Avoid calling terrorists jihadis: US
The US State Department recently circulated an internal memo advising foreign service officers to avoid calling terrorists jihadists or jihadis. ANI
Miracle mum fights fate to give birth to 4 children in just 16 months
Miracle is what motherhood has proved for Naomi Kesterton, who managed to give birth to four children in just 16 months despite being told by doctors that shed never have kids. ANI
Meet the real-life Ghostbuster!
New Zealander Brad Scott is the real-life Ghostbuster, helping people get rid of fear linked with all things they find spooky. ANI
A third of kids think binge-drinking is normal
Nearly a third of kids find adults binge drinking normal, according to a new study. ANI
Iranian Bahai leaders being held incommunicado
Six Bahai leaders who were arrested nearly two weeks ago in Iran are being held incommunicado, without access to lawyers or relatives, and the Bahai International Community is increasingly concerned about their fate. ANI
US accused of holding terror suspects on 17 prison ships
The United States is operating floating prisons to house those arrested in its war on terror. ANI
Hillary Clinton tops Most Powerful Women In NYC list
US presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has landed the top spot in a new list of The Most Powerful Women In NYC. ANI
Prisoners watching hardcore porn on Oz Government computers!
Illegal Indonesian fishermen are accessing hardcore pornography on Federal Government computers at Darwins immigration detention centre in Berrimah. ANI
Most Brits arent unhappy with their bodies
A new study has revealed that most Brits are happy with their appearance. ANI
New face of Islamophobia surfaces in Sydney
Islamophobia has acquired a new meaning in Sydney. ANI
Dying man wins 5,000 pounds bet on life!
A terminally ill man has collected 5,000 pounds after placing a bet that he would live past doctors predictions.Eight months ago, doctors had told Jon Matthews it was unlikely he would live to see Christmas after discovering he had mesothelioma - a cancer linked to asbestos. ANI
The Queen warns Wills not to marry Kate till she gets a job
Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly warned grandson Prince William not to propose to girlfriend Kate Middleton until she gets a proper job. ANI
Six lakh people migrated to UK from Indian sub-continent during 1991-2006
The Indian sub-continent accounted for more than six lakh people who migrated to Britain during the 15 years ending 2006, followed by the Africans who accounted for more than 450,000, a new research has found. ANI
At 45,000, Indians top list of UK skilled foreign workers
Britain has 715,000 foreign workers with professional and technical skills, and the Indians are the largest group with a total of 45,000 moving to the UK in 2005 alone. ANI
Brit commander in Afghan province says Taliban on the brink of defeat
Commander of British forces in Afghanistans Helmand province, Brig Mark Carleton-Smith has claimed that the Taliban was now on the brink of defeat, as scores of them have been killed, most of them in southern and eastern Afghanistan, over the past two years. ANI
Clinton aides prepare for her to concede U.S. presidential bid
Senior advisers to Senator Hillary Clinton have prepared the ground for her to abandon her 2008 presidential ambitions within days and not dispute the Democratic nomination all the way to the party convention in August. ANI
Meet the man whos lived 17 years on just Mars chocolate bars!
If proof was ever needed that man can live on only chocolate bars, then Keith Sorrell would be the most likely candidate to show it - having survived on just Mars bars for 17 years. ANI
PPPs Musharraf policy unchanged despite Bushs backing, says Defence Minister
The Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said on Sunday that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led Government would not change its policy towards President Pervez Musharraf in spite of President Bushs support to the beleaguered leader. ANI
Taliban to kill villagers accepting biscuits from UK troops
Taliban warlords have threatened to kill villagers accepting biscuits from British troops deployed in Afghanistan. ANI
UK travel agents conniving with Pak HC officials in fleecing visa seekers
Travel agents in Britain are fleecing people seeking Pakistani visas and earning on an average 60,000-80,000 pounds a month, allegedly in connivance with some officials of the Pakistan High Commission in London, official documents have revealed. ANI
Murdered cop Nisha helped husband secretly run sex racket
Cop Nisha Patel, who was brutally murdered outside her north London home, was a secret Vice Madam, it has been revealed. ANI
Depressed Pak housewives fast falling prey to sleeping pills
Pakistani married women are fast falling prey to sleeping pills, so as to have mental relaxation from depression from domestic violence and inter-personal relationship problems, a new survey has found. ANI
Diarrhea grips entire village in Nepals Siraha district
One person died and over 50 others have fallen sick due to a diarrhea outbreak in Fulbariya of Siraha district in Nepal. ANI
Worst bosses are likely to be called John or Anne!
People who have bosses named John or Anne better watch out, for they are the ones who are most likely to be the worst people to work under. ANI
The car Orgasalarm that will drive you wild!
A spoof commercial for a sexy car alarm with a recording of a woman in the throws of passion has become immensely popular among net surfers. ANI
Problems faced by Indians, a national issue, says Malaysian leader
Problems afflicting Malaysian Indians should be considered a national issue and not left to the community to solve, said acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon. ANI
Malaysian Cabinet clears annual visa renewal for Indian temple priests
The Malaysian Cabinet has cleared the annual visa renewal and approval for Indian temple priests, musicians and artisans, but the Home and Human Resources ministries have yet to work out the details. ANI
Three killed in blast near Danish embassy in Pak
At least three persons were killed and five wounded in a huge blast near Danish embassy in Islamabad on Monday. ANI
Fear of cases being reopened behind Zardaris reluctance to impeach Musharraf
Because of his apprehensions that the NRO issue would be reopened by the Supreme Court as soon as the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is restored, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is treading a cautious path in so far as taking bold steps like impeaching President Pervez Musharraf or restoring Supreme Court judges sacked by him (Musharraf), are concerned, said an article in The News. ANI
Nepali Congress to hold public meeting next week
The Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to hold a public meeting in Khula Manch, Kathmandu next week. ANI
Prachanda warns of street movement if NC fails to hand over leadership
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda has warned that his party would launch a street movement in Nepal if the Nepali Congress (NC) failed to hand over the reins of power to his party within the next three days.Nepalnews quoted Prachanda as saying that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should submit his resignation to the Constituent Assembly (CA) and allow the Maoists to form the next government. ANI
Nepals Home Secretary says Narayanhiti palace has poor security
Nepals Home Secretary Umesh Prasad Mainali has said that the security arrangements at the Narayanhiti Palace are at a bare minimum. ANI
Plastic surgeon pens childrens book on boob jobs
A plastic surgeon has written a childrens book that gives information about boob jobs. ANI
US calls Pak, Afghanistan frontier areas key points to win war on terror
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has reportedly said that the frontier areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan were the most pressing points where the US must win its war on terror. ANI
UK cop accuses two Christian preachers of hate crime
Two Christian preachers have charged a police community support officer (PCSO) of accused them of hate crime for handing out gospel leaflets in a Muslim area. ANI
Indian man accused of killing wife in Australia asked his son to lie to police
The Indian man who worked as an engineer in Sydney is accused of murdering his second wife and a stepdaughter, had asked his 14 year-old son from his first wife not to disclose the crime before dumping the two bodies up a mountain. ANI
Indian man charged with murdering second wife, girl in Australia
An Indian national who married his second wife last May after meeting her on the Internet a year ago, has been accused of murdering her and a girl, and then threw the bodies over a cliff. ANI
Blasts rock Dhaka hotel, 45 injured
At least 45 people were injured in a series of explosions at a multi-storey hotel in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, late on Sunday night. ANI
Almost all Pakistanis demand cut in Defence budget
A new survey conducted in Pakistan ahead of next Budget, to be presented by the new PPP-led government, has revealed that about 95 per cent of the people want the government to cut defence expenditure and give less importance to the defence spending. ANI
Pak rejects Indian journos claim that BB smuggled N-data to N Korea in 1993
The Pakistan embassy in Washington has rejected the claim revealed in a book written by Indias known journalist and writer Shyam Bhatia, that former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto had smuggled nuclear data to North Korea in 1993 during a visit to the country, and that she had confided the secret to him under the promise that he wont reveal it in her lifetime. ANI
Aitzaz Ahsan says most corruption cases dropped against Zardari were justified
Senior PPP leader and president of Pakistans Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan, who was interior minister in Benazir Bhuttos first government, has said that most of the corruption and criminal cases against PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari which were dropped recently were justified, and that the PPP was a feudal political party led by a figure (read Zardari) accused of corruption and violence. ANI
PML-N seeks early restoration of judges in return of its support to indemnify NRO
The PML-N has reportedly assured the PPP of its support to indemnify the controversial NRO, but in return sought early reinstatement of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary. ANI
US rapidly advancing plans to send ground troops to FATA
Gauging the prevailing recession-like situation in Pakistan owing to soaring oil prices and political instability, the US hopes that the new PPP-led democratic government would once again turn to it in the hope of getting financial aid, and in return, the Pentagon would push its demand of sending more troops in FATA, writes American journalist Eric Margolis. ANI
Pro-Taliban militants set up court in Swat
Signaling that they are the virtual rulers in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the pro-Taliban militants in Swat Valley have set up their own court in the Piochar village of Matta tehsil to resolve the local cases involving disputes over land or money. ANI
PPPs draft constitutional package seeks to undo most of Musharrafs pre-Nov 3 moves
Pakistan Law Minister Farooq H Naek last evening presented the 70-point draft Constitution Bill to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, which suggests the replacement of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), and proposes that proposed that the Presidency would not exercise any power without the consultation of the premier. ANI
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