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Balochistan.Roughly the size of Germany, it is Pakistan’s biggest and poorest province. And it’s also home to a long and bloody civil war that has been going on for decades. On one side there’s the central Pakistani government. On the other are Baloch nationalists who have fought for independence since 1948. They are organized in insurgent groups with names like the Balochistan Liberation Army and the Balochistan Liberation United Front. And while the government labels the Baloch as “terrorists,” the Baloch accuse the army of ethnic cleansing. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies Since the start of this...

No city can kick you in the teeth quite like Boston. I thought I’d lived and worked here long enough to know how to avoid it. A man gets careless from time to time. I found myself driving to work yesterday instead of taking the MBTA because of the mega-arctic cold freeze. Traffic was light and I found a spot opposite the convention center. It was about 7:45 a.m. Summer Street, in winter, is transformed from a popular access road between downtown and the Seaport District into a nuclear-level wind tunnel, blasting icy air toward the harbor. It was hellacious. Officially...

Jill Kelley is no longer welcome at MacDill AFB. The socialite who launched the David Petraeus sex scandal that's now also enveloped General John Allen, has been banned from the Tampa military base where she met both the four star military men, the Tampa Tribune is reporting. "She did have base access but does not currently because of her involvement in an ongoing investigation," a military official told the Tribune. PHOTOS: Jill Kelley Arrives At Her Tampa Bay Home The slam from her former best buddies in uniform comes on top of revelations of the Kelley family's dismal financial picture....

A spokesman for Hamas's "military wing", the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, warned Thursday of renewed fighting with Israel if talks in Cairo to extend a 72-truce in Gaza collapsed. "We appeal to the Palestinian delegation to not accept a ceasefire, unless it satisfies the demands of our people," a spokesman using the nom-de-guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address, adding that Hamas fighters were "ready to return to battle." The three-day truce ending four weeks of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas is due to end at 0500 GMT Friday. .....

Palestinian Transportation Minister Nabil Dmaidi announced on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority intends to build an airport, sea ports and a railway to connect the Gaza Strip to Egypt. Dmaidi said his ministry signed a cooperative agreement with Egypt’s civil aviation authority, in an attempt to utilize the professional experience of the Egyptians in the aerospace industry. …

Venezuela's military has taken control of key airports and sea ports under the terms of a move rubber-stamped by parliament a week ago, reports say. The move centralises the running of the country's main transport hubs. President Hugo Chavez has pushed for the move, describing it as "reunifying the motherland, which was in pieces". Critics of Mr Chavez says the plans are unconstitutional, but the National Assembly backed them a week ago, saying they would improve essential services. State-level governments in Venezuela have controlled the country's most important airports, sea ports and major highways since a move towards decentralisation began...

The Coast Guard Commandant says we need a new approach to counter the risks of the small vessel threat in our ports and on our waterways. In keeping with the traditions of the sea-going services, I generally start my day with a hot cup of coffee. For the past several years, I have been drinking from a mug with the crest of the USS Cole (DDG-67) on it. I received it as a gift when I was the Coast Guard's Seventh District Commander in Miami, Florida, and the Cole visited Fort Lauderdale prior to her deployment and port call in...

SARASOTA, FL. (NS) - Just recently a neighbor and myself were talking at lunch about what the United States could do to make our Nation's Seaports SAFER... After about 15 minutes, the following idea emerged which I then sent on to the Department Of Homeland Security (DHS) in my capacity as an Operation Highway Watch CoOrdinator and Instructor... Here is OUR idea, at least a starting point from my meighbor and me, for our Nation's Seaports... To: The DHS Washington, DC Below is an idea for you to consider in keeping our Nation's Seaports safer for ALL of us... Freight...

SARASOTA, FL (NS/AP) - Dubai Ports World has now offered to delay part of its $6.8 BILLION deal to take over Administrative Operations at 6 U.S. Seaport's... There is NO way that ANY of our Nation's Seaport's should be for sale to ANYBODY! The recent announcement disclosing a Company owned by a Nation with links to Terrorism, the United Arab Emerates (UAE), was going to take over 6 of our Nation's Seaport's with the United Kingdom (UK) run Port Administrative and Management Company has met a strong challenge against this happening... With only 6-8% of our Imported Containers actually being...

SINGAPORE, March 10 (Kyodo) - The United States agreed Thursday to help Singapore install special equipment at its seaports to detect hidden shipments of nuclear and other radioactive materials. The agreement inked by representatives of the two governments in Singapore paves the way for U.S. provision of the specialized radiation detection technology to the city-state and training of local law enforcement personnel to operate it. ''Singapore will be the first country in Southeast Asia to use this type of detection system in cooperation with the United States,'' according to a joint statement issued by the two sides. The United States...

The Bush administration has decided to place teams of American inspectors at major seaports in Muslim nations and other smaller, strategically located foreign ports to prevent terrorists from using cargo containers to smuggle chemical, biological or nuclear weapons into the United States, senior administration officials said.