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Obama backs India UNSC seat to counter China: US media

US President Barack Obama's announcement of support for India's permanent membership in the UN Security Council (UNSC) is seen by large sections of the US media as an attempt to counter China.

Pakistan has a cancer of terrorism, says US envoy to India

US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer has said that Pakistan has a cancer of terrorism, a fact increasingly being recognised by Islamabad, and asserted that a stable partner on its border is in India’

US planned to send spl forces to Pak post 9/11: Bush

The US came on the verge of marching its special forces into Pakistan to smash the Taliban and Al Qaeda safe havens twice, post 9/11 and then again in mid-2008, but the country's rulers each time thwa

In US, dance moves make waves

US President Barack Obama’s unscripted dance moves while celebrating Diwali with students in Mumbai are making news back home in the US.

‘US should back India UNSC bid’

The US should fully back India’s pursuit of permanent membership of the powerful UN Security Council, John McCain, the top Republican leader said, days after President Barack Obama described the issue

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for parcel bomb plot

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the recently uncovered attempt to destroy cargo planes with parcel bombs, according to a private terrorism watchdog.

Obama's India visit significant, a signal to China: Expert

It is "significant" that India is the first stop on US President Barack Obama's four-nation trip as it shows "the importance the US attaches to India", a US expert has said.

US not sensitive to sentiments of Pakistani people: Musharraf

By omitting Pakistan from the itinerary of his current trip to Asia, starting with India, President Barack Obama has shown that the US is “not sensitive” to the sentiments of Pakistani people, former

Officials: Saudis warned 3 weeks before attack

A Saudi tip about a possible Al-Qaida effort to bring down airplanes was relayed to US authorities in early October, nearly three weeks before the group's Yemen affiliate tried to ship mail bombs to t

Outsourcing not an Indian plot to steal US jobs: McCain

Outsourcing is not an Indian plot to steal American jobs and the US should not condone any unfair punishments to Indian workers, senior US Senator of the opposition Republican Party John McCain has sa

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