‘ONLY DEATH CAN STOP ME’

Four days after the mass murder Ismail Manguladatu is escorted by a large force of police and military to file his candidacy papers. The elections first victim of clan and warlord crimes, this being the out come of...

Drone attack in northwestern Pakistan kills 6

A suspected U.S. drone flew over Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan and dropped two missiles which killed 6 people and wounded nine on thursday. On Aug. 5th, South Wazirinstan was bombed in a similar fashion and killed...

Caught on film: India ‘not shining’

Arundhati Roy, India's celebrated writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things', that received a Booker Prize in 1997, is also India's very vocal social activist. Below is her piece on Slumdog Millionaire, which...

`Slumdog' child stars to get Govt flats in Mumbai

The local government of Mumbai has decided to provide Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who have featured in Oscar winning `Slumdog Millionaire'. The child artists are currently living in Garibnagar, a slum locality...

Bomb rips through Pakistan funeral procession, kills 25

At least 25 killed and 13 injured in an explosion after bomb ripped through a funeral procession Friday in a northwestern Pakistan town. According to reports, the blast occurred during funeral prayer of a person Sher Zaman, shot dead in a target killing incident on Thursday....

889 killed in 61 suicide bombings in Pakistan this year

At least 889 persons were killed and 2,072 others injured in 61 suicide attacks in Pakistan so far this year, as the total number of suicide bombings in the country since 2002 rose to 140.The suicide bombings in 2008 surpassed the last year's figures of 56, including the one...

Blast in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | Bomb blast in Pakistan.

"Blast in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | Bomb blast in Pakistan."

Eleven Cabinet Resignations In A Month As Four More Quit in the Maldives

"A further four cabinet ministers and seven deputy ministers on Saturday left government under a clause in the constitution banning dual parliament and cabinet roles, meaning eleven ministers have now quit cabinet...

4 Killed by Bomb Outside Pakistan Mosque

4 people have been killed and 5 injured after a bomb exploded outside a Shitte mosque in Pakistan. More on this story as it develops. "A bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan on Monday,...

Anwar`s wife to help him return to office in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - The wife of Malaysian political dissident Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday she will give up her parliamentary seat to make way for her husband's return to public office, state media reported.The opposition Keadilan party president, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail,...

Malaysian sepak takraw chief facing life ban over dispute

""We do not wash our dirty linen in public," Chalerm Chaiwatcharaporn, deputy president of the Asian sepak takraw federation (ISTAF) told Reuters on Saturday."This is an attempt to smear and defame us. This is the most serious issue we have faced since this sport began."Sepak...

Wanted Islamist captured in Lebanon

""Nasser Ismail was captured by a (Palestinian) security force in the camp of Beddawi," Abu Ali Fares, a spokesman for Palestinian factions in the refugee camp told AFP. "The force raided the house of a relative of Nasser Ismail and found him hiding in the attic with another...

BBC man 'seen in explosives belt'

"Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has said the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have made a new video showing him wearing an explosives belt."

Abbas appoints new Palestinian PM

The chaos is about to begin.  Let's all hope I am wrong. - The Angryindian--------------------------------------------"Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new prime minister, a day after...

Hamas wins the fur-lined jackpot

"The unity agreement signed in Mecca last Thursday marked a major victory for Hamas. Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniyeh could not have hoped for a greater achievement. Even amid the pressure exerted by the Suadi king, Hamas would not waver and came out stronger as far as the...

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