Taliban gearing up for attacks across Pak: Report
The Taliban in Pakistan are gearing up for attacks across the country in the wake of an army operation against militants in the North West Frontier Province that has resulted in the killing of 15 rebels. More
20 "missing" Indians in Melbourne traced
Melbourne: Half of the 39 Indians, who went "missing" from the New Zealand capital after arriving there on pretext of attending a catholic event in Sydney, have been traced while two others headed for home today after a two-week ordeal.
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No president for Nepal, only vice-president
Kathmandu: In an anti-climax, Nepal's Constituent Assembly today failed to elect the country's first president despite a last-minute political manoeuvring which saw the country's three main groups joining hands to sideline the Maoists, intensifying the three-month long deadlock.
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Magnitude 6.6 quake hits eastern Japan
A strong earthquake with a preliminary 6.6 magnitude struck off of Japan's eastern coast on Saturday, the country's meteorological agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. More
Pak High Commission official commits suicide
A Defence Section official of the Pakistan High Commission in London committed suicide on Friday evening by jumping from the fourth floor of the high commission building. He was recently posted here. More
Drunk passenger tries to open aircraft's door
A plane carrying Brit tourists had to make an emergency diversion after a drunken passenger tried to open the door, while the aircraft was flying about 35,000 feet over the Atlantic. More
2 killed in BSF-BDR crossfiring
Kolkata: At least two Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers were killed in an encounter with India's Border Security Force (BSF) early Friday when the frontier men tried to prevent an attempt to smuggle out cattle to the other side.
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Fritzl's incest kids refuse to testify against him
Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl’s kids with his daughter have refused to testify against their dad. More
Daughter accuses incest dad for 'murdering her baby'
Elisabeth Fritzl has finally broken her silence and accused her incest dad Josef Fritzl for murdering her baby. More
At age 135, is he really world's oldest person?
At age 135, the world's oldest person might well be a citizen of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). More
