Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) After weeks of denials, Pakistan Wednesday finally owned up to the lone survivor of Mumbai attacks Ajmal Amir Kasab but, given the heinous nature of the crime, refused to provide him the legal aid he has sought.”We have received information from the competent authority that he’s a Pakistani,” foreign office [...]
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Pakistan officially owns up to Kasab (Second Intro Roundup)
Islamabad, Jan.7 (ANI): Pakistan’’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said that Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone terrorist captured after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is indeed a Pakistani national.
In a text message to the Indian television channel NDTV, Rehman confirmed the news.
“We (Pakistan) are confirming Ajmal Qasab is from Pakistan, but investigations [...]
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Pak Information Minister admits Qasab is a Pakistani national
New Delhi/Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) India Wednesday reacted sharply to Pakistan’s rejection of evidence linking its nationals to the Mumbai attacks, saying it was a “political rejection” that lacked any credibility. India also spurned Islamabad’s fresh proposals for a new mechanism to deal with terror.New Delhi also reminded Islamabad that the issue was not merely [...]
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India rubbishes Pakistan?s ?political rejection? of Mumbai evidence (Intro Roundup)
Colombo, Jan 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government Wednesday banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), terming it a terrorist organisation, a minister said here.
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Sri Lanka bans LTTE with immediate effect
Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IANS) After battling Hindu devotees and the apex court for nearly two weeks over the revered Pashupatinath temple that saw violence and an unseemly dispute over the removal of its Indian priests, Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Wednesday finally succumbed to the rising pressure and pledged to cancel all [...]
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Pashupatinath prevails over Nepal Maoists (Roundup)
