Bomb targeted at a passenger train in Pak leaves 1 dead
At least one person has died in a bomb explosion on a railway track on Sunday near Peshawar that was targeted at a passenger train. ANI
Nearly 100 people dead in Shia-Sunni clashes in Paks Kurram agency
Situation remains tense, and curfew has been imposed in most parts of Kurram agency in Pakistans Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) after Friday clashes between Shia-Sunni Muslims left close to 100 people dead, including 11 soldiers. ANI
Indo-US conference on healthcare to begin from Monday in New York
A two-day conference on strengthening cooperation between India and the US in the health care industry will begin from Monday here. ANI
Former Pak ministers demand bulletproof vehicles
Four former Pakistan ministers have requested the government to provide them bulletproof vehicles and security escort, a senior Interior Ministry official has said. ANI
US not willing to sign FTA with Pakistan
The US is not willing to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan, and has set harsh conditions to conclude the much-awaited Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), said a senior government official. ANI
Brit mans wife too fat to join him in New Zealand!
A British emigrant to New Zealand was reportedly told by officials that his wife was too fat to join him. ANI
Musharraf isolated, loosing US support: South Asia expert
President Pervez Musharraf is now undoubtedly isolated and under the tremendous pressure of his period of military rule with even the US beginning to turn on him, a South Asia expert has said. ANI
Reports calls for change in US academic system to produce leading women scientists
A new report has suggested that a few significant changes in the academic system in the U.S. could move more accomplished women scientists into positions of leadership, thus helping to balance the current gender inequality in the hierarchy of academia and to fortify the countrys overall scientific leadership. ANI
Four Weddings and a Funeral church to charge entrance fee
A London parish church has become the first cathedral to charge an entrance fee, because it is the same church where Hugh Grants character, Charles, in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral famously abandoned his bride after realising his real love was Andie MacDowells character Carrie. ANI
Hugh Grant, the patron saint of Gravers
British actor Hugh Grant has become the patron saint of Gravers, a new breed of 40- and 50-somethings who have turned the mid-life crisis into an addiction to acting 20 years younger than their age. ANI
An encounter with blonde women could make men act dumb
The next time you see a blonde woman, there are chances of your mental performance dropping, for a new study has found that when a man meets a blonde, his mental act slumps. ANI
Brits feeding their pet bunnies to obesity
A new survey has revealed that over-eating is causing an epidemic of obesity among hundreds of thousands of British bunnies. ANI
From 2008, passengers will need to carry ID while travelling within UK
In a bid to check terror threats in the country, the British government is all set to make it mandatory for passengers on domestic flights and ferries between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland to carry identity papers from next year. ANI
Pak cabinet to decide on release of prisoners held since emergency
The caretaker Paqkistan Government in its first cabinet meeting directed Law Minister Syed Afzaal Haider to mull in consultation with the provincial governments the release of political leaders, workers, lawyers, human rights activists and students taken into custody since the proclamation of emergency. ANI
If elections are free moderates will come to power: Nawaz
Former premier Nawaz Sharif has said that President Pervez Musharrafs self-serving contention that a free vote would result in extremists coming to power is utterly flawed, and intended to frighten the West. ANI
Emergency should be lifted before elections: Mushahid
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that emergency rule should be lifted before general elections, and added that his party did not need a state of emergency to win the vote. ANI
US secretly aids Pak in guarding nuke weapons: NYT
The Bush administration is said to have been secretly aiding President General Pervez Musharraf in securing Pakistans nuclear weapons. ANI
US concerned over Islamic militancy in Pakistan, says Negroponte
John Negroponte, the US Deputy Secretary of State, has said that the United States is concerned at Islamic militancy in Pakistans North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and believes that it will take some time for Islamabad to overcome the unrest. ANI
Chelsy Davy back to her partying routine post Prince Harry split
It seems that her split with Prince Harry has not had a morose effect on Chelsy Davy, for she is enjoying life to the fullest in Leeds. ANI
William and Kates sun-soaked Christmas break in Rodrigues
Prince William is taking his girlfriend, Kate Middleton on a romantic retreat yet again - this time to the luxurious Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues. ANI
Queen and Prince Philip revisit wedding night retreat to mark diamond anniversary
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have welcomed their diamond anniversary by posing for photographs in the grounds of the country house where they spent their wedding night.he couple married at Westminster Abbey in November 1947. After the ceremony the newlyweds were photographed as they walked through the parklands of Broadlands, then the family home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the grooms uncle. ANI
Planet Hollywood to open five to six restaurants in India
The Las Vegas Strip-based mega resort, Planet Hollywood, in which actor Sylvester Rambo Stallone and a host of other Hollywood stars have business stakes, has announced plans to open between five to six restaurants in select Indian cities. ANI
Countrywide protest against closure of Geo News, ARY TV in Pakistan
Journalists, lawyers, political workers and civil society activists have staged protest demonstrations against curbs on the media especially shutting down of Geo News and ARY OneWorld in all major cities and towns of Pakistan. ANI
Pak elections to be held on January 6, assemblies to be dissolved today
The next general elections for the national and provincial assemblies will be held on January 6, sources have said. ANI
Online game making girls play with drugs and sex
An online life simulator game that encourages teenage girls to take drugs and fall pregnant has outraged parents and family groups. ANI
Negroponte brokers restricted truce between Benazir, Musharraf
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has succeeded in arranging a restricted truce between President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ANI
Death toll in cyclone-hit Bangladesh nears 1, 800
The death toll in cyclone-hit Bangladesh is likely to cross 1,800, even as thousands of survivors of the Sidr that hit the country on Thursday night are still waiting for relief aid today. ANI
Negroponte asks Pakistan to lift curbs on media, end emergency
The US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, has said that for fair and independent elections in Pakistan, it is necessary to lift emergency and take back restrictions on media, and stop actions against political leaders in the country. ANI
Pak CJ constitutes smaller SC bench to hear emergency, PCO cases
Pakistans Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has scaled down the 10-member Supreme Court bench to seven judges that would now hear the petitions against the imposition of emergency and the PCO, after three judges refused to hear the cases. ANI
Teaching kids thank you may be good for their health
If you want your kids to be healthy and fit, teach them the basic etiquettes of saying, thank you, says a new study. ANI