No US troops to enter Pakistan
Region: United States
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has said the US troops will not go in hot pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan — but demanded Islamabad hold up its end of the anti-terror struggle. &ldqu... more
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New Orleans submits bid to host 2013 Super Bowl
Region: Ireland
NEW ORLEANS: The New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation have submitted a bid to host the 2013 Super Bowl. Foundation president Jay Cicero says the bid submitted Friday afternoon deals with tech... more
Views: 242UN warns India against anti-Muslim prejudice
Region: India
NEW DELHI: The U.N. human rights chief urged India on Monday to counter suspicion against its Muslim minority following the Mumbai attacks and warned the country's strict anti-terror measures threatened human rights. In... more
Views: 260Madonna may adopt another child from Malawi
Region: India
Pop star Madonna has said she may adopt another child from the poor southern African country of Malawi despite the controversy surrounding an earlier adoption. Critics accused the government of skirting laws that ban no... more
Views: 1228 killed in Afghan violence
Region: Afghanistan
KABUL: A roadside bomb hit a convoy carrying the mayor of a key southern city Sunday, killing a passer-by, while clashes and bombings around the rest of Afghanistan killed 13 others, officials said. The mayor of Kandah... more
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World economy to shrink 1-2% this year
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
LONDON: The global economy could contract by 1-2 percent this year in the toughest environment since the 1930s, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told the Daily Mail newspaper. "My guess is that growth will probably fal... more
Views: 242San Francisco mayor "tweets" as California politics goes Twitter
Region: United States
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is leading a pack of California gubernatorial contenders when it comes to fans on Twitter. The hot micro-blogging service is expected to be an influential Internet-Age campaign platform fo... more
Views: 275Merck to buy Schering-Plough for $41.1B
Region: United States
NEW YORK: Merck & Co Inc said on Monday it would acquire Schering-Plough Corp for $41.1 billion, uniting the makers of cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin in the second megadeal for big pharma in weeks. The deal between th... more
Views: 155Extremists could target soccer
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger raised the prospect of English football becoming a target of violent extremism, adding his team had already faced security alerts in comments published Sunday. Wenger spoke in the wake... more
Views: 155Two dead in N Ireland British army base shooting
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
LONDON: Two people died in a gun attack at a British army base in Northern Ireland, a spokesman for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said Saturday. Ambulance service spokesman Norman Cunningham told media that tw... more
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