Archive for October, 2009

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week’s positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working.
But he cautioned in his weekly radio address to Americans that “we have a long way to go before we return to prosperity” and more job losses were [...]

LOS ANGELES  – U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation’s banking industry are being crippled by bad loans.
The move brought the total number of failed banks in 2009 to 115 — their [...]

KABUL – Abdullah canceled a planned trip to India on Saturday, just before a deadline he had given Karzai to sack Afghanistan’s top election official was to expire.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s election rival Abdullah Abdullah will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week’s disputed run-off vote, his campaign said after speculation [...]

ISLAMABAD: Lauding the irreparable sacrifices laid down by the people of Pakistan in way of curbing terrorism, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “Pakistanis have rendered extraordinary sacrifices to stamp out extremism”, Geo news reported on Wednesday.
This Hillary Clinton said talking to media after her arrival here in Pakistan on three-day official visit.
According [...]

PESHAWAR: More than 10 people have been killed and over 40 injured in a blast occurred in Meena Bazar in Peshawar on Wednesday.
According to reports, the fire has been erupted in nearby shops after the blast as fire tenders are trying to douse the fire. The injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital and [...]

After last weekend’s attack on the headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi, one of the questions being asked with a rather troubling air of inevitability was: where next? That question was answered on Thursday with a string of attacks across the country, including three in Lahore.
So now, what next?
Many expect the attacks to continue, [...]

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 – It would be irresponsible of President Barack Obama to commit to sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan when the outcome of that country’s election is undecided, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Saturday.
In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the [...]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Mobixone.com) – Pakistani forces fought fierce battles with Taliban militants on Sunday, a day after launching a long-awaited offensive aimed at bringing the writ of state to lawless tribal lands on the Afghan border.
The offensive on the global Islamist hub of South Waziristan follows a string of brazen militant attacks in different parts [...]

More than 30,000 Pakistani soldiers launched a ground offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban’s main stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday, officials said, in the country’s toughest test yet against a strengthening insurgency.
The United States pushed the government to carry out the assault in South Waziristan, and it comes after two weeks of militant attacks [...]

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