Pakistan Army takes ‘complete control’ over Mingora

Pakistan Army has taken complete control of Mingora (Swat) which was previously under the control of Pakistani Taliban aka Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). "Operation Rahe Rast made a significant progress with the...

Uzbek Unrest Prompts Border Closure

The former provinces of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have closed their borders due to civil unrest.  These countries are located in Central Asia.  Uzbekistan is of strategic importance in Asia with...

Madrid to host conference on Avicenna and Averroes

Madrid Complutense University is to discuss and analyse two of the most prominent philosopher of the Muslim Spain.  " Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN -- The Complutense University of Madrid is to hold a...

40 Uzbek children Infected with HIV in hospital

This is shocking , how any neglegence can infect children with HIV. The world is putting millions of dollars for the awareness of AIDS, but ths kind of incidents dilutes the effort to make world HIV free."More...

Nanao Singh clinches gold for India

"Thokchom Nanao Singh continued his blazing form and stunned Cadet World Championship bronze medallist Grigoriy Nikolaychuk of Russia 15-5 to clinch the gold at the inaugural AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Army boxer ended up being India’s...

Passengers overcome hijacker on Turkish Airlines flight

Passengers overpowered a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane.He couldn't write very well and was very drunk. The Russian officials when hearing this description were suprised that he was not British."The...

Numerous Earthquakes Rock Central Asia

A number of earthquakes in Asia are making headlines today, and there's been some confusion as to whether the tremors originated from the same epicentre or if there were indeed numerous isolated quakes.  The...

Iran to build cars in Afghanistan

" Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:10:56 GMT Iran's ambassador to Kabul says an assembly line for the manufacture of Iranian-designed cars will soon launch production in Afghanistan. “The negotiations to install the production line for the Iran Khodro Company in Afghanistan have...

Brazil gets nuke submarine through French connection

Brazilian longings for a nuclear sub has gone for decades. Now and with the assistance of France, it would be able to make such project true. Brasilia expects to sign a military...

Iran ready to pump gas to Armenia

The Iran-Armenia gas pipeline whic opened on March 19, 2007 provides "Armenia with an alternative to the gas it now imports from Russia." As the winter approaches, “Iran will pump three million...

India U16 draw Man Utd U16 3-3

"The India under-16 side bounced back from their 1-2 defeat to Everton to hold Manchester United 3-3 on Tuesday night. The Indian juniors were not overawed by the situation despite facing one of the best youth sides in the world. The India under-16 team, which has qualified...

Akhil is India’s best boxer: Cuban coach

"Cuban boxing coach B.I Fernandez feels that Indian boxing has come of age with the mushrooming talent that was on display at Beijing Olympics 2008.He rates Akhil Kumar as the best boxer in India today, ahead of bronze medalist Vijender Kumar."

Russia and Uk in new spying row

In another bilateral event, Russia and UK debate over the activities of a British diplomat. Moscow accuses Chris Bowers, the acting director of UK Trade and Industry, as another British spy in Russia....

FBI Wanted List Again Dominated by Mexican Nationals

On this date one year ago, I published a post, the content of which is explained by its headline, Illegal Aliens Dominate FBI Wanted List. Sadly, things haven’t changed much during the past 12 months.Through...

Underground Fires that Burn For Decades

" Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump,...

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