http://pakistan.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for pakistan en Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2066242 unknown@ma.gnolia.com His college-age students asked ?many times,? he said, about the legitimacy of suicide bombing. Suicide bombing was justifiable against American soldiers. ?It depends on the circumstances,? he said. ?In a supermarket I will say no. Suicide bombing against American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, I will say yes, yes. It?s not suicide. It?s a mission, then it?s allowed.? Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2066242photoslistoverviewonlinecssDesignwebtoolsProgrammingutilitieswebtoolsrecipestravelwebsitesisocitypixelartpixelspixelartistsdevelopmentspeedload timeobjectspaginationpageuidesign elementspakistanislameducationschools http://web2announcer.com/go/2020443 unknown@Netscape.com LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday sentenced a blasphemy accused, Younis Masih, to death after a video jail trial. The court also fined him Rs 100,000. Factory Area police had registered a blasphemy case under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against Masih on September 10, 2005, after he had allegedly made Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:54:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020443pakistanLahoreislamChristianblasphemyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1978271 unknown@Netscape.com In one of the most troubling trends, U.S. officials said al-Qaida's command base in Pakistan increasingly is being funded by cash from Iraq, where the terrorist network's operatives are raising substantial sums from donations to the insurgency as well as kidnappings of wealthy Iraqis and other criminal activity. Sun, 20 May 2007 17:35:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1978271iraqAlQaidapakistanTerroristfundsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1969193 unknown@Netscape.com A major CIA effort launched last year to hunt down Osama bin Laden has produced no significant leads on his whereabouts, but has helped track an alarming increase in the movement of Al Qaeda operatives and money into Pakistan's tribal territories, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the operation. Sun, 20 May 2007 07:34:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1969193BinLadenterrorismpakistaniraqciaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1895685 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "A powerful bomb blast in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 24 people, police and officials say. Latest reports say part of the hotel, the Marhaba, has collapsed, trapping people inside. The bomb is reported to have gone off in the lobby. A number of the wounded have been taken for treatment. About 30 people are reported to have been injured." Tue, 15 May 2007 13:07:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1895685bombpakistanMarhabahotelexplosioncasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1877567 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistan's government has ordered the country's security forces to shoot rioters if necessary to bring an end to political violence that has left at least 37 people dead in Karachi in the last two days. Sun, 13 May 2007 22:45:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1877567pakistanKarachiRiotersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1859024 unknown@Netscape.com Rival Pakistani political groups have exchanged gunfire in the streets of Karachi, leaving some 30 people dead and at least 90 injured. Sat, 12 May 2007 20:38:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1859024pakistandeathNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1348603 unknown@Netscape.com At least 40 Shiites, Sunnis die in gunbattles in country's northwest province Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:22:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1348603pakistansecterianviolenceShiitesSunnisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1292221 unknown@Netscape.com A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News. The group has taken responsibility for the deaths and kidnappings of more than a dozen Iranian soldiers and officials. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:23:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1292221iranpakistanciawarbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1233874 unknown@Netscape.com Across Pakistan, in law offices, in the media, among the opposition parties and other sections of civil society, the feeling is growing that President Pervez Musharraf will have to quit sooner rather than later. After eight years of military rule, it appears people have had enough. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:27:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1233874pakistanmusharrafNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1131462 unknown@Netscape.com Crowd calls president `Bush's dog' as opposition builds after judge's ouster Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:11:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1131462musharrafpakistanrevolutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1115926 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Clashes between Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants near the Afghan border this week have left up to 160 people dead, including about 130 Uzbek and Chechen fighters, the provincial governor said Friday. The government says the bloodletting shows the success of its decision to use local tribesmen to root out foreign militants linked to al-Qaida. However, experts say it also exposes authorities' lack of control of a region also used by the Taliban to support attacks in Afghanistan." Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:28:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1115926pakistanmilitantTalibanAlQaedaAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1104709 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistan on Thursday successfully test fired a longer range version of its nuclear-capable, radar-dodging cruise missile, the military said. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:46:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1104709pakistannukesMissleNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1087950 unknown@Netscape.com One of Pakistan's deputy attorney generals and another senior judge have resigned over the removal of the Supreme Court chief justice. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:17:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1087950pakistanjudgesresignationsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/891901 unknown@Netscape.com Longtime rivals Pakistan and India pledged Wednesday to share information and help each other prevent terrorism as part of their three-year-old peace process. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:38:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/891901indiapakistantogetherfightterrorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/870903 unknown@Netscape.com Suspected pro-Taliban militants shot dead two Pakistani tribesmen near the Afghan border after accusing them of being U.S. informers, government officials and witnesses said. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/870903pakistanspiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/793630 unknown@Netscape.com Speaking out for the first time, Keller explains how the Taliban and al Qaeda are merging and how they learned successful techniques from the war in Iraq. Keller says the war in Iraq has shortchanged the U.S. effort to go after al Qaeda in Pakistan. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:12:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/793630TalibanAlQaedairaqAfghanistanpakistanartKellerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/752419 unknown@Netscape.com At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colorful kites, officials said Monday. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:45:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/752419kiteskill11pakistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/753966 unknown@Netscape.com President George W. Bush has decided to send an unusually tough message to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf warning that the new Democratic-led Congress could cut aid to his country unless it does more to crack down on al Qaeda operatives, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:20:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/753966bushwarnpakistancounterterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/751201 unknown@Netscape.com The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaida and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan that President Bush recently said was "wilder than the Wild West." Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:59:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/751201ricepakistanmustcontrolborderareaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/712268 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistan successfully test-fired a new version of its long-range nuclear-capable missile on Friday. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:14:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/712268pakistantestfireslongRangemissileNews http://web2announcer.com/go/694676 unknown@Netscape.com The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan pledged Wednesday to fight terrorism together - a break from the finger-pointing that has often marked the aftermath of attacks like this week's bombing that killed 68 people on a train linking the two rivals. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:50:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/694676indianpakistanPledgefightterrorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/671650 unknown@Netscape.com Suspected pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border killed an Afghan refugee they accused of being a U.S. spy, a district government official said on Tuesday. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:03:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/671650spypakistanafghanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/668417 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistan has denied published reports that indicated al Qaeda is active and getting stronger in its tribal North Waziristan region along the country's border with Afghanistan. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:11:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/668417pakistanterrorismalqaedaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/666595 unknown@Netscape.com Leaders of India and Pakistan pressed ahead Monday with their peace process, hours after twin bombs - apparently intended to disrupt their relations - sparked a fire that killed 66 people aboard a train that links the two rivals. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:01:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/666595indiapakistantrainbombingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/655078 unknown@Netscape.com Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:14:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/655078AlQaedapakistanAfghanistanreestabilishedcontrolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/653297 unknown@Netscape.com A fire sparked by explosions has swept through two carriages of a train bound from India to Pakistan, killing at least 65 people on board. Passengers said they heard two blasts as the train passed near Panipat, about 80km (50 miles) north of Delhi. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:28:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/653297trainindiafirepakistanexplosionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/620785 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistani officials are probing reports that a tribal council ordered a man to spend time in freezing water to prove that his son was innocent of stealing. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:34:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/620785pakistantribeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/403540 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:33:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/403540bushadministrationOpposespakistanLinkedAidbillTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/358369 unknown@Netscape.com Mukhtar Mai's story is as horrific as it is simple, and it is quickly told. On June 22, 2002, the council of her tiny village, on the southern fringes of the Punjab in Pakistan, ordered that she be gang raped as a punishment for an offence supposedly committed by her 12-year-old brother. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:36:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/358369pakistanrapewomenlawNews http://web2announcer.com/go/332085 unknown@Netscape.com "There is a problem of forces coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack and then to return to Pakistan to seek refuge and refitting," he said at a media briefing on US efforts to frame a new strategy in Afghanistan with NATO to ward off the renewed Taliban threat Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:34:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/332085pakistanAfghanistanNATOTalibanthreatNews http://web2announcer.com/go/318343 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "A suicide bomber killed a security guard and himself in an attack outside the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said. There was a wrecked car on the road at the side of the hotel, ... 'It was a suicide attack. The bomber and one security official of the hotel was killed,' Sherpao told Reuters." Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:29:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/318343pakistanMarriottIslamabadSherpaobombexplosionsuicideNews http://web2announcer.com/go/230119 unknown@Netscape.com Tribesmen from a Pakistani mountain village where an airstrike hit a suspected al-Qaeda hideout claimed Friday that missiles were fired from an American plane and denied the dead were terrorists. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:26:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/230119pakistanAlQaedamisslesusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/130832 unknown@Netscape.com Nato Forces in Afghanistan claimed yesterday to have thwarted a major Taliban border incursion from Pakistan by killing up to 150 insurgents in a night-time operation. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:12:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/130832insurgentspakistanTaliban150killedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7230 unknown@Netscape.com Tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti has been killed in a battle between tribal militants and government forces in Balochistan province, Pakistan says. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:06:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7230NewspakistanrebeldeadNawab Akbar Bugti http://web2announcer.com/go/6677 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. intelligence officials say Osama bin Laden is likely hiding in Pakistan, and the former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit says the United States will have to be "extraordinarily lucky" to get the al Qaeda leader. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:12:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6677Newspakistanbin ladencia http://web2announcer.com/go/5696 unknown@Netscape.com A group of Pakistani crackers vandalized today the websites of 4 different Kevin Mitnick's ventures, in what it looks like to be a focused personal attack. The sites defensivethinking.com, mitsec.com, kevinmitnick.com and mitnicksecurity.com have been defaced with offensive messages against his person. But Kevin Mitnick is not new to this Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:45:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5696TechnologyKevin MitnickhackedpakistanwebsitesdefacedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4834 unknown@Netscape.com A senior al Qaeda commander allegedly tied to the London airplane bomb plot has been arrested in Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence and law enforcement officials have told ABC News. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:14:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4834Newsterrorismal qaedapakistanairplanesbomb plot http://web2announcer.com/go/4200 unknown@Netscape.com The transfer of millions of dollars from Britain to a Pakistani charity working on earthquake relief last year helped investigators uncover the alleged plot to blow up airplanes bound for the United States, according to two senior Pakistani intelligence officials. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:59:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4200Newscharityterrorismterror plotpakistanearthquake http://web2announcer.com/go/3426 unknown@Netscape.com An intercept of a telephone call made from Pakistan to Britain that urged plotters to go ahead with attacks on U.S.-bound jetliners played a crucial role in foiling the alleged terror plan, Pakistani officials said Saturday. The arrest in Pakistan of a key suspect with alleged Al Qaeda links, British national Rashid Rauf, prompted an uniden Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:38:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3426NewsIntercepted CallpakistanbritishTerror Arrests http://web2announcer.com/go/3296 unknown@Netscape.com Pakistani intelligence led to the raids on Muslim gathering places, The suspects are allegedly tied to Al Qaeda. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:09:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3296NewsterrorpakistanItalyterror plotal qaeda http://web2announcer.com/go/3185 unknown@Netscape.com British officials identified 19 of the suspects accused of plotting to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft on Friday, making public a list of names that fueled suspicions of a Pakistan connection. Travelers at Britain%u2019s airports again struggled with increased security, a Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:05:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3185Newsabbr titleterroristbritainpakistanaircraftliquidterrorist...abbr explosives http://web2announcer.com/go/1693 unknown@Netscape.com A suicide bomber was killed early Sunday in southwestern Pakistan when the explosives belt he was wearing exploded prematurely Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:58:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1693Newssuicide bomberpakistan http://web2announcer.com/go/1612 unknown@Netscape.com Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Pakistan's information technology (IT) industry has registered exports worth $72 million in the financial year 2005-06, a record 56 percent annual increase over exports of $46 million in 2004-05. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:32:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1612MoneypakistanTechnologytechNewsbusiness http://web2announcer.com/go/1530 unknown@Netscape.com India and Pakistan have expelled diplomats from each other's countries after Pakistan accused an Indian visa official of "undesirable activities". Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:45:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1530PoliticspakistanindiaspydiplomatNews