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In global intelligence, you also spy on friends
Jun 20, 2013 at 06:26 | Source: Economic Times
In a 2004 TV interview, spy novelist John Le Carre summed up the murky world of intelligence thus: the global intelligence community is a 'trading pit' for secrets, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, on every continent. In that global marke...
Obama's 'peace at any cost' talks with Taliban may recoil on India
Jun 20, 2013 at 05:56 | Source: FirstPost
Early in 2011, Hillary Clinton addressed iron words to Afghanistans Taliban leadership at a convention in New York, telling the men who enabled 9/11 exactly what they needed to do to bring an end to the military actions that are targeting their leade...
U.S. cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking - report
Jun 20, 2013 at 05:30 | Source: FirstPost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in fighting forced labor and sex trafficking, which could lead to U.S. sanctions.The U.S. designation drops Russia and...
Iran says appeals for "jihad" in Syria fuel radicalism
Jun 20, 2013 at 02:30 | Source: FirstPost
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday.Earlier this month, prominent cleric Sheikh Yousse...
India saves $7 b outgo in Iran crude oil imports
Jun 20, 2013 at 00:47 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Kolkata, June 19: Crude oil import from Iran took $7 billion pressure off on the rupee in the last 13 months, said Arun Kaul, CMD of UCO Bank, here on Wednesday. UCO Bank is the only Indian designated bank under the rupee-payment mechanism with Iran...
Iraqi Shi'ites flock to Assad's side as sectarian split widens
Jun 20, 2013 at 00:15 | Source: FirstPost
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Among the Iranian pilgrims, foreign executives and tourists in the departure lounge at Baghdad airport, a group of young Iraqis prepare to wage religious war in Syria - not for the rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad...
Microsoft to recruit computer geeks to thwart hackers; offers hefty bounties
Jun 20, 2013 at 00:06 | Source: Economic Times
BOSTON: Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major security holes in its software. Microsoft unve...
Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
Jun 19, 2013 at 23:15 | Source: FirstPost
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear arms by agreeing to target further reductions of up to one third of deployed nuclear weapons.Speaking...
Q A: Afghan Taliban open Doha office
Jun 19, 2013 at 19:37 | Source: BBC
The Taliban have opened their first official overseas office in the Qatari capital, Doha, saying that one of their main aims was to meet Afghans . The group has long refused to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai or his government, branding them puppe...
Govt focus on gas deals, higher prices
Jun 19, 2013 at 19:37 | Source: Calcutta Telegraph News
New Delhi, June 18: The government is actively pursuing a hike in natural gas prices to speed up investment in oil and gas exploration. At the same time, state-owned GAIL is negotiating to sell LNG to Pakistan. A draft note from the petroleum minist...
Khurshid to discuss oil import issue with Iraqi counterpart
Jun 19, 2013 at 19:37 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, June 19: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today left for Iraq on a two-day visit aimed at deepening India’s ties with the oil-rich Arab country. Khurshid, the first External Affairs Minister from India to visit Iraq in the ...
Oil climbs on Syria tensions, ahead of supplies
Jun 19, 2013 at 11:42 | Source: Market Watch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures ended higher Tuesday as Mideast tensions supported prices, then built on their gains in electronic trading after the first release of weekly supply data. Crude for July delivery (NMN:CLN3) added 67 cent...
Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment
Jun 19, 2013 at 09:03 | Source: FirstPost
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment."We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nucle...
Lebanese minister accuses Syria of "ethnic cleansing"
Jun 19, 2013 at 02:15 | Source: FirstPost
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunni Muslims and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said on Tuesday.Assad is b...
Analysis: Hezbollah takes Syrian centre-stage, yet remains in shadows
Jun 19, 2013 at 02:00 | Source: FirstPost
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The voice crackling over the Hezbollah radios was clear and authoritative, and the guerrillas poised to attack the Syrian border town of Qusair recognised it immediately."As I promised you victory before, I pledge you victory ...
Analysis: Saudi role in Syria driven by fear of Shi'ite "full moon"
Jun 19, 2013 at 01:15 | Source: FirstPost
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread.Fo...
Deloitte gets one-year New York ban
Jun 19, 2013 at 01:02 | Source: BBC
Deloitte has agreed to a one-year suspension from doing consulting work for financial firms in the state of New York, after regulators criticised its work at Standard Chartered bank on anti-money laundering issues. New York's financial regulator...
Q A: Taliban opens Doha office
Jun 19, 2013 at 01:02 | Source: BBC
The Taliban has opened their first official overseas office in the Qatari capital, Doha, saying that one of their main aims was to meet Afghans . The group has long refused to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai or his government, branding them puppet...
G8 urges Syria peace talks as fighting flares in north
Jun 19, 2013 at 00:01 | Source: FirstPost
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT (Reuters) - D ifferences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday as surging govern...
Iran's president meets newly elected successor
Jun 19, 2013 at 00:00 | Source: Business Week
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president has discussed transferring power in a meeting with his newly elected successor, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. The report said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Hasan Rowhani o...
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