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Egypt launches crackdown on Islamists for inciting violence
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Zardari’s security officer among 4 killed in Karachi blast
Pak obsession with India led to Osama raid: Report
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Aussie invents new letter of alphabet to replace ‘the’
Koreas end talks without deal
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Egypt launches crackdown on Islamists for inciting violence
Cairo, July 10 The general prosecutor's office said in a statement that it issued arrest warrants for the general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, as well as for his deputy Mahmoud Ezzat. Eight other top Brotherhood leaders wanted by the prosecution, included Mohammed al-Beltagui, Mahmud Ezzat and Safwat Hegazi, the sources said. Badie is accused of inciting the violence in Cairo on Monday in which at least 51 persons were killed. Several leading Brotherhood figures are already in detention and warrants have been issued for hundreds more. Meanwhile, a foreign ministry spokesman told reporters today that Egypt's ousted President Mursi is in a "safe place" following his overthrow by the army. He added that no charges had been levelled against Mursi yet. — PTI
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‘Snowden hasn’t yet accepted asylum in Venezuela’
Moscow, July 10 WikiLeaks, on its own Twitter feed, said states involved in deciding an asylum destination for Snowden, who fled the United States last month, "will make the announcement if and when the appropriate time comes". On its Twitter feed, Wikileaks later said: "Tomorrow the first phase of Edward Snowden's 'Flight of Liberty' campaign will be launched. Follow for further details." The group did not immediately provide any further information. "Edward #Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela," Wikileaks said on Twitter. — Reuters |
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Zardari’s security officer among 4 killed in Karachi blast
Karachi/Islamabad, July 10 Bilal Sheikh, the chief security officer of President Zardari here and a prominent leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was killed when the bomb ripped through his double cabin car in the Gurumandir area, one of the city's busiest locations. A presidential spokesman told PTI that Zardari is in Karachi but he was nowhere near the attack and was completely safe. Rescue teams have shifted four dead and 12 injured people to hospitals, rescue official Anwar Kazmi told PTI. Chaudhary Aslam, a senior police official, confirmed that Sheikh had been killed in the bomb attack. Aslam said apparently the remote-controlled bomb was planted in the double cabin car and was detonated when the car was at Gurumandir, where it stopped for a while. "It was a remote -ontrolled bomb and it caused lot of damage," a police official of the area said. Usman Bajwa, another police official, told the media that the bullet-proof car was not properly built as it failed to sustain the impact of the bombing. —PTI
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Pak obsession with India led to Osama raid: Report
Islamabad, July 10 The leaked report of the Abbottabad Commission said India remained the focus of Pakistan's military "despite a growing American threat, including actual border raids, drone strikes, special operations, the spread of a hostile spy network" among others. "Given the negative developments in the US-Pakistan relations in recent years, there was no basis to limit defence planning to only one front in the east (with India), while ignoring the border and airspace in the West," it said. It noted that apart from tensions with the US, there were also differences with Afghanistan and a developing strategic relationship between Afghanistan and India on one hand and between India and the US on the other. "All this should have been taken into consideration instead of leaving the western borders exposed to the increasingly 'kinetic' and threatening policies of the US which were directed against Pakistan," the report said. It said that there seemed to be a "defeatist element" in the defence planning of the Pakistan Air Force. — PTI
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London, July 10 The Metropolitan police has now passed the case file to their colleagues in Australia to see if the pair broke any laws there. The news comes as it emerged that Mel Grieg has decided to take legal action against her employer, 2Day FM, for "failing to provide a safe workplace". — PTI
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Aussie invents new letter of alphabet to replace ‘the’
Melbourne, July 10 Paul Mathis from Melbourne has developed the replacement of the word 'the' - an upper-case 'T' and a lower-case 'h' bunched together so they share the upright stem. He has also developed an app that puts it in everyone's hand by allowing users to download an entirely new electronic keyboard with his symbol – which he pronounces "th". So far, Mathis has invested about AUD 75,000 in the project. — PTI |
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Koreas end talks without deal
Paju (South Korea), July 10 The South's chief delegate Suh Ho said talks on restarting the Kaesong industrial complex's mothballed factories would continue on July 15, after about four hours of meetings that started today morning. "We both agreed that the complex should be
maintained and further developed," Suh told reporters at the site just inside North Korea. "The North argued that it should be resumed as soon as machinery checkups are finished, while we pointed out that the same situation could be repeated," he added. — AFP |
Fire vehicle ran over girl after San Francisco plane crash? Probe begins in Canadian train mishap 2 Indian teens leave tour group to stay in US 16 killed in rains, landslides in China Indian gets $1lakh for selling lottery ticket
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