George Fernandes, India's defence minister, claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency was responsible for the attack, which Pakistan denied.

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As Angelo Reyes, the defence minister, admits, anyone who places great faith in the intelligence services ought to have his head examined.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

On Thursday, UK Defence Minister Adam Ingram denied the government had put pressure on the intelligence services to distort information about Saddam's alleged weapons program to make a stronger case for war.

CNN: War of words over Iraqi weapons

The Ministry of Defence foiled more than 1, 000 cyber-attacks in the last year from criminals and foreign intelligence services.

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Her British defence lawyer Iain Edwards said the boycott came after a rebel colonel was interrupted while accusing the Rwandan intelligence services of offering money to rebels to make false claims against Ms Ingabire.

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