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B'desh: Hizb-ut-Tahrir still active

Activists of HuT, which was banned on Oct 22, 2009 for promoting Islamic militancy, distributed leaflets (Jan 9) in parts of Dhaka demanding immediate release
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India likely to act militarily if faced with another 26/11: American think tank

 
A prominent American think-tank says India may retaliate militarily if faced with a Mumbai type attack by Pakistan-based terror groups under Al Qaeda direction.‘The threat ...
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China tried to hack our computers, says NSA

 
Chinese hackers have attempted to penetrate India’s most sensitive government office.The National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan told The Times that his office and other ...
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US formally charges Aafia Siddiqui

 
The United States has formally charged Dr Aafia Siddiqui on Tuesday Jan 19 with trying to kill a group of American soldiers and FBI agents ...
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B'desh makes headway against HUJI

 
Founder head of Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HUJI-B) Sheikh Abdus Salam confessed to his involvement in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Awami League (AL) rally ...
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Taliban carrys out 5 simultaneous strikes in Pakistan

 
The five coordinated terror strikes on Thursday Oct 15 at three key Pakistan cities are seen as a warning to the Zardari government which is ...
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Jihadis thrice attacked Pakistan nuclear sites

 
Militants have recently attacked a number of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities, including an August 20, 2008 incident at the Wah cantonment, widely understood to be one of Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons assembly sites. In an effort to provide insight on the scale of the threat, this article will first outline Pakistan’s current nuclear safeguards, and then identify a series of weaknesses in the country’s nuclear security that could result in terrorist groups gaining access to sensitive nuclear material. It appeared in Counter Terrorism Center Sentinel July 2009 issue....
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US freezes assets of 4 Pak militants supporting LeT, al qaeda

 
The US has slapped sanctions on four Pakistani militants supporting al Qaeda and LeT networks. One of them is Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Arif Qasmani, who is ...
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Ajmal Kasab facing underworld threat

 
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 terrorist, is facing threat from identified Dawood Ibrahim, the underworld don in ‘exile’ in Pakistan, Mumbai police ...
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