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9/11 Anniversary

With Funereal Grief, America Marks September 11

Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Is Osama Bin Laden Really Dead? Some Don't Think So

A file photo of Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan
Is Osama bin Laden really dead? That's what the young lady asked me.She knew I am a journalist, not quick to buy suspicious facts peddled as such, but not quick to buy into conspiracy theories, either -- like the one that Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. military was faked.

With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11

With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11
Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.
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Sikh-Americans

9/11 Anniversary: The View of South Asians

In the immediate wake of the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington D.C., when Osama bin Laden's face become plastered across TV sets, people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh suddenly became viewed with extreme suspicion and in some case abuse.
U.S. Foreign Policy

Opinion: Did Osama Bin Laden Succeed?

The United States has killed the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Osama bin Laden. But in engaging in two costly wars, did the U.S. do much of what bin Laden wanted the U.S. to do?
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

U.S. Sees Credible September 11 Threat

President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a credible but unconfirmed threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Delhi High Court Blast

Indian Cops Question 3 in Court Bombing

Indian police detained for questioning three people Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir, over an e-mail allegedly claiming responsibility for the deadly bombing at the New Delhi High Court, police said.
Delhi Blast sketch suspect

Police Detain Three People Over Delhi Blast

Police detained for questioning three people on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing of the New Delhi High Court, police said.
Delhi

Delhi Earthquake a Long Time Coming

Delhi is considered to be in Zone 4 of the Earthquake Hazard Map of India and is therefore designated as being in the High Damage Risk Zone. There hasn't been a significant earthquake in the city's recent history, although it has experienced minor vibrations from quakes elsewhere in the country and in Pakistan.
Electronic Smoking On Board

Two PIA Planes Grounded after Bomb Threats

Two Pakistan International Airlines flights (one bound for Kuala Lumpur and one for Manchester, England) were grounded after the airline received separate bomb threats.
Delhi Blast

Militants Strike India, Pakistan Alike

At least 34 people were killed in separate terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan Wednesday when militants attacked both civilians and state officials. Police have a number of suspects, but so far nothing is confirmed.
Delhi Blast sketch suspect

Delhi Bombing: Police Sketch First Suspects

Delhi police released sketches of two suspects hours after a suitcase bomb was placed outside Gate No. 5 of the court house, where around 300 people were lined up to enter the building.
Delhi Blast

Pakistan-Based Islamic Terror Group Claims Delhi Blast

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a Pakistan-based Islamic terror organization that was behind the Mumbai blast in 2008, has claimed the responsibility for the deadly explosion outside the Delhi High Court that killed 10 people, mostly litigants, on Wednesday.
India-Pakistan Border

India-Pakistan Divide Captured from the International Space Station (Photo)

NASA's Earth Observatory has released a photo of the border between India and Pakistan taken from the International Space Station. The striking orange line depicting the hostile Asian border, however, is not a product of photoshop. This is the fenced and floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan. The fence is designed to discourage smuggling and arms trafficking and shows how divided the two nations are.
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Bomb Kills 4 Outside India's High Court

A suspected bomb blast outside India's High Court in the heart of New Delhi killed four people Wednesday, a senior Home Ministry official told CNN-IBN channel.
Indian PM Singh talks to his Bangladeshi counterpart Hasina upon his arrival in Dhaka

Singh Visit to Bangladesh Brings Slight Progress

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina signed a series of agreements in Dhaka on Tuesday, but failed to resolve their main disputes, over transit rights for India and the sharing of river waters, officials said.

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