Buddy of Pakistan’s former military ruler writing ‘tell-all’ book

A buddy of Pakistan’s former military ruler General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf is writing a tell-all book, which is expected to hit the market in a few months. However, the book has yet not been given a title. "Key aide to former president Pervez Musharraf, Tariq Aziz, is...

IMF playing negative role in global economic crisis

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is playing a ‘negative role’ in the current global economic crisis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday. Aziz also stressed the need for a strategy to deal with future challenges. In an interview with ARY OneWorld,...

Women at Pakistan's Red Mosque vow 'babies for jihad'

About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar...

Saddam's former Foreign Minister, in court over merchant murders

"Tariq Aziz, once the international face of Saddam Hussein’s regime, is due toappear in a Baghdad court tomorrow accused of playing a part in theexecution of a group of merchants more than 15 years ago.Mr Aziz,...

U.S. troops detain news editor of Iraq TV station

According to Reuters, Mr. al-Beshara is being detained as part of an investigation into the conduct of his son, who is suspected to be a "militia intelligence operative"."The U.S. military said on Monday they had detained the news editor of a television station owned by...

Saudi announces US$300 mln fund for climate change studies

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia has contributed $300 million toward a fund to establish an international program for scientific research into energy, the environment and climate change. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz announced the...

Indonesia, Malaysia meet to strengthen border management cooperation

""The HLC meeting discusses past, on-going and future activities of bodies under the HLC, such as the COCC on operations, the JKLB on training and KK Sosek on social and economy," TNI Headquarters` Spokesman Rear Marshal Sagom Tamboen said. He said that the meeting discussed...

Makkah to host Al-Qur`an competition

"There will be 21 contestants in the first category for the memorization of Quran in full with recitation and interpretation of meanings, 52 in the second category for memorization of 20 parts with recitation, 38...

Darfur rebels say bombing drives thousands from homes

This situation is totally out of control.  Modern day ethnic cleansing of Aboriginal Africans and the World has done little to make it stop.  - The...

Report: Hijacker Went to al-Qaida Camp

"ANKARA, Turkey — One of the hijackers of a Turkish plane received training at an al-Qaida camp and wanted to be flown to Iran so he could eventually join al-Qaida in Afghanistan, the state-run Anatolia news...

King Abdullah washes Holy Kaaba

Makkah (ANTARA News) - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz performed the customary washing of the Holy Kaaba yesterday evening. He washed the Kaaba with Zamzam water mixed with...

Are there any leaders of other countries who should be put on trial?

POLL ---- No. Saddam is only one / Yes. I've got a list of few more.

Weapons-Related Items Or Dual-Use Items

"Media and criminal investigations of U.S. companies that had exported weapons-related or dual-use items to Iraq were conducted after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Many of these companies seemed to have connections with former U.S. government officials."  

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