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August 31, 2008

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International News for August 31, 2008

Nepalese PM expands cabinet
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday expanded the cabinet by including 15 new ministers representing Maoist, Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and some more parties amid a ceremony at the Presidential residence in the presence of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. ANI

Ninth Bangladesh-India Home Secretary level talks held in Dhaka
The ninth Home Secretary level talks between Bangladesh and India was held in Dhaka during 29-31 August in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. ANI

Ninth Bangladesh-India Home Secretary level talks held in Dhaka
The ninth Home Secretary level talks between Bangladesh and India was held in Dhaka during 29-31 August in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. ANI

Police drivers to face speeding fine even during emergencies!
Brit police drivers will be slapped with fines for speeding even during emergencies, according to a new law. ANI

Viagra turns octogenarian man into sex maniac!
An aged Australian man was slapped with a fine of 232,000 dollars after Viagra turned him into a sex maniac. ANI

Curious cow gets head stuck in washing machine!
A curious cow got her head stuck in an old washing machine dumped in a field at Higher Fraddon, St Columb, Cornwall. ANI

Childcare is a form of abuse
Placing babies into childcare is a form of abuse, according to leading childrens author Mem Fox. ANI

New book offers tips to prevent bullying
Whether your kid is starting his school life or finishing it, bullying is a reality that he will have to face. Now, a new book by Dr. Meline Kevorkian offers some tips to prevent the harassment. ANI

Prince William to face live bullets during SAS training
Britains Prince William will face live ammo fired by Special Air Service (SAS) - a Special Forces regiment within the Army - in a dangerous anti-terror exercise. ANI

Aussies support medical marijuana, heroin-injecting rooms
A new survey has found that most Australians would back the clinical trials of cannabis for medical use. ANI

Obama will appeal to EU heads of states to get more troops for Afghanistan
If Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama wins the November poll, he will approach the heads of EU leaders to win support for British and American forces fighting the Taliban, revealed his campaign spokesman Senator Jack Reed. ANI

Nepals cabinet to be expanded today
Nepals cabinet is expected to be expanded today. ANI

Power prices in Pak to go up by 31 pc
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani last evening reportedly okayed the decision to increase power tariffs by 31 percent, giving rest to the fears of the common man (to some extent) that the power prices might shoot up by 50-60 percent. ANI

PML-N demands Zardari must quit as PPP Co-chairman after becoming President
Amid news reports that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who is running in the September 6 presidential polls, might continue to hold his party post after assuming the countrys top post till his son and party chief Bilawal Bhutto assumes the actual control of the party affairs, a senior PML-N leader has said that Zardari should resign after assuming presidency because the post was non-partisan. ANI

Pak to open psychotrauma centre to deal with mental effects of terror
Considering the fresh spate of terrorist incidents in the recent months across the country, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced setting up of a modern psychotrauma research centre to deal with the psychological effects of terrorist attacks. ANI

Pak to open psychotrauma centre to deal with mental effects of terror
Considering the fresh spate of terrorist incidents in the recent months across the country, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced setting up of a modern psychotrauma research centre to deal with the psychological effects of terrorist attacks. ANI

PML-N demands Zardari must quit as PPP Co-chairman after becoming President
Amid news reports that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who is running in the September 6 presidential polls, might continue to hold his party post after assuming the countrys top post till his son and party chief Bilawal Bhutto assumes the actual control of the party affairs, a senior PML-N leader has said that Zardari should resign after assuming presidency because the post was non-partisan. ANI

Doc says food poisoning cases may rise during Ramazan in Pak
Cases of food poisoning might shoot up in Pakistan during the month of Ramzan because people tend to eat food prepared in open markets without proper hygiene, a leading doctor in Lahore has reportedly said. ANI

Shoaib to represent Surrey in county cricket
The PCB has reportedly allowed fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to play for English county Surrey on the condition that he would make himself available for his home country when required. ANI

Probe begins into SMS character assassination campaign against Zardari
Pakistan investigating agency the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started an investigation into the people behind certain defamatory cell phone messages being spread about the PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who is running for countrys President post, voting for which is slated to take place on September 6. ANI

Afghan Govt to free Pak terror suspect Dr Aafias son soon
After repeated requests from Islamabad, the Afghanistan Government has reportedly promised to Pakistan to return soon one of the three sons of Pakistani scientist and terror suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was arrested in Afghanistan earlier this month and presently being tried in the US for terror charges. ANI

Lufthansa Airlines to stop operating from Pak from Oct 25
Leading European airlines the Lufthansa Airlines has reportedly decided to discontinue operating its flights from Pakistan after October 25. ANI

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