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[osint] Taleban deploy 10,000 fighters for ‘bloody attac k’: commander; US-led troops shoot militant d ead

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[osint] UN wants Islamabad’s clarification on Tal iban

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[osint] China's investment rules, piracy cost EU business $28 bln

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[osint] Grand Mufti’s Tenure Extended

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[osint] Malaysian mufti says men can watch women athletes: report

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[osint] Re: : Carnival attracts 3 million in Germany - Muslims offended

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[osint] New oil find in Iraq gives hope to Sunni areas

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[osint] Serbians and Kosovars meet again in Vienna over Kosovo's future

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[osint] Report on WSI released

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[osint] Iran reneges on nuclear payments to Russia

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[osint] Europe Might Consider Own Missile Defence System

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[osint] Russia to export $7.5 billion in arms in 2007 - Deputy PM Ivanov

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[osint] Iranian spy 'still on the loose'

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[osint] Virtual treatment for US troops

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[osint] Salvador politicians found dead

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[osint] Madrid train bomb suspects insist they are innocent

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[osint] Rep. calls for US to secure rails

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[osint] Iran won't back down on uranium enrichment

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[osint] Russian missile "blackmail" won't work, Czechs say

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[osint] Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'

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[osint] Russia says is committed to its obligations towards Iran

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[osint] EU anti-terror chief asks U.S. to uphold human rights

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[osint] Former Iraqi Leaders Indicted For Genocide In Anfal Trial

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[osint] Egyptian Charged With Spying for Israel in Turkey; Israel Denies It

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[osint] Officials fear North African terror base

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[osint] McConnell takes over as new intelligence chief

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[osint] Report: Malaysian state to send spies to hotels, parks to catch 'immoral couples'

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[osint] Plan Afghanistan: Another Colombia mistake

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[osint] MINA: Police cooperation between Montenegro and Bulgaria is good

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[osint] Ukraine to Contribute to Army's Development

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[osint] Clergy get a kick in Sarajevo

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[osint] Brazil-Ukraine Space Company To Start Operating This Year

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[osint] Poll: War on Terror radicalized Muslims

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[osint] British troops to start Iraq pullout by April

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[osint] Mexican Congress OKs terror finance bill

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[osint] Muslim husband who killed his wife and children because of their Western ways

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[osint] Schools 'not meeting Muslim needs'

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[osint] Croatia Probes Hitler Sugar Sachets

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[osint] Poland sends special troops to Afghanistan

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[osint] Poland, Sweden focus on controversial Baltic pipeline plan

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[osint] Muslim manifesto calls for headscarves in state schools

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[osint] Cab Company: Muslim Driver Who Allegedly Ran Over College Students Stole Car

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[osint] Afghan Rambo is the lone ranger in a town emptied by the Taleban

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[osint] Macedonia to complete EU criteria by 2010: Vice PM

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[osint] Veils block integration in UK, warns Lord Ahmed

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[osint] Can you fight terror with justice?

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[osint] Top Sunni scholar to meet pope in Rome

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[osint] OSCE to have robust role in future Kosovo, UN Special Envoy says

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[osint] Corruption: an evil Arab governments are sticking to

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[osint] Abbas to start Arab, European tour to earn support for Mecca deal

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[osint] UAE Ministry orders 10,000 UAE pistols

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[osint] Egypt targets Islamic group's financial base

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[osint] UN Ki-moon recommends troops to Darfur border countries

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[osint] UPDATE: Four LDS missionaries kidnapped in Nigeria

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[osint] FBI awards contract for info sharing plan

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[osint] Bahrain uncovers militant training camp

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[osint] Libya Hosts Talks Between Bashir, Darfur Rebels

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[osint] Egypt steps up campaign against Brotherhood

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[osint] Lebanon will be first victim of Iran crisis

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[osint] Saudi Arabia displays Sri Lankan bodies

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[osint] Syria and Palestine enhance youth cooperation

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[osint] Peters names new Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00384.htm Peters names new Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 11:11 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs 21 February 2007 Peters names new Ambassador to Saudi Arabia New Zealand’s n

[osint] Gul - Faysal Meeting

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=163446 Gul - Faysal Meeting Published: 2/19/2007 ANKARA - Relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia as well as Iraq and Palestine issues were discussed during Turkish FM Abdullah Gul`s meeting with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Saud Al Faysal at S

[osint] Russian Expert: "Peace will not achieve in the Middle East without Syria

http://www.sana.org/eng/22/2007/02/20/103695.htm Russian Expert: "Peace will not achieve in the Middle East without Syria Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 02:15 PM Moscow, (SANA)- Director General of Contemporary Strategic Studies Center in Russia Rejeb Savarov underlined that the peace process in t

[osint] So, Iran is next!

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/2007/February/editorial_February43.xml§ion=editorial&col= So, Iran is next! 21 February 2007 CONFIRMATION of ‘fallback’ plans for US military strikes inside Iran were about as expected as the tension that it would fuel, an

[osint] Lebanon signs $300 million loan deal with UAE

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=79728 Lebanon signs $300 million loan deal with UAE By Osama Habib Daily Star staff Wednesday, February 21, 2007 BEIRUT: In keeping with a pledge made at the January Paris III donor conference, the United Arab Emirates is

[osint] Realpolitik: Syria can make a difference

http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070220-120900-8428r Realpolitik: Syria can make a difference By ALON BEN-MEIR NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. administration officials are increasingly talking about the wisdom of engaging with Syria to try to gain its support and

[osint] Connecting Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Kazakhstan

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=02&biid=2007022018588 Connecting Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Kazakhstan FEBRUARY 20, 2007 06:49 “I will build a financial silk road which will connect Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Kazakhstan with Vietnam

[osint] Kazakhstan’s MiG-31 jet crashes in cent ral region, killing pilots

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11261647&PageNum=0 Kazakhstan’s MiG-31 jet crashes in central region, killing pilots 17.02.2007, 07.24 ALMATY, February 17 (Itar-Tass) -- A two-seater MiG-31 fighter jet of Kazakhstan’s Air Force crashed in the Karaganda Region on Friday

[osint] Unknown persons blow up gas pipeline in Pakistan

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200702/21/eng20070221_351486.html Unknown persons blow up gas pipeline in Pakistan Unknown persons blew up a 16- inch diameter gas pipeline in the outskirts of the southwestern Pakistani city Quetta on Tuesday, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reporte

[osint] So What if Iran Is Interfering in Iraq?

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/perry.php?articleid=10557 So What if Iran Is Interfering in Iraq? Faulty premises will lead us to another war by Michael Perry Anti-warriors and even formerly gullible reporters are taking issue with Bush's claims that Iran is supporting the Iraqi insurgents, but this

[osint] Afghanistan to punish war criminals

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\21\story_21-2-2007_pg4_16 Afghanistan to punish war criminals KABUL: Afghanistan vowed on Tuesday to punish those responsible for war crimes over three decades of fighting, rejecting parliament’s move to grant a blanket amnesty, including to

[osint] Kazakhstan denies having any nuclear facilities

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[osint] Opinion: Russia can lose its “eyes and ears” in Azerbaijan

http://www.regnum.ru/english/785115.html Opinion: Russia can lose its “eyes and ears” in Azerbaijan The Gabala Radio Location Station in Azerbaijan is of special interest for Russia in the frameworks of its fight with air defense, Head of the Center for Military Forecasting, member of the Acade

[osint] Ulman was carrying out his task in Chechnya - defense witness

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[osint] Pakistan dismisses US claim about Al-Qaeda as "absurd"

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[osint] In Pakistan, Student Sit-in in Defense of Mosques

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