Indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels captured a pirate mother ship, complete with buccaneers and hostages, after a firefight around a 100 nautical miles off Kavaratti in Lakshadweep, in the early hours of Sunday.
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Token Chinese welcome to Aero India
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The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reports that two Chinese officials and one media rep have now been invited to the air show.
ULFA to open unconditional talks
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The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Saturday said unconditional peace talks with the central government will begin Feb 10, in a move that may bring the curtains down on more than three decades of insurgency in Assam.
Senior navy officer to be sacked for sexual misconduct
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A senior navy officer facing a sex scandal probe for his alleged involvement with a Russian woman while being posted in Russia to supervise the refit of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, will be sacked soon, Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony said Saturday.
Chinese cyber spies hit British computers
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Although British Foreign Secretary William Hague did not name the country behind the attacks, intelligence sources familiar with the incidents made it clear he was referring to China.
We need time to decide US official’s case: Islamabad
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Davis was arrested after he shot dead two people riding on a motorbike at a busy intersection in Lahore Jan 27. He has been under investigation since then and has pleaded that he acted in self-defence.
Russia tests upgraded MiG fighter jet for India
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Russia’s MiG corporation Friday carried out the first test fight of a MiG-29 fighter modernized under a contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF).
US eyes sale of fighter jets, high tech items to India
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“That export control announcement has really opened the door for increased high-technology trade and cooperation between the United States and India” US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told reporters here Thursday.
C-130J reaches Hindon ahead of induction into IAF
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A C-130J transport aircraft, India’s first acquisition from the US through the foreign military sales route in decades, arrived at its new home at Hindon airbase outside the capital ahead of its formal induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) Saturday.
IAF’s MiG fighter crashes, pilot safe
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A Soviet-era MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed Friday in a forest area near a Madhya Pradesh village due to an engine problem, but there were no casualties as the pilot ejected safely, an official said.
Bangladesh’s Zia blamed for rebel’s hanging
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A US journalist and writer has accused former Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman for the hanging of a former army officer who turned a rebel in 1976.
Gilani to dissolve cabinet
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The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Friday authorized Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to dissolve the cabinet and form a smaller one, a media report said.
British Muslims on jehad trip to Somalia: WikiLeaks
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British Muslims are traveling to Somalia for ‘jehadi tourism’ to get training for terrorist attacks in Britain, secret US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have revealed.
22,000 flee due to fighting in Pakistan
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Roshan Khan Mehsud, a government spokesperson, said the estimated 22,000 displaced are now living in camps away from the troubled area and are being provided with food and aid, The Nation reported Friday.
Zardari marriage rumor swirls, PPP denies
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The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Friday rejected rumors that President Asif Ali Zardari has secretly tied the knot in the US with a Pakistani doctor based in Boston.
