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  • US congressmen to sea Laden photographs

    The US Agency, CIA says, it plans to allow members of four US Congressional committees to view photographs of Osama bin Ladan’s body, eleven days after he was killed in a raid by US commandos in Pakistan. So far, the US authorities have been saying that the pictures were too gruesome to be made public. […]

    Earthquakes kill 7 in Spain

    Two earthquakes in less than two hours struck north-eastern Spain killing at least ten people. The quake with a magnitude of 5.2 was the most serious to hit Spain in about 50 years. Several buildings were damaged near the town of Lorca. The centre of the town has been seriously damaged. A regional Government official […]

    Libya rebels capture Misrata airport after fierce battle with Gaddafi’s troops

    Libya rebels captured Misrata airport Wednesday after a fierce battle with Moamar Gaddafi’s troops. Reports said the airport of Libya’s third city, which had been besieged for almost two months by Gaddafi’s forces, fell to the rebels after fighting that raged through the night. Marking their first significant advance after weeks of being pinned back […]

    Provincial election in north Lanka after resettlement of voters

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said that that provincial election in the war ravaged North would be held after the resettlement and the registration of voters in the province was completed. No census in the region has been taken since 1981 President Rajapaksa said another round of talks with Tamil political parties would […]

    India hands over list of 49 most-wanted fugitives in Pak

    Five Pakistan Army majors are among the list of the top-ten most wanted terrorists wanted by India. The list of 49 most-wanted fugitives in Pakistan was handed over with dossiers by Home Secretary G K Pillai to his counterpart Qamar Zaman Choudhary recently. The list mentions ex-majors Sajjid Majid, Sajid Mir, Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, […]

    WikiLeaks founder Assange awarded top Sydney peace prize

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s Gold Medal for “exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights”. According to a Foundation statement today, veteran Australian broadcaster Mary Kostakidis praised WikLeaks as an “ingenious and heroic website that has shifted the power balance between citizen and the state by exposing what […]

    Security Council reform needed without further delay: Ban

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for accelerated negotiations to achieve a much-needed reform of the UN Security Council, citing significant changes on the international political scene over the last 60 years. He asked the member states to “expedite the text-based negotiations” for urgent reform of the Security Council so as to “determine […]

    US lawmaker introduces legislation to cut off aid to Pak

    A key US lawmaker has introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to stop American aid to Pakistan, saying the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad has made it clear that Islamabad concealed, protected and enabled him for many years. “We can no longer afford this foolishness,” Congressman Dana Rohrabacher said […]

    SC vacates its ban on publishing Amar’s tele tape contents

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted its gag order on the media restraining it from broadcasting and publishing contents of the taped conversations of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh with top politicians and Bollywood stars. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly dismissed Singh’s petition and vacated its interim order […]

    India, Pakistan to begin talks on Wullar barrage-Tulbul project

    The Indian side will be led by Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh while Water and Power Secretary Javed Iqbal will head the Pakistani team. Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal met Secretary Iqbal on Tuesday ahead of the parleys. Earlier this year, the Home and Interior Secretaries and the Commerce Secretaries of the two countries […]