US "Could Move" the ICJ over Davis Case
24 February 2011
EXCERPT: "US officials have indirectly warned that their country could approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ), if the spat over their ‘consular employee’ Raymond Davis, is not resolved in accordance with the Vienna Convention. In a related development, Western newspapers have revealed that they knew that Davis, who is facing double murder charges, was employed by the American spy agency, the Central Intelligence Agency,...
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Coping with a Failing Pakistan: Report
24 February 2011
EXCERPT: "As a state and a nation Pakistan has been in trouble for many years, but both now seem to be in a downward spiral. As a recent Brookings study observed, it is very difficult to predict Pakistan’s short-term future, or the impact on its neighbours, let alone the wider international community. Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, its history of irresponsible behaviour as a nuclear proliferator, the close ties between radical Islamists...
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Drone Strike Kills 6 "Militants" in North Waziristan
24 February 2011
US Predators Kill 6 "Militants" in North Waziristan Strike, The Long War Journal, 24 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Unmanned US Predators struck yet again in Pakistan's lawless tribal agencies today, again in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Six 'militants' were reported killed in the third strike in five days. The recent strikes mark an end to a pause in the Predator program that sparked much speculation as to the causes....
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