Bangladeshi Islamists protest cartoon disrespecting of Prophet Muhammad
Thousands of Islamists on Friday took to the street in Bangladesh, asking the countrys interim administration to ban a newspaper that sketched a controversial cartoon apparently hurting the Muslims religious sentiment. ANI
Lindsay Lohan denies bedding married musician in rehab
Rehabbing actress Lindsay Lohan has denied reports that she ruined the marriage of a British heiress. ANI
Snowmelt in Antarctica inland as far as 500 miles from coast
A new study by NASA has revealed that snowmelt in Antarctica is slowly creeping inwards. ANI
Lahoris against renaming of Scotch Corner-IV
Pakistans Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahis decision to rename Scotch Corner Road-IV as Maulana Hassan Jan Road has not gone down too well with locals, who say the citys history should not be re-written. arlier this week, Elahi decided to change the name of the road situated on Upper Mall to recognise the services of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq leader Maulana Hassan Jan, who was killed in Peshawar several days ago. ANI
British citizen accuses Pakistan of severe torture
A British citizen has told a magistrates court here that during a year in captivity in Pakistan, he suffered sleep deprivation and severe beatings, and three fingernails were extracted from his left hand. ANI
Hillary Clinton publicly announces that she is not a lesbian
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has officially declared that she is not a lesbian, but added that there was nothing wrong if someone was. ANI
BBC not to telecast George Michaels HIV interview
Pop star George Michael has requested the BBC not to broadcast the interview in which he discusses his fears of having HIV. ANI
Kazakhstan to attract 21 billion dollars to electric power development by 2015
Kazakhstan plans to attract about 21 billion dollars to the electric power development by 2015, said Almasadam Satkaliyev, the president of JSC Kazakhstan Electric Grid Operating Company (KEGOC) at the Kazenergy Second Eurasian energy forum. Total investments volume needed for the electric power development amounts to nearly USD 21 billion by 2015, - he said. The KEGOC president stressed that electric power consumption in Kazakhstan by 2015, according to forecasts, will grow by 60 per cent and amount to 124.5 billion kilowatts per hour. ANI
Kazakhstan to publish its first EITI report in November
Kazakhstan will publish its first report within the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) next November, Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bolat Akchulakov told a press briefing here. ANI
Member of the British Council board to visit Almaty
Steve Jones, member of the British Council board, will visit Almaty on September 24-25. ANI
Another general coming into power after Musharraf: Former Sindh CM
Former Sindh Chief Minister Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said that the present political crisis in the country shows that another general is in the process of coming into power after Musharraf sheds his uniform. ANI
Kazakhstan considers Tajikistan an important partner in Central Asia
Kazakhstan considers Tajikistan to be an important strategic partner in the Central Asian region. ANI
Despite ban, Pakistan has 1.5m bonded labourers: HRCP
The ban on bonded labour in Pakistan notwithstanding, around 1.5 million people are still in bondage in the country due to lack of proper implementation of the law and economic benefit of the violators. ANI
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan agree to boost cooperation in energy sector
The Governments of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to take further steps to boost cooperation in the energy sector. ANI
UNITAID celebrates major achievements in first year of its existence
In the year since it was established, the international drug purchase facility UNITAID has managed to reduce the price of HIV treatments for children by almost 40 percent, and those for second-line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs by between 25 percent and 50 percent respectively. ANI
40 mummies dating back to 1200-year-old Chachapoyas era found in Peru
Peruvian archaeologists have found 40 mummies dating from the 1,200-year-old Chachapoyas culture in the Amazonian fortress of Kuelap, which overlooks the Utcubamba Valley, in northern Peru. ANI
Romanian politicians square off with Count Dracula castle heir in legal battle
Romanian politicians have launched a battle to seize Bran Castle, known as Dracula Castle, from its aristocrat owner only a year after he was recognised as the rightful heir to the Transylvanian bastion.The 14th century castle that was home to Bram Stokers fictional count was returned to Archduke Dominic of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, in 2006 after it was held for 50 years by Romanias communist regime. ANI
Madhesis in Nepal migrate to India, as violence peaks
Conflict between two communities in the Terai region of southern Nepal and the killing of a leader has sparked off migration of Madhesis to India. ANI
Indian Sikh pilgrims receive warm welcome in Lahore
Indian Sikh pilgrims on their way to attend 468th death anniversary (Jyoti Jot) of Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal received a warm welcome here by local Sikh bodies and government authorities. ANI
Musharraf likely to announce new Army Chief on October 7
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is most likely to announce the name of new Army Chief on October 7, a day after Presidential elections, Geo News reported. ANI
Lava flow could have buried signs of past water on Mars
Lava flow could have covered features on Mars that appear to have experienced catastrophic flooding, and this could make future landing missions for search of past water on the Red Planet more troublesome, according to a new NASA study. ANI
Evidence of star formation in gas tail extending outside parent galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of star formation in a long gas tail extending well outside its parent galaxy. ANI
Islamist forces in Pak flourished under military dictatorships: Boston Globe
The Boston Globe has in its editorial said that Pakistan is suffering many crises, and adds that Islamist forces flourished under military dictatorships. ANI
ESAs Don Quijote to search for small, earth threatening asteroids
The European Space Agency (ESA) has embarked on a Don Quijote mission that would chart out the trajectory of small asteroids to see if these rocky bodies are in line with a collision with Earth in the future. ANI
Musharraf will stay in uniform if assemblies dissolve before his re-election
Pakistans Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that President Pervez Musharraf would be in uniform if the present assemblies are dissolved prior to his re-election. ANI
Fossetts wife still hopeful of finding him, even as search is called off
Peggy Fossett, the wife of missing multi-millionaire aviator Steve Fossett, continues to remain hopeful about finding her husband, even as rescuers have called off the search after 17 days of trying. ANI
Armys loyalty for Musharraf could dwindle if political opposition peaks
A leading US think tank has suggested that the loyalty of the Pakistani Army for its General and President Pervez Musharraf could dwindle if political demonstrations against Musharraf peak in the coming days. ANI
NATO historian unearths Soviet plan for WW3 nuclear attack
A NATO historian has reportedly unearthed chilling Soviet plans to launch massive nuclear strikes in Europe followed by a ground offensive in Germany and southern France. ANI
Drought would make Amazon more green, says study
Droughts would make the verdant Amazon rainforest even greener, a new study by a team of researchers from the University of Arizona, US, has revealed. ANI
Wanted: Pretty girls to read BBC news
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has said that its viewers want to see the news bulletins presented by young and attractive women. ANI
Eiffel replica comes up in Chinese province
Chinese architects have just finished rebuilding a replica of the Eiffel Tower of Paris in a giant luxury housing complex near Hangzhou in East China. ANI
Materials within Earths mantle behave differently than model predictions
Material deep within the Earths lower mantle behave very differently than model predictions, the first experiment to correctly mimic the crushing, searing conditions found in that layer, has revealed. ANI
Mechanism behind bacterias antibiotic resistance identified
Scientists have taken a step forward in the battle against bacteria by deciphering the molecular mechanism behind selective antimicrobial activity for a prototypical class of synthetic compounds ANI
UK grandmum was still married when she hooked up with Osama bin Ladens son
Jane Felix-Browne, the British grandmother who wed Osama bin Ladens son, Omar, was married to another man when she decided to walk down the aisle for a sixth time. ANI
Musharraf committed to giving up uniform: Cwealth
Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon has said that President Pervez Musharraf is committed to removing his uniform and to holding the general elections in a fair manner. ANI
`Windshield Cowboy George Bush is petrified of horses
U.S. President George W. Bush may have aliking for manly outdoor pursuits, but ironically horse riding is not one of them. ANI
Tibetan exiles protest Chinas reincarnation law
Tibetan monks and nuns took to the streets on Thursday here to protest against Chinas new reincarnation law. ANI
Pak religious parties will continue to stay, irrespective of poll results: Boucher
US Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Boucher, has said that irrespective of the performances by the religious parties in Pakistan during the forthcoming general elections, they would continue to stay in the political spectrum of the country. ANI
America not behind Sharifs deportation: US Ambassador
US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson has said that the Pakistan Government had deported former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and there was no involvement of Washington behind the decision. ANI
Jurassic Park velociraptors were feathered fearsomes
A new study by palaeontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of Natural History has shown that velociraptor, the meat eating dinosaur made famous in the movie Jurassic Park, had feathers. ANI
Hobbits more close to African apes than modern humans, reveals new study
An international team of researchers has completed a new study on Homo floresiensis, commonly referred to as the hobbit, a three foot tall, 18000 year old hominin skeleton, discovered four years ago on the Indonesian island of Flores. ANI
PPP lists three conditions for not resigning
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would resign from the assemblies unless the Musharraf regime fulfils three conditions of the party. ANI
Parliament shifting its responsibilities to the court: Pak SC
Pakistans Supreme Court (SC) has observed that the supreme legislative body of the country is shifting its responsibilities to the court, adding that it couldnt make a lame-duck Parliament a lion. ANI
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