Zardari, Gilani, Musharraf felicitate Asma on winning SCBA presidential election
Pakistan Supreme Court Advocate and noted human rights activist Asma Jehangir has won the annual elections of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), becoming the first ever woman president of the most significant lawyers' association.

Afghan officials' desperate plea to US to force Pak 'to get rid of terror havens' on its soil
Senior Afghan officials have pressed the United States at a closed-door strategy session in Kabul to force Pakistan to crack down on insurgents within its territory, saying that recent military gains will be short-lived as long as those terrorist havens prevail across the border.

'American Al-Qaeda militants now pose biggest terror threat to US'
American Al-Qaeda militants are even more dangerous than foreign fighters, as they know the United States' psyche and its soft targets, and its local recruits can often move about the country freely, top government officials have said.

'Simples', 'tweetheart' and 'fauxmance' - new additions to dictionary!
It has been a while since the English dictionary was updated but now a string of new words have made their way to the latest Collins English Dictionary.

Nearly five in ten American voters want Obama to run for president again
Nearly half of today's voters - 47 percent - say they would like to see Barack Obama run for re-election in 2012, versus 36 percent who said in August 1982 that Reagan should run again, according to the latest Pew Research Center/National Journal Congressional Connection poll.

Clinton says reports of Democrats demise exaggerated
Former US president Bill Clinton has told ABC News in an interview that Republican and general public reports predicting the demise of the Democrats are a bit exaggerated.

UK declines Pak request to return 'visa processing' to country from Abu Dhabi 'hub'
Britain is not ready to entertain the Pakistan government's request for returning visa processing from Abu Dhabi to Islamabad, but has committed to streamline the procedures to ensure swift processing of visa applications from the country.

Chinese Twitter user arrested for supporting jailed 'uncle'Nobel winner Xiaobo
Beijing Police have arrested a woman after she tweeted her intention to march with a banner praising jailed Nobel peace prize winner Lui Xiaobo.

Clinton says he's disturbed and ticked off by mid-term poll campaign
Former President Bill Clinton is "disturbed and ticked off" by much of what he's seen from the mid-term election campaign.

Democratic gov candidate asks Obama to 'take endorsement and shove it'
Rhode Island's Democratic governor candidate Frank Caprio has asked US President Barack Obama to 'shove it'.

US will 'invade volatile Pak to deal with instability there': Australian MP
The 'highly volatile' situation in Pakistan is increasing the likelihood of a US invasion there, Australian parliamentarian Bob Katter has said.

Arizona sheriff gifts Sarah Palin a pair of pink underwear!
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, has tweeted that he welcomed former Alaska governor Sarah Palin with a pair of pink underwear.

How Hitler"s deputy Hess was lured to be trapped in Britain
A new book has shed light on one of the enduring mysteries of World War Two-why did Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess come to Britain?

Pak police operation to bust terror network targeting shrines 'a complete failure'
Pakistan police have badly failed to hunt the masterminds and terrorists behind brazen suicide attacks at Islamic shrines located in various districts of the country so far.