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  • India, UK ink Def pacts, likely to enter into Nuke Coop. deal Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:55PMBangalore, Jul 28 : After signing a 700 million Pound-Sterling Defence agreement, India and the UK are likely to enter into a Civil Nuclear deal with British Prime Minister David Cameron, currently in India, having agreed to lift the ban on export of Nuclear technology and components to India.
  • Fantasy Baseball by the Numbers: Week 17 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:37PMIt's been a busy week, so I’m forfeiting the intro. I put all of it into my Dan Haren diatribe. Enjoy. 1– Overall Yahoo! pitcher ranking for St. Louis hurler Adam Wainwright . The man is referred to in some circles as “ XXX: Return of Zander Cage ,” because his curveball is so extreme it could win the X-Games and fight terrorism at the same time. He is having another stellar season, posting a 1 ...
  • James Lawton: England must find the consistency of natural-born winners Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:20PMIt says a lot for the development of England under Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss that there will scarcely be a breath of selection controversy at Trent Bridge over the next few days.
  • Don't promote terror: Cameron tells Pak Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:23PMDon't promote terror: Cameron tells PakDon't promote terror: Cameron tells Pak
  • Instant Karma Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:39PMAs a wiser man than I once said, those who forget the history are condemned to repeat it. Okay, we’re officially reliving history. I believe the evidence shows we are currently reliving the oppressive 1950s without the diversion and joy of Buddy Holly and other rock musicians of that era.
  • AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:15PMIt's practically a daily ritual: Accused drug traffickers and assassins, shackled and bruised from beatings, are paraded before the news media to show that Mexico is winning its drug war. Once t...
  • Washington's Hidden Enemy - War Logs Suggest Pakistani Intelligence Controls Course Of War Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:15PMPakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, appears frequently in the war logs obtained by WikiLeaks. They suggest that even as Pakistan served as an ally to the United States, it was still secretly helping the Taliban in its insurgency in Afghanistan.
  • Cameron warns Pak Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:32PMAgencies Bangalore, July 28: Sending a ''very clear message'' to Pakistan, British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned that country against promoting any ''export of terror'', whether to India or elsewhere, and said it must not be allowed to "look both ways".
  • Cameron warns Pakistan against exporting terror to India Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:16AMBritish Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday warned Pakistan against exporting terrorism to India, Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world.
  • New National Crime Agency may face legacy integration problems Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:00AMA new organisation the National Crime Agency is to replace the Serious andOrganised Crime Agency (Soca) created just four years ago the Home Office hasannounced.
  • Cameron warns Pakistan against export of terror Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:57AMSending a 'very clear message' to Pakistan, British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned that country...
  • New National Crime Agency may face legacy integration problems Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:56AMKim Thomas, Computing , Wednesday 28 July 2010 at 14:20:00 But joining SOCA and NPIA into one agency makes it better able to tackle cyber crime A new organisation, the National Crime Agency, is to replace the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca), created just four years ago, the Home Office has announced. The creation of the National Crime Agency is put forward in a consultation document ...
  • Liam Adams appeals to Supreme Court Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:40AMThe brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is to take his extradition fight to the Republic's highest court over claims that a letter was being withheld from his legal team. Related Stories Five in court on terrorism charges Watchdog urges hate crime strategy MPs to look at tax on businesses Falls Road flats to be demolished Ballymena homes left without power
  • Cameron warns Pak against any export of terror Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:23AMCameron warns Pak against any export of terrorCameron warns Pak against any export of terror
  • Pak minister vows to fight terrorists despite son's assassination Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:06AMPabbi, July 28: Pakistani politician Iftikhar Hussain, whose only son was assassinated last week, has vowed to continue his fight against terrorists and terrorist groups, calling them enemies of humanity.
  • Emerging Pak-US ties contradict leaked Afghan war documents: Pak envoy to US Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:06AMWashington, July 28: Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, has said that the "outdated perspectives" of the leaked US military reports were out of step with the emerging Islamabad-Washington cooperative partnership to fight terrorism.
  • Plan B for Afghanistan Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:03AMIt is becoming increasingly clear that US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) efforts to develop a stable political system and growing economy in Afghanistan are failing. The government of President Hamid Karzai has little support in or out of the country.
  • Mexico justice can mean catch and release Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:56AMEDITOR’S NOTE—This is one in an occasional series of reports by The Associated Press examining why—four decades after Richard Nixon declared war on drugs—the U.S. and Mexico continue to fight a losing battle.
  • Terror groups should be stopped from attacking India: Cameron Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:39AMBangalore, Jul 28 : British Prime Minister David Cameron today called for a joint fight by India and England against terrorism and said terror groups like Lashkar-e-Toba (LeT), Taliban or Haqqani should not be allowed to launch attacks on Indians whether be in within India or in Afghanistan.
  • Cameron accuses Pakistan of 'promoting the export of terror' Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:20AMThe Prime Minister said Pakistan could not be allowed to 'look both ways' or have any relationship with terrorist groups.
  • British PM visits India to boost trade links Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:05AMBritish Treasury chief George Osborne poses for photographs with a bull sculpture at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. British Prime Minister David Cameron and a massive delegation of Cabinet ministers and dignitaries fanned out across India on Wednesday in a visit aimed at rebuilding trade relations and other ties between the two nations.
  • Terror groups should be stopped from attack India: Cameron Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:32AMBangalore, Jul 28 : British Prime Minister David Cameron today called for a joint fight by India and England against terrorism and said terror groups like Lashkar e Taiba, Taliban or Haqqani should not be allowed to launch attacks on Indians whether be in within India or in Afghanistan.
  • British PM Visits India To Boost Trade Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:20AMBritish PM visits India to boost trade links
  • Leaked war logs up pressure on Obama Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:40PMTHE White House sought to reassert control over the public debate on the Afghanistan war as political reaction to the disclosure of a six-year archive of classified military documents increased pressure on President Barack Obama to defend his war strategy.
  • French judge: I knew Turkish group behind Gaza flotilla had terror ties in 1996 Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:21PMJean-Louis Bruguière's official title is a bit convoluted: He was appointed by the European Union to overlook the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program at the U.S. Department of Treasury, but behind that dry and bureaucratic title hides one of the most important roles in the global fight against terror.
  • Josh Mull: Anti-War, at Home and Abroad Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:57PMI am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan....
  • France 'at war' with Al-Qaeda in North Africa: PM Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:54PMPARIS – France is "at war" with Al-Qaeda and will step up military involvement in North Africa after the regional branch of the jidahist group killed a French aid worker, the prime minister said Tuesday.
  • France to intensify war on al-Qaeda in north Africa Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:30PMFRANCE IS “at war” with al-Qaeda in north Africa and will respond to the murder of a French aid worker by intensifying military support for governments in the region, Prime Minister François Fillon has said.
  • France vows strong Qaeda response Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:59PMFrance is to step up its military involvement in North Africa after a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed a French hostage, the country's prime minister says.
  • Prime minister: France is at war against al-Qaida Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:19PMPARIS—France is "at war" with al-Qaida and will step up efforts to fight its North African offshoot after it executed a French hostage in the Sahara, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday.
  • Pentagon: Leaked Afghan reports are not top-secret Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:10PMAmerican officials from the president on down tried Tuesday to downplay the leak of tens of thousands of documents about the war in Afghanistan, a disclosure experts are calling the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers about Vietnam.
  • Indonesia forms new anti-terror agency to combat radicalism Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:53PMJAKARTA: The Indonesian government is formulating a road map to combat radicalism in the country.
  • [Video] Clashes after deadly attack on police Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:30PMPolice fired tear gas to break up clashes between Turkish and Kurdish protesters in southern Turkey on Tuesday after a deadly attack on police in the area fuelled ethnic tensions.
  • India reacts on WikiLeaks, asks Pak to cease its policy of sponsoring terrorism Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:05PMNew Delhi, July 27 : India today officially reacted on the revelations made in the documents leaked on Monday by WikiLeaks, and asked Pakistan to cease its policy of sponsoring terrorism.
  • Pakistan Spy Agency at Heart of ‘Two-Tiered’ Policy on Taliban Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:05PMPakistan’s military spy agency, at the center of secret U.S. documents leaked this week, is the main tool for what analysts say is a policy of covertly helping Taliban guerrillas fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
  • US tells Pak to punish 26/11 attackers to convince India Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:04PMWashington, July 27 : The Obama administration is reported to have asked Pakistan to bring to justice the Mumbai terror attack masterminds to "convince" India it has made a "fundamental change".
  • 'British FBI' and elected police chiefs will aid war against crime Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:50AMPlans for an FBI-style police force to crack down on organised crime, drug smuggling and people trafficking will be unveiled today.
  • Bombing casts shadow over Bangkok by-election - Feature Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:29AMBangkok - A bomb that killed one person and injured eight others Sunday put a damper on victory celebrations for the government candidate's victory in a Bangkok district by-election.The explosion occu...
  • War Stories: A Reporter's Education In The Mideast Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:18AMMegan Stack hadn't planned on becoming a war correspondent. But then Sept. 11 happened, and she found herself in the Middle East -- the beginning of a seven-year stint of wartime reporting. In Every Man in This Village Is a Liar , Stack reflects on the experience of reporting from war-torn countries.
  • French aid worker killed after raid against al-Qaida Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:18AMFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says a 78-year-old French aid worker held hostage by al-Qaida's North African...
  • Sarkozy says French aid worker killed in Africa Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:17AMFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says a 78-year-old French aid worker held hostage by al-Qaida's North African branch has been killed in the Sahara.
  • After letter to state, Amit Shah surrenders Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:42AMAfter making a surprise appearance at the BJP state headquarters in Ahmedabad and proclaiming his innocence, the "missing" Amit Shah surrendered to the CBI today and was arrested....
  • Ugandan president calls for Africa to fight terror Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:33PMKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A top U.S. official on Sunday pledged continued support for African peacekeeping efforts in war-torn Somalia as Uganda's president urged African leaders to unite against terrorism just weeks after Somali militants set off deadly twin bombings in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni told some 35 heads of ...
  • Jatuporn faces court fight with DSI chief's wife Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:31PMPheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan looks likely face a libel suit for remarks he made about the wife of a top law enforcement officer.
  • Museveni calls for Africa to fight terror Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:34AMA top US official has pledged continued support for African peacekeeping efforts in war-torn Somalia, as Uganda's president urged African leaders to unite against terrorism.
  • Uganda President Urges Action Against Terror Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:50AMUganda president calls for Africa to fight terror
  • Integrated plan key to neutralizing Left extremism in backward districts: PM Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:48AMNew Delhi, July 25 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday said his government would soon announce an integrated holistic plan with the objective of neutralizing the impact of left wing extremism in the country’s least developed backward districts.
  • Eritrea says talks not force right approach to Somalia Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:37PMAfrica should talk to Somalia's Shebab rebels instead of sending in more troops, Eritrea said Saturday as the continent's leaders gathered in Kampala for a summit dominated by the Somali conflict.
  • Thousands of Christians Gather to Support Israel Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:17PMMore than 4,000 Christian Zionists gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to send a pro-Israel message to members of Congress.
  • Uri Avnery: Anti-Semitism - A Practical Manual Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:13AM[a] On truth and abuse of antisemitism & the little racist in each of us Uri Avnery writes about the subject of his lifetime