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HyTrust:
WHAT: HyTrust has been named one of 10 finalists for the coveted “Most Innovative Company at RSA® Conference 2010″ contest, part of the Innovation Sandbox, a half-day
interactive event at the conference devoted [...]

Washington, Sep.19 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf met his ‘good old friend’ former President George Bush earlier this week, The Nation reports.

Musharaf’s close friend and former federal minister Dr. Naseem Ashraf told media persons that both former counterparts discussed several issues regarding bilateral interests and various national and international topics.

During their long talks, [...]

Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): The US embassy in Islamabad has raised security concerns over the multi-billion rupee private hotel project, due to which the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has virtually been forced to shelve it.

According to The Nation, under pressure from the US embassy, the construction work at [...]

London, Sep 10 (ANI): Pakistan-based terrorists are exploiting Britain’s shoddy visa system to come to the country.

Pakistan is considered by Britain as the No.1 base for Islamic extremists brainwashing potential terrorists.

More than 60,000 Pakistanis were given UK visas in the past nine months, but only 29 underwent face-to-face security interviews, The Sun reports. [...]

Washington, Aug.22 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday used his first Ramazan message to assure Muslims that his administration had an ‘unyielding’ determination to resolve issues that plague relations between the Muslim and western worlds.

“We are…committed to keeping our responsibility to build a world that is more peaceful and secure. “That is why [...]

Dallas (Texas, US), July 9 (ANI): The Dallas Police Department has cut back on some of the additional protection that the department provided around the Preston Hollow home of former President George W. Bush.

In addition to the usual Secret Service protection, Dallas until last week had stationed one on-duty tactical officer per eight-hour shift on [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Afghan Army Chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, who is on a four-day visit to India, received guard of honour here on Monday.

General Mohammadi met his Indian counterpart General Deepak Kapoor and discussed [...]

Washington, June 29 (ANI): The US is providing technical support at an estimated cost of 100 million dollars to Pakistan in order to keep that country’s nuclear arsenal out of the extremists reach and prevent accidents.

Andrew Cockburn, a renowned author who has written several books on security issues, says that the official aim of US [...]

Washington, May 25 (ANI): The Obama administration has appealed to China to provide training and even military equipment to help Pakistan counter a growing militant threat, U.S. officials said.

According to Los Angeles Times, the proposal is part of a broad push by Washington to enlist key allies of Pakistan in an effort to stabilize the [...]

Melbourne, Apr 24 (ANI): Australia’s Davis Cup team has been ordered to play India in Chennai, triggering fears of a boycott.

The International Tennis Federation today decided that Chennai is a safe venue for the May 8-10 Davis Cup tie.

Tennis Australia is today considering its next move, after [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli President Shimon Peres said Thursday there was no military solution to Iran’s nuclear programme.
“All this talk of an Israeli attack in Iran is incorrect,” a statement from his office quoted Peres as telling US special envoy George Mitchell.
“The solution,” he said, “is not military.”
Speculation has been rife that the new Israeli [...]

Lahore, Apr.17 (ANI): Amidst speculation of a possible relocation of the World Cup 2011, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is consulting foreign security agencies to a prevent shift of the mega event.

“An Australian company has given us [...]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) With India a ‘vital leader’ in the region, the US Wednesday maintained it was not pressuring New Delhi on its ties with Islamabad and would like to see a greater role for this country in Afghanistan, even as it said India had been consulted on President Barrack Obama’s new Af-Pak [...]

London – The trial of a German academic accused of hurling a shoe at Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University in Britain has been brought forward to avoid it clashing with events marking the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
German researcher Martin Jahnke, 27, was due to go on trial on [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah discussed cooperation on the global economic crisis and joint efforts against terrorism, in their first face-to-face talks on Thursday on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the White House said.
Obama also reiterated his support for a Saudi initiative for Arab-Israeli peace that has been stalled almost since [...]

Johannesburg – South Africa and Brazil have all the necessary measures in place to co-operate on security issues during the 2010 World Cup South African media reported on Tuesday.
The South African Press Association quotes the South African Defence Minister Charles Nqakula as saying that an initiative between Brazil, India and South Africa identified a need [...]

Moscow, Mar. 24 (ANI): A Chinese think tank has said the Chinese military needs to improve its capability to face traditional and non-traditional threats.

In a speech at the Russia’s Higher School of Economic, chairman of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS), Xiong [...]

Lahore, Mar 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board is gearing up for yet another cancellation of tour as Bangladesh has still not confirmed the itinerary for the already shortened and postponed One-day series.

Sources in the board said that the PCB was not very hopeful of [...]

Moscow – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday hailed as “entirely positive” his impression of US President Barak Obama ahead of the two leaders’ meeting on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit in London on April 1-2.
“The signals we are receiving, and that I am personally receiving, from the US president are entirely positive,” [...]

New Delhi, Mar. 3 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief Robert Mueller arrived here on Tuesday to meet Home Minister P. Chidambaram, National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and other top functionaries of the government.

The FBI chief’s meeting with government officials over security issues, including counter terrorism, is expected to start this afternoon.

Official sources [...]