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Pentagon concerned over Blackwater’s work in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said Friday. Gates made the pledge to lawmakers after receiving a letter from Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who urged the defense secretary to reconsider awarding a possible one billion dollar contract to the firm, now known as Xe, due to allegations of wrongdoing. "He is looking into it and he takes it seriously," press secretary Geoff Morrell ...
China’s defense budget to grow 7.5% in 2010
BEIJING: China plans to increase its defense budget by 7.5 percent in 2010, only about half of last year's planned growth of 14.9 percent, a parliament spokesman said here on Thursday. The planned defense budget is 532.115 billion yuan (about 78 billion U.S. dollars), a rise of about 37 billion yuan from last year's defense expenditure, Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), told a press conference. Defense spending would account for 6.4 percent of the country's total fiscal expenditure in 2010, the same with last year, he ...
3 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede
LUCKNOW: A stampede broke out at a Hindu temple in northern India Thursday as thousands of people jostled with each other to get free clothes and utensils, leaving at least 63 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The force of the stampede was so great, it knocked down a gate at the temple compound in Kunda, a small town 110 miles (180kilometers) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. About 44 worshippers were injured in the crush of people at a Hindu temple belonging to a popular local religious leader, ...
Dubai seeks Israeli PM’s arrest over hotel murder
DUBAI : Dubai police said Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Israel's prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas leader in a hotel room of the Gulf city-state. Police chief Dahi Khalfan said he had issued the demand for the arrest warrants as he was now certain they ordered the Cold War-style hit on Mahmud al-Mabhuh. "I have presented the (Dubai) prosecutor with a request for the arrest of (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and the head of Mossad," Meir Dagan, said Khalfan. "I am now ...
What happened to Kat’s dates?
MUMBAI : Being in demand and in competition for the No. 1 slot in Bollywood, comes with its own headaches and, well, a fair share of heartaches. Katrina Kaif’s stock is at an all-time high. After nine hits, she’s come to be considered a lucky mascot and now all the big filmmakers want to sign her on in 2010. But... this demand is causing Kat more stress than delight, say trade sources. Tarun Mansukhani wants her for Dostana-2 with Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham, Imtiaz Ali was considering her for Rockstar opposite Ranbir Kapoor, Ritesh ...
Suspended railway traffic could not be restored
NAWABSHAH : The suspended railway traffic after goods train derailment could not be restored and the stranded passengers passed night in misery, Aaj News reported. According to the details, the railways track was damaged when ten bogies of Karachi bound Goods Train Wazir Mension derailed near Nawabshah station. The goods train derailment resulted in blockade of up and down track while some passengers trains were stranded at Nawabshah, Sarhari and other stations. The incident was immediately communicated to Divisional Headquarter from where cranes had been despatched to clear the track. Jawans of Indus Rangers immediately rushed ...
Senate passes $10 billion jobless benefits measure
The Senate voted Tuesday to pass a $10 billion measure to extend benefits for unemployed workers and fund road projects after Sen. Jim Bunning agreed to end his filibuster. The 78-19 vote on the 30-day extension known as H.R. 4691 came minutes after the Kentucky Republican made a final plea on the floor of the Senate for his colleagues not to borrow the money. "We can't do everything we'd like to do," Bunning said. "We don't have the money." A Department of Transportation official said the president will sign the package Wednesday morning and that ...
D.C. same-sex marriage law takes effect this week
The District of Columbia's same-sex marriage law will go into effect as scheduled this week, after the Supreme Court refused to stop its enforcement. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a three-page order Tuesday, a day before the law becomes official. He concluded the high court should defer to local matters in the federal district of Washington. And he said a separate ballot initiative to overturn the law would give voters a chance to weigh in on the question. A group of Washington residents had objected to the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment ...
Gates outlines study on letting gays serve openly in the military
A Pentagon study on how to implement a plan to allow gays to serve openly in the military, "can only be successful if it is managed in a way that minimizes disruption to a force engaged in combat operations," according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Gates made the comments in a letter sent Tuesday to the four service heads and other senior staff who will work on a study looking at implications of repealing the "don't ask don't tell" law. President Barack Obama requested that the Congress repeal the law and directed Gates to ...
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