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Haqqani did not appear before commission

Husain Haqqani

ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission formed to probe memogate scandal is holding its first open hearing here in Islamabad Monday, a private TV reported.

Happy New year

Happy new year

AS Britain counts down to the end of 2011, sensational fireworks displays have already welcome the New Year in some parts of the world.  

Charged debate erupts over Israeli-Hamas prisoner swap

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      Among the prisoners to be released on Tuesday are militants involved in deadly bombings and other attacks targeting Israeli civilians and soldiers. In Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinians were preparing a hero’s welcome for the returning prisoners, seen as resistance fighters. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was to hold a reception for [...]

Pak Priminister Want talks with taliban:

Pakistan Taliban

        Islamabad: Gilani dropped his earlier pre-condition of militants giving up arms before any talks, but warned that if the parleys fail to work, the military will launch operations in the tribal areas. “If negotiations fail to work, the government will launch military operations in the tribal areas,” he told a small [...]

Salman Taseer murder case: Mumtaz Qadri gets death sentence

MUMTAZ

ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi on Saturday found Mumtaz Qadri guilty of murdering and sentenced him to death for killing former governor Punjab Salman Taseer who had urged reform of a blasphemy law.Report by BBC Latest News

Divided Verbal attack on ISI by American officals.

American officials divided over verbal attack on ISI?

  WASHINGTON: Admiral Mike Mullen’s assertion last week that an anti-American insurgent group in Afghanistan is a “veritable arm” of Pakistan’s spy service was overstated and contributed to overheated reactions in Pakistan and misperceptions in Washington, American officials “involved in US policy in the region” were quoted as saying by ‘The Washington Post’ daily. It [...]

injuring hundred,trains crash in Shanghai

A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China's commercial center.

The signal failure meant trains on Line 10 were being directed via phone by subway staff instead of electronic signals and thus were running at lower speeds, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group said in a statement. That line opened last year and is one of the city’s newest. At least 271 people were hurt, none seriously, [...]

Britons consider US legal action

British Consiiders

US lawyers have been asked to explore the possibility of legal action against Rupert Murdoch’s media group. Mr Lewis told the BBC News channel: “News Corporation – although it’s an American organisation, although these claimants are to large extent British and the events that might have happened in Britain, although some happened while people were [...]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN speech prompts diplomatic walkouts Fury as Iranian president refers to ‘mysterious September 11 incident’ and accuses Nato of sanctioning drug trafficking

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      He Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to lay out his case for going to the security council in a speech to the UN on Friday, while insisting it is not meant as an alternative to negotiations. Abbas is also expected to say that the move is not a threat to Israel. That [...]

Megalomaniac Olsonis dying

CLIFFORD OLSON

Megalomaniac Olson is dying Canada’s most-hated killer. Olson has been serving a life sentence since he pleaded guilty to killing 11 teenagers in the Vancouver area in the early 1980’s. Olson may have been simply stating the obvious — and with news this week that he’s near death, it appears he’s about to be proven [...]

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