Pak Army still needs old Taliban `strategic assets’ to counter India in Afghan backyardLONDON - The Pakistan military believes the Americans and the British will withdraw from Afghanistan - and when they do, they will need old Taliban friends such as Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin to minimize the influence of India in its Afghan backyard. UK airports against ‘naked’ X-rays of kidsLONDON - Kids will not be put under X-ray body scanner that creates virtual three-dimensional “naked” images of travellers, British airport officials have announced. Iran’s Guard chief accuses US, Britain, Pakistan of links with militants behind bombingTEHRAN, Iran — The chief of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan on Monday of having links with Sunni militants responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others. Britain’s Brown says talks on climate change pact are historic test of global cooperationLONDON — The world has less than two months to agree on how to avoid catastrophic global warming whose impact would be felt for generations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, a stark warning that puts pressure on the United States to finalize its position before this year’s global climate conference in Denmark. Reports: 8 local employees working for British Embassy in Tehran detainedEDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. |