Pakistan incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Finland: Lynx Population Reaches 100-Year High

THE FINNISH Game and Fisheries Research has estimated that the native lynx population is thriving with between 1,350 to 1,500 of them.   The wolverine population has also grown at a more steady pace with...

Pakistan Coalition government under pressure over Zardari Presidency

Cracked have surfaced in the ruling Pakistani establishment after Asif Zardari, widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has thrown his hat into Presidential race. Asif Zardari has been a controversial figure during his wife's tenure as Pakistani Prime minister. With...

Quest to find the world's biggest freshwater fish lands a 6-foot stingray... ...

"At six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep. But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again. Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with...

Over 1,100 People Evacuated by Forest Fire in Sask.

Over 1,100 people in Saskatchewan have been or are in the process of being evacuated after a fast-moving forest fire blew towards yet another small Northern community.At least 200 residents were evacuated from...

Spain vs Greece Preview and Live Score: Euro 2008

"This is a match that has no significance for neither Spain nor Greece no matter what happens. Greece is the reigning champion of Euro. However, they are out of Euro 2008 already and tomorrow whatever happens, they will have to go home. On the other hand, Spain is in...

Large Cat dubbed 'Beast of Bretton' spotted again

"Published Date: 07 June 2008 By Tara...

Fisherman nets one heck of a halibut - record-breaker weighs in at 30 stone

"As a fully paid-up monster of the deep, it should have swatted aside any angler with the temerity to try to catch it with a mere rod and line.But this record-breaking Atlantic halibut bit off more than it could...

Moscow: Making a Killing by Selling Weapons

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell there is a new twist in Columbia Drug Cartels  looking for a way to get it's point across against interlopers who  fly over their airspace,  "Say it...

Guantanamo as a Symbol

" Guantanamo as a Symbol Thursday 17th of January 2008 06:09:32 PM By RAMZY BAROUD 11 January marked the sixth year anniversary of the establishment of the Guantanamo detention camp. Mere months after the start of the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan, a large cargo...

Daimler expects huge US demand for tiny Smart car

"German car maker Daimler said Tuesday that next month's launch of its tiny Smart car in the United States will unleash such stiff demand the company will have trouble meeting it. "We will not be able to meet...

Police nabbed 438 terros suspects in past seven years

""Most of the terrorists in Indonesia operated as part of strong networks with international linkages," Insp Gen Goris Mere, deputy chief of the detective and crime board at the Indonesian Police Headquarters, said here Wednesday.Some of the terror convicts had been released...

'Thainee', The world's Smallest Porn Star

"She hails from Udon Thani in Thailand's Northeast, an area known as Isaan, but also known for its poverty, rice farming and beautful women that often constitute the majority of the girls working the bars in...

Afghanistan: Well Meaning Futility

About the Author"Tony Clifton worked for Newsweek for 30 years and covered the wars in Biafra and Vietnam, the Lebanon civil war, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the 1971 Bangladesh war and subsequent...

Chaos in DC Subways: Second Day of Smoke & Power Outages

In a city already jumpy as major protests are planned, the subway mess must be not only frustrating but very unsettling. This is a developing story. Your input is needed."Smoke poured into Metro subway tunnels again last night, a day after an unprecedented and unexplained...

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