Pakistan
Suicide bomb attack kills three in Pakistan
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 18:00.A Pakistani provincial minister survived a suicide bombing which killed
at least three people and injured more than a dozen at the gates of a
Suicide bombings, airstrikes kill over 35 in Pakistan
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:42.More than 35 people were killed Thursday in two suicide attacks by
suspected Taliban militants, and airstrikes of army helicopter gunships
in north-west Pakistan, officials said.
Pakistan premier expresses condolences on death of Obama grandmother
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 20:14.Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday expressed his condolences on the death of the grandmother of US Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Pakistan's Zardari to ask Saudi leadership to defer oil payments
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 09:21.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will request the Saudi leadership to defer payments on oil exports for the next two years to help his country avert a balance of payment crisis when he arrives in the kingdom on an official visit on Tuesday, his spokesman said.
Suicide car bomb kills one Pakistani soldier, wounds seven
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 09:14.A suicide car bomber attacked a security checkpoint in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding seven others, officials said.
Pakistan asks head of US central command to halt airstrikes
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 14:47.
Islamabad on Monday asked the new head of US central command, General David Petraeus, to halt airstrikes inside Pakistan, saying these were harming its efforts to fight international terrorism.
Four militants killed as head of US Central Command visits Pakistan
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:15.
Four Islamic militants were killed by Pakistani troops Monday as the new commander of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, General David Petraeus, held talks with the Pakistani leadership, officials said.
Gunmen in North-West Frontier Province also abducted an Afghan national believed to be a United Nations employee.
US airstrikes kill 30 in Pakistan tribal region
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 22:06.Around 30 people, including a suspected al-Qaeda operative, were killed Friday in airstikes carried out by US drones in two districts of Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, security offici
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
