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Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan


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A senior US security official has reportedly said that al-Qaeda is regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan...


London man arrested in French student murder
British police have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of two French students in London....


DNA frees another US inmate
Patrick Waller has become a free man in the US after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for more than 15...


U.S. and Israeli militaries discuss attack on Liberty
Leading defense officials from the United States and Israel, meeting in Israel this week, raised the controversial attack on the U.S. ship USS Liberty, by Israel, in June...


Verdict soon on World Trade Center third tower
US experts, investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, say building fires on several different floors probably caused the collapse....


North Korea refuses to complete de-nuclear work
North Korea has refused to take further steps to dismantle its nuclear...


Nuclear spy implicates Musharraf
In Pakistan, nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has said his country may have supplied nuclear centrifuges to North Korea under the supervision of the...


Israelis prepare to pull down Palestinian homes
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has asked for demolition orders for two homes belonging to Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against...


Mugabe makes conditions for talks
An angry Robert Mugabe, after flying home from an African Union summit, has told thousands of his supporters that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not think he will renounce the...


Taliban frees two abducted Pakistani journalists
Islamabad, July 5 (Xinhua) Taliban insurgents Saturday freed two journalists from their captivity in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, News Network International news agency...


Venus stops Serena, claims fifth Wimbledon title
Holder Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title Saturday with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of sister Serena in the third sibling title showdown at the...


World gets first glimpse of Sobhraj
Nihita Biswas, whose name has been on everyone's lips in Nepal, India and elsewhere, finally made her first public appearance in Kathmandu Saturday, dispelling all doubts about her engagement to former crime genius Charles Sobhraj and defending him against the murder sentence he is serving in a high-security prison in the...


Australia bats for Test championship
Cricket Australia (CA) has strongly backed the inclusion of a Test Championship in the international schedule after the current Futures Tours Programme (FTP) ends in...


Dalit meet in US demands private sector quota
Seeking affirmative action for marginalised Dalits and minorities in India, an international meet in the US has made a strong demand for reservation in the private sector besides a quota in the sphere of...


Argentinian striker Lautaro signs for Sevilla
Madrid, July 5 (Xinhua) Argentinian striker Lautaro Cost compared himself with some of the best young players his country has produced at his official presentation as a new player with Spanish Primera Liga side...


British NRI brothers to produce trendy, female-friendly condoms
Two Indian-origin brothers who run a pharmacy in central London are to take on condom makers Durex, whose monopoly has made condoms in Britain among the most expensive in the world, a report said...


Holding quits ICC Cricket Committee in protest
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding has resigned from International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket Committee in protest against the change of the result of the controversial 2006 Oval...


Australia fined for slow over-rate against West Indies
The Australian cricket team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its one-day international against the West Indies in St Kitts...


Indian tourists now outspend Americans in Britain
The number of Indian tourists to Britain has grown by 170 percent since 1993, and they are outspending American visitors, a report said...


Visitor tears head off Hitler wax statue
A man tore the head off a wax statue of Adolf Hitler in Berlin Saturday, minutes after the new branch of the Madame Tussauds wax-work museum chain opened for the first time to the...


Charles Wheeler, doyen of British foreign correspondents, dies
Sir Charles Wheeler, one of Britain's best-known foreign correspondents - a man who shunned the glamour of anchoring television programmes for the good old business of reporting, has died at the age of...


Merkel demands G8 commitments to cut carbon emissions
Speaking just before the G8 summit, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the eight leading industrialized nations to lead by example with cuts in carbon...


Jeev slips to tied 17th at European Open golf
Jeev Milkha Singh slipped down the ladder at the European Open golf championship, but kept his hopes alive for a top-5 finish that can earn him a berth to the British Open in two weeks...


Russia begins military exercises in North Caucasus
Vladikavkaz (Russia), July 5 (RIA Novosti) Russia began Saturday large scale military exercises in several regions of the southern federal district, which includes highly volatile North Caucasus republics, a senior military official...


Lyon veteran Coupet signs for Atletico Madrid
French football champions Lyon have announced the sale of goalkeeper Gregory Coupet to Spanish giants Atletico...


Tour de France cyclists warned about doping
French anti-doping supremo Pierre Bordry issued a stern warning to riders on the eve of Tour de France cycling tournament to stay away from forbidden substances and...


Christian Bale believes Hollywood isn
'Batman Begins' star Christian Bale is against children working in Hollywood and says he won't allow his daughter to become a child...


Martin credits Coldplay success to
Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, is certain that their "handsome" bassist Guy Berryman is the only reason for their...


Gallagher blames Thatcher for crime in Britain
Oasis lead singer Noel Gallagher has blamed Margaret Thatcher, who served as the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, for the present day increase in crime in the...


Quake jolts southeast Russian region
Moscow, July 5 (Xinhua) A 6.9-magnitude earthquake Saturday jolted the Sea of Okhotsk region in southeast Russia, the Itar-Tass news agency...


New book says Madonna
A new book on Madonna by her brother Christopher Ciconne says the pop star's marriage to British director Guy Ritchie is on the rocks and the couple are drifting apart due to regular...


Diaz and Sculfor living together
Hollywood star Cameron Diaz and her boyfriend Paul Sculfor have started living together although their relationship is only a month...


Family comes first for Gary Oldman
British actor Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, says he wants to cut down on films so that he can spend more time with his...


Poland says US missile shield terms inadequate
Warsaw, July 5 (RIA Novosti) Poland has said the US offer in return of permission to deploy a missile defence base on Polish soil fails to address its security concerns, but it is ready for further...


Betancourt urges FARC to be
Two days after she and 14 other hostages were rescued dramatically from the captivity of Colombia's leftist guerrillas, former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has urged the insurgents to be 'good losers' and stand down, EFE reported...


Ahead of G8, Bush stresses climate change bottomlines
President George Bush has reiterated that there will never be an effective agreement on climate change without the participation of emerging economies like China and India. He also said the world must wake up to the "beauty of nuclear power" that produces renewable energy with "zero greenhouse gas...


Anaconda to convert wave energy into cheap power
Anaconda, an innovative wave energy concept, holds the key to cheaper energy from the sea...


New technique may help stop tooth decay
Washington, July 5 : An international team of researchers have come up with a novel technique that may offer a treatment option for dental caries or tooth decay....


Fifth International Convention of
New York, July 5 : Union Steel Minister and Lok Jan Shakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan began the Fifth International Convention of 'Dalit and Minorities' Seminar in New York on Friday....


World hot dog chomping champ retains his crown after eat-off!
Melbourne, July 5 : American Joey Chestnut retained his crown at the annual hot dog eating contest in the Big Apple by gulping down a whopping 64 hot dogs in just 10...


Punjab beauticians go international
Chandigarh, July 5 : Punjabi women have always taken an extra care to look beautiful, and now those behind their beauty i.e. beauticians, are taking international tips to make their clients look more...


T-shirts that sense muscle activity may athletes perfect their moves
London, July 5 : European Union scientists have created a prototype T-shirt that uses small sensors to monitor the activity of individual muscles, and thereby may help people ensure that they do not overstrain their muscles during any activity....


Firefighters prepare for busy weekend
California firefighters appear to be holding two bushfires burning along the California...


Carter out of this world
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the real thing. The Irish were pretty good, the English average, but the South Africans were singing off a different song sheet altogether. The Boks didn't come to...


U.S. and Japan to discuss next steps in six-party talks
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will discuss the next steps in the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear status when they meet...


Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is...


Veterans group plans ad campaign touting Iraq war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans ...


Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference to be held in Ireland
Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC). Exciting new developments in biotechnology will be presented and discussed over the three-day conference which takes place in University...


One Thousand Hear Change of Note in World
More than 1,000 music-lovers showed up on Saturday, July 5, in a German town to hear a change of note in the longest-running and slowest piece of music ever...


A lawn chair, 150 balloons and dreams of Idaho
Kent Couch in third bid to fly from central Oregon to Idaho by lawn chair Gas station owner travels at 20 mph; each balloon gives 4 pounds of lift Couch pops balloons to control height with a BB gun,...