January 02 News international

Monday 02 January, 2012.

TOP STORY Iran tests missiles near key oil-transit strait Iran on Monday tested missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining its threats to close the vital oil-transit waterway as the West prepares to impose more economic sanctions. HEADLINES TTP not to target Pak forces, to attack US-led NATO forces  Taliban militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan have formed a new grouping which has pledged to stop targeting Pakistani security forces and focus their attention on US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan at the intervention of their elusive supreme commander Mullah Omar. Mubarak's trial adjourned till tomorrow  Toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, appeared in court again on Monday accompanied by his sons, before the high-profile trial was adjourned till tomorrow. Obama reluctantly signs defence spending bill US President Barack Obama has signed into law a massive USD 662-billion defence spending bill that also seeks to suspend a big chunk of USD 1.1 billion military aid toPakistan, despite his "serious reservations" about provisions regulating detention and prosecution of suspected terrorists. Memogate row: Asma Jahangir quits as counsel for Haqqani Leading Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir has quit as counsel for former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, in legal proceedings related to the memo scandal, saying she had no confidence in the commission formed by the Supreme Court to probe the matter. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

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