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31 Killed, 23 injured in Egypt landslide
CAIRO: Thirty-one people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses, security and medical sources said. Tumbling rocks destroyed many buildings in the Manshiyet Nasser shanty town in eastern Cairo near the Moqattam plateau, its close-packed houses [...]
Continue reading...Gates wants more troops for Afghanistan in shift of priorities
Thursday, July 17, 2008
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan “sooner rather than later,” signaling a shift in priorities from Iraq amid warnings of an accelerating Taliban threat. Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also said Pakistan needed to do more to stop [...]
Continue reading...Mugabe spurns West
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Robert Mugabe’s spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can “go hang” amid growing criticism of the Zimbabwean president’s widely discredited re-election which has seen Washington push for UN sanctions. “They can go and hang a thousand times, they have no basis, they have no claim on Zimbabwe politics at all,” spokesman George Charamba said [...]
Continue reading...- At least 60 killed and 200 injured in Wah Cantt arms factory blasts
- 6 Bomb Blast in Karachi within 1hour
- 3 Serial blast In Attock
- Saima reduced 10kg weight
- PTI, TI, JI criticise PPP’s apathy towards the poorty
- 10 policemen Killed in Blast near Melody Chowk in Islamabad
- No one interfering in Governament Policies: Musharraf
- Punjab Assembly session adjourned for indefinite period
- Review of war on terror policy urged
- Shuhda-e-Lal Masjid moot decides to set up Markaz-e-Ghazi
- Masked Avengers Prank Call Sarah Palin and she Fooled (1)
- UN Secy General seeks total elimination of N-weapons (1)
- Indian spy to be handed over to Indian officials today (0)
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- 44 FC men freed after dialogue in Kurram Agency (0)
- PIA increases fares on overseas flights (0)
- FBR introduces scheme for disclosure of hidden assets (0)
- India to oppose ban on Zimbabwe at ICC meeting (0)
- Saima reduced 10kg weight (0)
- Preparation to release Kismat Konnection (0)
- 80 injured as police break up rallies in IHK
- Gaza civilian toll rises to 23
- Bird flu triggers alert in Nepali border areas
- Guatemalan mudslide kills 35, injures 15
- Apple attends its final Macworld
- Inspector killed while defusing bomb in Bannu
- Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh by record 465 runs
- PML-N to table bill to repeal 17th amendment on Jan 12
- Pilgrims throng holy Iraq city
Sunday, September 7, 2008
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