- "So You Want The Ultimate Lifestyle?" By : Country News
Sleeping on newspaper with his parent’s lifesavings of just US $500 in his pocket, Tom Hua looked like a failure to everyone else. However despite no regular income he fixed his mind on achieving something so remarkable that it puts most of us to shame. He focussed all his energies into learning online marketing. - "Ban of alcohol in Pakistan is giving rise to drug addiction"! By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 9: A parliamentarian in Pakistan has reportedly called upon the government to relax the ban on alcohol because, according to him, more and more youngsters were getting addicted to drugs like heroin and morphine in the absence of free availability of alcoholic drinks.Putting forth his suggestion in the National Assembly yesterday during a debate, treasury member Ali Akbar Wains said that by banning the "minor evil" of alcohol, the government had given the "major evil" of drugs to flourish in the country. - "Crack down on Al Qaeda now, or let United States do it", Musharraf told By : World News
Washington, Mar 5 : The United States seem to be mounting intense pressure on Pakistan to launch an immediate crackdown on Al Qaeda, or let it do the job. Yesterday, US Vice-President Dick Cheney reportedly delivered a tough message to Pakistan, saying that Islamabad should act to destroy Al Qaeda hideouts in the tribal zone, or let the Americans do the job. - "Prince Harry will serve in Iraq by February-end" By : World News
London, Feb 17 : Prince Harry, the second son of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and the late Princess Diana, would serve in southern Iraq by the end of the month with his army regiment. He would probably take part in reconnaissance missions near the Iran border, reported The Nation while quoting a Daily Mirror report as saying. - "US target Taliban inside Pakistan in self defence" By : World News
Washington, Feb 12: American forces in Afghanistan are learnt to have launched artillery rounds in "self defence" into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack their remote outposts.Lt-Col Teresa Connor, a spokesperson for the US Central Command, told this to reporters here last evening. - "US' policy on Pakistan rests on 'dubious and misplaced' assumptions" By : World News
Washington, Mar 5: US' policy on Pakistan and the war against global terrorism was based on "dubious and misplaced assumptions" that the present regime there was the only viable option (to fight against terror), and that by liquidating top Al Qaeda leadership, terrorism war would have been half won.A leading Pakistani journalist Najam Mushtaq has written this in his article for Foreign Policy in Focus - a local think tank. - 'A failed Afghanistan would be launching pad for terrorists' By : World News
Sridhar Krishnaswami, Washington, Feb 15: Stressing that a failed Afghanistan would be a launching pad for terrorists to cause mayhem across the world, senior US lawmaker Tom Lantos has said the entire troop surge earmarked for Iraq should be sent to that country to counter the Taliban.Lantos, who chairs the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, said the gloves should come off if the west is going to prevail in Afghanistan, especially in dealing with the Taliban and the drug lords. - 'Afghan soldier' jailed for blackmailing supermarkets in China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 28: A Chinese man has been sentenced to four years in jail by a court here for claiming to be an Afghan soldier and trying to blackmail seven supermarkets, including French retail giant Carrefour.Wang Yongjian, 30, hailing from east China's Shandong province sent 16 threatening letters to Carrefour, Wumart and other chain stores in Beijing and asked each of them 200,000 yuan (USD 25,806) to stop him poisoning their products, the Shijingshan District People's Court found. - 'Amendment to Patents Act cannot be questioned' By : World News
Chennai, Feb 23: Pointing out that the impugned amendment to the Patents Act was a legislative policy on patents and could not be questioned, the Cancer Patients Aid Association today submitted in the Madras High Court that it did not violate the TRIPs agreement.'If you allow this litigation it will delay generic forms and frivolous and expensive litigation will not help the public,' Anand Grover, counsel for the association, told a Division Bench comprising Justice R Balasubramanian and Justice Prabha Sridevan. - 'Asylum seekers detained on Christmas Island not refugees' By : World News
Melbourne, Feb 28: Sri Lanka has said the 83 asylum seekers detained on Christmas Island are not refugees and should be returned to their war-torn homeland.The Sri Lankan Health Minister Siripala De Silva told a local radio channel here that the 83 men, intercepted by the Australian navy in international waters last week, were not genuine refugees but had fled their country for economic reasons. - 'Asylum seekers not to be allowed on mainland' By : World News
Melbourne, Feb 23: Australian Prime Minister John Howard today said the group of 85 asylum seekers intercepted near Christmas Island, off Western Australia, will not be allowed on the mainland.The men were picked up by the navy supply ship HMAS Success and were believed to be from Sri Lanka. - 'Australia to take decision on troops in Iraq in nat interest' By : World News
Melbourne, Feb 23: Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said he would withdraw Australian forces from Iraq without US backing if he believed it was the right thing to do."If we thought it was in our national interest to do so, yes," he told a local radio channel. - 'Beijing-Delhi-Moscow cooperation not targeted at third party' By : World News
China is upbeat on the prospects of trilateral cooperation with India and Russia which it stressed is "transparent" and not "targeted" at any third country. - 'Bhutto, Sharif will not be allowed to take part in polls' By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 19: Dismissing reports of back channel talks with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, President Pervez Musharraf has said leaders living outside the country will not be allowed to return but their parties can take part in Parliamentary polls due in Pakistan this year.In an interview to a private TV channel, Musharraf denied any back-channel negotiations with Bhutto and her Pakistan People's Party (PPP). - 'Borat' makes Kazakhstan one of hottest holiday spots in Europe! By : World News
London, Feb.8: Borat, the spoof mockumentary by a fictional Kazakh TV reporter played by Sacha Baron Cohen, and the efforts of some dedicated Kazakhs, has resulted in Kazakhstan emerging as one of the hottest holiday spots in Europe. - 'Borat' sequel plans are still not final By : World News
Washington, Feb. 10: Production house '20th Century Fox' is still to strike a deal with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for making a sequel to their controversial and successful flick 'Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan'. - 'China Mobile' acquires Pakistan phone company 'Paktel' @ 800 million dollars By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 15: China's cellular major "China Mobile" has formally acquired Pakistan's fifth largest cell phone carrier "Paktel" offering an investment of about 800 million dollars.Tshe acquisition ceremony was reportedly held at the Chinese embassy here recently. - 'China's sizzling real estate market hotbed for corruption' By : World News
Anil K Joseph, Beijing, Feb 19: China's sizzling real estate market is a hotbed for corruption, involving land developers and mandarins, a senior official today said.China's real estate industry has become a hotbed for power-for-money deals, Minister of Construction, Wang Guangtao said. - 'China, India to find proper solution to border issue' By : World News
Beijing, March 6: India and China have the wisdom to find a proper solution to the long standing border issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Tuesday.The India-China border area has remained peaceful and stable, Li told reporters on the sidelines of ongoing Chinese parliament session. - 'Choodiyan' replete with Punjabi folk music By : World News
By Prashant Kaushik, Film: "Chooriyan"; Music: Sukhvinder Singh and Sardool Sikander; Singers: Sukhvinder Singh, Sonu Kakkar, Javed, Sudesh Kumari, Shreya Ghoshal; Rating: ***Coming right in the midst of the marriage season, the music release of "Chooriyan" could not have been better timed. This is a true celebration album, apt for a Punjabi wedding. - 'Democratic Everest Expedition' to remove king's photo from summit By : World News
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Feb 28: He lost his role as head of government and power as chief of the army after a public revolt against his authoritarian rule. And now Nepal's King Gyanendra is set to lose the highest position he alone of all government heads has been enjoying so far - from the summit of Mt. - 'Digital identity' pork on sale in China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 9: Chinese can now buy pork that carries a digital identification via a bar code, allowing the consumers to log on to the Internet and check quality and safety of the meat.The pork, which is produced by the biggest pig processing plant in Haiyan County, was launched in over 170 franchised stores in east China's Zhejiang province and Shanghai municipality yesterday. - 'Disappearances' spoiling national image, Committee on HR tells Pak govt By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 13: A Pakistani parliamentary committee on human rights has expressed its deep concern on the increasing number of "disappearances" in the country, saying that the trend was spoiling the country's image at the international fora. It suggested to the federal government that all 'missing' persons must be presented before courts and given a chance to defend themselves. - 'Five US generals will quit if Bush orders Iran attack' By : World News
London, Feb 25: At least five senior US military commanders will quit if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, defence and intelligence sources here said.Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before US President George W Bush leaves office. - 'Get rid of your spare tyres,' Health Minister asks officials By : World News
Bangkok, Feb 16: Thailand's Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla has ordered his staff to go on strict diets and exercise regularly to stay slim in a bid to set a good example for the public.The minister said he feared Thai adults and children were eating themselves to ill-health. - 'Grameen' Yunus could give a new thrust to Bangladesh politics By : World News
By Mahendra Ved: Bangladesh may be in for a new political experiment with its national icon, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, advancing his intentions to launch a political party aiming to establish "political goodwill, proper leadership and good governance."His open letter promising to "build a new Bangladesh" opens the possibility of a realignment that might challenge the dominance of the political scene by two squabbling former prime ministers, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia. - 'India's democratic politics will influence economic boom' By : World News
By Arun Kumar, Washington, Feb 21: India's democratic politics could prove to be a short-term headache for the country's reformers and influence the outcome of its "economic transformation", suggests a noted Indian American political scientist.The Indian economy is booming, but the boom will last only as long as the vagaries of Indian democratic politics allow it to, said Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, in the March/April 2007 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. - 'Insecurity among minorities after killing of Hindu' By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 9: Alarmed at the growing incidents of kidnapping of Hindus in Pakistan's Sindh province, an alliance of minority organisations has said the killing of a Hindu engineer has led to "widespread insecurity" among religious minorities."It is sad and shocking to know that (Geeresh) Kumar was killed ruthlessly and his decomposed body was found by the police in an industrial area of Kotri in Sindh two days ago," Chairman of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) Shahbaz Bhatti said in a statement here. - 'Iron Maiden' hire Bangalore Palace for their first Indian gig By : World News
Washington, Feb. 14: English heavy metal band 'Iron Maiden' have hired a spectacular palace in India for their first gig in the country. - 'Living Library' takes on prejudice in one-on-one encounters By : World News
For most people, borrowing a book from a library means grabbing a paperback and curling up in an armchair with a cup of coffee, but the Living Library brings a whole new dimension to the process. - 'Lucky' number plates auctioned for over USD70,000 in NE China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 13: Superstitious Chinese car owners bid a total of 559,000 yuan (USD72,036) for six "lucky" vehicle registration plate numbers in northeast China's Jilin Province.The six plates sold in less than 40 minutes with the most expensive - BE9999 - attracting a winning bid of 219,000 yuan (USD28,222) in the auction run by the Jilin municipal government on Sunday, the official media reported today. - 'Mamata won't be allowed to break Sec 144 in Singur' By : World News
Kolkata, Feb 9: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee would not be allowed to break prohibitory orders in Singur, the West Bengal government said Friday."She would not be allowed to break Section 144," state Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Roy told reporters here on the eve of the Trinamool leader's proposed march to Singur Saturday to protest against the land acquisition for the Tata Motors car factory. - 'Media coverage of tsunami devastation earned Lanka 3.50 bn' By : World News
Senior Sri Lankan journalist M S M Ayub today said the media coverage of the trail of destruction left behind 2004 tsunami helped the island nation receive a financial assistance of USD 3.50 billion. - 'Moderate' Musharraf says minority extremists in Pakistan could ruin the country By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 12: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that minority extremists in Pakistan had gained strength enough to ruin the country, and that he was fighting these elements by motivating the people against them.Describing the strength of extremists as nightmare for Pakistan, he said extremism would destroy the country. - 'Most US intelligence on Iran inaccurate' By : World News
Washington, Feb 25: Most US intelligence on Iran shared with the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate and none has led to significant discoveries inside the country, diplomats at the IAEA have said.The CIA and other Western spy services have provided sensitive information to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency since 2002, but none of the tips about supposed secret weapons sites provided clear evidence that the Islamic Republic is developing illicit weapons. - 'Mozhi' melodies rule Tamil audio market By : World News
By Aparna Nath, Chennai, March 6: With each passing day, the "Mozhi" album with its soft and melodious songs is becoming more of a craze among Tamil music lovers. The top five Tamil albums are: 1. - 'Mujahideen' calls for ban on music in buses By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 26: An organisation called 'Mujahideen Bajaur' has warned public transport drivers in Bajaur agency to stop playing music in buses, calling it an un-Islamic act. It has distributed pamphlets across Bajaur, asking drivers to follow the order or face the consequences. - 'Mungaru Male' can be Kannada audio of 2007 By : World News
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Jakarta, Feb 26: A team of Indonesian veterinarians has developed a disinfectant spray it claims kills the bird flu virus on contact, a news report said.The team from Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, said the disinfectant could be used to spray cages and areas where fowl have died from H5N1, the strain of avian influenza that can be deadly in humans, to prevent it from spreading, the state-run Antara news agency said. - 'New mothers must not skip meals' By : World News
Hamburg, Feb 19: Women who have just given birth should not worry about getting their bodies back into shape immediately, a leading Germany health insurer said."A woman's body has enough to do after a baby arrives," said Waltraud Pfarrer, listing milk production and hormonal adjustment as examples. - 'Next attack on America could come from al Qaeda in Pakistan' By : World News
Sridhar Krishnaswami, Washington, Feb 28: Pakistan is home to the top al Qaeda leadership and the next terror attack on America could come from the militant outfit based there and not Iraq as popularly believed, a top US intelligence official has said.The al Qaeda leadership is trying to rebuild and establish training camps in Pakistan, the new Director of National Intelligence in US, Admiral Mike McConnell said at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill. - 'Nishabd', a sensitive tale of forbidden passion By : World News
By Subhash K. Jha, Film: "Nishabd"; Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan, Revathy, Nasser, Shraddha; Director: Ram Gopal Varma; Rating: **** Finally there's just the man and his looming loneliness. - 'Osama most likely in Pak where US can't catch him' By : World News
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is most likely living in Pakistan, where the US military was not allowed to go in, Peter Bergen, a terrorism expert at the TV channel CNN, has said. - 'Pakistan has lost its writ in Balochistan' By : World News
Peshawar, Feb 25 : President of Pakistan's National Party (NP) Dr Abdul Hai Baloch has said that the government has lost its writ in Balochistan."The writ of the state does not exist in Balochistan. - 'Paruthiveeran', 'Mozhi' top Tamil cinema charts By : World News
By Aparna Nath, Chennai, March 6: No debutant actor in recent times has received the kind of response that Karthi has got with the Ameer directed "Paruthiveeran". The film has had an amazing opening. - 'PIA restricted, not barred from EU' By : World News
Karachi, Mar 4 : The European Union (EU) has only restricted, not barred Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating in EU countries, PIA spokesperson Nasir Jamal has said.Jamal said PIA would continue to operate its seven Boeing 777s on routes to Britain and Germany, adding that 'operating restrictions' had been imposed only its ageing Boeing 747s and Airbus 310 fleet. - 'Playboy' to digitalise back issues By : World News
New York, Feb 9: Playboy, which hit the news stands in 1953 with a nude picture of Marilyn Monroe, plans to digitalise all its editions published since then.All the 636 issues of the monthly magazine will be rendered page-by-page, including advertisements, on six discs, one for each decade, the Wall Street Journal said. - 'Political stability key in Lenanon for reforms to advance' By : World News
Beirut, Feb 9: A delegation of the World Bank has said political stability was important in Lebanon to pave way for implementation of the government's reform programme, submitted to the so-called Paris-III donors' conference.The delegation is headed by administrative manager Juan Jose and has met Lebanese ministers of finance and economy, Jihad Azour and Sami Haddad respectively, to follow up the outcome of the Paris-III conference, held in the French capital last month. - 'Poultry trade responsibile for spread of bird flu' By : World News
United Nations, Feb 10: Poultry trade, and not migrating wild birds, is now spreading bird flu despite efforts to contain the virus, the top United Nations expert on the disease has said, warning nations against complacency for the virus could mutate into a human pandemic with unforeseen consequences.Since last year outbreaks of avian flu have been confirmed in Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand, China, Japan, Egypt, Nigeria, Hungary and Britain, Senior coordinator for avian and human influenza David Nabarro told mediapersons yesterday. - 'Re-positioning of United States diplomats to India making a difference' By : World News
Washington, Feb 8: In the nature of changes that are taking place within the US State department, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has maintained these were not "status quo" changes but "transformative" ones that has had an impact on American foreign policy.Rice was answering a question from Ohio Republican George Voinovich on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today when she argued that the re-positioning of American diplomats from Europe to India was indeed making a difference to foreign policy. - 'Red tape has kept Indian manfacturing sector in backwater' By : World News
New York, Feb 25: Poor infrastructure, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive labour laws have kept India's manufacturing sector on a backwater, while its services have turned red hot.But beneath the surface, things are changing rapidly, and India could become a manufacturing powerhouse within five to 10 years, says a new report by 'The Boston Consulting Group' and Knowledge@Wharton. - 'Red tape hindering Indian born surgeon's extradition' By : World News
Red tape was preventing the extradition of Indian-born surgeon Jayant Patel to Australia from the US, according to a spokeswoman representing the patients. - 'Refer the issue of his expulsion him to Sonia Gandhi': Natwar By : World News
Striking a defiant note, suspended Congress leader K Natwar Singh today asked the party's disciplinary action committee to refer the issue of his expulsion him to Sonia Gandhi. - 'Sexiest woman on TV' to challenge Howard in election By : World News
Melbourne, Feb 26: Opposition Labour party has recruited high-profile media personality Maxine McKew, called the sexiest woman on the TV by the Australian media, to take on Prime Minister John Howard in his state of New South Wales seat of Bennelong.McKew, who worked for 30 years for the Australian Broadcasting Corp as a TV presenter before retiring late last year, confirmed last night that she was seeking Australia Labour Party pre-selection for the seat held by Howard since 1974. - 'Sindh Government giving jobs on political basis' By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 26: Eminent personalities in Khairpur have accused the Sindh Government of overlooking merit lists in order to provide jobs to their coalition partners.At a seminar organised by Berozgar Tehrik at the press club, Comrade Jam Saqi, who presided over it, claimed that jobs were being provided on political basis. - 'Six-party talks to end with two-page joint statement' By : World News
Anil K Joseph, Beijing, Feb 10: The six-party talks are likely to end here soon with all sides agreeing on a two-page joint statement on the initial steps to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programme, Russian delegate, Alexander Losyukov said here today on the third day of the negotiations.The envoys of the six countries will continue to discuss a draft document on the initial steps implementing a 2005 joint statement, he told reporters. - 'Sons of soil' call for Nepal shutdown Wednesday By : World News
Kathmandu, Feb 27: Nepal braced for yet another major disruption as its agitating "sons of soil" announced they would enforce a nationwide general strike Wednesday despite beginning negotiations with the government.The Nepal Adivasi Janajati Mahasangh, a federation of nearly 60 communities that were among the first to settle in the kingdom and yet are among the most underprivileged, said it will stick to its schedule to close down the kingdom Wednesday to keep up pressure on the government. - 'Survivor' calls divisions 'ethnic pride' By : Country News
TV's "Survivor" host Jeff Probst defended the show's latest concept for the Cook Islands that divides contestants by race, saying it adds ethnic diversity. - 'Taliban leader's capture a result of US' forceful dilpomacy' By : World News
Washington, Mar 4: The nabbing of a top Taliban leader in Pakistan last week shows that a tougher diplomatic line with President Pervez Musharraf can pay dividends, a leading US daily has said asserting that for all the pressures on the General, Washington should not shy away from more forceful diplomacy."The arrest last week shows that a tougher diplomatic line with Gen Musharraf, which has been effective in the past, can pay dividends. - 'Two foreigners at duel' in Nepal's casino war By : World News
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Feb 14: The chips continued to be down for Nepal's casino industry, a major tourist attraction, with fresh battle erupting between two of its principal expatriate forces.The news of the new war was immediately picked up by the kingdom's local media with glee Wednesday. - 'Un-real' estate agent cheats investors of Rs.17.5 mn By : World News
By Probir Pramanik, Mumbai, Feb 21: Attired in an immaculate business suit, he would arrange a "transaction" at some of Mumbai's most fancy restaurants. But this 50-year-old was no corporate executive, nor was he the housing authority official he introduced himself as. - 'United States must increase pressure on Pakistan to confront militants' By : World News
Sridhar Krishnaswami, Washington, Feb 14: US foreign policy experts have rated Pakistan just behind Somalia as the country most likely to become the next stronghold of Al Qaeda and said the United States must increase pressure "dramatically" on Islamabad to confront militants in its tribal areas.The concerns about Pakistan were expressed in the "Terrorism Index" developed by the Center for American Progress and the Foreign Policy Magazine. - 'United States spy' shot dead in Pakistan's tribal area By : World News
Miranshah (Pakistan), Mar 5: Suspected militants in a Pakistan's tribal area shot dead a tribesman accused of spying for US forces operating in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said today.The body of 30-year-old Qayyum Shahmiri was found early this morning south of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district, a security official told AFP. - 'Urban heating' makes ants in Sao Paulo more heat tolerant By : World News
Washington, Feb 28: An international team of biologists have shown urban heating affects animals in large cities.Major cities across the world have shown a rapid warming of their environment; in some cases they register 10 degrees hotter than their surroundings. - 'US radar system not to affect Russia' By : World News
Moscow, March 2 : Deployment of a US anti-missile radar system in the Caucasus would not affect Russia's defence capabilities, but the country could respond to the move nevertheless, the Russian Air Force commander Vladimir Mikhailov said Friday."Let them deploy (a radar)," he said. - 'We can't protect frontiers', says Pakistan Supreme Court By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 16: "This court cannot go and start protecting the frontiers", Pakistan's Supreme Court told petitioners exercised over an "accidental" shooting by US forces operating across the border in Afghanistan.The Jan 22 incident at a border checkpost at Shawal in Northern Waziristan led to one Pakistani soldier being killed. - 1,700-year-old Buddhist temple found in Bangladesh By : World News
Dhaka, Feb 9: An ancient Buddhist temple, estimated to be 1700 years old, has been discovered in Bihar Dhap area in Bogra district of northern Bangladesh.Another Buddhist shrine, about 1500 years old dating back to the pre-Pal period, was excavated earlier on the same premises by the archaeological department. - 1.2 million Nepali citizenships distributed, says Home Ministry By : World News
Kathmandu, Mar.5: Nepal's Home Ministry has distributed citizenship to over 1. - 1.5 mn people facing serious water shortage in China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 26: Falling water levels in China's Yangtze river have left about 1.5 million people with shortage of drinking water in southwest Chongqing Municipality and also affecting the shipping services, local officials said today. - 10 LTTE rebels reportedly killed in Sri Lanka Navy attack By : World News
Colombo, Feb.12: Sri Lanka's Navy destroyed a suspected Tamil Tiger boat and damaged another early on Monday while on a routine patrol near Trincomalee. - 10 MPs of Benazir's PPP join pro-Musharraf ruling party By : World News
Islamabad, Mar 3: Ten dissident MPs of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party, including five serving ministers, joined the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q).The development came amid speculation that the back-channel talks between President Pervez Musharraf and Bhutto failed to bring about a political reconciliation. - 10 suicide bombers arrested in Pakistan By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 20: Pakistani police have arrested 10 suspected suicide bombers, some of whom were planning to attack Shia processions and religious scholars in the port city of Karachi.Eight suspected suicide bombers were picked from different areas of Karachi for planning to attack Shia processions and some religious scholars in the city, while the other two beloning to terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen were arrested from Hyderabad in Sindh province, officials said. - 100 dead in China typhoon By : Country News
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has called for greater effort at flood control and disaster relief as typhoon Kaemi left more than 100 people dead or missing in the country. - 100-year sentence for US soldier for rape, murder in Iraq By : World News
Washington, Feb 23: A US soldier is given a 100-year sentence in a military prison for raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family.Sgt Paul Cortez, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday and presiding judge Col Stephen R. - 100-year-old man eyes unique World Cup record By : World News
Kingston (Jamaica), Feb 22: Lionel Ferguson can make it to the record books when he celebrates his 101st birthday by enjoying a Super 8 cricket World Cup match, April 16, at the newly-rebuilt Grenada National Stadium.Ferguson, a sprightly resident of Gouyave, in Grenada, could well be the oldest person to attend a World Cup match. - 1000 evacuated in Hong Kong train fire in a tunnel By : World News
Hong Kong, Feb 14: Fire broke out on a train when it was running in a tunnel in the west of Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, and more than 1,000 passengers were evacuated.More than 1,000 passengers were evacuated from the train. - 107 bodies found along remote stretch of Yemen coastline By : World News
New York, Feb 17: At least 107 bodies have been found along a remote stretch of the Yemen coastline after a boat smuggling migrants from Somalia capsized on Monday, the United Nations refugee agency said today.This is one of the deadliest single incidents in a perilous exodus that has brought more than 27,000 people across the Gulf Aden in the past year, it said. - 11 abducted people released in Nepal By : World News
Kathmandu, Mar 4: Eleven people, who were abducted by an armed group fighting for more rights for the Madhesi community in southern Nepal, have been released by their abductors.The 11 landless settlers, who reside near the Koshi Tappu wildlife santuary, were abducted by Madhesi Tiger on Wednesday from Koshitappu area in Morang district. - 11 Indian companies vie for 1,300 MW projects in Nepal By : World News
Shirish B Pradhan, Kathmandu, Feb 8: Eleven Indian power companies are among the fourteen international firms which have expressed interest for developing three major projects meant for producing 1,302 MW elctricity in Nepal.The Indian companies vying for the survey licenses are Reliance Energy, GMR Energy, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Sutlej Jalbidhyut Nigam, Maytas NCC Consortium, JP Associates, Larson and Tourbo, Bhilwara Energy, National Hydro-electric Project Corporation, KSK Electricity Finance India Ltd and Athena Consortium. - 11 killed in Iraq suicide bombing By : World News
Tikrit, Feb 11: Eleven policemen were killed and 10 wounded in a suicide truck bomb attack on a police station in Dowr town north of Baghdad Sunday, a police source told Xinhua."Our latest report said that the attack killed 11 policemen and wounded 10 others, including two detainees who were kept in a cell of the police station," the source said. - 11 more killed in rain related incidents in UP By : World News
Lucknow, Feb 12: Eleven more persons were killed and over a dozen others injured in incidents of house collapse and lightning as rains accompanied by strong winds lashed several parts of the state disrupting normal life during the last 48 hours taking the toll to 19.While four persons, including two women, were killed and one injured in an incident of wall collapse in Bulandshahar, two persons were killed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, reports reaching here said. - 11 people killed as bus overturns in northwest China By : World News
Beijing, Mar 4: At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway today in northwest China's Shaanxi province, local officials said.The accident occurred in Fengxian county, 367 km from the provincial capital Xi'an, when the bus with 30 people on board overturned. - 11 terror suspects arrested in France By : World News
Paris, Feb 14 : French police have arrested 11 people, nine of whom they suspect of having links to the Al Qaeda terrorist network, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The operation began at Paris's Orly airport early Tuesday with the arrest of two people who had just returned from abroad, the ministry said in a statement. - 12-hour bandh begins By : World News
Coimbatore, Feb 20: Almost all shops and commercial establishments in the city downed shutters today in response to the call for a dawn-to dusk bandh given by political parties, social and trade organisations, protesting the "attitude" of Kerala on creation of Salem Railway Division.Buses, including State-owned ones, taxis, autorickshaws, tempos and vans were off the roads to express solidarity to the demand that all Tamil Nadu areas be included in the division, bifurcated from the Palakkad Division. - 125 wounded by fireworks in Chinese spring festival By : World News
Beijing, Feb 18 : About 125 people were wounded in Beijing as citizens set off fireworks to celebrate the eve of the Spring Festival Saturday.Three were seriously wounded, including a person whose eyeballs had to be removed by doctors, said a spokesman with the Beijing Fireworks Administration Office. - 126 MRCA to be acquired from single vendor, capability, technology important requirements: Air Chief By : World News
Bangalore, Feb 8: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi today said that technology and capability are of utmost importance for the acquisition of the 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA), besides the numbers. All the 126 aircraft would be of the same type, with one squadron being formed of the directly supplied aircraft from one source, and the rest would be developed here under licensed production. - 13 arrested in United States for conspiring to provide support to LTTE By : World News
At least 13 persons were arrested by US Federal agents in a sting operation and charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to Sri Lanka's LTTE rebels which are on State Department's terrorist list. - 13 jailed in China's largest illegal wild animal trade case By : World News
Beijing, Feb 16: Thirteen people have been sent to prison, including one for 14 years, in connection with the China's largest case of illegal trafficking of wild animals.Ma Weihu, a native of northwest China's Gansu Province, received 14-year sentence and a fine of USD 12,800 for illegally buying about 900 owls, a Grade-II state protected animal, from Ningxia and selling them to restaurants in southern Guangdong Province. - 13 killed in traffic accidents in China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 14: At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in China, an official report said today.Eight people were killed and five others injured when a loaded truck collided with a van on the Beijing-Zhuhai Freeway, a north-south trunk land route in China, yesterday. - 13-year-old Pakistani rape victim threatens immolation By : World News
Karachi, Feb 12: Accusing the police of inaction, a 13-year-old Pakistani girl who was allegedly gang-raped has threatened to immolate herself if the accused are not brought to justice.The girl, who was allegedly raped by four men for three days in her village near Dadu in interior Sindh province last month, staged a protest here with her father and other relatives all of whom carried placards demanding the arrest of the culprits. - 14 employees of Securities firm charged with fraud By : World News
New York, Mar 2: Fourteen persons, including current and former employees of UBS Securities, Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns, have been charged with securities fraud, described one of the most pervasive inside trading scheme, in which millions of dollars of illicit profits were made.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yestereday said that those charged include eight securities and three hedge funds personnel, two broker-dealers and one in day-trading firm. - 14 killed in fire, building collapse in southern China By : World News
Beijing, Feb 12: At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured in two separate accidents in Southern China, police said today.At least 10 people were killed and five others injured when a fire gutted an electronics component factory in south China's Shenzhen yesterday. - 14 Pakistanis straying into India released By : World News
Kasur (Pakistan), Feb 09: Indian security forces Friday arrested 14 Pakistanis for mistakenly crossing over to the Indian territory, but released them after negotiations. According to a private TV Channel, the Pakistanis were hunting in Kekar Post on the Pakistan-India border and crossed over to India by mistake. - 15 banks granted overseas investment quotas of USD 13.4 bn By : World News
Beijing, Feb 23: China granted 15 domestic and foreign-funded banks overseas investment quotas totalling USD 13.4 billion last year. - 15 confirmed killed in Quetta court blast in Pakistan By : World News
Islamabad, Feb 17 : At least 15 people including a senior civil judge were killed and 25 others wounded Saturday in a powerful blast at a court in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, local TV channels reported.The bomb exploded at the chamber of Senior Civil Judge Wahid Durrani in Quetta district killing the judge and 14 others. - 15 killed in Yemen election rally By : World News
Fifteen people were killed and more than 100 injured during a stampede at an election rally of Yemeni President Ali Saleh in Ibb province Tuesday, police sources said. - 15 killed, 50 injured in suicide bomb attack in Quetta By : World News
Quetta, Feb 17 : Fifteen people, including a senior judge, were killed and 50 injured Saturday afternoon when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a court in the Balochistan capital.Ten of the injured are in critical condition. - 15 per cent more voters for Nepal Con. Assembly polls By : World News
Kathmandu, Feb 8: Nepal will have a 15 per cent increase in the number of voters for the Constituent Assembly polls slated for mid-June.The earlier voters' list had 10. - 150 eminent Saudis call for reforms in Arab world By : World News
Manama (Bahrain), Feb 22: A group of 150 Saudi academics, intellectuals, professionals and citizens released a communique Thursday warning of sectarian divisions in their own country as well as other Arab nations and calling for comprehensive reforms.The petition, which was co-signed by well-known Saudi authors Abdul Kareem Abdul Aziz al-Johiman and Mohammad al-Harfi, called on Arab leaders at all levels to protect their countries from such divisions.
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