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Defence home secys in Kashmir

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Defence, Home Secys in Kashmir

KT NEWS SERVICE

SRINAGAR, Apr 2: Union home secretary, Madhukar Gupta and defence secretary, Vijay Singh arrived here today.
They are scheduled to attend a high level security meeting tomorrow morning. Besides chief minister Omar Abdullah, heads of various security and intelligence agencies and police chief will take part in the meeting, official sources said.

Gupta and Singh are here to monitor the situation in view of the Lok Sabha elections and particularly after the increase in encounters along LoC and hinterland. The incidents led to the killing of nearly two dozen militants and eight army personnel including an officer.

Jewish writer raises a storm in america with his report from a tolerant Iranpaul harris in new yor

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Jewish writer raises a storm in America with his report from a ‘tolerant’ Iran Paul Harris in New York

The Observer, Sunday 29 March 2009

A row has broken out over allegations of antisemitism at the New York Times, America’s most vaunted name in journalism and a newspaper with a large Jewish readership.

The storm centres on a column about Jews in Iran written by New York Times journalist Roger Cohen and a33attacking the recent war in Gaza.

Doctors to reopen yasser arafat death investigation arab doctors to review information about strang

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Doctors to reopen Yasser Arafat death investigation Arab doctors to review information about ‘strange death’ of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Rachel Shabi in Tel Aviv

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 April 2009 14.17 BST

Arab doctors are to investigate the death of the former Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, re-opening a four-year-old case which is still the subject of suspicion, conspiracy theories and political accusations.

Doctors from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian territories have been given the task of reviewing information about the former president’s demise.

Chavez offers to shelter gitmo inmates

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January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Chavez offers to shelter Gitmo inmates

CHAVEZ

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said the Gitmo detainees are "human beings".

Posted on Press Tv : Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:02:23 GMT

President Hugo Chavez has expressed Venezuela’s readiness to accept prisoners held at the Guantanamo bay detention center in Cuba.

The Venezuelan leader said on Wednesday that Caracas "would have no problems in receiving" the detainees — whom the US calls terror suspects — from the notorious US prison.