US asks ISI to cut off ties with Afghan based terror groupsWASHINGTON - Terming the relation between Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Afghan extremists as “an existential threat”, the United States has asked Pakistan to cut off all its ties with outlawed groups based in Afghanistan. United States taking unabashed ownership of Afghan warWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s decision to deploy an additional 17,000 troops in Afghanistan is part of a strategy to shift the centre of gravity in favour of the Americans. Malaysia’s Hindraf activists face trialKUALA LUMPUR - Fifty one sympathisers of banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), including lawmaker N. Gobalakrishnan, will be tried next month in a Malaysian court as 14 pleaded guilty for damaging public property and participating in an illegal gathering in 2007. The ‘playgrounds’ of Ambani, Mittal on Forbes listWASHINGTON - Where do the world’s super-rich go for fun in these tough times? If the world’s richest Indian Mukesh Ambani is turning his home in Mumbai into a playground, Lakshmi Mittal, the person he displaced as the top Indian in the latest Forbes list of billionaires, has been going to his Alpine getaway in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for decades. Indian American to be Obama administration’s infotech czarWASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is slated to appoint Vivek Kundra, a 34-year-old Indian American, as federal chief information officer to help the government leverage communication technology. Winehouse’s husband kisses Sophie after releaseLONDON - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil was seen kissing model Sophie Schandorff in his mother’s car on his way back from jail. US needs time to review Europe missile plan: GatesKRAKOW - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the Obama administration needs time to review the plans of the previous administration to develop a strategic missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Holbrooke to travel to South Asia next weekWASHINGTON - With the Obama administration undertaking a review of US policy on Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, its new envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will make his first trip to the region next week. |
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