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October 30, 2009 10:56 AM

Clinton questions Pakistan's failure to capture senior al-Qaeda leaders

The U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has questioned Pakistan's failure to capture senior al-Qaeda leaders. Mrs. Clinton said in an interview with journalists in Lahore that she found it hard to believe that nobody in the government knew where they are. She also challenged opposition to a ...

October 30, 2009 10:10 AM

CWU for longer period strike

In U.K, the Communication Workers Union(CWU) has raised the prospects of more strike action for longer period. The rhetoric is heating up after Royal Mail and post union bosses who have been meeting at TUC headquarters this week failed to reach an agreement. But reports suggest that talks between th...

October 30, 2009 9:34 AM

India wants to maintain good relations with Pakistan

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said that India does not wish to destabilise Pakistan in any manner and wants to maintain good relations with that country. Talking to reporters in Palakkad in Kerala, he said that Islamabad should make efforts to better its relationshi...

October 30, 2009 9:28 AM

Death toll rose to 115 in Peshawar attack

In Pakistan, the death toll in one of worst terrorist attacks rose to 115. Officials had confirmed 92 deaths in the devastating attack in the Peepal Mandi commercial hub in Peshawar. At least 16 bodies were pulled out of the rubble of buildings that collapsed due to the blast while seven persons die...

October 29, 2009 9:07 PM

Car bombing toll in Peshawar goes upto 107

In Pakistan, the death toll on Wednesday's massive car bombing in a Peshawar market has risen to 107 on Thursday with the recovery of 15 more bodies from the rubble of several buildings that collapsed. The workers were still engaged in removing rubble from the site of the blast. A 45-member Urb...

October 29, 2009 9:00 PM

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Kabul

UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at a Guest House in Kabul on Wednesday, which caused deaths and injuries among UN staff. The members of the Security Council while noting that the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks reiterated their support for...

October 29, 2009 8:47 PM

Islamabad welcomes PM’s offer for dialogue

Pakistan today said the composite dialogue offers hope for a meaningful engagement with India to address all issues and insisted that the two countries should not allow terrorists to define the agenda for peace and security in South Asia.<br/><br/>This was stated by the Foreign O...

October 29, 2009 8:39 PM

Mongolia : new PM elected

The Mongolian parliament has elected Foreign Minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold as the country's new Prime Minister. He received sixty-two votes out of sixty-six cast by the law-makers. The election follows resignation of Prime Minister Sanjaa Bayar due to poor health.

October 29, 2009 8:37 PM

Global Warming to dominate EU SUMMIT

European Union Summit is to begin in Brussels, Belgium later tonight. Issues like Climate change and the Lisbon reform treaty are set to dominate in the two-day summit. The 27 bloc's leaders will try to iron out their differences over how much each EU member should pay to help developing nation...

October 29, 2009 7:37 PM

Pak military offensive for key Taliban strongholds in Waziristan

Pakistani troops today stepped up efforts to capture a key stronghold of the Taliban in the restive South Waziristan tribal region where 11 militants and a soldier were killed in fresh clashes. This has taken the toll to over 300 in nearly two weeks of fighting. The military said in a statement that...

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