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Iraq ban visits to late dictator Saddam Hussein's grave

Baghdad, Jan 23: The Iraqi government has banned individuals visit to the grave of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain in Salahudin province, who was executed in 2006 after a local court sentenced him to death for crime against humanity.The ban comes

Memo issue: Ijaz not coming to Pak due to fear of arrest

Islamabad, Jan 23: Fearing arrest, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in the memo scandal, today said he would not visit Islamabad to depose before a judicial panel probing the matter and wants his testimony to be recorded either in London

Haqqani's wife fears abduction by the ISI over memogate row

Islamabad, Jan 23: Farahnaz Ispahani, President Asif Ali Zardari's media adviser and wife of former envoy to US Husain Haqqani has kicked up a controversy when she said that she fears being kidnapped by Pak intelligence agency, the ISI. Ispahani had

Russia hands over nuclear attack submarine to India

Moscow, Jan 23: Russia’s Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine was handed over to the Indian Navy at a ceremony in the far eastern port of Primorye, making India the sixth operator of such subs in the world.With a displacement of 8,140/12,770 tonnes and

India objects to Jay Leno's remark on Golden Temple

Washington, Jan 23: India has strongly "objected" to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it "quite unfortunate".Leno, the host of the popular "The Tonight Show" on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden

Gingrich trounces Romney in South Carolina Republican primary

Washington, Jan 22: Newt Gingrich has scored a crushing double-digit victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican Presidential primary, stripping him of his front-runner status and breaking wide open the race to choose a challenger to incumbent Barack Obama

Police info about threat not true, am very angry: Rushdie

New York, Jan 22: An "angry" Salman Rushdie claims he has found out that the intelligence provided to him by Rajasthan police about threat to his life if he attended the Jaipur Literature Festival was concocted to prevent him from going

6.2 quake hits off coast of southern Mexico

Mexico City, Jan 22: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit off the coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Saturday, shaking the state from the capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez to Tapachula on the border with Guatemala. The quake, which hit

Pakistan likely to charge $1000 for every NATO truck

Islamabad, Jan 21: A firm run by the Pakistani military will collect a fee of 1,000 dollars for every container truck passing through the country under new conditions for the reopening of NATO supply routes, according to a media report on Saturday.The

Wikipedia blaocked acced to website to protest SOPA

US Congress decides to pull the plug off: 'SOPA withdrawn'

New York, Jan 21: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) by US Congressman Lamar Smith was put off on Friday, following a wide range of uproar over the proposal. The controversial bill drew instant ridicule from almost all

'Pakistan to allow US military trainers to return'

Washington, Jan 21: Pakistan would allow US military trainers, who were kicked out of the country following the November 26 NATO raid, to return as early as April or May and would also reopen the crucial supply route for the coalition

Flowers at sea as Italy cruise wreck search resumed

Giglio Island (Italy), Jan 20: Flowers were cast on to the sea by the wreck of an Italian cruise ship by relatives of those still missing on Friday, a week after the tragedy in which up to 32 people are feared

US will step up efforts to defeat al-Qaeda

Washington, Jan 20: The United States would continue to focus on its efforts in Afghanistan with regard to the war against terrorism and defeating al Qaeda, Taliban and other extremist organisations."The President laid out an Afghanistan strategy that he has been executing

No interruption in civilian aid to Pak post Nov 26: US

Washington, Jan 20: The US has not interrupted civilian aid to Pakistan after the "tragic" November 26 incident, in which 24 soldiers from that country were killed in a NATO cross border fire, the State Department has said."Civilian assistance to Pakistan continues

Barack Obama seeking re-election on his record

Washington, Jan 20: US President Barack Obama, would seek re-election based on his record and vision, a presidential spokesman said on Friday."The President ran for this office four years ago. He put forward himself and his record and his vision. Voters evaluated

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