India, S.Korea and Taiwan must establish a moratorium on executions: Amnesty
India, South Korea and Taiwan should join the global trend and immediately establish a moratorium on the death penalty, the rights group Amnesty International has said. ANI
Zardari, Gilani meet, discuss counter-terrorism initiatives
pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani met on Saturday and reportedly discussed matters relating to law and order, the military operation against insurgents in tribal areas, the President’s scheduled visit to China and economic challenges being faced by the country. ANI
Mugabe breaks power-sharing deal, handling key ministries to his ZANU-PF party
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has violated his ZANU-PF partys power-sharing deal with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai by allocating the three important portfolios of defence, home affairs and finance to members of his party. ANI
Argentinean discos offering free boob jobs to lure partygoers!
Entry to an Argentine disco might prove to be your ticket to a bigger bustline, literally, for partygoers in the country are being lured into clubs with the jackpot being a free breast enlargement operation. ANI
Pranab Mukherjee says India is not against US-Pakistan nuclear deal
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday night indicated that it would not mind the United States entering a civil nuclear deal with Pakistan. ANI
Chinese woman puts extra breast milk on sale online!
With the credit crunch hitting peoples lives really hard, a Chinese man has come up with a rather productive way to make some extra dough - hes selling his wifes breast milk. ANI
British Chief of Defence Staff sees no end to Afghan fight
British Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Jock Stirrup has said that the international military mission in Afghanistan had no end point. ANI
US backs UK’s plan of negotiated deal with good Taliban
The US is learnt to have supported the UK’s idea of having a negotiated settlement with the moderate Taliban and once again give them the reins of Afghan government after they lay down arms, British high commissioner in Islamabad Robert Edward Brinkley said last evening. ANI
Weatherman pops the question to TV presenter girlfriend - live on air!
Emily Leonard, a TV presenter, had a bolt from the blue, when her weatherman boyfriend went down on his knees to pop the question to her - live on-air. ANI
Meet the Bottlenose dolphin that packs a meaner punch than Mike Tyson!
A boat ride turned out to be a painful experience for an elderly couple, Norman and Barbara Howard, when a bottlenose dolphin leapt up high in the air and landed in the boat they were sailing in. ANI
Zardari courageous enough to tread path on which politicians of old mould fear to walk: Kuldip Nayyar
A veteran Indian journalist has said that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has found praise among the Indians over the past few months, especially after he pronounced that ties between the two countries should not be held hostage to the Kashmir issue. He followed New Delhi’s stance which had all along been saying this, said the journalist. ANI
Michelle Obama too on McCain terrorist watch list
Michelle Obama has joined her husband Barack on John McCains too-tight-with-terrorists watch list. ANI
Iran decides to give crude oil to Pak on deferred payment for 3 months
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Iran has agreed to provide his country with crude oil on deferred payment for three months. ANI
N. Korean leader Kim inspects army unit after two months
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspected a women’s army unit on Saturday.A local newspaper reported the leaders inspection of the battery of the Korean Peoples Army (KPA) Unit 821 on the front page, with a picture of Kim watching women soldiers training. ANI
Prachanda intensifies political consultation
With the end of Dashain festivities, Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda has intensified political consultation with leaders of various political parties today. ANI
US culture is to blame for girls’ indifference to maths, says expert
A University of Wisconsin-Madison expert blames U.S. culture for derailing girls’ ability to excel in mathematics. ANI
Pak says India’s Siachen trekking expedition will undermine peace process
Pakistan has opposed India’s trekking expedition at Siachen, saying it could undermine the ongoing peace process. ANI
Mullen wants India’s inclusion in new strategy to win war on terror along Pak-Afghan border
In view of the increased violence along the Pak-Afghan border and the general changing situation in Afghanistan, the US strategy on Afghanistan must broaden its scope and include India in it, said Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. ANI
Soybeans and coconuts used to make aviation fuel to power jets
Scientists in the US have turned oil from plants like soybeans and coconuts into jet fuel that is equivalent to kerosene derived from oil. ANI
Zardari claims to be the harbinger of non-violence in Pak politics
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly said that he had set a tradition of non-violence in politics and that he would not take revenge from anybody. ANI
Sleazy e-mails could derail McCain White House bid
Sleazy viral e-mails appearing on Internet sites and blogs suggest that underhand campaign is on to derail John McCain’s bid for the White House. ANI
Beijing introduces new traffic restriction to end air pollution
A new traffic restriction went into effect in Beijing from Saturday, which is expected to help sustain the hard-won smooth traffic and good air quality during the Olympic Games. ANI
Michelle Obama, Oprah, Biden address Chicago womens conference
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s wife Michelle, popular talk show host Oprah, Winfrey and party vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke at a womens conference in Chicago on Friday. ANI
US drone strikes on Pak destabilizing the country and helping terrorists
The US’ air strikes on Pakistani territory, launched with the idea of busting the Taliban hideouts, were actually destablising the country and helping the terrorists, instead of the US or Pakistan, said the country’s Foreign Office. ANI
Malay Indians get set for Deepavali spirit and festival
Deepavali may still be two weeks away, but the citys Little India districts of Brickfields and Jalan Masjid India are already buzzing with the holiday spirit. ANI
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar sets another takeover date
Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has set yet another deadline for Pakatan Rakyat to wrest control of the Federal government.ow, he says it will happen before the end of the year. ANI
US-Pakistanis ask Obama to tone down bombing Pak rhetoric
Pakistani-Americans have reportedly urged upon Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to tone down his bombing Pakistan rhetoric. ANI
NATO forces to target Afghan heroin trade to curb Taliban’s growing influence
In a bid to check the funding of the Taliban by heroin networks in Afghanistan, defence ministers of the 26 NATO countries have reportedly reached a compromise agreement to launch counter-narcotics operations on the Taliban network. ANI
India’s roads now officially deadliest in the world
With 130,000 deaths last year, India tops in the number of people killed in road accidents, surpassing China’s 90,000. And, most of these deaths occurred due to bad road designs and lack of proper traffic management systems to separate different streams of traffic, says a report in The Guardian. ANI
Transparency in politics may actually heighten corruption
Transparency in politics can increase corruption rather than decrease it, according to a new study. ANI
London terror-suspect Kafeel Ahmed used tourist rickshaw to escape
The two alleged terrorists - Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed - who left car bombs near a busy London nightclub, used tourist rickshaws to escape the scene in an attempt to conceal their identities from CCTV cameras, a court has been told. ANI
Changes shift toward Obama on key states electoral map: NYT
The New York Times has shifted the ratings of three states on its electoral map, and suggests that John McCain may be losing out to Barack Obama as far as the presidency is concerned.New Hampshire is now shifted as leaning toward Obama, based on polling and interviews with Republican and Democratic officials. The Granite State was good to McCain in the Republican primaries of 2000 and 2008, and considering that history - and the large number of independents in the state - it remains high on the list of Democratic states that McCain had been seeking to capture this November. ANI
Americans say financial crisis poses a greater threat than terrorism
Eighty-one percent of Americans surveyed in a national poll agree that the financial crisis poses a greater threat to the quality of life than does the threat of terrorism. ANI
Sarah Palin may appear on Saturday Night Live show
Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has established plans to appear on the Saturday Night Live show on October 25. ANI
McCain not laughing over Tina Fey’s Palin impersonations
Television star Tina Fey’s humorous impersonations of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live (SNL) may be no laughing matter for Palin’s running mate, Senator John McCain, says Lauren Feldman, an expert on the political effects of late-night comedy. ANI
American academic says similarities exist between Wall Street meltdown and Great Depression
A professor of history and director of American Studies at Temple University, Bryant Simon, has said that there are some obvious similarities and differences between today’s crisis and the Great Depression of the 1920s and early 1930s. ANI
Groundbreaking DNA study set to create new therapies for deadly diseases
Scientists have taken a major step in cell research by unravelling how stem cells differentiate and what are the corresponding changes that take place during DNA replication and reorganization. ANI
India’s Satyam Computers and China at the heart of World Bank cyber siege
Indian software major Satyam Computer Services has reportedly been banned from doing any off-shore work with the World Bank after forensic experts and bank investigators discovered that spy software was covertly installed on workstations inside the banks Washington headquarters, allegedly by one or more contractors from Satyam Computer Services. ANI
Glasgow suicide bomber left will vowing to avenge Muslim killings to Osama
The court hearing the Glasgow Airport car bomb case was told yesterday that the terrorist who led the mission had left a will addressed to Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden that he planned to kill in revenge for injustices against Muslims by the British and US soldiers. ANI
Palin takes on the role of a more traditional running mate
-- In her initial days as a vice presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sought to reach beyond the Republican base to independents and moderate Democrats, but since last weeks vice presidential debate, she has taken on the role of a more traditional running mate, serving as a fierce critic of Obama and playing to her partys core supporters. ANI
Republicans can expect a Democratic `tsunami in presidential polls
Republicans can expect a Democratic `tsunami in presidential polls similar to one that occurred in 1994 when Republicans rode a tidal wave of voter discontent and swept Democrats out of power in Congress. ANI
McCain asks his supporters to be respectful to Obama
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has urged his supporters to be respectful of his rival, Barack Obama, despite their deep policy differences with the Democratic nominee. ANI
News agencies in dock for sexist photographs of Palin
As sexism charges against media coverage of Sarah Palin have intensified in recent weeks, one particular news photograph has roused widespread fury among readers who say it demeans the Alaska governor as nothing more than a sex object. ANI
American voters still doubt character of Obama, McCain
Voter perceptions regarding character issues are often cited as a key factor in the outcome of presidential elections, but according to a new FOX News poll, results are mixed as to whether Barack Obama or John McCain is better suited to pass this years character test with voters.With Election Day less than a month away, major questions still linger on a range of measures dealing with the personal make-up of the presidential contenders. ANI
Brit Govts new media plan to combat Taliban propaganda in Afghanistan
The British government is said to be working on a new media plan to counter the Taliban propaganda in Afghanistan to reach out to the nearly six million mobile phone users and nearly five lakh Internet users. ANI
Obama establishes seven point lead over McCain
In the latest FOX News poll, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads his Republican rival John McCain by 46 percent to 39 percent as on October 10. Two weeks ago Obama led by 45 percent to 39 percent.Obamas advantage comes mainly from doing better among women, blacks, young voters, those with a college degree, and unmarried voters. He has increased his edge over McCain among women to 16 percentage points, up from a 4-point edge last month (Sept. 8-9).Obama has also improved his standing with his party faithful. A month ago, 79 percent of Democrats were backing Obama. Today it is 86 percent. McCain has consistently received the backing of over 80 percent of Republicans and is backed by 83 percent today. ANI
53 percent of Americans polled opposed to Wall Street bail out package
A new FOX News poll has claimed that a majority of Americans are not supportive or enthused about the Bush Administrations 700 billion dollar bail out package to stop the meltdown on Wall Street. ANI
Panel finds Palin guilty of abusing her power in Troopergate row
A legislative panel has reportedly found that Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin had abused her power as Alaska Governor in firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan because of a family grudge. ANI
India, US sign 123 agreement on civil nuclear deal
India and the United States signed the 123 Agreement in Washington on Friday night, paving the way for nuclear commerce between the two countries. ANI
40 people killed in suicide attack on Orakzai jirga
Around 40 people were killed and 90 injured when an explosives-laden vehicle was driven into an anti-Taliban jirga by a suicide bomber, in the Orakzai Agency. ANI