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US upgrades defense of Gulf allies
WASHINGTON – The United States has begun beefing up its approach to defending its Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials say. The defenses are being stepped up in advance of possible increased sanctions against Iran.The Obama administration has quietly increased the capability of land-based Patriot defensive missiles in several Gulf Arab nations, and one military official said the Navy is increasing the presence of ships capable of knocking out hostile missiles in flight.
Monday, 01 - February 2010
PORT AU- PRINCE – Haiti’s injured earthquake survivors suffered a potentially fatal setback this weekend when the US military suspended evacuation flights
Monday, 01 - February 2010
LONDON – A British election due by June is likely to result in a hung parliament where no single party has an outright majority, two opinion polls showed
Monday, 01 - February 2010
This Nov. 26, 2008 file photo taken in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan shows Hakimullah Mehsud – AP
Monday, 01 - February 2010
Islamabad – Rejecting the reports of a clash between the executive and the judiciary, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said he would never
Monday, 01 - February 2010
HYDERABAD – One person drowned, while ten others were missing after a boat capsized in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the second such
Monday, 01 - February 2010
COLOMBO – Media groups in Sri Lanka on Sunday accused the government of detaining a senior editor and shutting down his newspaper because the publication
Monday, 01 - February 2010
DUBAI – Dubai’s police chief said Sunday that Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, could be behind the murder of a top Hamas leader at a Dubai hotel room.“It
Monday, 01 - February 2010
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Suspected drug hitmen burst into a party and killed 13 high school students here on Sunday, the latest massacre in one of the
Monday, 01 - February 2010
INDIA – Notwithstanding former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh’s sudden attempt to woo the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Uttar Pradesh
Monday, 01 - February 2010
MUMBAI – American terror suspect David Headley was scheduled to visit India again in November last year apparently to finalize the next target for Pakistan
Monday, 01 - February 2010
DHAKA – The government’s determination to extradite fugitives of Bangabandhu murder case became more evident on Sunday. Law Minister, Shafique Ahmed,
Monday, 01 - February 2010
KARACHI – Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan has said President Asif Ali Zardari enjoys amnesty only in criminal cases and not in
