• Pakistani court puts CIA agent on trial

    Published on : 26 02 2011

    A court in Pakistan has adjourned the trial of a CIA contractor charged with killing two Pakistani men, dismissing Washington demands for his release.The next hearing has been scheduled for March 3.

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  • Gaddafi loses more Libyan cities

    Published on : 24 02 2011

    Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s long-standing ruler, has reportedly lost control of more cities as anti-government protests continue to sweep the African nation despite his threat of a brutal crackdown.

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  • Defiant Gaddafi vows to fight on

    Published on : 23 02 2011

    Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has vowed to fight on and die a “martyr”, calling on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters demanding his ouster, shouting and pounding his fist in a furious speech on state TV.

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  • Chinese Muslims can attend Islamic schools in Turkey

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    Director-General of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Mehmet Gormez met with Hilaluddin Chen Guangyuan, the president of China Islamic Association, in Ankara on Thursday.

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  • Fresh violence rages in Libya

    Published on : 22 02 2011

    Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are waging a bloody operation to keep him in power, with residents reporting gunfire in parts of the capital Tripoli and other cities, while other citizens, including the country’s former ambassador to India, are saying that warplanes were used to “bomb” protesters.

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  • Muslim leaders: rebel against Libyan leadership “divine duty”

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    A coalition of Libyan Islamic leaders has issued a fatwa telling all Muslims it is their duty to rebel against the Libyan leadership and demanding the release of all jailed protesters.

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  • Five dead in Morocco unrest after protests

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    Five bodies were found in a bank set ablaze in Morocco on the sidelines of one of many demonstrations calling for change around the country, the interior ministry said on Monday.

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  • 31 killed in N Afghanistan blast

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    A massive explosion has rocked the northern province of Kunduz in Afghanistan, killing at least 31 people and injuring dozens of others.The blast is said to be a bomb attack that “targeted a government department in Imam Sahib district, leaving several people dead and injured,” Xinhua quoted district governor Mohammad Ayub Haqyar as saying on […]

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  • Davis serves in CIA, confirms US official

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    WASHINGTON: For the very first time, a top US official has Monday dazed the world, confirming that the US double murder suspect, Raymond Davis, serves for CIA, an American secret agency. “Raymond Davis was a CIA agent in Pakistan. The culprit was living along another five CIA agents in a house in Lahore till the […]

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  • Gaddafi’s son warns of civil war

    Published on : 21 02 2011

    A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has promised a programme of reforms after bloody protests against his father’s rule reached the capital, Tripoli.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi also hit out at those behind the violence. He said protests against his father’s rule, which have been concentrated in the east of the country, threatened to sink Libya […]

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