Pakistan

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of nuclear danger, has moved one minute closer to midnight because of "inadequate progress" on nuclear and climate issues.

well- this could have been good news- but further reading tells that this has merely been passed on to the "special forces" branch of the military....
so- outsourcing the project ... outsourcing the blame i suppose is the thinking? here- cuts the accountability issues i guess-

A suicide car bomb exploded outside a military housing unit in northwest Pakistan, killing six Pakistani soldiers and wounding 12, a senior police official...

Easy to see how the story of Osama Bin Laden's death in Pakistan this year rated high on the charts for political reasons, but I am surprised that the religious press also gave this a #1 ranking. || http://bit.ly/uWxpJn
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Attitude makes the difference. The concept of Software Quality Assurance has finally taken roots in Pakistan. The four years of relentless effort by the Kualitatem Team has finally borne fruit.

An area where we can ill afford to be so unwelcome

AUSTRALIA’S Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a “unique” case for uranium sales today and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan.

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Is there something a bit odd about killing people and then calling their friends and family on the phone to express condolences?

"The documents from bin Laden's hideout show his frustrated deputies were considering kidnapping and other criminal enterprises as a means of striking for their weakened state," said the official. Zawahiri assumed the leadership of al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. strike on his Pakistan hideout in May.

"It's entirely possible that al Qaeda or one of its militant allies may be holding Mr. Weinstein," said the official, "and the statement by Zawahiri supports this conclusion. The U.S. government is following every lead to help find Mr. Weinstein."

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Al Qaeda's al-Zawahiri Says He Has American Hostage
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The U.S. wants the Bonn meeting to cement a sustained international commitment to stabilize Afghanistan, and prevent any Taliban takeover, following the planned U.S. pullout of its main combat forces by 2014.