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Bangladesh Polls: Conundrum of compromise or credibility

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:58 AM PST

New Delhi : Bangladesh goes to polls on January 5 under a multi-party interim government formed by the ruling Awami League, but several questions are up in the air as a result. Among them is whether these elections will be conducted in a free and fair manner, or will electoral rules be bent to suit […]

Families wait for bodies of loved ones in India train fire

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 12:35 PM PST

New Delhi – Indian families faced an agonising wait Sunday for the bodies of their loved ones after a fire raced through a train carriage and claimed 26 lives. The blaze swept through the packed carriage on Saturday while passengers were sleeping as the train was travelling from the southern city of Bangalore to the […]

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NSA ‘spying on Europe-Asia undersea telecom cables’

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 12:19 PM PST

Berlin  – The US National Security Agency has collected sensitive data on key telecommunications cables between Europe, north Africa and Asia, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday citing classified documents. Spiegel quoted NSA papers dating from February and labelled “top secret” and “not for foreigners” describing the agency’s success in spying on the so-called […]

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Pakistan’s Musharraf says army backs him over treason ‘vendetta’

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 09:34 AM PST

Islamabad – Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Sunday denounced treason charges against him as a “vendetta”, and said he had the backing of the country’s powerful army in the case. The 70-year-old said the “whole army” was upset with the treason allegations, in his first comments to international media since he was put […]

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Prayers, vigil as India remembers gang-rape victim

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 09:28 AM PST

New Delhi – With vigils and prayers, India on Sunday marked the first anniversary of the death of a student savagely gang-raped on a Delhi bus — a tragedy that sparked nationwide protests. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died on December 29 last year, nearly two weeks after being attacked by a gang of six men […]

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Bleak future for Afghanistan, US intelligence says

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 09:22 AM PST

Washington – Progress in Afghanistan over the past three years is likely to be seriously eroded by 2017 even if Western powers continue to support Kabul financially, the Washington Post reported, citing an intelligence assessment. A new National Intelligence Estimate — which includes input from 16 US intelligence agencies — predicts that the Taliban and […]

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Aid groups vow to stay as NATO exits Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 07:11 AM PST

Darwazagi (Afghanistan)  – As NATO forces pack up and shift out of Afghanistan, aid groups are determined to avoid following them, but they face rising militant attacks and uncertainty over funding. Projects working on everything from clean water to skateboarding parks sprung up in Afghanistan after the Taliban were ousted in 2001. Now, many Afghans […]

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Al-Qaeda still out and growing: Experts

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST

Washington,  Iraq needs help fighting against a growing and serious threat — al Qaeda. The terror group”s manpower has increased in recent years and it has gained control of more territory in North Africa and the Middle East. The revelation was made by top US lawmakers privy to high-level intelligence and experts who have observed […]

JI chief warns Pakistan army of facing debacle for North Waziristan offensive

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 06:56 AM PST

Islamabad,  Pakistan's banned outfit Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hassan has warned the army of facing a debacle, in case it continues with the military operation in North Waziristan Agency. Munawar said that the government had launched the North Waziristan offensive to please the United States, though it was against the national interest, Dawn News reports. […]

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