Fai detention hearing postponed till Tuesday

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Washington, July 22: The detention hearing of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, arrested by FBI for illegally lobbying for Pakistan in the US, was postponed for next Tuesday as his attorney had scheduling conflicts. Fai appeared in a US court briefly yesterday wearing a green jumpsuit and looking a little More

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India, Pak have to talk: Gilani

London, July 22: India and Pakistan have no option but to talk, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said days before foreign ministers of the two countries meet in New Delhi. He said if the two countries don’t talk, beneficiaries would be the militants.  Both Pakistan and India have More

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Musharraf says Pakistan not complicit on bin Laden

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Washington, July 22: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that “absolute negligence and not complicity” was behind his country’s Osama bin Laden fiasco and Washington and Islamabad must put that episode behind them and rebuild trust. “We must convince the world and the More

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UN plan sees unity government in post-Gaddafi Libya

Benghazi, Libya, July 22: A UN envoy will seek to persuade warring parties in Libya to accept a plan that envisages a ceasefire and a power-sharing government - but with no role for Muammar Gaddafi, a European diplomat said. The diplomat said the informal proposals would be canvassed by the More

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Gaddafi rules out talks

Sirte, July 22: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday ruled out talks with the rebels trying to end his 41-year-rule, raising questions about whether a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an end to the deepening conflict can succeed. “There will be no talks between me and them until Judgment More

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Muslims, non-Muslims still dislike each other: Pew survey

Washington, July 22: Attitudes about Muslim-Western relations have become slightly more positive in the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Russia compared with five years ago, although negative views between Muslim countries and the West persist on both sides, a Pew Research Center survey More

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Heat wave spreads across US

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New York, July 22: Crowds flocked to waterfronts and swimming pools on the US East Coast and in the Midwest on Thursday to try to cope with a massive heat wave that has killed at least 22 people this week.The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for wide areas of the central and More

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US panel opposes cutting off aid to Pakistan

Washington, July 22: A US congressional panel has rejected a move to block all kinds of assistance to Pakistan despite existing differences over security issues between the two nations. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday defeated the move by a 39-5 vote, signifying bipartisan congressional More

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Woman survives 5th floor fall

Beijing, July 22: A mentally ill woman had a miraculous escape in China's Shanghai city after falling off a window from the fifth floor of a residential building. The incident happened Thursday afternoon when a 29-year-old woman was crouching from the window and yelling "Somebody is going to More

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41 die in China bus fire

Beijing, July 22: Forty-one people died and six were injured after an overcrowded bus caught fire early Friday in central China, a media report said. The 35-seater double-decker sleeper bus was carrying 47 passengers when it was engulfed in flames at 4 a.m. on the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, More

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Belgian ban on public burqa-wearing comes into effect

Brussels, July 22: A Belgian law banning the wearing of burqa-style dress in public goes into effect on Saturday, but a lawyer hopes to get the law suspended next week pending a hearing. Belgian lawmakers approved the ban on grounds of security. But Ines Wouters, a lawyer representing two women More

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Staring at mobile screens taxes eyes

Washington, July 22: Prolonged viewing on mobile devices and other 3D devices taxes your eyes, bringing on discomfort, fatigue and even headaches. The root cause may be the demand on our eyes to focus on the screen and simultaneously guage the depth of the content. Scientifically referred More

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Massive blast hits govt buildings in Oslo

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Oslo, July 22: A giant explosion rocked government buildings in Oslo, Norway, on Friday, state TV broadcaster NRK said, with at least one person confirmed dead. Windows in several buildings had been blown out, and people were in the street bleeding, NRK said on its website. The cause of the More

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Syrian forces kill 4: activists

 Nicosia, July 22: Four civilians were killed today when Syrian security forces and regime agents used violence to disperse anti-regime protesters, human rights activists said. "One demonstrator was stabbed to death in front of the Amneh mosque in Aleppo by pro-regime militiamen who entered More

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