
On July 16, the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a public service announcement (PSA) as part of a media campaign underscoring the serious and widespread harm resulting from transnational organized crime. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs sponsored the production of the 60-second PSA, […]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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The US Department of State designated Ahmed Abdulrahman Sihab Ahmed Sihab, also known as Abdulrahman al-Sharqi, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224. Sihab, a Bahraini citizen, has been publicly charged with planning terrorist attacks as a member of al-Qa’ida. Sihab has trained members of al-Qa’ida in terrorist tactics, […]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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From July 19-22, Special Envoy Rosenthal will meet with Hungarian Government officials, Parliamentarians and representatives from the Jewish and Roma communities. She will discuss combating anti-Semitism, including condemning hate speech, Holocaust education, promoting tolerance, and the 2012 Hours Against Hate campaign. She will meet with March of the Living (MOTL) organization. MOTL brings students from […]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari called the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakheruddin G Ibrahim to congratulate him on holding the new office. According to the sources at president house, during his telephone, President Zardari expressed hope that the new chief election commissioner will discharge his duties effectively. After having […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who is back from his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, met President Asif Ali Zardari here today at the president house. According to the sources at the presidency, during the meeting, the PM and the President discussed matters pertinent to the changing political and deteriorating […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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A former child soldier abducted by the forces of Lubanga recounts his ordeal and the ordeal of rehabilitation in Congo "I’ve seen my friends die. Not many. At all. " Gestaing talks fast, as if telling the life of another or, simply, as if unwilling to realize that theirs is the one drawing with broken words. Talk while surfing […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) The police in Karachi, who could never thwart target killing incidents in the economic hub of Pakistan, resorted to using teargas to disperse the participants of rally against target killings in the metropolis and ban on a website showing Shia killings in the city. The rally was organized by the […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) As Karachi continues to bleed under a day-by-day deteriorating governance of the present regime, two more young men including an Awami National Party (ANP) activist were shot dead in different parts of the city. Amin, 35, son of Raheem was shot dead by unknown armed men in Sherpao Colony Landhi […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) The outgoing US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter called on President Asif Zardari here today to bid him farewell. The meeting took place at the president house. According to the presidential spokesman Farahatullah Babar, in the meeting with the president, Munter thanked the president and the government of Pakistan for […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), said here today that his opponents are week. Talking to the journalists, the chief of Pakistan’s most emerging party said that one of his opponents gained power on advice of his wife, while the other could only make a way into the power corridors […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Pakistan’s current account deficit has increased to $ 4.52 billion in the fiscal year 2011-12 ending in June this year. Eleven months ago, the current account deficit stood at $ 3.93 billion, confirmed sources at State Bank of Pakistan here today. Contrary to the current dismal fiscal stats, the bank […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Apple, Inc. has again become a hacking target and this time it is iOS that has fell victim to the malicious acts. It is not long ago that Apple faced a huge controversy with the Flaskback malware that attacked hundreds of thousands of Mac devices, if not millions. Now, the mobile operating system is hanging […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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