Saturday
Dhaka: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on sections of Bangladeshi people being under the influence of ISI,have sparked negative reactions here with a former foreign minister terming them "frustrating" and Jamaat-e-Islami contending that the remarks do not go with his status.
Washington: Details of communication between Al Qaeda leaders derived from Osama Bin Laden's computers indicate that the terror network is facing massive financial crunch and difficulties in replacing cadres lost in combat with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other places.
Sunday
Bangkok: Thais turn up in hordes to elect a new government in a crucial poll billed as the test of the country's fragile democracy after five years of shaky rule by Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva who came to power following a military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatara.Islamabad: The assassination of Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti was organised by al-Qaeda-linked militant commander Ilyas Kashmiri and the perpetrators of the crime are currently in Dubai, his brother Paul Bhatti says.
Monday
Washington: Pakistan-based LeT wanted to invite Bal Thackeray for a fund raiser in the US, hoping he would make inflammatory comments to the benefit of the ISI, but they never planned to kill the Shiv Sena supremo, David Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist says.
Bangkok: Thailand's opposition party led by former premier Thakshin Shinawatra's 'clone' sister is set to lead a five-party coalition government, with Yingluck Shinawatra saying her priority would be to put the nation on a path of national reconciliation.
Tuesday
New York: Pakistan has kept 12,000-14,000 fully trained Kashmiri militants in reserve and would use them, if needed, in a war with India, according to a former militant commander.
New York: US prosecutors will drop all sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the case is not sustainable due to doubts over the accuser's credibility, according to an investigator.
Wednesday
Melbourne: Australia announces slashing the aid it provides to the fast growing economies of India and China, even as it boosts spending in South-East Asia, the Pacific Islands, West Asia.
Islamabad: Four suspected militants killed and five others injured when a US drone struck a house in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan, say officials.
Thursday
Dhaka: Giving a boost to bilateral economic and security ties, India and Bangladesh sign an agreement on investment protection, promotion and resolve to jointly combat terrorism in all its forms.
Washington: North Korea paid several million dollars to top Pakistani military officials, including the then army chief Gen Jehangir Karamat, to gain access to secret nuclear technology and sensitive equipments to make a nuclear bomb, disgraced atomic scientist AQ Khan claims.
Friday
London: Britain's raging phone hacking scandal, where money was swapped for scoops, prompts Prime Minister David Cameron to promise sweeping changes in press regulations as a former editor of the collapsed tabloid 'News of the World' is arrested.
Dhaka: Warning that India and Bangladesh face "new challenges" due to the rise of religious fundamentalism, extremism and terrorism", External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says that it is imperative to join hands to combat terror in all its forms.
