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Washington, Jan 14 : The head of the US House Homeland Security Committee has urged President Barack Obama not to cave in to renewed pleas by Egyptian authorities to release the "Blind Sheikh", who had been a convicted terrorist `with American blood on his hands."

U. S. Representative for Texas Michael McCaul asked Obama to stand firm on the issue and warned that releasing Omar Abdel Rahman would be "seen as a major sign of weakness throughout the Muslim extremist world."

Johannesburg, Jan 14 : Russia has said that Syrian President Bashar Assad's removal from power was not a part of past international agreements on the crisis and it is impossible to implement.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that this is a precondition that is not contained in the Geneva communiqué, which was agreed by world powers last year, and which is impossible to implement because it does not depend on anyone.

London, Jan 14 : Radical Islamists linked with Al-Qaeda are using an Internet site based in Britain to recruit extremists, a report has claimed.

The hate website includes instructions on how to contact the Brigade 313 network, which has attacked British and US troops in Afghanistan.

Washington, Jan 14 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has expressed confidence that the Afghan people will accept America's demand for immunity for the US troops left in place there after the 2014 withdrawal.

Karzai had earlier stated that he would take the issue to his people, but now he has said that immunity is likely to become a reality.

According to CNN, Karzai assured with `relatively good confidence' that people of his country would say `its alright to do so'.

Poonch, Jan. 14 : India and Pakistan will hold a Brigade Commander-level flag meeting in Jammu and Kashmir''s Poonch sector today during which New Delhi is expected to register strong protests against the brutal killing of two jawans by Pakistani soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC).

The meeting between the two sides will be held at Chakkan da Bagh this afternoon.