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Pak rubbish reports about sharing nuke secrets with West

Referring to fears in the international community about Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of the Taliban and other extremist groups, Basit said the country’s nuclear facilities are absolutely safe and the concerns are ‘unfounded’.
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Russia plans to build five floating Arctic nuke stations

Russia is planning to build a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves. This is causing widespread alarm among environmentalists, reports The Guardian. ...
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Canada reports first case of pigs catching swine flu from humans

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has come out with an outstanding revelation that a farm hand has infected pigs at an Alberta farm with the swine flu virus. The Canadian Press quoted Canada’s top veterinary officer, Brian Evans and the country’s chief public health officer, David Butler-Jones,...
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Former Punjab IG admits he was “unaware” of security plans made for Sri Lankan team

The former inspector general of police (IGP) of Punjab province, Khawaja Khalid Farooq, has told an inquiry tribunal of the Lahore High Court (LHC) investigating the charges of dereliction of duty on part of the security officers during the attack on the Sri Lankan team, that he was unaware...
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Chinese billions helping Lanka ward off Western peace efforts, fight LTTE

The world, including India, has called for a cessation of hostilities to enable civilians to escape from the war zone, but China is still encouraging the Lankan offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)....
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84 percent Pakistanis consider US troops as bigger threat to country than Taliban, Al-Qaeda

The reports states: “According to a USIP poll from February 2008, more Pakistanis (about 84 per cent) see the US presence in Asia as a threat to Pakistan than they perceive Al-Qaeda (about 62 per cent) or the Taliban (50 per cent) to be.”...
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Malaysian Indian Congress Secretary Ganesan nominated for speaker’s job

The Perak Barisan Nasional has nominated Perak Malaysian Indian Congress secretary, and former Sungkai assemblyman, R. Ganesan, to replace Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar. In his blog, Sivakumar has written that the motion to nominate Ganesan, 57, ...
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Pak must destroy Taliban in two weeks time: Petraeus

"The Pakistanis have run out of excuses" and are "finally getting serious" about combating the threat from Taliban and Al Qaeda extremists operating out of Northwest Pakistan, the general is reported to have told the officials....
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Haqqani claims Petraeus refuted saying next two weeks critical for Pak govt

Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has said that US CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus did not made any comments suggesting that the next two weeks are critical for the Pakistan Government’s survival....
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Ailing Kim begins shifting power to North Korean military

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il has started shifting power away from the communist party apparatus, in order to strengthen the authority of his country''s military, veteran watchers of the Stalinist regime have said....
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