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US Anti-outsourcing bill blocked by Dem Senator Chuck Grassley

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Two amendments moved by a US Senator on restricted hiring of foreign workers and another aimed at preventing fraud and abuse of H-1B and L1 visa could not pass the Senate floor as it was was blocked by the Democratic Party. The two amendments moved along with the Creating American Jobs and End Offshoring Act, [...]

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Pakistan warns NATO of military force to prevent violation of air space

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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s foreign minister said Wednesday his country may use military force to stop violations of its territory.

“We will not allow anyone in any case to interfere in Pakistan’s territory and if this continues, we will adopt all the set measures including military action,” Rehman Malik told reporters. “I assure you we are quite capable of defending our homeland.”

Malik said he was referring to two incidents of aerial engagements from the Afghanistan side into Pakistani territory by helicopters with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force over the weekend, in which dozens of suspected militants were killed in what Pakistan said was its territory.

Islamabad strongly protested the action and sent a demarche — a formal protest relayed through diplomatic channels — to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

“These incidents are a clear violation and breach of the U.N. mandate under which ISAF operates. The said mandate “terminates/finishes” at the Afghanistan border. There are no agreed “hot pursuit” rules. Any impression to the contrary is not factually correct. Such violations are unacceptable,” said a statement from Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry on Monday.

“ISAF/NATO has been asked not to participate in any military action that violates the U.N. mandate and infringes upon Pakistan’s sovereignty. In the absence of immediate corrective measures, Pakistan will be constrained to consider response options,” the statement continued.

Malik said Wednesday that Pakistan has protested the action to Afghanistan as well and will also voice its concerns to the United States.

ISAF described one of the incidents in a statement Monday, saying that “an air weapons team engaged a significant number of insurgents following an attack on a remote Afghan National Security Force outpost in Khost province Saturday.”

Khost province, in Afghanistan’s northeast, borders Pakistan. ISAF said more than 30 insurgents were killed in the strike.

“Initial reports indicate no civilians were injured or killed during the operation,” the ISAF statment said. “At no time during the engagement did ground forces cross into Pakistan territory.”

The Pakistani government has had to toe a fine line: While touting its help and willingness to assist in the war on terror, it also strongly defends its sovereignty and has loudly protested strikes by suspected drones in its territory that have killed some civilians.

A series of drone strikes each day since Saturday have killed at least 12 suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN Tuesday. One of those killed was a top al Qaeda commander, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, the officials said.

The United States does not normally comment on suspected drone strikes, but it’s the only country operating in the area known to have the capability to launch missiles from drones, which are operated remotely.

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Delhi Games paralyzed by threats of Ayodhya violence

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If terrorists wanted a city paralyzed and panic-stricken about security, they have already won the propaganda battle ahead of Sunday’s opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Tourist numbers are down, the organizing committee are having difficulty selling tickets and hoteliers are complaining of empty rooms. The projected bonanza of 100,000 extra people flocking to Delhi [...]

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Langurs guard Delhi Games against stray rabid monkeys

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To thwart attacks by monkeys and hungry animals, India has deployed 100,000 security guards and 38 monkeys to secure venues in New Delhi ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games this weekend. The human part of the force includes sniper units and soldiers manning mobile surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns in the Indian capital, [...]

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The Cancer is in Kabul's occupation and not anywhere else

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President Obama has misdiagnosed the problems in Afghanistan. It is not Cancer, it is treatable. The problems can be fixed if he can identify the malady in the right place–the problem resides in Washington and Kabul–not anywhere else.

The Cancer is in Kabul's occupation and not anywhere else

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European nightmare: Fourth Reich begins in Holland

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Mr. Geert Wilders has started the course which lays the foundation of the Fourth Reich in Holland. From there is will spread to the rest of Europe. Already the Neo-Nazis have made major encampment in all EU countries. A fire in a Reichstag of the death of a prominent politician will then unleash unspeakable atrocities [...]

European nightmare: Fourth Reich begins in Holland

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The cancer is in a defunct policy

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The Washington Post is milking its latest transcription for all its worth. Excerpts from Bob Woodward’s book are splashed on the front pages. Juicy parts make headlines from Delhi to London. American media’s favorite whipping boy is at the brunt of most of the wet dreams, wishes and agendas. Pakistan is blamed for Americ’as defeat [...]

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ECO Moves forward: Transit Trade Agreement signed

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Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries have finally decided to enforce much awaited Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA) by launching a Truck Carvan, which will start from Pakistan on Thursday. It will move across the region and terminate at Istanbul, Turkey after passing through Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. A symbolic send off ceremony [...]

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Kashmir uprising: The undercurrents

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There cannot be two opinions that the unprecedented scale and pitch of the current uprising of the Kashmiri population has struck India with the unexpectedness of a bolt from the blue. The IHK ambience showed a promise for serenity, particularly after holding the 2008 elections. The militancy had vanished and the establishment in India surveyed [...]

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Sovereignty vs. ‘Sovereign guarantees’

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How far is the Pakistani state prepared to go to undermining its national sovereignty and the safety of the lives of its citizens? Since 2004 mainly innocent Pakistani citizens have been killed by US drone strikes inside Pakistan. This is beyond the list of those Pakistanis handed over to the US in renditions by the [...]

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