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US drone attack kills Pakistanis

aljazeera-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:12:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Mohammed Haqqani[1]; Sirajuddin Haqqani[1];

Other categories: Security; Transport and Energy Security;

Four missiles fired in North Waziristan reportedly destroying fighters' hideouts....

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11 militants killed in US drone attack

HindustanTimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:06:00 PM CET | info

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Eleven suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike in the restive North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday....

'Uncle' could be absconding accused in '93 serial blasts: ATS

HindustanTimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:06:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (TerroristAttack) terrorists[1]; terrorist[1]; attacks[1];

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Entities: Tiger Memon[1]; Bashir Khan[3]; Wael Abdul Latif[1]; Dawood Ibrahim[1];

The "Uncle", who was instructing the two arrested suspected terrorists to carry out terror acts in Mumbai on Sunday, could be Bashir Khan, an absconding accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, ATS officials said today....

India's involvement in Lahore attack cannot be ruled out: Pak

HindustanTimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:06:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Mahmoud Qureshi[1]; Rehman Malik[1]; Shah Mehmood Qureshi[1];

Pakistan has said India's involvement in recent terrorist attacks in Lahore cannot be ruled out and evidence of its alleged role in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province has been provided to New Delhi through diplomatic channels....

Palestinian unrest continues in J'lem

jpost Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:06:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Ahmed Qurei[1]; Shmuel Ben-Ruby[1]; Yaakov Katz[1]; Ben Ruby[1]; Temple Mount[14]; Abd el-Kader[1]; Aksa Mosque[2];

Major riots in Wadi Joz; 15 arrested, 2 cops hurt as protesters clash with police....

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India: ISRO Shootout Not a Terror Attack

wsj Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:58:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: Security;

The exchange of gun fire between two unidentified men and security guards in front of one of India's top science facilities near Bangalore early Tuesday morning may not have been a terrorist attack, said India's home minister....

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Officials: US missile attack kills 9 in Pakistan

AP Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:06:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Mir Ali[1];

Other categories: Security;

MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, two intelligence officials said.......

GCHQ marked down for poor contract management, laptop security and failure to keep talent

ukgovpublic Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:03:00 AM CET | info

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The Parliamentary Intelligence Security Committee (ISC) has called for improvements in the way managers at the GCHQ deal with contracts and procurement. The agency, which is the main way the UK intercepts and analyses foreign signal and communications traffic, has admitted this is an area of weakness....

Al Maliki bloc gains in poll results

thenational Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:56:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Saddam Hussein[1]; Iyad Allawi[1]; Faraj al-Haidari[1]; Nouri al-Maliki[9];

Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki’s bloc looks likely to form parliament’s single largest grouping, after results show he has strengthened his hold on a key Baghdad province....

Latest News : U.S. spy mercs run amok in Af-Pak

tehrantimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (TerroristAttack) terrorists[1]; attacking[2]; killed[1]; Al-Qaeda[2]; deaths[1]; kill[3];

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Entities: Eason Jordan[2]; James Bond[1]; Robert Young[2];

Other categories: Security;

U.S. spy mercs run amok in Af-Pak KABUL (New York Times) — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a U.S. Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military.......

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Israeli actions run counter to the internationally recognized legal basis

russiatoday Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:09:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (TerroristAttack) terrorism[3]; killed[1]; mortar[1]; terrorist[3]; attack[2]; attacks[2]; killing[2]; attaches[1];

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Entities: Edouard Nalbandian[2]; Gennadiy Onishchenko[1]; Sonia Gandhi[1]; Zurab Nogaideli[1]; Ban Ki Moon[3]; Serzh Sarksyan[1]; Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; Vladimir Putin[3]; Angela Merkel[3]; Manmohan Singh[2]; Walter Kalin[3]; Dmitry Medvedev[5]; Jim Miller[1]; Fredrik Reinfeldt[2]; Sergei Kiriyenko[2]; Viktor Yanukovich[3]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[2]; Jim Murphy[1]; Nino Burdzhanadze[1]; Alexander Stubb[2]; Ramat Shlomo[1]; Pratibha Patil[1]; Sergei Lavrov[10]; Rashid Meredov[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Ban Ki-moon; Peace Keeping; Society; Environment (general); Iraq - EU; EU Russia; EU2020; Gender Equality; Echo; Ecology;

The plans of Israel’s Interior Ministry to build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem are unacceptable, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko....

ISRO shootout not a terror act: PC

financialexpress Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:08:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Palaniappan Chidambaram[1];

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Palaniappan Chidambaram said: "There is not threat to ISRO. It is an amateurish attack,"

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the shoot out outside the Indian Space Research Organisation's Byalalu Centre did not look like a terrorist attack....

TURKISH PRESS SCAN FOR MARCH 16

TurkishDailyNews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:04:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Bekir Bozdag[1]; Çetin Sümer[1]; Cemil Cicek[1]; Stefan Fuele[1]; Abdullah Gül[2]; İlker Başbuğ[4]; Guus Hiddink[2]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[12]; Angela Merkel[1]; Stefan Fule[1]; Sadullah Ergin[1];

Other categories: Turkey-EU; Štefan Füle;

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İlker Başbuğ said: "I work until the last minute of my term as if I have a hundred years ahead. I will not make somebody happy with my resignation. I stand behind my entire term in the office,"

İlker Başbuğ told: "We do not have any intention to please anyone by resigning,"

Guus Hiddink said: "I have worked in many countries across the globe. I have felt the importance that Turks attach to football. I have been chosen to lead the Turkish squad among many international figures. I am very pleased to have witnessed this. I will not do any thing other than coaching the Turkish National Football Team. I am strictly dedicated to serving the Turkish team,"

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 16, 2010. The Hürriyet Daily News does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy....

DNA tests thwart terror probe

kathimerini-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:51:00 AM CET | info

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DNA tests on drops of blood found at the scene of a shootout last Wednesday in southeastern Athens match the blood of Lambros Fountas, the 35-year-old terrorist suspect killed in the exchange of fire, according to counterterrorism police officers, who had hoped the blood would shed light on the identity of a second man who eluded arrest....

Latest News : Awash with terror

tehrantimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:35:00 AM CET | info

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By Dawn Pakistanis have shown immense resolve and courage to sustain the society-state-media-political consensus against militancy in the face of an orgy of violence in the last year. For this the public deserves unmitigated praise. The people, however, deserve more from their state, which is.......

washtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:30:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Anwar al Awlaki[1]; Walter Reed[1]; Nidal Malik Hasan[1]; Malik al-Hassan[1]; Maj Hasan[5]; Fort Hood[3];

Other categories: Security;

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged in the Fort Hood shootings, was too fat and "chronically" unprofessional during his psychiatric training, according to internal e-mails exchanged by his superiors. The communications are the latest in a series of early signs that showed officers had reason to suspend Maj....

Extra Afghan troops to be sent to Kandahar after attacks kill 40

earthtimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:27:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Mohamed Haneef[1]; Hanif Atmar[1]; Zalmay Ayubi[1];

Other categories: Security;

Kandahar, Afghanistan - Afghanistan will send reinforcements to the southern city of Kandahar, after coordinated weekend attacks killed 40 people, a provincial spokesman said Tuesday. In other attacks, three policemen and six non-Afghans were killed ......

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Gunbattle erupts at Indian space centre in Bangalore

alertnet Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:08:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Habib Beary[1]; Palaniappan Chidambaram[1]; Matthias Williams[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Palaniappan Chidambaram said: "We have to find out who these people were, seems to be some kind of an amateurish attack," "Nothing to be alarmed about. At the moment you can only call it an attack, whether it was terrorist or somebody else, we'll know"

16 Mar 2010 07:58:07 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds minister's comments, byline) By Habib Beary BANGALORE, India, March 16 (Reuters) - Two men fired at security guards outside a high security space centre in southern India on Tuesday but it ......

Explosives cache found in Lahore

bbc Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:05:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Pervez Rathore[1];

Other categories: Security;

Pakistani police say they have found a big cache of ammunition and 1,500 kg pf explosives during a raid in the city of Lahore....

Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest

JakartaPost Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:45:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Abdul Ghani Baradar[1]; Stanley McChrystal[2]; Ghani Baradar[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Robert Gates[1]; Hamid Gul[1]; Mullah Baradar[1]; Abdul Ali[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Daniel Markey[1]; Richard Holbrooke[1]; Mullah Abdul Ghafour[1]; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar[1]; Mullah Omar[2]; Jalaluddin Haqqani[1]; Lisa Curtis[1]; Abdel Ghani[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Lisa Curtis argued: "The military surge should be given time to bear fruit," "Insurgents are more likely to negotiate if they fear defeat on the battlefield"

The Associated Press , Kabul | Tue, 03/16/2010 2:17 PM | World The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers....

Raids against terrorists continue

yemenobserver Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:44:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Related Content[1];

The Yemeni air force launched an air raid against a “terrorist cell” in Modiah of Abyan province southeast of the country has killed two senior al-Qaeda members late Sunday, the defense ministry said on Monday. The members were identified as Gameel al-Anbari, the commander of al-Qaeda in Abyan, and al-Zargah....

ATS arrests link terror trails to D-gang

rediff Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:37:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Bashir Khan[5]; Wael Abdul Latif[2]; Dawood Ibrahim[1];

The year 1993 saw one of the most horrific bombings in Mumbai in which over 250 persons lost their lives. It was for the first time that India saw the merger of the underworld and terrorist outfits to carry out an attack in which scores of innocent people were killed....

Juarez Killings: Mexico's Calderon Steps Up Drug War

time Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:34:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Felipe Calderón[2]; Obama Administration[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

The vicious attack on individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in the border city may be a reaction to improved coordination between Mexico City and Washington...

Palestinian unrest erupts in e. J'lem

jpost Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:27:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Ahmed Qurei[1]; Shmuel Ben-Ruby[1]; Yaakov Katz[1]; Ben Ruby[1]; Temple Mount[12]; Abd el-Kader[1]; Aksa Mosque[2]; Abe Selig[1];

By AP, JPOST.COM STAFF, ABE SELIG AND BEN HARTMAN 16/03/2010 02:18 Hamas calls for "day of rage" following rededication of Hurva synagogue. Talkbacks ( 2 Masked Palestinians were hurling rocks at Israeli police and burning tires in the east Jerusalem neighborhoods Wadi Joz, Issawiya and Abu Tor on Tuesday morning....

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Deborah Moggach: My mother, the murderess

telegraph Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:13:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Terry Pratchett[1];

Novelist Deborah Moggach has spoken for the first time about how her mother was imprisoned for helping a sick and elderly friend to die...

Shoot-out at space research base

NEWScomAU Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:29:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: Security;

POLICE are hunting two men who opened fire at a high-security space research facility in India....

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Shootout outside ISRO space centre near Bangalore

indiatimes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:01:00 AM CET | info

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A shootout broke out between two armed men and security forces outside the high-security ISRO centre at Bylalu near Bangalore. Security personnel were forced to return fire after the men started shooting at them....

Davis Cup Match Moved From Pakistan Over Security

rferl Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:01:00 AM CET | info

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