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US To Shift $226M on Pakistan Money
The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes
Time.com – 7 hours, 35 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes
Time.com – 7 hours, 35 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Pakistan seeks militancy 'debate'
The Pakistani government says it aims to create greater national consensus to fight Islamic militancy.
BBC News – 9 hours, 18 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The Pakistani government says it aims to create greater national consensus to fight Islamic militancy.
BBC News – 9 hours, 18 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Pakistan Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race
Pakistan is worried about increased access to nuclear fuel by India and has warned that it could lead to an atomic arms race between the two rivals.
CBS News – 9 hours, 36 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Pakistan is worried about increased access to nuclear fuel by India and has warned that it could lead to an atomic arms race between the two rivals.
CBS News – 9 hours, 36 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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US wants to shift $226 million on Pakistan moneyAP - The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes.
Yahoo! – 9 hours, 40 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid on Pakistani Jets
The Bush administration plans to shift nearly $230 million to upgrading Pakistan’s F-16s, which critics say are not used in counterterrorism efforts.
New York Times – 11 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The Bush administration plans to shift nearly $230 million to upgrading Pakistan’s F-16s, which critics say are not used in counterterrorism efforts.
New York Times – 11 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Top Taliban militant surrenders to Pakistan
The most senior militant in the war-torn Helmand province of Afghanistan has surrendered to authorities, the Ministry of Defence said.
Telegraph.co.uk – 12 hours, 57 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The most senior militant in the war-torn Helmand province of Afghanistan has surrendered to authorities, the Ministry of Defence said.
Telegraph.co.uk – 12 hours, 57 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 488AP - As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Yahoo! – 13 hours, 42 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Early leak exposes DNS flaw details
Security researchers are rushing to patch a flaw in the domain name system (DNS) servers that direct internet traffic, after details of how it worked were revealed online where they could be exploited by hackers. The researchers had thought that their own agreement to allow a 29-day "blackout" period during which the software vulnerability - which may allow hackers to misdirect innocent surfers to fake sites, even though the address in their internet browser was correct - could be patched. The discoverer of the flaw, Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, found it several months ago and had asked other researchers to hold off on speculating about how it worked until he could distribute it to companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and the Internet Systems Consortium to let them develop patches. He said he would announce the details on August 6 at the Black Hat security conference. But Thomas Dullien, chief executive of Zynamics.com (who uses the online name Halvar Flake) seems to have reverse-engineered the details of the weakness without being told its specifics, and he then speculated on how it worked in a blog post. This prompted Matasano Security, another company which - unlike Dullien - had been briefed on the flaw to put up a blog post of its own confirming the details. That was quickly withdrawn on realising that Dullien's post was only speculation - but it was time enough for the post to be cached and copied widely. The attack uses a method called "DNS cache poisoning", which relies on the fact that DNS servers do not store the entire map of the internet (converting a domain name such as guardian.co.uk into a numerical "quad" such as 212.187.153.30). When a server does not have the quad conversion, it asks the next one along to do the lookup. By targeting a DNS server, hackers could poison its "store" of lookups and tell it to point users to fake sites. Such changes have been made accidentally in the past: in February, changes by Pakistan to DNS servers it operated made YouTube inaccessible worldwide. But an attack by hackers could be serious. Kaminsky has provided a "Check my DNS" button on his blog (doxpara.com) that will let people check whether the DNS they are using is vulnerable to the hack. In the latest post on his blog, Kaminsky accepts that the flaw has been revealed - giving it the headline "13>0", implying that having 13 days to fix the flaw is better than having none - and urges the people who will have to do the fixing to "patch. Today" and "stay late" as necessary. Quite how the bug is being fixed will probably remain secret - to defeat hackers.Related StoriesLocation technology finally finds its feetLetters and blogsAleks Krotoski, gamesblog: Capturing game data is the futureCold callers target O2 users with false Bluetooth security warningTouch takes hold, but it's no mouse-killer
The Guardian – 14 hours, 37 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Security researchers are rushing to patch a flaw in the domain name system (DNS) servers that direct internet traffic, after details of how it worked were revealed online where they could be exploited by hackers. The researchers had thought that their own agreement to allow a 29-day "blackout" period during which the software vulnerability - which may allow hackers to misdirect innocent surfers to fake sites, even though the address in their internet browser was correct - could be patched. The discoverer of the flaw, Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, found it several months ago and had asked other researchers to hold off on speculating about how it worked until he could distribute it to companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and the Internet Systems Consortium to let them develop patches. He said he would announce the details on August 6 at the Black Hat security conference. But Thomas Dullien, chief executive of Zynamics.com (who uses the online name Halvar Flake) seems to have reverse-engineered the details of the weakness without being told its specifics, and he then speculated on how it worked in a blog post. This prompted Matasano Security, another company which - unlike Dullien - had been briefed on the flaw to put up a blog post of its own confirming the details. That was quickly withdrawn on realising that Dullien's post was only speculation - but it was time enough for the post to be cached and copied widely. The attack uses a method called "DNS cache poisoning", which relies on the fact that DNS servers do not store the entire map of the internet (converting a domain name such as guardian.co.uk into a numerical "quad" such as 212.187.153.30). When a server does not have the quad conversion, it asks the next one along to do the lookup. By targeting a DNS server, hackers could poison its "store" of lookups and tell it to point users to fake sites. Such changes have been made accidentally in the past: in February, changes by Pakistan to DNS servers it operated made YouTube inaccessible worldwide. But an attack by hackers could be serious. Kaminsky has provided a "Check my DNS" button on his blog (doxpara.com) that will let people check whether the DNS they are using is vulnerable to the hack. In the latest post on his blog, Kaminsky accepts that the flaw has been revealed - giving it the headline "13>0", implying that having 13 days to fix the flaw is better than having none - and urges the people who will have to do the fixing to "patch. Today" and "stay late" as necessary. Quite how the bug is being fixed will probably remain secret - to defeat hackers.Related StoriesLocation technology finally finds its feetLetters and blogsAleks Krotoski, gamesblog: Capturing game data is the futureCold callers target O2 users with false Bluetooth security warningTouch takes hold, but it's no mouse-killer
The Guardian – 14 hours, 37 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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For families of LI soldiers, fears remain
The phone call came last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing and her husband was deployed near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – 15 hours, 4 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The phone call came last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing and her husband was deployed near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – 15 hours, 4 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India
Associated Press - July 23, 2008 6:13 PM ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Pakistan is warning that a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race...
WLFI.com – 15 hours, 29 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Associated Press - July 23, 2008 6:13 PM ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Pakistan is warning that a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race...
WLFI.com – 15 hours, 29 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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