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Chinese earthquake deaths climb to 617; school collapse kills 76 »
BEIJING: The death toll from the earthquake in a remote part of western China rose to 617, with 66 students and 10 teachers dying in school collapses that echo the country’s last major quake in 2008....
April 15 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
Top US envoy arrives in Kyrgyzstan for talks with interim leaders after revolt »
BISHKEK: A top U.S. diplomat arrived for talks with Kyrgyzstan’s interim leaders on Wednesday about defusing a crisis in the Central Asian country, where Washington rents an air base to back its war effort in...
April 14 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
Palestinian official in sex tape scandal, Rafiq Husseini denies he abused his position »
JERUSALEM: A disgraced senior Palestinian official at the centre of a sex tape scandal claims he was entrapped and says he has not abused his position. Rafiq Husseini, who also holds British citizenship, was dismissed...
April 13 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
Thai Democrat Party faces ban over illegal donation, pressure on PM to resign »
BANGKOK: The Thai prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, is under increasing pressure to resign after the country’s electoral commission ordered his ruling Democrat party be dissolved for accepting illegal donations. The decision – which comes days...
April 13 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »SOUTH ASIA
Hamid Mir: Taliban’s informer or a journalist (secret audio tape) »
Below is a shocking recoded audio call apparently did in the last month between number two of Hakimullah Mehsud, the Pakistan and America’s most...
May 15 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »UN report: Benazir Bhutto’s death due to security flaws »
Pakistan’s former military regime failed to protect ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto despite knowing of numerous threats against her shortly before her assassination...
Apr 16 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Riaz Sheikh among 736 released under special remission order »
As many as 736 prisoners undergoing jail terms in various prisons have been freed while over 3,200 convicts benefited...
Apr 15 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Petition filed for restoration of Nawaz Sharif’s 1999 Govt »
ISLAMABAD: A Petition has been filed with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking restoration of Nawaz Sharif government which was dissolved on October, 12,...
Apr 14 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Sharif’s ‘COAS’ Gen Ziauddin Butt appointed CMIT head »
ISLAMABAD: The Sharif brothers have finally appointed the officer they wanted to be as their Chief of the Army Staff in 1999, Gen Ziauddin...
Apr 14 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Supreme Court seeks complete record on $25 Billion LNG scam »
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of petroleum to file a complete record by April 14 regarding a 25 billion dollar Liquid Natural...
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