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Chicago: Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, accused of plotting the 26/11 Mumbai attacks at the behest of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and conspiring to target a Danish newspaper, on Thursday pleaded guilty to all terror charges before a US court here. Headley, 49, who faces six counts of conspiracy involving bombing public places in India, murdering and maiming persons in [...]
New York: According to a report appearing in The Washington Examiner, EGYPTIAN fighters are increasingly aiding extremists in the badlands of Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. They are reportedly providing military and ideological training, financing and weapons, the paper quoted the top Pakistan army military commander. In an exclusive interview with the newspaper, Pakistan Army’s 11th Corps [...]
New York: London-born of Iranian-descent Christiane Amanpour will anchor ABC’s Sunday morning program, “This Week.” Amanpour will be leaving CNN in April and will join ABC in August. ‘This Week’ was started by David Brinkley, and continues to be a highly-watched flagship program of the ABC News TV channel. The ABC News president David Westin sent out an [...]
New York: NCAA Scores for 2010 NCAA Tournament Results: March Madness Began with Villanova edging out Robert Morris University in overtime. No. 15 seed Robert Morris University had pushed Villanova University to the brink but the Wildcats were able to push off the underdogs in overtime, 73-70. Villanova now advances to the second round of the 2010 [...]
New Delhi, Mar.18: The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries on Thursday rejected a report appearing in Pakistan’’s Daily Times newspaper that suggested that former one-time Musharraf loyalist Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, who is slated to become that country’s next finance minister, was its money manager. In a statement to ANI, a Reliance Industries spokesman said: “Our name [...]
New Delhi, Mar 18: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that her government wanted to phase out auto-rickshaws from the national capital. Interacting with the media on Wednesday, Dikshit said that the government hoped that auto-rickshaws will phase out automatically when battery-operated vehicles become operational. “Look, experimentation is taking place and various auto-makers are doing it [...]
New York: Sandra Bullock News: Sandra Bullock and Jesse James may be splitting as their marriage appears to be in trouble. The Michelle “Bombshell” McGee story on Jesse James cheating while Bullock was off filming has sent the Sandra-Bullock-Jesse-James pair into a spin. Observers say split is imminent unless there is a massive change of [...]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir (Nishan-e-Imtiaz Military) was decorated Thursday with U.S. Legion of Merit award in recognition of his meritorious services, visionary leadership and enhancing regional maritime security. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead decorated Admiral Noman Bashir with the award on behalf of the American President. A [...]
Islamabad: Reunited with his father, Sahil Saeed – the kidnapped UK boy – is now due to fly back to Britain from Islamabad. The UK boy kidnapped in Pakistan two weeks ago was reunited with his father at the British High Commissioner’s home in capital Islamabad. He has been looked after by British officials since he [...]
