Defense secretary of U.S Robert Gates said Zawahiri, Al Qaeda’s long time second in command and now its top leader after Osama Bin Laden was killed by US forces last month does not have the “peculiar charisma” and operational experience of bin Laden. He also added that Al Qaeda’s new chief Ayman al-Zawahiri lacks Osama bin Laden’s stature among Islamists worldwide but the United States is just as determined to hunt him down and kill him as it did his predecessor, US officials said on Thursday. Gates said that al Qaeda remains a threat despite its loss of bin Laden, who was considered the driving force behind the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made clear that Zawahiri remained high on the US list of hunted militants even after commandos killed bin Laden in a raid on his Pakistan hide-out 45 days ago.
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Explosion at flats in Israeli city leaves three dead
TEN NEW PLANETS DISCOVERED
In an interesting set of events, ten new planets have been discovered by an international team consisting of scientists from the University of Oxford. Release by the University of Oxford on Wednesday stated amongst these ten is one orbiting a star perhaps only a few tens of millions years old, twin Neptune sized planets, and a rare Saturn-like world.
India 4th most dangerous place for women: survey
Scribes on relay hunger strike for CBI enquiry on journalists murder
Scribes on relay hunger strike for CBI enquiry on journalists murder
More than 50 Mumbai media persons joined hands today to launch a one-day relay hunger strike protesting the Maharashtra government’s refusal to hand over the probe relating to the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Transferred cop Mahabole denies his role in J Dey’s murder
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Mahabole has said that he has no objections to being interrogated the murder of investigative reporter J Dey who was shot on Saturday evening while he was riding his two-wheeler down a crowded Mumbai street. Mr Mahabole said that any attempts to link him to Mr Jey’s death are intended “to defame me. Dey was a senior person and I had high regard for him”, Assistant Commissioner of Police also told that Mr. Dey may have been killed because of recent stories that focused on the oil mafia. He had also reported on alleged links between a section of the Mumbai police force and the D-company, the notorious gang operated by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Mahabole also welcomed to summon and question him if required and he also denied reports that he has been transferred after Mr Dey’s death as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mumbai – Zone 1 to the local arms division.
Mumbai ACP to be questioned on Journalist murder case
21 bodies found outside Mexican town
Twenty one bodies were found by the Mexican authorities on Thursday out of which some were with the signs of torture, scattered in five separate locations of the borders of Morelia, Mexico.