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Indo Pak talks begin in Islamabad today

in National - Thu May 24, 2012

Islamabad: A 12-member delegation, led by Home Secretary R K Singh, is in Pakistan for the Home Secretary-level talks beginning Thursday where a relaxed visa regime is ex

Donors pledge $4 bln aid to Yemen bulk of it Saudi

in International - Thu May 24, 2012

RIYADH, May 23, 2012 (AFP) - Donors, with Saudi Arabia in the lead, pledged $4 billion (3.2 billion euros) in aid to impoverished Yemen on Wednesday as it grapples with a

26 die in train 26 on bus

in International - Wed May 23, 2012

Twenty-six people were killed and over 45 injured when the Bengaluru-bound Hampi Express rammed into a parked goods train at Penukonda station in Anantapur district of An

Al Qaeda bomber kills 96 Yemeni soldiers

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

Yemen has vowed to fight "terrorism" regardless of the sacrifices as al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing that saw a soldier blow himself up in the midd

Violence in Syria spills over into Lebanon

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

BIREH, Lebanon (AP)  Syria\'s war barreled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral Monday for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly st

A Supercar Crash Enrages Singaporeans

in International - Tue May 22, 2012

At 4 a.m. on May 12, a red Ferrari supercar driven by a Chinese national named Ma Chi ran a red light, slamming into a taxicab at the corner of Singapore\'s Queen Victoria S

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many que

Strong quake kills 7 in Italy

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

SANT\'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing at least seven people, knocking down a clock tow

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

(Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions o

Three original Wiggles to hang up their skivvies

in International - Mon May 21, 2012

AND then there was one. After entertaining children for 21 years the Wiggles will undergo a massive makeover with three of the original band members - Murray Cook, Jeff F

FDE chief sent packing

in National - Sat May 19, 2012

ISLAMABAD, May 18: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) on Friday discontinued the services of Atif Mehmood Kayani, director general, Federal Directorat

Chen trip to U S apparently set to start

in International - Sat May 19, 2012

(CBS/AP) BEIJING A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an ai

Mladic trial delayed because of evidence issues

in International - Fri May 18, 2012

The delay cast a shadow over one of the court\'s biggest cases and over the reputation of the court itself, where most prominent trials have proceeded at a snail\'s pace, f

Family Talk Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover

in International - Thu May 17, 2012

If you thought breastfeeding was just for newborns and babies, think again.

As many of you, I\'m sure, have already seen, Time Magazine featured a photo of a

How to Write About Israel

in International - Thu May 17, 2012

At a time when international desks are being cut to the bone, this is the one bone that the newshounds won\'t give up. Wars can be covered from thousands of miles away, g

What Alex Miller taught me about the Nakba

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

It is customary for our people to honor fast days, memorial days and festivals by studying commentaries on their origins, the symbols and rituals of their observance, and

2 FC men among 4 killed in Quetta blast

in National - Tue May 15, 2012

QUETTA, May 14: Two Frontier Corps personnel and two civilians were killed when a car bomb exploded as a convoy passed by in the Almo Chowk area of the city on Monday.

US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths

in International - Sat May 12, 2012

KABUL NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted Friday that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, days after President Hamid Karzai warned that

China Targets Blind Activists Family

in International - Fri May 11, 2012

(BEIJING) Authorities in the hometown of blind activist Chen Guangcheng have notched up restrictions on members of his extended family while he awaits permission in Beij

U S drone attacks in Yemen cause political strain

in International - Thu May 10, 2012

SANAA (Reuters) - As Yemen struggles to shake off ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh\'s legacy, the United States has intensified drone strikes on al Qaeda-linked militants,

N.C. gay marriage amendment draws plenty of snarky online

in International - Thu May 10, 2012

The colorful, normally cheerful Facebook page called "Visit North Carolina" filled up so quickly with profane posts Wednesday that its moderator had to plead for a more civi

Better to be a mother in China or Sri Lanka than India: re

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

New Delhi: India appears not to be a happy place for women to become mothers, as it has been ranked 76th among 80 "less developed" countries, even below some of

Shakargarh Tragedy 5 children killed in school roof collap

in National - Tue May 08, 2012

SIALKOT:

Tragedy struck the city of Shakargarh on Monday, when five minor students, all of them girls, were killed while more than 30 others were seriously

Civil war looming in Syria United Nations leader Ban Ki mo

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

INTERNATIONAL powers are "in a race against time" to prevent all-out civil war in Syria, where the government could use the presence of ceasefire observers to p

Turlington Burns This Mothers Day Disappear in Solidarity

in International - Tue May 08, 2012

In an interview with former model, author and advocate for maternal and child health Christy Turlington Burns, we discussed the founding of her organization Every Mother