Obama, not Clinton would have been helped by Edwards absence in Iowa
A University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll conducted the night of the Iowa Caucuses suggests the absence of Edwards would have helped Obama, and not Hillary Clinton. The survey administered to one randomly selected caucus participant in every precinct in Iowa on Jan. 3, 2008, included a question on second-choice preferences if a first-choice candidate was not viable. ANI
Legal guarantees for Musharraf out of the question, says Sharifs spokesman
A spokesman for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sadiqul Farooq, has said that providing President Pervez Musharraf with legal guarantees were out of the question. ANI
Fighting terrorism wont affect ethnic relations within China: Official
The Chinese Governments effort to fight terrorism would not affect relations among various ethnic groups in China, said Mao Gongning, director of the Policy and Law Department with the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. ANI
Petro politics at heart of Russia-Georgia clash, says expert
In both geopolitical and economic terms, the United States appears a loser in the Russia-Georgia conflict, says an energy expert, who believes the current war is not about territorial infringement, but about who will control future energy flows from the Caspian region to the West. ANI
Brit teachers blast school blazers with built-in iPod
Teachers in Britain have blasted the school blazers with built-in controls for a hidden iPod as crazy. ANI
13 killed in Kurram Agency clashes
Fresh violence in Kurram Agency killed 13 including 11 extremists and left 15 wounded. ANI
Latest Gallup poll place Obama and McCain on equal footing
The latest Gallup poll shows both American presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain tied at 44 percent for the third time in two weeks. ANI
Call to classify UK lap-dancing joints as sex encounter establishments
Womens rights groups in Britain have urged the Government to become more strict on lap dancing licensing laws. ANI
Female Brit cops cry out for bulletproof bras
The revolutionary bulletproof bras for female police officers should be introduced in Britain, a leading cop has said. ANI
Nepals new child goddess must have a voice like a duck
Nepal is advertising for a new living goddess, and the key criterion for selection is to have a voice of a duck. ANI
Former POWs return to honour heroes of The Great Escape
It was time of memories being revived and emotions being allowed to gush forth. Former prisoners of war returned to Stalag Luft III on Friday to honour the heroes of The Great Escape.The men undertook the journey to the site of the POW camp to open a replica hut built in memory of their comrades who had died. ANI
UK social service teams may soon crack down on child obesity
Social service teams in Britain have been tasked with the responsibility of taking obese kids away from their parents if the latter do not take steps to keep them within their age-specific weights. ANI
Musharraf accorded a welcome in Sindh Assembly!
Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs look-alike actor Waseem Ansari caught everybodys attention when he sat in the Speakers Gallery in the Sindh Assembly yesterday. ANI
Rights watchdog says Russia fired cluster bombs on Georgians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) officials have claimed that they have evidence of Russia using cluster bombs against civilian targets and infrastructure in Georgia. ANI
Alliance begins work on portfolio division in Nepal
The three major parties in the ruling alliance including the CPN (Maoist), the CPN (UML) and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) are meeting today to decide division of portfolio in the new government lead by Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda in Nepal. ANI
Gay activists in India want British apology for sex law
Activists in India are about to demand another apology from Britain. ANI
Obama says new book on him is full of rehashed lies
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has criticized a new book that claims that he is the son of an alcoholic polygamist and dealt with his abandonment issues and black rage by experimenting with drugs. ANI
Leading US think tank says ISI behind Kashmir unrest
An expert on South Asia attached with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading U.S. think tank, has said that he believes that Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is behind the unrest in Kashmir. ANI
Worlds oldest mum reunites with twins
Omkari Panwar, from Uttar Pradesh, India, who became the worlds oldest mum at the grand age of 70, has finally reunited with her newborns after they were released from the hospital. ANI
Security personnel reluctant to guard prime target Musharraf out of Presidency
Once President Pervez Musharraf is off the political scene in Islamabad, by either resigning or being impeached by the federal government, he might be the prime target of Islamic militants and his security personnel would have to take a high-risk job of protecting him without the paraphernalia available right now like satellite security system, advanced jamming system against remote control explosives and bullet proof jackets. ANI
UK Justice Ministry loses another 45,000 peoples private details
Britains Ministry of Justice has admitted to having lost the personal details of at least 45,000 people, including dates of birth, criminal records, national insurance numbers and court information last year. According to The Telegraph, the Ministry of Justices (MoJ) annual accounts also show that the data was lost in nine separate incidents, with the worst incident coming in June last year, which saw the loss of names, addresses and some bank details of 27,000 people working for suppliers to the MoJ. ANI
Indians mark Independence Day in Abu Dhabi, Dubai
On Friday for Indian expatriates, all roads led to the Indian Embassy to celebrate their countrys independence in the capital city of the UAE. ANI
Musharrafs last ditch effort may be to remain a figurehead President sans powers
A close aide of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that one of the options available with him (Musharraf) was to strip down to a level of figurehead President without any powers, in order to avoid the Impeachment process expected to be initiated by the coalition government on Monday. ANI
New light shed on General Zias assassination
In a new book titled A Case of Exploding Mangoes, a former Pakistani Air Force officer, Mohammed Hanif, has claimed that former Pakistan President and dictator General Zia-ul-Haq could have escaped assassination in 1988, had the crew of the aircraft in which he took off from Bahawalpur not been incapacitated by VX nerve gas smuggled aboard by a Pakistani intelligence agent. ANI
Zardari says Presidency the right of PPP after Musharraf
Dropping enough hints that differences might emerge within the ruling four-party coalition, especially the PML-N, over who would be the next Pakistan President after Pervez Musharraf, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that his party had the legitimate right over the post as it was the biggest party among the coalition partners. ANI
PML-N leader says party not averse to safe exit for Musharraf
In what is seen as a major shift in PML-Ns stance over President Pervez Musharraf, senior party leader Ishaq Dar has reportedly said that his party was not averse to discussing a safe exit for the President. ANI
Saudi spy agency chief meets Musharraf, Nawaz, Shujaat Hussain
Saudi Arabias intelligence chief Prince Muqran reportedly met President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad and delivered him an important message from Saudi King Abdullah. Though, later a presidential spokesman denied any such meeting between the two. ANI
Russia threatens to launch nuke attack on Poland over US missile shield deal
Russia has threatened to launch a nuclear strike against Poland following that countrys landmark deal to create American global anti-missile shields. Russias Deputy Chief of Army Staff, General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, warned that any new US assets in Europe could come under Russian nuclear attack with his forces targeting the allies of countries having nuclear weapons. ANI
Obama says hell be the only US Prez who can cook qeema and dal!
During Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilanis maiden US visit last month, US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is learnt to have told him that he knows cooking qeema and dal. ANI
Talks to avoid impeachment underway: Azim
A senior PML-Q leader has said that talks were underway to avoid the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, and that the process, if begins on Monday, might continue even on for a few months. ANI
India, US, EU, Japan congratulate Nepals PM Prachanda
India, United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan have congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda on being elected as the first Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. ANI
The Kashmiri struggle in 2008(Article)
A new phase of the Kashmiri struggle or whatever we want to call it in view of communalism, proxy war and terrorism, has been going on since 1947; and yet we people of Jammu and Kashmir have not been able to put our priorities right. We have not been able to differentiate between freedom and occupation. We have also failed to understand designs of both countries on Kashmir, and formulate appropriate policies to promote and advance a Kashmiri interest. ANI
Govt may ask Gen Kayani to broker a deal with Musharraf if fails to resign by Monday
The PPP-led coalition government is Islamabad has said that it would wait for the next 48 hours for President Pervez Musharrf to resign, else it would ask Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to intervene and broker a deal with the President. ANI