Taliban feel political power within grasp

"Bolstered by summer success on the battlefield and gambling their military force could have peaked, Taliban leaders have come to the bargaining table in Kabul confident of trading up toward their ultimate goal: Political power. “The Taliban are obsessed by the state. But...

Voting begins for first phase of Bihar assembly elections

"Polling began this morning for the first phase of the elections to 47 of the 243 Assembly segments in Bihar amidst unprecedented security measures. Around 1.07 crore voters, including 50.2 lakh women and 3,829 service voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise at...

Suspect in Pakistan plane bomb alert released: prosecutors

Word of caution is around the world no security agency is taking any chance in the matter of security because world has became venrnable about terror strikes."A Canadian of Pakistani origin who was arrested on suspicion of planning to blow up a Boeing 777 flying from Toronto...

Six Men Held Over Terrorist Plot During Pope's U.K. Visit Freed b

“Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday, Sept. 17, were all released without charge late on Saturday night and early this morning (Sunday),” Scotland Yard said in a statement. Five of the men were street cleaners who worked for Veolia...

Kosovo deal would speed up Serbia's EU entry: diplomats

A joint Serbian-EU resolution approved Thursday at the UN said dialogue between Serbia and its breakaway southern province would "promote cooperation, achieve progress on the path to the European Union and improve the lives of the people"BRUSSELS — Serbia's chances of...

Mass strikes rock Paris, London

About 2.5 million people participated in the strike across the country. Some 270,000 citizens took to Paris streets to express their refusal of the pension reform plan, according to labor unions' figures, while Paris police said only 80,000 people took part in the...

Cabinet okays caste enumeration in 2011

.Indian cabinet given the node for headcount of cast in the 2011 cencus.P.Chidambaram said it had been decided to go for a separate enumeration of caste based on the response of political parties that caste should be canvassed but the integrity of the headcount in census 2011...