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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

Chinese Air Force becomes strategic, to display latest weapons, achievements at airshow

  The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will display its latest achievements that have transformed the Chinese military into a strategic force on its way to becoming world class, at the Airshow China 2021, the service announced on Tuesday, with military observers predicting that the "20 family" aircraft, namely the J-20 fighter jet, Y-20 large transport aircraft and Z-20 utility helicopter, will likely again be in the spotlight but with new surprises.  The latest variant of the WS-10 Taihang turbofan engine will also be on display, event organizers said. As a historic achievement, the Chinese Air Force has crossed the threshold to become a strategic air force, Senior Colonel Shen Jinke, spokesperson of the PLA Air Force, said on Tuesday at a media briefing for Airshow China.  The Air Force will display its latest achievements that have transformed it into a strategic force on its way to becoming world class, Shen said.  The Air Force is now capable of effe

Understanding the new stage of the Syria Crisis

  United States provides sophisticated weapons to Syrian rebels through CIA headquarters in Jordon Has the United States stepped back from the edge of the precipice?  Has the catastrophe been averted?  The U.S. war threat against Syria has not ended. But the particular path to war has required a shift because of resounding domestic and global opposition. 

Syrian Rebels used chemical weapons to provoke the world, Say captive journalists

Italian Journalist Domenico Quiric disembark from airplane at Ciampino Military airbase in Rome Rome: Two captives held by Syrian rebels say that the chemical weapons used in suburbs of Damascus were actually used by rebels to provoke the world to intervene in Syrian, reported Russian Today . Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin and Italian journalist Domenico Quiric, both of whom were abducted and held hostage for several months in Syria, said they overheard in an exchange between their captors that rebels were behind the recent chemical attack. Belgian captive Pierre disembark for airplane on 9 September, at Rome Piccinin said during an interview with Belgium's RTL radio station that, “It is a moral duty to say this. The government of Bashar al-Assad did not use sarin gas or other types of gas in the outskirts of Damascus,” Another captive, an Italian journalist, Domenico Quirico told Italy’s La Stampa that, "In this conversation, they said that the gas a

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