Pakistan crisis: Sharif unwilling to trust Bhutto widower anymore

ISLAMABAD: The efforts of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allied parties for reconciliation with twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been declared by the Supreme Court of Pakistan ineligible to contest election to any public office,...

Mahathir can’t swim

That's right. My favorite former Prime minister besides my late date, can't swim. I wonder if my late could swim, although i never see him near the swimming pool.Read full story here

Amitabh Bachchan Lied and they could have gotten Millions from Ontario and Ca...

Toronto: After desperate attempts by the Unforgettable Tour guys to paint what was a flop show as a superhit (a trick often employed in Mumbai with new releases), they seem to have come around to the realization...

New writing success for Salman Rushdie

"The bookshop trestle table clearly ain't big enough for the both of them. Novelist Salman Rushdie yesterday claimed to have broken wine writer Malcolm Gluck's record for book signings after adding his full name to 1,000 books on a tour to promote his latest novel. "His...

Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize

Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of the Booker prize, as voted for by the public." The 1981 book beat five other former Booker winners shortlisted from the prize's 40-year...

Salman Rushdie Wins Best of Booker Prize

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie has beat out an esteemed list of finalists, including J.M. Coetzee, Peter Carey, and Nadine Gordimer, to win the "Best of the Booker" prize for his celebrated novel Midnight's...

Iraqi police: Suicide bomber strikes in Karmah

Another Sucide attack had taken place in the restive town west of Baghdad. More details are expected   " Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive belt inside the municipal council headquarters in a town west of Baghdad during a meeting of tribal...

Baghdad City Councillor Kills U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

An Iraqi city councillor from Baghdad opened fire on American soldiers and local officials during a park ceremony on Monday, killing two US soldiers and wounding three others. The councillor allegedly exited his car with an AK-47 and opened fire, killing the soldiers before...

US Magazines: Canadians World's Top Intellectuals'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who knew we were so Brainy, after reading this, I rushed to check my phone messages.  No doubt I was out when they called."PARIS - Liberal deputy leader...

Blast at Yemen mosque kills 18, wounds 60

At least 18 people were killed and 60 wounded when a bomb hidden under a vehicle went off as worshippers left a mosque in Yemen's northern city of Saada. Most of the killed and wounded were police officers who...

The Lost Children

"In the summer of 1995, an Iranian man named Majid Yourdkhani allowed a friend to photocopy pages from “The Satanic Verses,” the Salman Rushdie novel, at the small print shop that he owned in Tehran."

Bruna Abdalah: New Gril Friend of Actor Salman Khan

"The Brazilian model has not become a popular face in India, but it seems that she is going to become Bollywood’s next craze as Salman is promoting her extensively in Bollywood."

Rallies outside Danish, Dutch embassy against insulting cartoons

""We heard they have reprinted the cartoons to defend the freedom of speech while in fact they have thereby clearly and seriously insulted the Prophet Muhammad and Islam, and this has happened several times," a...

New Salman Rushdie Book Due in June

Since the fatwa-scale firestorm of controversy erupted over the publication of The Satanic Verses, Sir Salman Rushdie has demonstrated that he is not only a provocative, but also a masterfully talented and...

Baghdad to host international film festival

"Films for the Baghdad International Film Festival will be submitted mainly from Egypt, Jordan and Iran. Egypt alone plans to submit 27 movies, director Dr. Abdul Basit Salman told AFP by telephone from Cairo, where he is now based. The event is being staged by the...

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