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Pak launches Taliban crackdown

Islamabad, July 16: Pakistani security forces on Wednesday attacked with artillery Taliban positions in the curfew-bound northwestern Hangu district injuring at least 12 people, days

Anwar arrested in sodomy case

BY JALIL HAMID Kuala Lumpur July 16: Malaysian Opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested for sodomy, his lawyer said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a ...

Aussie wildlife visits Pope

Sydney, July 16: Pope Benedict XVI received a visit from a koala and other native Australian animals today when zookeepers took a selection of fauna ...

Neighbourhood may affect blood pressure

New York, July 16: Researchers found that people who lived in neighbourhoods with more opportunities for exercise, less crime, better grocery stores and a closer ...

Suffering stress? You may be born anxious

London, July 16: Asking someone suffering from a nervous disposition to calm down could be waste of time as a study found that it may ...

Nihita fears kidnap, torture

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu July 16: Catapulted into headlines worldwide after the news of her engagement to criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj became public, Nepali girl Nihita Biswas ...

Nepal Prez poll on July 19

BY SUDESHNA SARKAR Kathmandu July 15: Nepal will hold its first ever presidential polls on Saturday to find a successor to deposed king Gyanendra, who was the ...

‘Plane in Pak airspace will be downed’

BY SHAFQAT ALI Islamabad July 15: Pakistan has made it clear to the allied forces in Afghanistan that any plane violating the country’s airspace will be downed. "Responsible ...

Lawyer wants Prez to testify

Islamabad, July 15: A lawyer for Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist said on Monday that he wants President Pervez Musharraf to appear before a court hearing ...

Pak govt to tighten A.Q. restrictions

By OUR PAKISTAN CORRESPONDENT Islamabad July 15: The Pakista-n government is set to tighten res-trictions on disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, his lawyer said on Tuesday. "The ...