PM meets Brown, Sarkozy focus on counter-terrorism, sympathy for Mumbai terror victims (Calcutta News)
Port of Spain, Nov.28 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s bilateral interactions with French President Nicholas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held here on Friday on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) primarily focussed on counter-terrorism, sympathy for the victims of last year’s 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, the first anniversary of which …
India-Bangladesh Home Secretaries to discuss counter-terrorism (Calcutta News)
New Delhi, Dec 1 : Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh are expected to discuss cross-border terrorism, illegal immigration, smuggling of narcotics and militants in the northeast today.
TURNER S TWO CENTS: More Troops Won t Work in Afghanistan (Video) (Eurweb)
*President Obama is making a huge mistake if he thinks that sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is the best way to protect our nation from terrorism.
India-US sign six MoUs on counter-terrorism (Central Chronicle)
Agencies Washington, Nov 25: India and the US have signed an MoU on counter-terrorism and five other agreements as they agreed to chart their ties as “one of the defining relations” in the 21st century in which New Delhi will have a leadership role in the region and the world.
Italy’s Gitmo detainees linked to al-Qaida base (Boston Globe)
Two former Guantanamo detainees who will be tried in Italy on terrorism charges have been linked to an Islamic center in Milan described by U.S. authorities as al-Qaida’s main station house in Europe before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, officials said Tuesday.
PM discusses climate change, counter-terrorism with Sarkozy, Brown (New Kerala)
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Nov 28 : India has underscored the importance of transfer of technology from developed countries to developing ones and conveyed to France and the UK that the move would help them in ‘mitigation and adaptation’ on the critical issue of climate change.
Transcript of President Obama’s Afghanistan Speech (Fox News)
A transcript of Obama’s speech at West Point about Afghanistan.
Italy takes in two Tunisian Guantanamo inmates (Deutsche Welle)
Italy has received two Guantanamo inmates who are to be tried on terrorism charges. The transfer was part of a deal meant to help the US close the controversial site, but Washington’s plans are far behind schedule.
Al-Qaeda leadership has established safe haven in Pakistan: Obama (New Kerala)
Washington, Dec 2 : Al Qaeda’s leadership has established a safe haven in Pakistan after escaping across the Afghan border in 2001 and 2002, Says US President Barack Obama.
2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo and released to Italy linked to Milan al-Qaida base (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ROME – Two former Guantanamo detainees who will be tried in Italy on terrorism charges have been linked to an Islamic centre in Milan described by U.S. authorities as al-Qaida’s main station house in Europe before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, officials said Tuesday.
Cole Attack Trial Will Test Tribunal System (New York Times)
The decision to use a military commission to prosecute Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri has set off a fierce debate.
Italy’s Gitmo detainees linked to al-Qaida base (AP via Yahoo! News)
Italy is considering taking in other prisoners from Guantanamo to help President Barack Obama close down the prison, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after Italy accepted two former detainees.
