‘Lashkar man had received instructions from Pak-based handler’
Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Zia Ul Haq, recently nabbed by Hyderabad police, had received e-mails originating from Pakistan asking him to carryout “subversive” activities in India and had lakhs of rupees deposited against his name in various banks.

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Dubai Islamic Bank launches Al Islami Salam Finance
Dubai, May 19, 2010: As part of its commitment to providing innovative, Sharia-compliant products and services to its customers, Dubai Islamic Bank Dubai Islamic Bank ( DIB DIB ) today announced the launch of Al Islami Salam Finance, a new product that offers liquidity through personal financing to DIB DIB customers.

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Pat Buchanan: Will the PIGS blow up Europe?
The European Union is imperiled. For the EU just took a great leap forward to force Europe’s most indebted nations to surrender their economic independence or be expelled from the European Monetary Union (EMU). The PIGS — Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain — may rebel.

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Hard to escape the eye of video surveillance cameras
Video surveillance cameras are in many places, but they aren’t everywhere.

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Rich and powerful: Obama and the global super-elite
Now the nation knows. That doggy in the White House window is worth $1,600 (£1,100). Pretty pricey for a pooch – but then he is part of a household that is worth many millions of dollars, according to the latest financial disclosures filed, as US law requires, by the First Couple, Barack and Michelle Obama.

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