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International News for February 21, 2008

Days of Musharrafs regime numbered, says Sharif
Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that the days of President Pervez Musharrafs regime were numbered, and assured lawyers that deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry would soon be reinstated. ANI

No constitutional hurdle to reinstatement of deposed judges
In a telephone address on Thursday to the Sindh High Court Bar Association, deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said there were no constitutional hurdles to returning the judges to their posts. ANI

Sharif nominated as parliamentary leader of PML-N
The meeting of Central Executive Committee of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) unanimously nominated the party chief Nawaz Sharif as the Parliamentary leader at National Assembly. ANI

India betrayed me, Koirala laments
Nepals India-born Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has charged New Delhi with having betrayed him on the issue of the kidney scam that rocked India and the world earlier this month. ANI

PML-Q to sit in opposition: Pervez Elahi
Former Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi today announced that the PML-Q would sit in opposition in the assemblies. ANI

Zardari releases schedule of meetings with elected MNAs, MPAs
The Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Asif Ali Zardari, has issued his schedule of meetings with newly elected national and provincial assemblies members of the party. ANI

No individual has powers to amend Constitution: sacked Pak Chief Justice
Sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said that no individual has powers to amend the Constitution. ANI

Musharrafs days are over in Pak: The New York Times
A New York Times editorial has said that despite Americas huge monetary support and expert advice from an American public relations firm, President Pervez Musharraf will not overcome a tidal wave of popular contempt. ANI

PPP will not move against Musharraf without two-thirds majority
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which won the most number of seats in the new Parliament, said it would not move against President Musharraf if it could not muster a two-thirds majority needed to impeach him. ANI

Court postpones Britney Spears driving-without-license case
Britney Spears unfortunate driving-without-a-license case has been postponed in a Van Nuys, California, courtroom. ANI

Readers to choose best novel for Best of the Booker
Readers are getting a chance to make sure their favourite author wins a once-off literary award to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize. ANI

Readers to choose best novel for Best of the Booker
Readers are getting a chance to make sure their favourite author wins a once-off literary award to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize. ANI

Soon, an interactive DVD to improve OZ players attitudes towards women
It looks like Aussie footballers attitude towards women is bit laidback, at least thats what the Australian Football League (AFL) believes, for the association is launching an interactive DVD designed to improve players attitudes towards the fairer sex. ANI

Meet Pricasso - the artist who paints with his willy
Artists in a portraiture competition in Australia this year will face some serious competition from a man who paints with his willy. ANI

Mysterious pyramid complex in Peru reveals details of an ancient culture
Construction crews working in the province of Piura, on the coast of Peru, have discovered a mysterious pyramid complex, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture. ANI

Indian origin shopkeeper in UK fights off armed thug, now faces murder charge
A shopkeeper of Indian origin in UK could be charged with murder after an armed robber who tried to steal the days earnings was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle. ANI

4,000-year-old pots link prehistoric Scotland with the Netherlands
Recent analysis of 4,000-year-old pots ecovered during an excavation of two graves at Upper Largie in cotland, has provided exciting evidence linking prehistoric cotland with the Netherlands. ANI

Elections in Pak will be held within three months: Rashid
Former Railways Minister Rashid Ahmed as claimed that there will be fresh elections within three onths, as the new Parliament and President Pervez Musharraf ould not work collaboratively for very long. ANI

Arrest of Dr. Death imminent
Australian federal authorities have revealed that the arrest of Dr Jayant Patel, the Indian-born surgeon accused of murdering 17 patients at a hospital in Queensland, was imminent. ANI

Brown criticised for treating immigrants as second class people
British parliamentarians have criticised Prime Minister Gordon Browns decision to have stricter rules for foreigners who want to become citizens, and accused him of treating immigrants as second-class people. ANI

Coroner urged to call a halt to Di inquest
The coroner at the ongoing inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed has been flooded with demands from senior British parliamentarians to bring the proceedings to a close. ANI

Indian brides who want to live in UK must speak English fluently
Indian brides who want to marry Brit blokes and then settle in the UK will now have to take an English language test, announced Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom. ANI

Ex MI-6 head dismisses Di death plot theory
The former head of MI-6 dismissed claims that the British intelligence agency plotted the car accident that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed. ANI

Put Bengali in line with major European languages, say UK officials
Minority languages such as Bengali, Arabic and Mandarin should be given the same priority as French, German and Spanish in schools, announced British government officials. ANI

Fahim, Shujaat discuss formation of govt.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice-Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has met Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Shujaat Hussain to discuss the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan, sources have said. According to sources, there was little possibility of the PPP joining hands with the PML-N because of the latters clear position on the issue of sacked judges and resignation of President Musharraf. ANI

US missile successfully hits disabled spy satellite
The missile fired from a US warship in waters west of Hawaii has successfully struck a disabled American spy satellite. ANI

No way sacked judges could be brought back, says Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf has said that here was no possible way in which the deposed Chief Justice of akistan and other sacked judges could be brought back. ANI

New Parliament to decide Musharrafs future: Zardari
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-hairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the new Parliament would ecide the future of President Pervez Musharraf. ANI

Sharif may support PPPs premier
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz harif has said that his party could support a Pakistan Peoples arty Parliamentarians (PPPP) candidate for prime minister. ANI

Sharif, Zardari to discuss government formation today
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif will meet Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari here today to discuss the formation of a new government. ANI

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