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No apology for strike on rebels: NATO
ISI chief flying to US to bolster ties
50 militants killed in Pak
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News International apologises over phone-hacking scandal
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No apology for strike on rebels: NATO Ajdabiyah, April 8 British Rear Admiral Russell Harding, Deputy Commander of NATO's Libya operations, said the military alliance had been unaware that the opposition was using tanks. "It would appear that two of our strikes yesterday may have resulted in the deaths of a number of TNC forces that were operating main battle tanks," he said, referring to the rebels' Transitional National Council. When asked if the alliance had apologised to the rebels, Harding told reporters: "I'm not apologising. Our role is to protect civilians. Tanks have been used in the past to directly target civilians." Harding was addressing a video news conference from NATO's Libya operations headquarters in Naples, Italy. The alliance has concluded that last week's bombing was an "unfortunate accident" and the rebels themselves admitted its fighters had made a "mistake" by firing tracers in the air, prompting warplanes to act in self-defence. The latest incident took place when a rebel armoured column was hit on Thursday by an air strike near Brega, 80 km west of Ajdabiyah, which the rebels blamed on NATO forces enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. General Abdelfatah Yunis, the insurgents' commander, said in their stronghold Benghazi that four persons - two fighters and two medics - were killed in the Brega attack, 14 wounded and another six persons were missing. He said it was friendly fire, "carried out in error by NATO," adding that the rebels had informed NATO that they were moving T55 and T72 heavy tanks from Benghazi to Brega."
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ISI chief flying to US to bolster ties
Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha will leave for Washington on April 11. It was officially announced here in an indication that a Pakistan-US rapprochement was in the works. In a statement here, Pakistan said it was ready to work with the United States on its concerns about the fight against militancy, but cautioned it against making Pakistan a scapegoat for its failures in Afghanistan. The statement indicated that Islamabad was willing to come out of the latest twist in relations with Washington that started with last month’s drone attack on a tribal area in North Waziristan and forced Pakistan to pull out of March 26 trilateral ministerial meeting with the US and Afghanistan. At her weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said, “There is undoubtedly recognition of the need for genuine and honest engagement between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US to overcome what are perceived to be common challenges and shared goals,” the spokesperson said, adding that Pakistan would be engaging with the US on these issues.
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50 militants killed in Pak
Islamabad, April 8 The aerial and ground bombardment against the militant positions was part of an operation codenamed "Brekhna"' (lightning) aimed at flushing Taliban fighters out of areas along the Afghan border. Officials said the security forces were combing areas along the Afghan border and clearing mines planted by the militants.
— PTI
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News International apologises over The News International on Friday admitted liability and "apologised unreservedly" to a number of public figures over the News of the World phone-hacking allegations. It said it had also instructed lawyers to set up a compensation scheme to deal with "justifiable claims". It said the move applied to allegations of voicemail hacking at the News of the World from 2004 to 2006. The News International said today's announcement followed an "extensive internal investigation" and disclosures through civil legal cases. News International said "past behaviour" at the newspaper was "a matter of genuine regret". It comes after a number of well-known figures initiated high court action over allegations of phone-hacking, including actresses Leslie Ash and Sienna Miller. In a statement, the company said: "News International has decided to approach some civil litigants with an unreserved apology and an admission of liability in cases meeting specific criteria. But the company said it would continue to contest cases that it believed were without merit. The statement went on: "Past behaviour at the News of the World in relation to voicemail interception is a matter of regret. It is now apparent that our previous inquiries failed to uncover important evidence and we acknowledge our actions then were not sufficiently robust." "At the moment it's not been disclosed who is going to be compensated or how," he said. "But it's a step in the right direction." — The Independent
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