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Breaking News PESHAWAR: Investigations have been kicked off against six security personnel in the wake of recovery of a satellite phone from Dr. Shakil Afridi, being detained in Central Prison Peshawar. According to sources, Dr. Shakil Afridi used the satellite phone to give interviews to a foreign newspaper and to make a number of calls within and outside Pakistan. A security man has also bee taken into custody for allegedly delivering the phone to Dr. Afridi, sources told CNewsworld . On the other hand, Deputy Superintendent Prison Maqsood-ur-Rehman told CNewsworld that Dr. Afridi's lawyer or brother who had come to see him a while ago might have smuggled the phone into the prison and given it to him. Investigations are now being carried out against six security officials who were deployed for Dr. Afridi's security. According to the Deputy Superintendent, neither any official was taken into custody nor suspended.   0 ...

ASPEN: Admiral Mike Mullen said Monday he believes Iran will continue to pursue nuclear weapons, even if sanctions against the country are increased. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said it would be "incredibly dangerous" for Iran to achieve nuclear weapons, and that there's "no reason to trust" Iran's assurances that it is only pursuing a peaceful nuclear program, especially after the discovery of the secret nuclear facility in Qom. But he said a military strike against Iran would be "incredibly destabilizing" to the region, and that he believed US ally Israel understands that. The admiral was responding to questions about whether he shared the assessment of CIA Director Leon Panetta, who said on Sunday that Iran likely has enough nuclear material to make two weapons, but is at least a year away from being able to carry that out. Mullen has just returned from a multination tour tha...

Awaz Apni LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Federal Advisor on Interior Rehman Malik Monday said that the people responsible for deteriorating conditions in Karachi would be dealt with iron hand.Addressing a seminar here, he said action would be taken against the miscreants who are behind the aggravated law and order conditions in Karachi.Rehman Malik said that various political organisations including Baluch, Pathan and Sunni Tehreek were victimised by the terrorist activities.He said, 'It is our duty to trace down that hand which involved in these heinous activities.' Rehman Malik said there are at least 14 suicide bombers are in the custody of the government, which clearly testifies government's success.Commenting on the Indian threats following Mumbai shootings, he said that if any action was launched against Pakistan, it would meet crushing opposition from Pakistan.Meantime, Awami Party leader Sheikh Rashid said CIA and RAW are intent to root out ISI, therefore, India is levell...

CNews NEW YORK: New data from a public health registry that tracks the health effects of 9/11 suggest that as many as 70,000 people may have developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the terrorist attacks.The estimate, released Wednesday by New York City's Department of Health, is based on an analysis of the health of 71,437 people who enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry.They agreed to be tracked for up to 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the study was based on answers they volunteered about their health two and three years after the attack.Of the estimated 400,000 people believed to have been heavily exposed to pollution from the disaster, data suggests that 35,000 to 70,000 people developed PTSD and 3,800 to 12,600 may have developed asthma, city health officials said.They include rescue and recovery workers, lower Manhattan residents, area workers, commuters and passers-by.Overall, half of the respondents said they had been in the dust...

CNews GUANTANAMO BAY: The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 US attacks Thursday called to be sentenced to death so he could become a martyr at the start of a US military hearing of five alleged plotters."This is what I want, I'm looking to be a martyr for long time," Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, a Pakistani national, told the hearing at Guantanamo Bay as he was reminded by the military judge that he faced the death penalty."God is all sufficient for me," he translated into English as he read verses from the Koran, the Muslim holy book. He also threw out his appointed military and civilian defense team, saying he would defend himself. Sheikh Mohammed, 43, has claimed to have been behind not just the September 11 attacks but also some 30 operations against the West in the past decade, according to transcripts of his interrogation released by the Pentagon.His appearance on Thursday is the first time he has been seen in public since his capture in Pakistan on ...