International alarm at the Talibanisation of parts of northern Pakistan near Islamabad was mounting last night after militants ambushed a convoy of soldiers deployed to prevent extremists taking over a district only 60 miles from the capital.
Snipers opened fire on police escorting four platoons of Frontier Corps paramilitary troops into Buner district, a day after militants overran government buildings and looted western aid offices. One policeman was killed and one injured, an army spokesman said.
Locals said the ambush had forced the Frontier Corps to retreat. "Now Buner is ruled by the Taliban," one resident told the Guardian by phone. "They go anywhere they want."
U.S. doubts Pakistan's will to confront the Taliban
And I doubt the U.S.'s will to confront the Taliban.
No alliance raids into Pakistan: NATO chief
SOFIA (BULGARIA): NATO's Secretary General has ruled out any cross-border raids into Pakistan by the alliance's troops in Afghanistan.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday that the mandate of the 47,000-strong NATO force is strictly limited to Afghanistan.
This is bad. REALLY REALLY FRICKIN' BAD. Pakistan has nukes. Can you image what happens when the Taliban and Al Qaeda get their hands on those?
Meanwhile...
Iran says pipeline agreement reached with Iraq
Dubai denies pirate money laundered in its banks
Claims of Biz Swindle in Dubai's Ruling Family
Blasts kill 78 in Iraq's bloodiest day in a year
587 candidates in race for Lebanon parliament
Hezbollah win in Lebanon poll would be big upset
Upsetting, but not really an upset.
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Hundreds riot in Kfar Qassem Wednesday night
Hamas smuggling new arsenal into Gaza
Site of Joseph's Tomb vandalized
EU: Time not right to boost J'lem ties
Clinton: Israel risks losing support on Iran
Nobody but Israel and God, in the end.
Israel PM invited to Egypt in sign of thaw
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Somali president says piracy solution on land not sea
Clashes in Sudan kill at least 170
At least 24 dead after clashes with sect in Kenya
Trekkopje strikes ‘yellow cake’
Mine Manager of AREVA Resources Namibia, Paul Day, recently declared, “Despite the many challenges faced during this pioneering effort, the AREVA Namibian Resources technical team recently succeeded in achieving two world breakthroughs at the Trekkopje Mine pilot plant.”
Day explained that for the first time in the world’s history, uranium was extracted through an alkali heap leach, and secondly, that the mine used the first application of Nimsix IEX technology to extract uranium from alkali leach solution.
“AREVA Resources Namibia can now confirm that the process design upon which the future operation is planned has proven itself successful,” Day said.
“Visually, the product is of a high quality with very little impurities, we are exceptionally satisfied with the result.”
Thirty-five African migrants drown off Yemen coast
'Somali effect' on piracy in Asia
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China Uses Global Crisis to Assert Its Influence
Japan PM's war shrine offering angers China
Report Says China Facing Looming Aging Crisis
Of course. They've murdered most of their unborn.
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Russia opens efforts to get NKorea back into talks
Russia, US to hold "unprecedented" talks on economy
Russia takes firmer hold on oil with Sibir deal
NATO Invites Russia To Monitor Georgian War Games
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Hundreds of vehicles with opposition supporters heading to Tbilisi from Georgian regions
Turkey seeks free trade deal with Libya
Turkey-Armenia breakthrough welcomed
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Ukraine set to re-nationalize some coal mines, official reports
Ukraine Set to Nationalize Banks
Germany excavates Jewish graves
German authorities begin excavating a site they believe contains one of the last undiscovered mass graves of Jews killed by the Nazis.
A European State Department?: Brussels Quietly Trains a Foreign Service
A number of eurocrats will soon form part of an EU diplomatic corps, if European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso has anything to say about it. He's looking forward to the day when the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect -- and the EU has to build embassies.
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UN kicks Jews, Iranians out of racism meeting
US shares 'common purpose' at G8 climate talks
Obama 'zeal' gives hope to G8 climate change talks
G8 may consider L'Aquila for summit
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Napolitano Draws Resignation Calls After Gaffes on Veterans, Canada
Report: Obama Administration Preparing Bankruptcy Filing for Chrysler
Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility
Quadriplegic child found dead in storage facility
God, I pray your justice for this little girl.
Dead polo horses were given improperly mixed drug
Soup Kitchens and Tent Cities: Crisis Plunges US Middle Class into Poverty - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Really? Where? Most everyone I know is tightening the belt a bit, but tent cities?
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Body found on fire outside Tijuana, Mexico
Bolivia leader backs plot probe
Bolivian Raids on Chabad House 'Unexplainable'
Argentina claims vast ocean area
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Water: A Rising Tide of Smart Investing Plays
FAO forecasts drop in world cereal output
CDC confirms 7 cases of swine flu in humans
Wildfire Destroys Dozens of Homes Near South Carolina Tourist Spots
Drought, fire make trouble for S. Florida
At Least 14 Soldiers Killed in Nepal Forest Fire
Fire influences global warming more than previously thought
Dealing with pest plagues - Australia
AS IF drought wasn’t enough, farmers are now struggling with burgeoning plagues – everything from mice and locusts to rabbits and feral pigs.
Starlings to fight locusts - China
Black blizzards: must-see environmental TV
Storms cause rain, hail, scattered tornadoes and some power outages
SPACE.com -- Electricity Measured Inside Space Tornadoes
Researchers made blood cells work as embryonic stem cells
the life is in the blood
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3,000-year-old arms storehouse uncovered in Sinai
Egyptologists dig into mystery of possible tomb
Scientists claim to have found language of ancient Indus civilisation
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Magnitude 5.1 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
Magnitude 5.4 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Moderate quake strikes Indonesia
Magnitude 3.1 - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Volcano fear hits Tenerife
Small earthquake recently recorded in Lakes Region NH
Geologist: Two earthquakes in week in Alabama unusual, but no cause for alarm
Magnitude 4.0 - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Magnitude 3.0 - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
3.8 earthquake hits Orange County
Magnitude 3.1 earthquake centered near Gilroy shakes South Bay
Queensland earthquake risk real
Mount Slamet spews hot lava
Magnitude 2.4 - PENNSYLVANIA
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