Lashkar was targetting National Defence College in India: FBI
Washington, 04 Nov 2009: David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said.
Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court yesterday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released.
Aid workers worry over Pakistan war zone
Islamabad, 03 Nov 2009: Rising numbers of civilians are pouring out of Pakistan’s war zone to flee battles between soldiers and Taliban militants but the fate of those left behind is uncertain, humanitarian workers say.
“How much civilians are affected, we don’t know, and for that we need access,” said Billi Bierling, spokeswoman for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan.
Dutch mark 5th anniversary of filmmaker’s murder
Amsterdam, 03 Nov 2009: The Dutch marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands.
Van Gogh, a distant relative of the famous painter, was shot and stabbed on an Amsterdam street Nov. 2, 2004, setting off a spate of mosque burnings in a country once renowned for its tolerance.
Kalashnikov AK-47 Becomes Weapon of the Past
Moscow, 03 Nov 2009: Russia’s Izhmash Concern, the maker of the renowned Kalashnikov assault rifle, will unveil a new gun next year. The gun is said to replace the legendary AK-47 system designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Vladimir Grodetsky, the general director of the enterprise, said at the round-table discussion devoted to the 90th anniversary of the legendary engineer that the specification of the new gun would make it 40 or 50 percent more efficient than its predecessor.
China to develop space military capabilities
Beijing, 03 Nov 2009: China’s Air Force will begin to develop “offensive operations” in space, a high-ranking military official has said in a seeming departure from Beijing’s recent opposition to space militarisation.
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Commander Xu Qiliang said on Sunday that space militarisation, or the development of weapons and defensive technology in outer space, was a “historic inevitability” and that “competition between military forces is moving towards outer space”.
Ex-KGB spy shot dead in Moscow
Moscow, 03 Nov 2009: A prominent Russian businessman has been shot dead in the Russian capital of Moscow, police have said.
Shabtai von Kalmanovich, who had been convicted in Israel for being a KGB spy, died at the scene, investigators from the state prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Rock County Deputy Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexual Assault
JANESVILLE, Wis., 03 Nov 2009: A Rock County sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Monday afternoon in connection with a sexual assault in Milton this weekend.
Steven Stenulson, of Janesville, was taken into custody by officers from the Milton Police Department. Investigators have linked the 38-year-old off-duty deputy to an alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman at a Milton home after a Halloween party on Saturday night.
Man found guilty of sexual assault
ST. CHARLES, Ill., 03 Nov 2009: An Elgin man has been found guilty of having sexual contact with two underage …
Nigeria rebels say truce could end
Niger Delta, 01 Nov 2009: Nigeria’s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land.
Henry Okah, the group’s leader, told Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege that the government has not stuck to its part of the deal and that “there will be a resumption of violence very soon”.
‘Disappointed’ Marlon King maintains his innocence and will appeal
London, 01 Nov 2009: Marlon King, the Wigan Athletic forward, could appeal against his conviction and 18-month prison sentence for sexual assault and actual bodily harm and his consequent dismissal by his club.
King, 29, was found guilty yesterday over an incident which took place in a London nightclub in December, while he was on loan from Wigan Athletic to Hull City. Wigan announced their intention to cancel his contract shortly afterwards.