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August 27, 2007

International News for August 27, 2007

Islamabad, Dhaka refute their countries terror outfits role in Hyderabad blast
Both Pakistan and Bangladesh today rejected claims by Indian officials and politicians about terror outfits operating in the two neighbouring countries behind the Saturdays twin blasts in Hyderabad that left 44 people dead and over sixty people injured. ANI

Comfortable with life in Pak, Molly Cambell in no mood to return to Scotland
Scottish schoolgirl Molly Campbell, who changed her name to Misbah Rana after returning to Pakistan to live with her Muslim father, has said that she no plans to return to the UK. ANI

Blasphemous airdropped soccer balls rock eastern Afghanistan
A demonstration has been held in south- east Afghanistan accusing US troops of insulting Islam after they distributed footballs bearing the name of Allah. ANI

Benazir acutely aware of failing political fortunes: Editorial
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appears to be acutely aware about her partys prospects sliding down in Pakistan in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Nawaz Sharif. ANI

Musharraf prepared to give up uniform before elections
President Pervez Musharrafs trouble-shooters have gone to London with a package that includes Musharrafs willingness to give up his uniform even prior to the presidential election, sources said. ANI

Sentence of Nawaz Sharif cant be restored: Rafiq Tarar
Former Pakistan President, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, has said the government cannot restore the sentences against Nawaz Sharif as he was pardoned by a legal head of the state. ANI

French woman to cross Atlantic in a solar-powered sail balloon
The first woman to row the Atlantic solo now plans to enter the record books again next year by crossing it in a solar-powered sail balloon. ANI

UK voters worried more about crime rates than health woes
Most Brits are of the view that the Gordon Brown Government should make the tackling of crime its top political priority. ANI

Tory leaders wife in dock for promoting her firm
Tory leader David Camerons wife, Samantha, has been accused of using her husbands position to promote her company in a prestigious U.S. style magazine. ANI

Ayub Khan believed only Pak Army offered hope for countrys peace, stability
Former Pakistan President Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan believed only the Army offered hope for peace and stability in his country. ANI

Anglers reels in pals lost rod!
An angler got a real shock when he instead of a fish, he reeled in a fishing rod that a pal of his had lost sea three months earlier. ANI

ATM robber captures himself on camera!
A man plotting to rip off an ATM found his plan foiled after he photographed himself with the camera hed installed to capture people entering their bank card PINs. ANI

Drunk woman ploughs through cemetery!
A German woman left destruction in her wake when she went to visit one of her relatives graves after a booze binge. ANI

Musharraf aides in UK to salvage deal with Benazir
Three senior negotiators are understood to have arrived here from Pakistan to dissuade former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from walking out of the deal with President Pervez Musharraf. ANI

Moon to glow a coppery red on August 28 full lunar eclipse
The second total lunar eclipse of 2007 would happen just hours after midnight on Tuesday morning, August 28th, but the moon wont likely disappear completely. ANI

Petition seeking equal rights for minorities filed in Pak SC
The Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) has filed a Constitutional petition in the Supreme Court, seeking to amend the 1973 Constitution in order to remove all articles which are anomalous in nature because of their discriminatory character. ANI

Sydneys Deputy Mayor for caging George Bush during APEC Summit
The Deputy Mayor of Sydney, Chris Harris, has forwarded a proposal to Town Hall bigwigs to hang a giant banner that says Cage Bush, Not Sydney from the top of the building in protest over the restrictions being put across the city ahead of the forthcoming APEC Summit. ANI

Settlements dating back 40000 years discovered in Irans Bushehr province
Iranian archaeologists have traced evidence of human settlement dating back from the Palaeolithic epoch to Middle Stone Age (40,000-10,000 years ago) around the city of Jam-o Riz in Irans Bushehr province. ANI

Pak to build road tunnel to link NWFP with China
The Pakistan Government has decided to construct a new road tunnel in the countrys North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to link Pakistan with China and other Central Asian states. ANI

Gordon Browns New Labour accused of new sleaze
The Electoral Commission in Britain has confirmed that it is investigating a group called the Muslim Friends of Labour, which gave Gordon Browns New Labour party 100,000 pounds a month between April and June. ANI

Soap can help save water on the anvil
Water needed to wash clothes might soon be reduced thanks to researches who have made a soap whose bubbles collapse once garments are clean. ANI

Renowned archaeologist claims finding Lost City of Apollo around Stonehenge
Renowned archaeologist Dennis Price, who shot to fame last year with his amazing discovery of Stonehenges lost altar stone by a roadside in Berwick St James, has now claimed to have found the famed Lost City of Apollo around the Neolithic structure. ANI

Chinese tiger sanctuary found promoting illegal products trade
Chinas Xiongsen Bear and Tiger Sanctuary has come under a cloud from animal rights groups for allegedly selling illegal tiger products. ANI

China accused of hacking German chancellery PCs
China has been accused of hacking computers in the German Chancellery and three other German ministries. ANI

Womans rule in Pakistan is vicious: Sindh Chief Minister
The Chief Minister of Sindh, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, has said that a womans rule was vicious, and people should avoid it. ANI

Time for negotiations with Musharraf running out: Benazir
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has ruled out any political understanding with President Pervez Musharraf, and said the time for negotiating with the General is running out, even as she finalises her plans for returning to Pakistan. ANI

Pak Supreme Court next verdict would be against Musharrafs uniform: Imran

Lahore, Aug 26: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has said that the Supreme Courts next verdict would be against President Pervez Musharrafs army uniform. ANI

Archaeologists discover Roman Capitol in Romanias Dacia province
Romanian archaeologists have found the Capitol of Sarmizegetusa, a temple in the ancient Roman province of Dacia, present day Romania. ANI

Benazir ready to support Musharraf conditionally: Pak Minister
Pakistans Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is willing to support President Pervez Musharraf in the upcoming presidential elections, provided certain conditions are met. ANI

Second longest Great Wall in Asia discovered in Iran
British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. ANI

Tiredness is Aussies favourite excuse for not exercising
An online survey of over a thousand people has revealed that more than 90 per cent of Australians are too tired, too cold or too busy to exercise. ANI

19 Taliban killed inside Pakistan
American-led coalition and Afghan troops have reportedly struck Taliban positions inside Pakistan leaving 19 militants dead. ANI

New prion protein discovery may shed light on mad-cow disease
Canadian scientists have discovered a new prion protein, a breakthrough that could both help clarify how prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob or mad-cow disease devastate the brain as well as offer fresh insights into brain function in other neurodegenerative diseases. ANI

Cutty Sark to be a sponsored black-tie corporate venue
One of Britains greatest maritime attractions, the Cutty Sark, is to become a black-tie corporate venue, with sponsoring company logos beamed on to its floodlit masts, under ambitious conservation plans. ANI

Ottoman Turks possibly perpetrated massacre during 14th Century Bulgarian siege
Ottoman Turks possibly perpetrated massacres during their invasion of the Rodopi region, the discovery of a Christian necropolis outside the ruins of the city of Perperikon, near the town of Kardzhali, in Southern Bulgaria, has revealed. ANI

Evidence that Di was pregnant re-ignites conspiracy theory
A hospital document has leant more support to the conspiracy theory surrounding Princess Dianas death by showing that she was indeed pregnant when she died. ANI

Light trucks, SUVs, minivans bigger polluters than cars, says study
Pollution produced by light trucks, SUVs and minivans though only half a percent higher than that produced by conventional cars, becomes enormous if the number of these vehicles plying on the roads, is taken into consideration, according to a recent study by Ohio State University researchers. ANI

Hariri meets Nawaz Sharif on Musharrafs request
Saad Hariri, son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, met the Sharif brothers this month on the request of Musharraf, and advised them to abide by the deal with the Pakistan Government and not return to the country. ANI

Camilla pulls out of Diana memorial service
Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall has pulled out of Fridays memorial service to Princess Diana, announcing that her attendance would divert attention from the service. ANI

42% of PC Users Fail to Defrag their Computers: Survey
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Fujitsu Media Devices Launches Transmitter Modules for W-CDMA Mobile Phones
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Elephant Advertising Shines at India Day Events Across the Country
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uReach Technologies Expands Management Team; Names Raghu Ram as Senior Vice President
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