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Breaking News Mon, 07 Dec 2009
Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death have been greatly exaggerated, again. The latest tantalizing lead on the al-Qaida leader (shown here with is top lieutenant, Ayman Al-Zawahri in an image taken from a videotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Oct. 5, 2001) came Saturday, when a French newspaper reported on a leaked document from the French government, asserting that a Saudi source said the Saudi government believed the 52-year-old terror leader had perished of typhoid last month. Officials in the United States and other countries have since rushed to say there's no evidence to substantiate the report
Leaders   Photos   Terrorism   War   Washington		  Independent online (SA) 
 US plans new campaign to find Bin Laden
Mon 7 Dec 2009
Washington - The United States will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border, a senior US official said on... (photo: AP / Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN, File)
U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, center, commander of U.S. and Nato forces in Afghanistan, German colonel Georg Klein, left, commander of the German base in Kunduz, and U.S. Rear Admiral Gregory J. Smith, right, NATO's director of communications in Kabul, are surrounded by Afghan and German soldiers as they visit the site where villagers reportedly died when American jets bombed fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   Taliban   War		  World Security Network 
Afghanistan: Negotiations with the Taliban as the Path to Peace
Mon 7 Dec 2009
"Negotiations will be a real challenge for the Taliban and a good opportunity to divide and conquer for the West, as this is not a homogeneous movement but a loose arrangement of different tribal... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Ayman al-Zawahri, left, holds a press conference with Osama bin Laden in this 1998 photo taken in Khost, Afghanistan and made available Friday March 19, 2004. Thousands of Pakistani army reinforcements joined a round-the-clock offensive Friday in lawless  Khaleej Times  Mon 7 Dec 2009
US to launch new bid to hunt down Bin Laden
The US will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border, a senior US official said. Intelligence reports suggest... (photo: AP Photo)
Afghanistan   Osama   Pakistan   Photos   US
Afghan prisoners look out through a window at the Kabul´s Prison in Afghanistan, on Friday, May 9, 2003. Eleven Afghans held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived back in Afghanistan on Thursday, a senior interior ministry of  The Times  Sun 6 Dec 2009
Britain under pressure to seek return of Pakistani detainees

The British Government is under growing pressure to demand the return from US custody of two Pakistani men who were captured by British forces in Iraq, handed over to US forces and then sent to the... (photo: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Afghanistan   Human RIghts   Pakistan   Photos   UK
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being received by the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev at the dinner hosted by him, in Moscow, Russia on December 06, 2009. Newstrack India Mon 7 Dec 2009
India, Russia to sign landmark nuclear pact
Moscow, Dec 7 (ANI): India and Russia are set to sign a landmark civil nuclear pact on Monday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's summit talks with Russian President... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of I & B Government of India.)
India   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Russia
Shanghai - Nanjing Street - China Booming Economy. (ps1) The Guardian Mon 7 Dec 2009
China think-tank sees faster GDP growth in 2010
BEIJING, Dec 7 (Reuters) - China's economy will grow 9.1 percent next year, speeding up from an 8.3 percent pace this year, as exports recover, a government think-tank... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Business   China   Economy   Market   Photos
Visitors arriving at the memorial at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. The Miami Herald Mon 7 Dec 2009
Despite failing health, South Florida survivor keeps Pearl Harbor memories alive
SUNRISE -- At Pearl Harbor, Jerry Mintz fought back against the Japanese surprise attack by grabbing a 50-caliber machine gun and firing at the planes that strafed the... (photo: Creative Commons / Dyoxin)
Florida   Health   Japan   Photos   Politics
Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan smiles just prior to the premiere screening of the Bollywood film Sarkar Raj Friday, June 6, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The showing kicked off a weekend-long Bollywood extravaganza of films, fashion shows and awards ceremonies. IBN Live Mon 7 Dec 2009
Bihar's Progeria victims want to meet Paa's Big B
Chapra (Bihar): Amitabh Bachchan has got the country's attention to a rare medical condition called Progeria. Ikramul Khan and Ali Hossain - brothers from Dumri village... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Actor   Bollywood   Entertainment   India   Photos
Taiwan pandas China Daily Mon 7 Dec 2009
Faster moves needed for protection of animals
It was the delivery of pandas to Australia that first got me thinking about animal cruelty legislation in China, or the lack thereof. The other day my 9-year-old daughter... (photo: Creative Commons / (C) by Caplio GX100 User )
Animals   Australia   Pandas   Photos   Wildlife
Pepsi, Softdrinks, beverages, industry, production. tp1 DNA India Mon 7 Dec 2009
PepsiCo India seeks nod for sugar alternative
New Delhi: The Indian arm of US soft drinks and snacks maker PepsiCo Inc has sought government permission to use alternative sweetener for... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
Delhi   India   Industry   Photos   Price


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Top Pakistani Taliban commader Waliur Rehman, center, seen from rear, talks to reporters in Makeen situated in the Pakistani Tribal region along Afghanistans border on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Taliban consider Karachi the safest place to hide: Report Zeenews
Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish group's headquarters, killing people, and holding Westerners hostage in coordinated attacks on the nation's commercial center that were blamed on Muslim militants. Artificial intelligence Deccan Chronicle
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Zardari took office as the country's new president, facing immediate pressure to crack down on Islamic militants and address daunting economic problems. Won’t allow ‘political jokers’ to topple PPP govt: Zardari Zeenews
Pakistani investors observe the market through a digital index board at Karachi Stock Exchange, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. KSE falls 84 points on political situation The News International
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Leaflets carry calling for the arrest of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, above and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are shown at Chaman, Pakikstan, a border town between Pakistan and Afghanistan on March 9, 2003. Authorities believe they may be closer than ev Omar fled to Karachi to evade US drones Mumbai Mirror
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Newly elected lawmaker Yousuf Raza Gillani, center, arrives at Parliament House to attend the assembly's first session in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, March 17, 2008. Pak PM orders probe into Wasim Akram's wife's death Deccan Chronicle
India's Sachin Tendulkar reacts after Pakistan's Inzamam-Ul-Haq, unseen, completes a single run to win the fourth one-day international cricket match in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, April 12, 2005. Pakistan defeated India by three wickets Tuesday on the last ball to draw 2-2 level in the six-match series. Making Test debut in Karachi was the greatest high: Tendulkar Newstrack India
The Taj Mahal hotel burns after gun battles between Indian troops and militants in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nat US LeT terrorist visited India Deccan Chronicle
An Indian soldier stands guard in fornt of the Taj Mahal hotel during gun battles between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. David Headley posed as Jew in Mumbai DNA India
A model looks on while waiting at the backstage prior to present a creation by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg, during the Pakistan Fashion Week, Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban Houston Chronicle
Models displaying creations by Pakistani designer Athar Hafeez wait backstage prior to their presentation at the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. 'Fashion Week' first for Pakistan BBC News