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Friday, May 6, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Pak warns US, India on Abbottabad-like strike
Slams Washington for unilateral action

OBAMA AT GROUND ZERO: US President Barack Obama (L) carries a wreath along with a firefighter at the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday.A day after the US talked of more Abbottabads if Pakistan did not act against terror, Pakistan retaliated by warning both the US and India against any further covert operation in its territory, saying this would lead to a “terrible catastrophe”. “Our armed forces have the capacity, ability and determination to defend the security and sovereignty of the country,” Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said 


OBAMA AT GROUND ZERO:
US President Barack Obama (L) carries a wreath along with a firefighter at the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday. — AFP

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India wants US forces to stay in Kabul
New Delhi, May 5
India’s worries about the situation in Afghanistan have only increased in the wake Osama bin Laden’s killing deep inside Pakistan. It is not in favour of a hasty withdrawal by US-led coalition forces from the war-ravaged nation. New Delhi would frankly convey this opinion to the American side when US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visits India later this month, official sources said.


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Chandigarh, May 5
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Raj Khurana, Punjab’s Chief Parliamentary Secretary and BJP MLA from Rajpura, from his Sector 39 residence here. A corruption case has been slapped on him for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1.5 crore. 


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Jarbom Gamlin was tonight sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh replacing Dorjee Khandu who was killed in a helicopter crash. Gamlin (50) who was Power Minister in Khandu cabinet, was administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor JJ Singh at the Raj Bhavan.

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Sex workers have finally found a friend in the Supreme Court, which has taken upon itself to uphold their dignity and remind the Centre and states that prostitution is almost always a compulsion and never a choice. In a rare direction yesterday, the Division Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra, sought reports on what vocational and technical training schemes

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The BJP took its battle against the UPA Government a step forward today by pressing for CBI investigation into the role of the then Finance Minister P Chidambram currently heading the Union Home Ministry in the allocation of 2G spectrum by the then Communications Minister A Raja in 2008.

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Zawahiri betrayed Osama: Saudi paper
Dubai, May 5
Ayman al-ZawahiriAl-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden was betrayed by his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri who led US forces to his hideout as the two were involved in an intense power struggle, a Saudi newspaper has reported. The two top Al-Qaida men had differences and the courier who led US forces to bin Laden was working and had more loyalties for Zawahiri, al Watan newspaper reported quoting Arab sources. The two top Al-Qaida men had differences and the courier who led US forces to bin Laden was working and had more loyalties for Zawahiri, al Watan newspaper reported quoting Arab sources.

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