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Young Palestinians wave their national flag during a demonstration in support of President Mahmud Abbas and urging him to seek re-election, in the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday. By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.
Print EditionA South African man has scooped lottery jackpot twice in seven years.
Print EditionThe success of horror films like "Paranormal Activity" and the classic "Exorcist" has left many scientists wonder why people love the spooky genre so much.
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Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
Print EditionIn a new twist to the 26/11 terror attack case, Faheem Ansari, accused of facilitating the crime perpetrated by terrorists, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking re-trial on the ground that he had no confidence in the judge.
Print EditionAbout a third of those displaced during the conflict between Sri Lanka government and the Tamil Tigers have returned home over the past three months, the UN refugee agency said Friday.
Print EditionPakistan Intelligence agencies have issued warnings regarding a probable terror attack on the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base in Karachi.
Print EditionControversial private US security firm, Blackwater, is reportedly hiring ex-Pakistan security officials at mind-boggling salaries.
Print EditionA South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.
Print EditionFormer French investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere said that Japan is among al-Qaeda's prime targets for attack, while promoting a book about his 25 years fighting terrorism.
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The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit Saturday at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties.
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Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a Nato air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said yesterday.
Print EditionThe UN Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
Print EditionPakistan would soon discuss the issue of India's involvement in terror activities inside its geographical boundaries with New Delhi, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit has said on Friday.
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has himself revealed that certain political quarters in the country are trying relentlessly to depose him from Presidency, and that he has thwarted three such attempts in the past.
Print EditionA top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops.
Print EditionA Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all eleven crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said yesterday.
Print EditionThe United States expects the leaders of all Asean nations to attend a summit in Singapore next week, a US diplomat said yesterday, setting the stage for a possible meeting between Barack Obama and leaders of Myanmar's ruling junta.
Print EditionGiving a new dimension to the LeT plot to attack Indian facilities, FBI sleuths have recovered two inflammatory al-Qaeda videos containing speeches by Osama bin Laden and other terrorists from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested last month.
Print EditionA top UN official told the Security Council that the peace process in Nepal faced deadlock, "with an added risk of confrontation and violence".
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