Boston Globe Gilani again lauds Manmohan's 'vision and leadership'HinduIslamabad (IANS): For the second time in as many days, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday lauded the "vision and leadership" of his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh even as he reiterated that the composite dialogue process was "the …'India, Pak leaders must build bridges, not [...]
New York Times Obama pours beer over race rowAljazeera.netBarack Obama, the US president, has hosted a black professor and white police officer in an attempt to defuse a simmering race row that erupted when Henry Louis Gates Jr was arrested by Sergeant James Crowley. The meeting at the White House – dubbed …Obama suffers poll [...]
SINDH TODAY Trinamool brands Yechury as 'India's no 1 Maoist'Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress (TC) termed CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury as the country's "number one Maoist" alleging he has been having close relations with the Maoists in Nepal. "Sitaram Yechury is the man who supports the Maoists and keep going to Nepal. …Trinamool fomenting violence in [...]
United Nations reports 25 percent jump compared to last year, with more than 1,000 killed in first half of 2009
Officials say attacks happened as people were leaving Friday prayers in northern Shaab district
Aung San Suu Kyi was due to be released in May but was charged with violating terms of house arrest for harboring uninvited American man without official permission
Authorities in northern city of Maiduguri say Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf was shot and killed while in police custody
Unification Ministry in Seoul says it received word of probe by faxed message from Pyongyang
President predicts latest data on nation’s economy will provide little comfort for Americans who have lost their jobs, or whose businesses have been hurt by recession
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tells parliament slowdown has halted, economy expected to grow by 6.7 percent this year