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On the brink of Third World War - 2012

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2012 onwards, the world is on the brink of Third World War. All sane and peace loving men would pray and strive that it is averted. For the horoscope of the times point towards a global catastrophe in the making. The guns of August 1914 – 1st World War paled in front of the Panzer Blitzkrieg of September 1939 Second World War. The Third World War during Cold War was averted between NATO and... 

Bin Laden not buried at sea, body moved on CIA plane to US

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Osama Bin Laden The body of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea, according to leaked emails of intelligence firm Stratfor, as revealed by WikiLeaks. Stratfor’s vice-president for intelligence, Fred Burton, believes the body was “bound for Dover, [Delaware] on [a] CIA plane” and then “onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda [Maryland],” an email says. The... 

US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over Iran gasline

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Envoy Tells Pakistan to Buy Gas Somewhere Else US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have threatened to impose sanctions on the Pakistani government following reports that they intend to construct a natural gas pipeline to neighboring Iran, which would be used to import gas into energy poor Pakistan. Pakistan has been struggling with energy shortages for years,... 

Iran to complete Pakistan gas pipeline ahead of schedule

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Iran is ready to complete and inaugurate the proposed Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project ahead of the due date, the vice president for international affairs said in Islamabad today. In a meeting with Pakistani finance officials, Ali Saeedlou said that Iran is prepared to help Pakistan establish the pipeline ahead of the date the two sides have agreed upon, IRNA news agency reported. Despite the threat... 

US investigation regarding air strikes in Pakistan rejected

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Pakistani soldiers carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in a Saturday strike. Peshawar, November 27, 2011. The Pakistani army has rejected a US investigation that concluded mistakes on both sides led to US air strikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and severely damaged the already strained relationship between the two countries. The response indicates the report will do... 

Pakistan to down intruding US Drones

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A US drone Amid escalating tensions between the United States and Pakistan, Islamabad has warned that it will shoot down any American assassination drone intruding its airspace, a senior Pakistani official says. “Any object entering into our airspace, including US drones, will be treated as hostile and be shot down,” a senior Pakistani military official told NBC News. The development came... 

Pakistan to completely review ties with US

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Pakistani soldiers carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in a Saturday strike. Peshawar, November 27, 2011. Pakistan says it is reviewing its relations with the US and NATO and has taken “urgent action” after a NATO attack on Friday killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. A key Afghan border has been sealed and the US ordered to quit an air-base in the country. ­NATO helicopters allegedly... 

5 NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan

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Pakistani firefighters extinguish burning NATO supply oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan on August 19, 2011. Militants in southwestern Pakistan have attacked yet another convoy carrying fuel to NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan, and set the oil tankers alight. The attackers sprayed the oil trucks with bullets, causing them to catch fire on a main highway in the Dasht area, some 20 kilometers... 

Pakistan TV Report Contradicts US Claim of Bin Laden's Death

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Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near Osama bin Laden's compound on Monday, a day after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed the al-Qaida leader. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the man who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. In my recent article, “Creating... 

16 NATO tankers go up in flames

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Pakistani firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire caused by a bombing that destroyed 16 NATO supply trucks on the outskirts of Peshawar on August 6, 2011. Sixteen NATO supply vehicles transporting fuel destined for US-led forces in Afghanistan have gone up in flames in a bomb attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A total of 28 tankers were parked at a terminal on the outskirts of the provincial... 

Pakistan Courts China as US Announces Military Aid Cuts

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Yesterday’s announcement that the US is withdrawing some $800 million in military aid from Pakistan looks to do more serious harm to US-Pakistani relations, but if administration officials expected the “rebuke” to be met with an act of contrition from the Pakistani military, they were mistaken. Rather, Pakistan’s military today insists that they don’t need the US military aid at all, and... 

Karachi, Pakistan paralyzed by ethnic violence

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Over the past four days, a wave of ethnic violence has killed at least 95 people in Karachi, paralyzing Pakistan’s largest city. Some roads are deserted, shopping malls and markets are shuttered. Masked militants used Molotov cocktails and rockets, attacked public passenger buses and burned down houses, killing 25 people on Friday alone, mostly in hit-and-run terror attacks in ethnically mixed... 

7 NATO tankers destroyed in Pakistan

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A Pakistani youth looks at a burnt-out NATO tanker in Peshawar. Seven oil tankers supplying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan have been destroyed in a bomb attack in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. The incident occurred on Monday at a terminal near the Torkham border crossing town in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas. “A bomb fitted... 

Eight countries hold 20,500 nukes

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SIPRI says Russia had 11,000 nuclear warheads while the United States had 8,500 as of January 2011. A Swedish think-tank reports the possession of over 20,500 nuclear weapons by eight nuclear states, including Israel, with 5,000 of them all ready for instant use. “More than 5,000 nuclear weapons are deployed and ready for use, including nearly 2,000 that are kept in a high state of alert,”... 

Eight killed in Pakistan market bombing

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Pakistanis gather by the rubble of a government building targeted in a bombing in the Pakistani town of Hangu, Friday, May 27, 2011. At least eight people have been killed and 14 others left injured in a bomb explosion in a busy marketplace in northwestern Pakistan. Mohammed Saeed, a doctor at the region’s hospital, said they have received four bodies. He said four others had died in the hospital... 
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