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Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid The Guardian | ROBERT BURNS | AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May. | Panetta ...
UN considers resolution on Syria Al Jazeera | European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its "red lines". | Morocco presented a draft resolution to the 15-nation Security Council, drawn up by B...
US to issue 14% more visas for Indians Gulf News | New Delhi: The US has taken a number of steps to simplify and quicken visa process and target 14 per cent yearly increase in travellers from India that would help further strengthen business and political ties, an American diplomat said yester...
U.S. official admits Pak. doctor helped locate Osama The Hindu Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound last May. | Panetta told CBS&#...
India hoses down Rahual Dravid retirement speculation The Australian | THE Indian camp has hosed down speculation in their home press that star batsman Rahul Dravid has retired. | In a statement issued after their 298-run Fourth Test loss in Adelaide, Indian management said "a member of the Indian team is not ret...
Australia Beats India for Series Sweep Wall Street Journal | ADELAIDE, Australia -- A resurgent Australia completed a 4-0 series sweep of India in imperious fashion on Saturday, mopping up the tourists' tail inside an hour of the final day to record a 298-run win in the fourth test at the Adelaide Oval. | En...
Japan, Russia to boost economic, security ties Palm Beach Post | TOKYO — The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute over islands off northeastern Japan. | Foreign Minister Koichi...
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Aborted take-off by Air India Express pilot being probed: DGCA Zeenews New Delhi: Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday said that it is looking into an incident of aborted take-off involving an Air India Express flig...
Traveling To India And Nepal In High Style Forbes | I lived in India for five months in my 20s, meditated morning and night, found romance and adventure, and made friends I still keep in touch with today. | I also slept on a mattr...
Lower Hutt Police arrest man Scoop Saturday, 28 January 2012, 6:30 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Police | Lower Hutt Police arrest man in connection to serious family violence incident | Lower Hutt Police have arrested and charged a 26 year old man wanted in relation to a serious fa...
Fatal Accident Kaikoura Scoop Saturday, 28 January 2012, 6:27 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Police | Location: Kaikoura | District: National Alerts | Fatal Accident | At about 10.21am Saturday 28 January 2012, Culverden and Kaikoura Emergency Services were called to the scene o...
Police looking for knife in connection to death Scoop Saturday, 28 January 2012, 6:29 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Police | Police looking for knife in connection to death of Stokes Valley man | Lower Hutt Police are continuing their search for a knife in connection to the death of a 27 year old Stok...
UK wants stronger, deeper ties with India: Hague Zeenews London: Noting that India is making its mark on the global economy with electrifying skill, innovation and dynamism, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that now is the time to make a "stronger, wider and deeper" relationship with India. | "We want a relationship between India and Britain that is stronger, wider, and deeper," Hague sai...
Will India's poor remain hungry? Al Jazeera | - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he labelled the fact that 44 per cent of children less than five years old were underweight and 65 children die each day of malnutrition "a national shame". In all, 21 per cent of all...
