Maoists rejects NC proposal of Koirala as Nepals first President
Home Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Situala on Saturday met Maoist chairman Prachanda and made a formal request to make the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, which was later turned down by the Maoists. ANI
Malaysian Government offers scholarships to 161 Indian students
The Malaysian Public Services Department (PSD) has offered scholarships to study abroad to 161 Indian students who achieved excellent results in the 2007 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. ANI
Sex and money led to murder of Malaysian Indian Congress leader
An extramarital affair and a desire to have access to one million Ringgit insurance payout turned out to be the motive for the murder of Malaysian Indian Congress Kota Raja youth branch chief S. Selvadhurai last month. ANI
Lawyers firm earns nearly a million pounds representing terror suspects
Mudassar Arani, the controversial lawyer who represented the Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and other terror suspects saw her firm earn almost one million pound in legal aid last year. ANI
Lobbying for international support by Hindraf tarnished Malaysias image
A report in Makkal Osai has said that lobbying for international support by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairman P. Waythamoorthy in the United Nations, India and Britain seems to have tarnished Malaysias image. ANI
Obama to woo older white women to alter male image of his campaign
Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama will seek to woo the older white women who voted for his rival Hillary Clinton in a bid to alter the male-dominated image of his campaign and bolster his economic message to appeal to female voters. ANI
Church castigates Labour Govt for paying lip service to Christianity in favour of Islam
A report commissioned by the Church of England has said that the Labour Government pays lip service to Christianity and favours Islam and other minority religions. ANI
Musharraf rules out resignation
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said he could not resign in current situation, and added that he is not looking for confrontation, but a reconciliation with his opponents. ANI
Bernier-Couilard affair put Canadian security at enormous risk
Canadian MP Serge Menard is in no doubt that the Bernier-Couilard affair has put national security at an enormous risk, embarrassing the Harper Government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ANI
Ballot paper that brought Hitler to power to be auctioned
A rare 1933 ballot paper, which brought Nazi dictator Adlof Hitler to power, is set to go under the hammer. ANI
Waitress loses job after cancer charity head shave
A waitress has been sacked for shaving her head to raise money for a cancer charity. ANI
Sacked nude teacher wins back teaching rights
An Australian teacher sacked for posing nude for a magazine has won back her professional rights and would be provided with a new job by the NSW government. ANI
Pakistan to ask Saudi Arabia to defer oil payments
Pakistan is to ask Saudi Arabia if it can defer paying for oil imports worth two billion dollars as it grapples with a deteriorating economic situation fuelled by rise in global crude prices. ANI
ANC chief Zuma to visit India, China
African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma will pay a weeklong visit to India and China, and will leave for two places today. ANI
Nawaz fundamentally opposed to Zardaris constitutional package
The fundamental discrepancy the PML-N sees in the draft Constitutional package is PPPs proposal to restore the deposed judiciary through a constitutional amendment, said a party spokesman here last evening. ANI
With no one in charge of the economy, Pak may soon see social and political turmoil
Pakistani economist and financial planner Shahid Javed Burki has said that if the present situation of political uncertainty continues, with no one being in full charge of Pakistans economy, there could be a social and political turmoil in the near future. ANI
Pak Sikhs give a miss to Operation Blue Star anniversary to promote Indo-Pak peace initiative
Keen not to mar the ongoing peace initiatives between the Governments of India and Pakistan, most Sikhs in Pakistan did their bit on June 6 (Friday) by giving a miss to the 24th anniversary of Operation Blue Star. ANI
London police chief wants tough action against druggie celebs
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has said that celebrities who are pictured apparently taking drugs should be put on trial to prove they were snorting talcum powder and not cocaine. ANI
Oz govts no-cost, no-jargon service warns against cyber threat
Australian government has launched a no-cost, no-jargon Internet service that alerts computer users to cyber threats. ANI
Media played a hand in Hilarys defeat to Obama: Expert
Hillary Clinton came close in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, but failed when Barack Obama earned the last handful of delegates necessary for a win. Now, a new research has been published which shows that the media treated the two candidates differently right from the start. ANI
Malaysian Government lifts restrictions on non-Muslim places of worship
The Malaysian Government has abolished regulations on new non-Muslim places of worship being limited to an area of 10,000 square feet. ANI
Study finds erasing LoC may a solution of Kashmir problem
A new study sponsored by the US Institute of Peace has concluded that the Kashmir issue could be resolved by making the Line of Control (LoC) irrelevant, thereby paving the way for free movement of trade and people. ANI
Bulk of troops on Indian border rather than Afghan souring Pak-US military ties
Western military officers and diplomats are of the opinion that relations between the US military and the Pakistan Army were now at their worst point since 9/11, 2001, because of Pakistans insistence of deploying its troops along the border with India, writes Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid in the Washington Post. ANI
Granddaughters scream miraculously wakes up coma victim
An Indian origin woman, who was in a coma for six weeks, miraculously woke up from her condition by her granddaughters scream. ANI
Bindi Irwin names tree after late father Steve
Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve Irwin, paid tribute to her father by naming a special Adelaide gum tree after him. ANI
The United States is the worlds leading jailer: Human Rights Watch
The United States is the worlds leading jailer, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report ANI
Mukherjee hands over aid consignment for quake-affected Sichuan province
Visiting Indian External Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over a new consignment of aid for the earthquake-affected people of Sichuan province here today. ANI
Pak govt apologises for past military operations in Balochistan
Pakistan government is learnt to have tendered an apology for the military operations carried out in Balochistan in the past. Leader of the House in the Senate Raza Rabbani tendered the apology on behalf of the ruling coalition. ANI
PPP refutes book claim that Benazir admitted to her role in N-black market
The PPP has strongly condemned the recent claim made in a book written by a London-based Indian journalist Shyam Bhatia that former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto had confided to him that she participated in the nuclear black market, and described it as a despicable attempt to sell books. ANI
Hawks in Pak Army scuttled Balochistan peace moves, says PML-Q leader
Senior PML-Q leader and Senator, Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that a section of hawkish elements in the countrys military had sabotaged the implementation of the recommendations on Balochistan by a parliamentary committee headed by him. ANI
Human Rights Watch calls for end of political witch-hunt in Bangladesh
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the caretaker government in Bangladesh to end its political witch-hunt immediately. ANI
Pope Benedict XVI emerges as best-selling author
Pope Benedict XVI emerged as a best-selling author, after more than 2.5 million copies of his latest book were sold in just over a year. ANI
Bush says Pak amongst nations where terror networks had created safe havens
US President George W. Bush has assured all possible help to work with Pakistan to combat ideologies of hate, because, according to him, Pakistan was among the nations where terrorist networks had created safe havens and were threatening to overwhelm their institutions. ANI
Pak formally asks for UN probe in Benazir murder
Pakistan is learnt to have formally requested the United Nations to hold a high-level inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. ANI
Experts fear sharks actively hunting humans
Experts fear that sharks are seeking human as their targets for the first time after a string of Jaws-style attacks on a resort in Mexico. ANI
Facebook meeting ends in gruesome murder
A talented young Brisbane artist who agreed to meet up with an ex-boyfriend through a Facebook message was found brutally murdered in her flat this week. ANI
Sino-Indian relations heading in the right direction, says Chinese Foreign Minister
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi on Friday said that Sino-Indian relations are heading in the right direction. ANI
Dungeon dads custody extended
Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years, will remain in custody for another two months, a prosecutor has said. ANI
Paramount goes back on its word to Hindus about The Love Guru
Paramount Pictures, presenters of upcoming Hollywood movie The Love Guru, has apparently gone back on its promise to pre-screen the movie for Hindu leaders. ANI
Afghanistan brands Pak peace moves with extremists destructive
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly told Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that Islamabads peace moves with Taliban extremists could have destructive consequences for both nations, and emphasised on the need for a strong fight against such groups. ANI
Night dreams inspire al-Qaeda and Taliban towards jehad
Militant jihadists in the Middle East and elsewhere are inspired by their night dreams or ruya, according to a new study by a social anthropologist at Durham University. ANI
Pak PM for early and peaceful solution of Kashmir issue
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that an early, just and peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue as per the wishes of the Kashmiris would help Pakistan and India to achieve harmony in the Valley. ANI