Saucy call girl billboard disrupts traffic
The traffic in central Christchurch, New Zealand, is not running smoothly anymore - all because of a nationwide billboard campaign that is promoting the new Prime Television programme Secret Diary of a Call Girl. ANI
UAE to make big investments in Indias infrastructure development
Dubais Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad al Gargavi on Tuesday said that Dubais flagship companies are all set to invest in Indian infrastructure in a big way. ANI
Food security high on agenda of BRIC, RIC troika in Yekatarinburg
The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week. ANI
PML-N ministers submit resignations to PM
All the nine federal ministers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday handed over their resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gillani over the restoration of deposed judges issue. ANI
Kishunji, Thapa against abolishing monarchy immediately in Nepal
Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Home Minister of the royal cabinet and chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Kamal Thapa has asked the parties not to abolish the institution of monarchy until a new constitution is promulgated. ANI
500-year-old crystal skull stolen
A treasured large crystal skull believed to be 500 years old has been stolen from its perch at Kindred Spirits, a New Age store in Claremont, California. ANI
Oz driver straps in beer, instead of toddler
A Northern Territory driver was slapped with a fine of 750 dollars for putting a seatbelt around a carton of beer instead of a five-year-old kid in his car. ANI
Scientist develop microwave zapping system to fend off invasive species
Scientists in Louisiana have announced the development of a new cost-effective microwave zapping system that would kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride to the United States in the ballast water of merchant ships. ANI
UML, NC not to join new Nepal Government
The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) have decided not to join the new government and have also set preconditions for their support to a government led by Maoists in Nepal. ANI
Thief returns to his cushy jail cell!
Not many would think of a jail as an ideal place to spend ones time in, let alone a lifetime. But, 42-year-old Wesley Crawford is a different cup of tea altogther. ANI
PPP respects PML-Ns democratic right of resigning from govt
Senior PPP leader and Pakistans Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said that resigning from the federal coalition government was a democratic right of the PML-Q and PPP respected it. ANI
US State Dept says Pak itself has to address its political issues
The US State Department has once again said that Washington was not meddling into Pakistans internal political affairs and that issues like judges restoration and who should be a part of the federal coalition or not, are to be addressed by Pakistanis themselves. ANI
PML-Q says PPP, PML-N have failed in their first test of political acumen
Erstwhile ruling party in Pakistan, the PML-Q has termed the PML-Ns decision to quit the federal cabinet after 42 days in power a failure of the leadership of the PPP and the PML-N in their first test of political acumen to resolve the judges issue. ANI
Gilani completes full political circle in 20 years by being asked to tame Nawaz once again!
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani seems to have completed one full circle of his political life, as he has been asked to make PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif fall in line once again, as he was made to do in 1986. ANI
Pak crisis may yield worse results than the political musical chairs of 1990s: Editorial
PML-Ns decision to walk out of the federal coalition government could be seen as a threat to Pakistans democracy and it might lead to political uncertainty which the country witnessed in 1990s, says an editorial in the Daily Times. ANI
Chinese envoy sees foreign hand behind Tibetans protest in Kathmandu
Chinas Ambassador to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, has claimed that Tibetans have been carrying out their protests with the backing of foreigners and some human rights groups in Kathmandu. ANI
Indian envoy contacts Nepal Speaker on CA meet
Indias Ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, has asked the speaker at the interim parliament, Subash Nemwang, about the modalities for holding the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Nepal. ANI
Dalai Lama expects talks with China to resume next month
Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, has said that he expects formal talks between his envoys and their Chinese counterparts to resume next month. ANI
NWFP minister says only ceasefire, no peace pact with pro-Taliban militants
Refuting press reports that the NWFP government had inked a peace pact with the pro-Taliban militants in the Swat region, provincial Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour has said that it was merely a ceasefire agreement and the provincial government had not given in to the militants demands. ANI
Brit women carry 27billon pounds in their handbags!
Ever wonder just how much money women carry around in their bags? Well, as it turns the figure is a whopping 27 billion pounds for British women. ANI
Inca skull surgeons in ancient Peru were highly skilled
A new study has determined that Inca surgeons in ancient Peru were highly skilled and they used to successfully remove small portions of patients skulls to treat head injuries. ANI
First CA meet to convene on May 28 in Nepal
Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has called the first Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting on May 28 at Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC), Baneshwor. ANI
Tortured Brit terror suspects reveal secret ISI interrogation centre in Rawalpindi
Pakistans intelligence agency ISI reportedly runs a secret interrogation centre in the Saddar district of Rawalpindi, where it has in the past tortured a number of British nationals suspected of terrorism and who were arrested on directions from UK. ANI
Oz docs amazed at miraculous recovery of stabbed Indian cabbie
The doctors attending to part-time taxi-driver Jalvinder Singh, who was stabbed several times and left bleeding profusely two weeks ago by the side of a Clifton Hill street, have described his recovery as miraculous. They said that the knife stabs had almost reached his heart and pierced one of his lungs leading to loss of nearly five liters of blood. ANI
Imran says Asif hindering judges restoration just to please Americans
Pakistans cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was scuttling the moves of restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges just to please the Americans who want to see their old time war against terror ally President Pervez Musharaf in power. ANI
Psychiatrist brands Josef Fritzl Dr. Frankenstein
Sex beast Josef Fritzl has been branded Dr. Frankenstein as medics began tests to determine whether he is mad. ANI
Zardari denies crackdown plan on Pak media
Refuting press reports suggesting that the new federal government was planning a crackdown on the unrelenting media persons, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the government coalition believed in the freedom of the press, and that no strategy had been chalked out regarding crackdown on journalists. ANI
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