Kiani will become Chief of Pak Army after Musharrafs victory in Presidential polls (Lead: Kiani)
General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani was today named as the Vice Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, and he will become its Chief after President Pervez Musharraf vacates the post. ANI
Sonia thanks world community for giving collective homage to Mahatma Gandhi
United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today thanked the international community for paying collective homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. ANI
Entrepreneurs from North East upbeat with Bangkok Trade Meet
Most of the small entrepreneurs from different parts of the North East States, who have come to participate in the North East India Trade and Investment Opportunities Week in Bangkok, have welcomed the initiative to expose the region to the outside world for investment. ANI
Pak Cabinet drops corruption cases against Benazir
The Pakistan Cabinet today withdrew all corruption cases against Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto. ANI
Clinton privately belittled Gore during 2000 presidential campaign: Book
Author Sally Bedell Smith has claimed in her forthcoming book that former US President Bill Clinton secretly belittled then Vice President Al Gore during the latters presidential campaign in 2000. ANI
Gutsy gran wards off knifeman with penknife!
A fearless granny bravely stood up to a knife-wielding shop robber by threatening him with her penknife. ANI
Terri Irwin honoured with the Business Woman of the Year award
Australia Zoo director Terri Irwin has been honoured with the Business Woman of the Year award. ANI
Jemima Khan is not dating Shane Warne
Jemima Khans mother has refuted reports that the Brit socialite is dating Oz cricketer Shane Warne. ANI
Species risk extinction beyond speed limit of six mutations per genome per generation
The rate of molecular evolution in organisms cannot be more than six mutations per genome per generation, for beyond this, species run the risk of extinction as their genomes lose stability, a new study by a team of Harvard University scientists has revealed. ANI
Musharraf names Kiani as new Pak army chief
Ahead of the October 6 presidential elections, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has named former chief of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Ashfaq Pervez Kiani, as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad said. ANI
11 dead in Kabul suicide blast
At least 11 people, including women and school children, have died in a suicide blast that took place near a bus carrying policemen in Kabul on Tuesday. ANI
80 pc new mothers seek parental advice on the internet
A new study has revealed that new mothers, who earlier used to take their relatives and friends advice on how to bring up babies, have now started to rely on the internet for the same purpose. ANI
PETA wants ban on snake and crocodile skin use in designer fashion
Exotic skins are making waves on the British ramp this season, but animal rights activists are protesting the use of snake and crocodile skins in designer fashion. ANI
New US soap depicts a Pakistani who practices Muslimism
The stereotyping will make you cringe if you are a South Asian. Yet a part of you thinks it is about time that America sees the ridiculous in its insensitivity to cultures. ANI
40 pc of US voters will choose President on global warming plank
Nearly half of the Americans, who now believe that global warming is a threat, have said in a recent poll, that their voting in the next years Presidential poll would be influenced according to the stand taken by the candidates on this issue. ANI
Buy a 100-mln-year-old fossilised mushroom for 100,000 dollars
A 100 million year old fossilised mushroom discovered by an amber collecting team, has been put up on sale for a pricey 100,000 dollars. ANI
Barack Obamas 9-year-old daughter doesnt approve of Paris Hilton
US senator Barack Obamas nine-year-old daughter shuns hotel heiress Paris Hilton. ANI
Guevaras widow describes the man behind the rebel in memoir
The widow of Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, political figure, Che Guevara, has unveiled the man behind the dynamic rebel in her intimate memoir Evocation. ANI
US should keep away from Pakistans internal politics
Ahead of the October 6 Presidential polls in Pakistan, analysts believe that a hastily restored democracy in Islamabad by relegating military in the background would not be beneficial for the future of the country unless stronger institutions are created, and that the US should keep itself away from interfering in the countrys internal domestic politics. ANI
Londons Big Bens bongs again after two-month silence
Londoners heard the bongs from the famous Big Ben on Monday, after the Great Clock remained silent for close to two months due to maintenance work. The planned repair work was carried out ahead of the Great Clocks 150th anniversary in 2009. ANI
Parts of Australia to get hotter by 5 degrees by 2070
Temperatures across Australia are likely to rise by one degree Celsius by 2030, but it could rise by up to 5 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country by 2070, a new CSIRO study has revealed. ANI
Pranab says UN must reform if it is to represent the world
India has pushed for reform at the United Nations saying it no longer represents the world. ANI
Caribbean forests were at their densest during the Little Ice Age
Some Caribbean forests were at their densest during the Little Ice Age, a new study by a palaeontologist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has revealed. ANI
85 APDM parliamentarians submit their resignations to Pak Assembly Speaker
Pakistans National Assembly members of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) have submitted their resignations to Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain. ANI
Three genes behind human cognition and learning identified
Researchers at the University of Arizona have found links to learning behaviours in three separate genes associated with dopamine, a chemical in the brain that is often associated with pleasure, learning and other behaviours. ANI
PPP quietly restoring relations with opposition
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has quietly started restoring its relations with the opposition parties, because hopes of the government and the PPP coming closer are quite dim with the Musharraf regime sitting on the demands of the party. ANI
Amazon rainforest at risk from project to link South American economies
An initiative to link South American economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects threatens the fragile ecology of the Amazon Rainforest, a new Conservation International (CI) study has revealed. ANI
Ulysses chance encounter with comet throws up surprising results
A chance encounter between spacecraft Ulysses and Comet McNaughts ion tail has left scientists at the University of Michigan marvelling at a stroke of luck and some surprising data. ANI
India expresses concern over current situation in Myanmar
Expressing concern over the current situation in Myanmar, where the military government has cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrations, India has hoped that the process of national reconciliation and political reform would be taken forward expeditiously. ANI
Re-elected Musharraf will only be a President, not ruler of Pakistan: Rashid
Pakistans Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that after getting re-elected, General Pervez Musharraf will have to change his mindset, as he will only be a President, not the ruler of the country. ANI
Pakistanis should be allowed to express their political views freely: US
The United States has said that Pakistanis should be allowed to express their ideas freely, and added that Washington will take seriously any attempt to close down or hinder media organisations in the country. ANI
Genes govern peoples responses to fair or unfair economic offers
About 40 per cent of peoples decisions as to whether an economic offer is fair or unfair are governed by genetic influences, scientists have said. ANI
Musharraf will give up uniform before taking oath: Hunt
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf would give up his uniform before taking oath as the civilian head of the state, US Consulate Principal Officer Lahore Bryan D Hunt has said. ANI
Dark matter has a very, very long lifetime
Danish scientists from the Neils Bohr Institute have presented new information that has added another piece of knowledge to the jigsaw puzzle of the dark mystery of the universe-dark matter. ANI
Incas fattened kids before sacrificing them
The Incas fattened children as young as six years old for sacrifice, analysis of hair samples from naturally preserved child mummies discovered at the worlds highest archaeological site in the Andes has revealed. ANI
Benazir may allow US Army to hunt down Osama inside Pakistan
Former premier Benazir Bhutto has said that she might allow the US military to strike inside Pakistan to eliminate al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if she comes back to power. ANI
Benazir-Musharraf talks highly unlikely now, says Qureshi
There is now little chance of talks between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Benazir Bhutto and President General Pervez Musharraf, PPP Punjab President Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said. ANI
Dis ex-butler, Paul Burrell called as a key witness at her death inquest
Princess Dianas former butler, Paul Burrell will be called as a key witness in the much-anticipated inquest into the deaths of the princess and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed. ANI
Fearsome sabrecats bite no more vicious than a pussycats
Public imagination perceives the now extinct sabre tooth as the ultimate killing machine alongside the T.Rex. ANI
Pak Govt ordinance to grant amnesty to Benazir, others on the anvil
The Pakistan Government is planning to promulgate an ordinance in the next 48 hours that would have an enormous bearing on the reported understanding between President Pervez Musharraf and former premier Benazir Bhutto, highly placed sources have said. ANI