- Lower cadres in Pak Army vulnerable to extremism, says Musharraf
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the lower cadres of Pakistan's armed forces were susceptible to extremist and terrorist tendencies, and that they could be indoctrinated to engage in such (terror) acts. - Dr Khan asked daughter to leak N-secrets before British media
Pakistan nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan had in 2003 advised his daughter staying in London to go public with nuclear secrets before the British media, reveals Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in his book 'In the Line of Fire'. - Musharraf reveals Dr Khan was involved in N-proliferation since 1987
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has revealed in his book that his country's nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan was involved in nuclear proliferation since 1987, and that he would oblige anyone who was willing to pay. - Armed intruder causes scare at US Capitol
An armed man crashed his sport-utility vehicle through a wall on the US Capitol grounds Monday and ran into the building, eluding security until police arrested him, police and eyewitnesses said. - E-Coli in packaged spinach kills one in US, 100 hospitalised
One person was killed and 100 others were taken ill following a deadly outbreak of E-Coli in packaged spinach in as many as 20 states in the US, forcing store owners scrambling to get rid of the product from the shelves. - Now, Musharraf may shore personal security with Western troops’!
Having survived two assasination attempts, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf may soon shore up his personal security with troops from the West. - Bin Laden given free hand to roam in Pakistan?
The war against terror is not seen reaching a conclusion on its fifth anniversary, and the main ally of the United States in the region – President General Parvez Musharraf – is coming under a critical scan by security analysts and opponents of President Bush. - ASEAN should evolve to become tech innovators: Malaysia
Malaysia today said ASEAN must evolve to become innovators in technology instead of mere consumers and should create a functioning science and technology community to achieve this goal. - Today's oceans tenfold noisier than 40 years ago
A new study by Scripps Institute of Oceanography has revealed that Ocean Noise has increased tenfold since the 1960s. - Washington-bound flight diverted to Boston
A United Airlines flight from London to Washington carrying 182 passengers and a crew of 12 was diverted to Boston after a woman passenger became unruly but apparently no terrorism was involved, officials said. - Living together is just as mundane as marriage
Living with a person may still be considered to be an alternative lifestyle, but as a new study shows, most couples who live together outside the bounds of matrimony are about as conventional as married couples when it comes to their relationship, pursuing careers and household chores. - Pakistani expats want `real democracy' in Sindh, Baluchistan
Pakistani expatriates in the United States have intensified their campaign for return to democracy in their nation, accusing President Pervez Musharraf's military regime of human rights abuses in the provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh. - NASA find could alter theories of galaxy formation
NASA scientists have said there is far more heavy hydrogen in the Milky Way galaxy than earlier thought, a finding that could radically alter theories about star and galaxy formation. - New United States air travel rules imposed easing some restrictions
US air travelers have been hande new rules in the wake of a foiled terror plot, given permission to carry small amounts of liquid nonprescription medicine onto a plane and instructed to remove their shoes during security checks. - United States express concern over Lankan situation
The United States has said that it is "quite disturbed" at the killing of aid workers in Sri Lanka and that it was doing everything it can to bring peace to a "terrible situation" in the island nation. - When Vanessa Redgrave was a 'failure' as a mum
Though today, theatre stalwart Vanessa Redgrave might just feel like laughing about it when she thinks about going out on protest marches leaving her two daughters behind to cook for the family, she feels that she was a "failure" as a mum then, who didn't give her kids a proper childhood. - Bush's 'war on terror' only one in American history without a war narrative
President George W Bush’s war on terror in the aftermath of the September 11 WTC attacks has been waged without a ‘war narrative’ – if a new study by researchers from the University of New Hampshire is to be believed. A war narrative is a cohesive and consistent story told over and over again to politically and psychologically prepare people for any conflict. - Three still missing from chemical plant blast in east China
At least 16 people were killed, 29 others injured and three still missing in a fatal blast at an upcoming Sino-German chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu Province, local officials said today
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