Deposed judges to be restored in a week: Pak PM
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that no one should have any doubts about restoration of judges, and assured of their reinstatement in a week. ANI
Charanjit Singh Bath taking Sikh community to places in Business World
Charanjit Singh Bath, a farmer and an entrepreneur from Punjab, has done the Sikhs proud by being the largest grower of raisins not just in the United States, but the world. ANI
Almaty to host first forum on security and cooperation in Central Asian-Caspian region
The first conference on security and cooperation in Central Asian-Caspian region will be held in Almaty on August 25. he Institute of World Economy and Politics, Almaty will organize the conference, in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan. The participants will make analysis and discuss the role of Central Asian-Caspian region in the global and Asian security system, interaction and cooperation in economic, political, politico-military and other spheres, the MFAs representative said. ANI
Charanjit Singh Bath taking Sikh community to places in Business World
Charanjit Singh Bath, a farmer and an entrepreneur from Punjab, has done the Sikhs proud by being the largest grower of raisins not just in the United States, but the world. ANI
Police called to turn down kids disco!
A kindergarten disco party playing kiddie tracks Bob the Builder and The Chicken Dance were asked to turn down their volume after the noise control police raided the venue. ANI
Kazakh President to attend CICA meeting in Almaty
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will attend the third ministerial meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) which is scheduled for August 25 in Almaty. ANI
13pc of older Americans suffer maltreatment
Nearly 13 pct of the older Americans are mistreated, either verbally or financially, a new study from University of Chicago has revealed. ANI
Chinas Internet chiefs ban use of names of Olympic gold medal winning athletes
Chinas sport authorities have banned the issuing of Internet domain names based on the countrys Olympic gold medal-winning athletes to anyone but the medalists themselves. ANI
Skeleton and graveyard theft is a lucrative business in Pak!
With the arrest of three persons, the Karachi Police have unearthed a graveyard scam in which the employees of Sakhi Hasan graveyard dug up old graves, sold away their skeletons and also the graves to new customers for anything between Rs11,000 and Rs15,000. ANI
Campaign trail has turned Barack Obama grey!
While one may consider serving as the President of the United States to be a nerve-wracking experience, it seems that even campaigning for the presidential elections may leave people with grey hair, as has happened with Barack Obama. ANI
Sick leaves cost British taxpayers £3.8bln a year!
A new survey has revealed that the sicknote culture costs Britain about 3.8billion pounds a year. ANI
Breach of Sunsari embankment displaces over 35,000
The Indian Embassy in Nepal has claimed that the Nepal administrations failure to cooperate with the Indian technical team working at Saptakoshi embankment caused the inundation in Sunsari, which has caused the displacement of over 35 thousand people. ANI
MQM chief Hussain says Zardari should be Pak president
Muttahida Qami Movement leader Altaf Hussain believes that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari should be the frontrunner for the office of president. ANI
With king Musharraf gone, kings party PML-Q too goes into oblivion
With former President Pervez Musharraf rendered powerless after his resignation, his King Party the PML-Qs leaders have also gone into oblivion as some of them escaping into self-exile while others disappearing from the political scene. ANI
Gap-between rich and poor Brits has doubled in the past 30 years
The gap between rich and poor in Britain has doubled over the past 30 years and is now the widest of any country in Europe, a report has warned. The TUC union study found that while disposable income for the wealthiest in society has risen to more than 700 pounds a week, that of the poorest has only gone up marginally - and is still less than 200 pounds. ANI
Obama attacks McCain for supporting Musharraf
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has reportedly criticized his opponent and Republican candidate John McCann for spending years backing a dictator in Pakistan (Pervez Musharraf). ANI
Prince Charles window cleaner is an ex-burglar!
Prince Charles has commissioned a former burglar to clean windows of his new home at a posh location in Wales. ANI
Princess Mary of Denmark in nude photo row
Princess Mary of Denmark is furious with a Danish magazine, after it ignored her request for privacy and published nude photos of her son. ANI
Leona, Carey, Beyonce, Rihana to record cancer charity song
X Factor winner Leona Lewis, 23, will be among a dozen of the world-famous female singers who have joined hands to record a charity single. ANI
Al-Qaeda lads granddad fighting terrorism
The grandfather of Britains youngest terrorist is a leading figure in the fight against extremism. ANI
UK charity funds may have been used to fund 7/7 propaganda
Funds collected by the BBCs Children in Need charity could have been used to recruit and train homegrown terrorists involved in the 7/7 terror attacks on London. ANI
UK charity funds may have been used to fund 7/7 propaganda
Funds collected by the BBCs Children in Need charity could have been used to recruit and train homegrown terrorists involved in the 7/7 terror attacks on London. ANI
Britains fashion industry slammed for promoting throwaway fashion
A new scathing report has accused Britains fashion industry for encouraging a throwaway society. ANI
UK to tighten its sex offender laws
The British Home Office is to announce measures that will result in tighter laws to deal with child sex offenders. ANI
Oz students may soon be able to phone a friend during exams!
High-school students in Australia will be able to use iPods, the Internet and mobile phones during exams under a plan revealed by a all girls college. ANI
Pak envoy to US says Musharrafs exit an opportunity to strengthen Pak-US ties
Pakistans ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has reportedly said that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs exit from the Presidency offered an opportunity for strengthening Pak-US relations. ANI
Skating out of car doors, Saudi Arabian boys latest craze!
An incredible video on YouTube shows what has become the latest dangerous craze to hit Saudi Arabia - Skating out of car doors. ANI
Pak coalition partners drafting a special package to check judicial activism
The top hierarchy of the ruling federal alliance in Pakistan is said to be working to evolve a special constitutional reform package ensuring that there was no judicial activism in the future, but a truly independent judiciary to provide justice to all. ANI
Is Biden likely to be Obamas running mate?
According to the New York Times, the New York Daily News and others, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden is emerging as the clear favourite to be Barack Obamas running mate. ANI
Upkeep of Dr. Death costing Queenslanders 109 dollars a day
Queensland taxpayers are forking out 109 dollars a day for the upkeep of Dr. Jayant Patel, even as his case is in court. ANI
Book based on Muhammads child bride not to be published
A racy, historical novel based on the Prophet Muhammads child bride Aisha has been pulled out of the publishing line just before its release date. ANI
Carla Brunis love of brown beers draws Pyrenean farmers ire
Frances First Lady Carla Bruni has risked the wrath of Pyrenean farmers by taking up the issue of local brown bears, whose reintroduction fuelled a violent feud between naturalists and sheep breeders. ANI
Fissures start appearing in fragile Pak coalition post-Musharraf
Signs of the four-party coalition government in Islamabad falling apart were witnessed last evening when PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari expressed his unwillingness to restore the deposed Supreme Court chief justice Ifthikhar Chaudhary and proposed the Minus One formula, which means restoration of all judges except the sacked CJ. ANI
Cindy McCains only child claim exposed
Cindy McCain, the wife of the Republican presidential candidate John McCain, claims of being a single child have been exposed with the emergence of a half-sister, who is now challenging that family history. ANI
Zimbabwe inflation now 11.2 million per cent!
Zimbabwes official inflation rate has soared to more than 11.2 million per cent. The Telegraph quoted Zimbabwes Central Statistical Office in Harare as saying that inflation in the year to June stood at 11,268,758.9 per cent, a rise of 9,035,045.5 per cent from May. ANI
UK foreign worker population has risen dramatically under New Labour
New figures show that the number of foreign workers in Britain has risen dramatically under the New Labour, with nearly 300,000 people coming from overseas to work here in the past year. According to The Telegraph, this is the biggest annual influx of foreign workers into Britain since the Government started to keep count a decade ago. ANI
Meet Yoda, the cat with four ears!
A US couple found a kitten with an extra set of ears two years ago and made it part of their family. ANI
Paks K-policy not to be affected by Musharrafs resignation
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) prime minister Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan has said that former president Pervez Musharrafs resignation would not affect Pakistans policy on Kashmir. ANI
Malaysias Air Asia X to offer 500-dollar London flights
Malaysias low cost airline Air Asia X is planning to offer 500-dollar flights to London. ANI
PML-N fears Zardari will renege on restoring sacked judges
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which is led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, fears that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari will renege on his promise to restore the over 40 judges sacked by then President General Pervez Musharraf. ANI
Kiwi Boobs on Bike parade draws boos from gals and whistles from guys
The controversial Boobs on Bike parade kicked off amid protests from marchers raising awareness of links between pornography and sexual violence - while thousands of people witnessed the spectacle. ANI
Nepal seeks Indias help to repair river barrage
Nepals Ministry for Water Resource has approached the Indian Government for help in reconstructing the damaged parts of Koshi River embankment. ANI
Dungeon daughter ripped out hair during cellar ordeal
Dungeon girl Kerstin Fritzl ripped out handfuls of her hair in frustration during her cellar ordeal, it has emerged. ANI
New Pak regime to dump bullets for social support to extremists in new anti-terror strategy
Amid severe criticism from the US over Pakistans lack of commitment over the past few months to combat terror across Pak-Afghan border, the new democratic regime in Islamabad has plans to review the war on terror policy by discouraging people from taking to militancy and giving them greater social and economic support. ANI
Bushs relationship with foreign leaders has gone awry: CSM
U.S. President George W Bush has prided himself on his close personal relationships with foreign leaders, but according to a report in the Christian Science Monitor (CSM), some of those relationships appear to have gone disastrously awry in the past few weeks. ANI
US authorities to level Qaeda-linked terror charges against Dr Aafia
When Pakistani-American doctor Aafia Siddiqui is produced before a US court on September 3, the US authorities would bring grave charges against her ranging from money laundering for Al Qaeda to assisting the terrorist group in other ways, including efforts to procure military equipment. ANI
New Pak leadership must face dangerous truth of ISIs role in Indian terror: NYT
The new leadership in Pakistan - mainly PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif - will have to show personal courage and broad political support to clean up its armed forces and intelligence agency ISI of the elements which have in the past killed Indian diplomats in collaboration with armed Islamic extremists. ANI
Haneef case: Oz federal police accused of withholding information
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been accused of deliberately withholding information from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Mohamed Haneef investigation. ANI
Political vacuum in Pakistan escalating war in Afghanistan: NYT
stan), Aug.20 (ANIThe resignation of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday has created a major political vacuum in Pakistan, and this, according to the New York Times, is escalating the war in neighboring Afghanistan ANI
3 pc Pakistanis are happy at Musharrafs resignation
Around 63 percent of people in Pakistan are happy at former president Pervez Musharrafs resignation, while 15 percent regret the move, a new survey conducted by Pakistans unit of Gallup International has revealed. ANI
Barely 24 hours after Musharrafs ouster, Nawaz threatens to pull out over judges issue
True to the apprehensions that the PPP-PML-N coalition might not survive for long after the two parties common goal of getting rid of Musharraf was over on Monday, PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif is learnt to have declared that he would pull out of the four-month-old federal government if the deposed Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was not reinstated within 72 hours (from Tuesday evening). ANI
After Musharraf declares wish to live in Pak, US says it may consider his asylum bid
After former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf yesterday declared that he had no plans to flee to some other country and wished to stay in his home country for the rest of his life calling Pakistan as his first love, Washington changed its earlier stand and said that it was ready to consider his asylum bid, if any. ANI
China detains 35 Pak Olympic spectators as terror suspects
The Chinese government has reportedly detained 35 Pakistanis visiting China to watch Olympics after they were suspected of planning to attack proceedings of the Games. ANI
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