Defense Ministry's conclusion Tuesday that an unidentified South Korean defected to North Korea by cutting through three fences in the heavily fortified

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Karzai wins: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a clear victory as vote counting was completed in Afghanistan's first presidential election. David Avery, the election's chief technical officer, said about 100 suspect ballot boxes were being examined. But there were not enough votes at issue to affect the result. With 98.4% of the estimated 8.2 million ballots counted,

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