MADRID : A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today. The image using Gaspar Llamazares’ photo appeared on a wanted poster updating the U.S. government’s 1998 photo of the al-Qaida leader.
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Osama Mock-up Had Spanish Politician’s Features: FBI
Indian court indicts Atal, Advani for Babri demolition
Calling them “ pseudo-moderates ,” the Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Commission of Inquiry has indicted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with current Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani and former BJP president Murli Manohar Joshi, among others, for the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6,...
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Hamid Karzai To Be Sworn in for 2nd Term
KABUL : Hamid Karzai To Be Sworn in for 2nd Term, Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as Afghan president for a second term on Thursday, after the United States ramped up pressure on him to rid the war-torn country of its endemic corruption.
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Rocket Attack in Afghanistan Market, 10 killed
Afghanistan: Rocket Attack in Afghanistan Market, 10 killed, Insurgents fired rockets into a market in central Afghanistan killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 28 others. Police said the militants were targeting a meeting between a French commander and local elders in a building next to the market in the Kapisa province, 70...
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Al Qaeda Still Greatest Threat to US: Barack Obama
SHANGHAI: Al Qaeda Still Greatest Threat to US: Barack Obama, US President Barack Obama on Monday called al Qaeda the biggest threat to US security, as his aides stepped up pressure on Afghanistan and Pakistan to cooperate with Washington’s strategy in the troubled region. Obama, who was visiting Shanghai as part of a...
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Burqa Has no Place in France: President Sarkozy
Burqa Has no Place in France: Sarkozy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says there is no place for full face and body veils such as the burqa, or for the debasement of women, in France. Sarkozy says all beliefs will be respected in France but says “becoming French means adhering to a form of...
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