The Americans killed in last week`s bomb attack in Pakistan were US agents that had been working closely with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), an official says. Dozens of teenage girls were caught up in the blast, outside their secondary school last week. According to The Times Online the Americans, pretending to train paramilitary officers, were involved in gathering intelligence information from the tribal areas of Pakistan for the CIA-operated drone attacks in the region.

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Ethiopian troops in armoured vehicles crossed into two border towns in south central Somalia - El Barde and Yeed - and seized the family of a man with links to al-Shabaab insurgents, residents said on Sunday.

Al-Shabab fighters have reportedly vacated their strongholds in Mogadishu ahead of a government offensive.

India that was expecting a polite and immediate ‘yes’ from Pakistan to its offer for foreign secretary-level talks once again finds itself on the wrong side of the fence. Not only did Pakistan take its time in reluctantly accepting the offer with several ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ for public consumption, it also gave clearance to the jihadists to organise a string of anti-India meetings in Muzaffarabad, Islamabad and Lahore that were addressed by Jamaat ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.

NATO forces in Afghanistan have called on the Taliban to surrender ahead of what is expected to be the biggest anti-militant offensive since 2001.

India has proposed the first high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan since their peace process broke down following the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008.

In a meeting with Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan Fahmida Mirza in Tehran, Mottaki said that in spite of the setbacks suffered by foreign powers in Afghanistan, they still insist on their wrongful policies.

...Later, at 5.30 the settler came back again and this time accompanied with another settler dressed in army uniform. This time they threatened the 87 years old Rifka Al-Kurd with a M-16 machine gun and said that they would kill her.

De facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday that the blockade and walls surrounding Gaza would not force Palestinians to submit to external control.

The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.

The Israeli army raided the offices of the Stop the Wall organization in Ramallah early Monday morning.

Friends of Humanity International organization, based in Vienna, issued on Saturday a detailed report entitled "Beyond the Sun" on the reality of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails; the organization reported that 2009 was the worst year in history of Palestinian detainees utterly.

Having commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day with Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer and some Jewish friends, after a talk at Goldsmith University last week, I feel that Palestinians have many common experiences with the survivors of the Holocaust.

At least ten Yemeni troopers have been killed and 18 others have been wounded in a fresh round of clashes with Houthi fighters in the north, said a military official.

Gaza is the most densely populated area in the world. Large numbers of the Palestinian refugees dwelled in eight refugee camps after Al-Nakba since 1948 in Gaza city.

The Jerusalem Post has canceled Naomi Chazan’s biweekly column, after she and the New Israel Fund of which she is president threatened legal action against the paper over a recent advertisement.

US officials say the suspect in the failed Christmas Day bombing is now providing valuable intelligence in hunting the US-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who the Obama administration has approved for assassination.

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"Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decided really to come out and do whatever he could to support Israel, which I would like him to do," she said on Sunday.

Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Monday to discuss prospects of reunifying Palestinian factions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Moscow to persuade the Kremlin into backing tougher sanctions against Iran days after media reports revealed that Tel Aviv has dispatched two warships to the Persian Gulf.

The announcement seems to contradict Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad`s Sunday speech, which expressed readiness to send low-enriched uranium abroad. "But for Iran, it is just two ways to play the `game,`" said Guo Xiangang, an expert on Iranian issues at the China Institute of International Studies. "Two statements served one goal, which is to increase Iran`s bargaining ability with respect to the proposed UN deal. By doing so, Iran may push the West to accept a greater degree of flexibility," Guo said.

The Obama style of "diplomacy" works in the direction, that China may accept Iran to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. How many enemies does the USA want to have?

"We have written a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to announce our intention to enrich uranium to 20 percent. We will send this letter to the world`s atomic watchdog on Monday and then start enrichment on Tuesday in the presence of inspectors and observers from the IAEA,” Salehi told the Arabic-language Al-Alam television network on Sunday night.

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The world should tread carefully over Tehran`s nuclear programme

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday that Iran will begin 20 percent uranium enrichment on Tuesday, Iran`s state-run satellite channel Press TV reported.

Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yanukovych on Feb. 8 pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat after his slender victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back towards Moscow.

A gap between Ukraine`s presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko narrowed to less than 4% after 70.30% of votes were counted, the Central Election Commission said.

Ukraine`s opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is narrowly defeating by over 7% his opponent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in country`s presidential election runoff after 30.41% of ballots counted.

CNPC is heavily involved in Iran and Iraq. FACTS attributed CNPC`s ability to invest in Iran to the US sanctions keeping US-based oil companies away from investing there. On Jan. 14, 2009, CNPC signed a buyback binding contract with National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) to develop onshore North Azadegan oil field. Duration of the agreement is 25 years. CNPC also has an MOU with NIOC to develop South Azadegan oil field.

Pakistani security forces have captured several members of the Jundallah terrorist group and handed them over to Iranian authorities.

There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler.

"The two drones, named Raad and Nazir, are capable of carrying out surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision," Vahidi said on Monday.

Ahead of the anniversary ceremonies of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, its Leader said Monday threats against Iran emanate from the enemy`s inability to comprehend the divine roots of the Islamic Republic.