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SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT WORLD WAR II VIDEOS UPDATED WEEKLY Just after midnight on 4 June, Admiral Nimitz, based on patrol plane reports, advised Task Forces 16 and 17 of the course and speed of the Japanese "main body," also noting their distance of 574 miles from Midway. Shortly after dawn, a patrol plane spotted ... Full story

Washington, Apr.7 (ANI): The United States has once again raised concerns over the Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) links with outlawed extremists groups. In an interview to a private Afghan television channel, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said: "The ISI's contacts with some of the extremist groups like Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Haqqani network, Commander Nazir and others are a real concern to us." Gates said Washington ... Full story

Islamabad, Apr.6 (ANI): The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has set a 15-day deadline for government officials to submit a detailed report on the public flogging of a 17-year-old girl in the Swat Valley. Chief Justice Chaudhry issued the directive as eight judges opened a hearing into the Taliban whipping case. "Government ... Full story

Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): US National Security Adviser, Marine General James Jones, wants Pakistan and Afghanistan to help the United States approach moderate Taliban activists who are willing to lay down their arms. Jones stressed the need for a greater cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the fight against terrorists, and said that President Barack Obama's new strategy offers new hope for peace and security in ... Full story

Islamabad - US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen arrived in Islamabad Monday for talks on counter-insurgency efforts in the north-west, an official said. Both officials were on their first visit since US President Barack Obama unveiled last month a new strategy for Afghanistan which placed Pakistan at the centre of US ... Full story

Washington, Apr.2 (ANI): Democrat Senator Carl Levin has questioned Pakistan's unwillingness to act against extremists based on its soil and secure its border along Afghanistan. "I remain skeptical that Pakistan has either the will or the capability to secure their border," The Dawn quoted Levin, as saying. Addressing a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Obama's revamped policy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Senator Levin said it was ... Full story

Washington, Apr.1 (ANI): While the Obama Administration is mulling plans to dispatch at least 1.5 billion dollars in aid to Pakistan, Democrat Senator Carl Levin has said that Pakistan must be made accountable for all the help it receives, and that it should prove its willingness to curb the increasing extremism inside its territory. Talking to reporters here, Levin said stability could not be bought ... Full story

London, Mar. 30 (ANI): According to the annual BBC's World Service Survey, Pakistan stands among the five least popular countries, which have the most negative influence on world affairs. Eighteen countries have mainly negative views of Pakistan's influence, according to the survey conducted after the Mumbai terror attack, widely believed to have been carried out by Pakistani-based guerillas. Israel, Iran, North Korea and the US were ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar. 30 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has formally lifted Governor's Rule in Punjab by signing a summary on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raja Gilani. After a late night meeting with Gilani, Zardari signed the summary to lift governor's rule, The Dawn reports. A presidential spokesman told media that Zardari and Gilani "discussed political situation in the light of president's address to the ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to convey its concerns through diplomatic channels over certain aspects of the new policy for the region announced by President Barack Obama. "We will speak to them (the United States) on issues of concern in subsequent diplomatic negotiations," the Dawn quoted Babar, as saying. Senior officials of the foreign office who said the concerns would not go unnoticed ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): Allegations levelled against Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in a section of international media are "baseless and malafide," said the Inter-Services Public Relations spokesman. "The commitment of Pakistan in fighting terrorism can be judged from the sacrifices rendered by its security forces, including intelligence organisations," he said in a statement. "Such unauthenticated reports are part of a malicious campaign to discredit and ... Full story

Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): US National Security Adviser General James Jones has said the new US policy is focused more intensively on Pakistan than in the past, because it's a newer problem and the American strategy to stop al Qaeda operators in their tracks in the Pak-Afghan region. General Jones called the regional approach the cornerstone of a revamped strategy, and said for the first time, ... Full story

Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): US National Security Adviser General James Jones has said that Washington and Islamabad will decide 'collaboratively' whether to continue US drone strikes inside Pakistan as they were turning out to be effective against militants hiding there. General Jones defended the drones strikes as effective and said they were causing low collateral damage in an interview after President Barak Obama announced his new ... Full story

Washington, Mar.28 (ANI): The US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrook has said that the insurgency in Pakistan along the Afghan border is the most daunting situation that the US is facing presently. Talking to media persons right after President Barack Obama unveiled a new policy for fghanistan, Holbrooke said that the US is very concerned about dealing with the problem on the western ... Full story

Washington, Mar.28 (ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen has confirmed media reports that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has close links with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban network, and is offering logistical support them. "There are certainly indications that's the case," The Dawn quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying. Talking to media persons right after President Barack Obama announced a revamped strategy for ... Full story

Ferozpur, Mar 27 (ANI): Believing in the truism "Health is Wealth", the villagers of Punjab's Ferozpur District are promoting a yoga campaign in their community. For many of them, their day starts at dawn and the first task of the day is to practise yoga. This yoga drive has been taken up by the rural folk of Begawali village. They are not backed by the ... Full story

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Top fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir has sued troubled singer Courtney Love for defamation, claiming that the rocker has been trying to ruin her business. Dawn filed a case against Courtney in L.A., claiming that she has been defaming her by spread lies about her on her own website, calling her "an a**wipe nasty lying hosebag ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar 19 (ANI): The United Nations has expressed its concerns about the well being of its abducted official John Solecki, and is trying hard for his release at the earliest, an official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. Solecki, a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, was kidnapped at gunpoint in Quetta on February 2. The Baluchistan Liberation United ... Full story

Quetta, Mar 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Frontier Corps Inspector General, Major General Saleem Nawaz, has denied the presence of Mullah Omar and the Taliban in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, saying that they lacked political and tribal support in the province. "Border and other areas of Balochistan territory are not congenial for Taliban activities," Major General told reporters in the FC headquarters here, adding that Quetta ... Full story

Washington, Mar.18 (ANI): The political crisis in Pakistan had the international community worried, and the United States particularly was alarmed over the turmoil as it tried to resolve the issue by threatening to stop the aid it has been providing for long. The United States not only warned about a check on the assistance being provided, but it also has serious concerns about the Zardari government's ... Full story