Tel Aviv, March 12 (DPA) Israeli military prosecutors indicted two Israeli soldiers Thursday for allegedly ordering a Palestinian child to open bags suspected of containing explosives, during Israel's Gaza Strip offensive last year, a military statement said.
The statement said that while searching a building in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood,
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Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems.
Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the missiles can travel with supersonic speed and hit the target at the distance of 40 km.
These technologically advanced missiles are apt in
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) India and Russia will Friday intensify their strategic and economic ties by signing over a dozen agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and another accord fixing the cost of the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.35 billion.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Friday evening
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The government Thursday said that some terror groups had plans to target Indian missions abroad and underlined that it has taken up a slew of measures to strengthen security of the missions.
The government is aware of certain terror groups having plans to target Indian missions
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Nearly two weeks after the deadly terror attack in Kabul that killed 7 Indians, India and Russia Friday will discuss the volatile situation in Afghanistan and the implications of a reconciliation deal with the Taliban for regional stability.
The situation in Afghanistan will be among a
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Mogadishu, March 11 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian capital.
The fighting, which erupted Wednesday, resumed Thursday after a brief lull overnight with both sides claiming control
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday said that Bangladesh had promised action against insurgents operating from their territory against India.
'We have handed over a list of insurgents likely to be in Bangladesh. I am confident of cooperation of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),' BSF Director General
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday said that Bangladesh has promised action against insurgents operating from its territory against India.
'We have handed over a list of insurgents likely to be in Bangladesh. I am confident of cooperation of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),' BSF Director General
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Shimla, March 11 (IANS) Three children whose bodies were found near an army firing range in Himachal Pradesh died when three mortar shells they picked up exploded, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Thursday.
Dhumal told the state assembly that the boys, aged 12 and 13 years, went to a forest
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday asked his officers to stick to timelines and complete by 2012 the Crime Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project, a national databank of crime and criminals and their biometric profiles.
'Terrorists and organised criminals have developed overt and covert technologies,
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