ISLAMABAD: Different ministers and secretaries replied to questions and calling attention notices (CAN) moved by members of the lower house during the

LARKANA: The Circuit Court of Sindh High Court at Larkana on Thursday handed petitioner Asmat Jehan Soomro’s custody of her two children and ordered t

ISLAMABAD: Raja Muhammad Zaraat, Chairman of the Bawan Shah Group of companies is trying to create a media hype in order to malign NAB, influence publ

ISLAMABAD: The poet and journalist Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s 24th death anniversary was observed here on Thursday.Known as the best Pakistani poet of the 20th

NAWABSHAH: The Sindh government disbursed 114 acres of agricultural land to landless women peasants at a ceremony held here on Thursday. The go

LONDON: The Army can return to power in Pakistan if the ongoing security, political and economic crises worsen, reports the International Institute fo

ISLAMABAD: The heightening tug of war in the ranks of the PML-Q has now pitched former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari and his talented niece Suma

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on Thursday informed the House that an inquiry into the ads scam for the Kh

KHAIRPUR: DCO Khairpur Muhamamd Iqbal Memon has said the Sindh government has released 500 million rupees for the Khairpur development package.
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KHAIRPUR: DCO Khairpur Muhamamd Iqbal Memon has said the Sindh government has released 500 million rupees for the Khairpur development package.
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PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police, NWFP, Malik Naveed Khan, said on Thursday that the police had foiled 75 terrorist attacks and arrested 36 accus

ISLAMABAD: Senior bureaucrats are facing an illegal erosion of their authority as several federal ministers and ministers of state have started interf

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman will soon be issued a notice to vacate one of his two officially- occupied residences while another unof

ISLAMABAD: Numerous employment opportunities exist for highly skilled Pakistani workforce in public as well as private sectors of Bahrain, said Ambass

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Balochistan National Party (Awami) and Federal Minister for Postal Services Mir Israrullah Zehri said on Thursday that the Bal

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Education, Science and Technology on Thursday called for more autonomy for the Higher Education Commission

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has denied that the PIA was going to hire another managing-director for its investments abroad shortly.

LAHORE: Lawyers in the provincial capital staged a rally for the restoration of judges here on Thursday.
Addressing the rally at the Mall Road, lawyer

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has directed Chairman Capital Development Authority Tariq Mehmood to intensify the pace of repai

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Samina Khalid Ghurki said on Thursday the Child Protection Policy had been drafte

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Salman Faruqui has categorically stated that the government has no plan to slash the social-sector deve

Dr Khan files habeas corpus petition at IHC ISLAMABAD: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan filed a habeas corpus petition on Thursda

WASHINGTON: Poland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday he is trying to glean which way US President-elect Barack Obama is leaning on US missile defen

Now that George W.
Bush has become the lamest of lame duck US presidents, even the most gung-ho sections of the mainstream American media have begun t

It is perhaps a bit late in the day, nearly two weeks after November 4, to be writing about Barack Obama’s electoral victory.
This want of alacrity, h

DHAKA: The prospect of Bangladesh holding its first democratic elections in seven years hung in the balance on Thursday after the government refused t

GOMA, Congo: The UN Security Council agreed on Thursday to send 3,100 more peacekeeping troops to Congo, while rebels said they remained committed to

ATHENS: Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece.
The finds inclu

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan troops killed at least 50 Tamil Tiger rebels in a four-day battle for a bottleneck on the Jaffna Peninsula where both sides have b

LONDON: Hundreds of Gurkha veterans rallied outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Thursday and were due to hand in a petition at Downing Street se

NEW YORK: A Manhattan jury convicted a wealthy arms dealer on Thursday of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who supposedly were supplying terro

CANBERRA: The only Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of terrorism offences, Australian David Hicks, has broken his self-imposed silence, calling on poli

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a f

LONDON: Thirty-one Nobel Peace Prize winners urged world leaders on Thursday to devote more attention to an estimated 37 million children who live in

MOGADISHU: Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a $25 million ransom on Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats

OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: A report by the UN atomic watchdog stating little progress in its investigation into Iran’s nuclear efforts proves Tehran is conceal

ALGIERS: African countries adopted late on Wednesday a united front on climate change, as efforts get underway to negotiate a replacement to the Kyoto

RAMALLAH, West Bank/OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS/AMMAN: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire says the United Nations should suspend or revoke Israel’s membe

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Thursday urged all countries to devote as much money as possible to fighting poverty and limit military spe

WASHINGTON: The anti-cancer drug Avastin increases the risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs by 33 per cent, according to an analysis published by

WASHINGTON: A congressional advisory panel said on Thursday that China has stepped-up computer espionage attacks on the US government, defence contrac

Russia, India plan naval manoeuvres in January MOSCOW: The Russian and Indian navies will take part in joint manoeuvres in the Indian Ocean in

The sell-off in the stock market has been stunning, and quick government action is needed to restore confidence.

Asian stock markets followed New York?s plunge but then rebounded when Japan?s finance minister said that governments should be prepared to take action.

The greatest banking turmoil is setting in around Citigroup, which has lost half its value in four days.

A federal judge ordered the release of five Algerian men held at Guantánamo Bay for nearly seven years.

While grim prospects drained some of the usual optimism, there seemed to be little alarm on display at this year?s auto show in Los Angeles.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is said to be in line for a Senate leadership role if she does not join the Obama cabinet.

Age and seniority gave way in Congress, a place where power has traditionally come from longevity.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah is educating a younger generation to continue its military struggle against Israel.

In exchange for pictures of Angelina Jolie?s new twins, People magazine had to agree to positive coverage of her.

Attorney General Michael B.
Mukasey collapsed during a speech and was taken to the hospital, where a spokesman said he was ?conscious, conversant and alert.?

More than 10,000 supporters of Moktada al-Sadr gathered to protest the Iraqi plan to sign a security agreement to maintain U.S.
troops for up to three years.

Russia?s lower parliamentary house gave final approval to a bill extending the presidential term to six years.

Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.

An investigation has found that the agency withheld crucial information from federal investigators about the accidental downing of a plane in Peru in 2001.

Strage nel quartiere residenziale di San Michele Extra.
Lui commercialista, lei avvocato
Avevano tre bambini di tre, sei e nove anni.
Trovati dalla donna delle pulizie, uccisi ieri sera
Verona, stermina la famiglia uccide moglie e 3 figli, poi si suicida


(13:34 21/11/2008)

Crisi, la Ue non allarga le maglie "Patto di stabilità non si sospende"


(13:29 21/11/2008)

IL PERSONAGGIO.
Il presidente fa l'incredulo:
"Un altro al mio posto?
Nessuno mi ha detto nulla"
L'infinita resistenza di Riccardo "Un vero dc non lascia mai"
di ANTONELLO CAPORALE

(07:32 21/11/2008)

In duemila hanno raccontato la loro esperienza sulla "bacheca"
messa a disposizione da Repubblica.it.
Via da un Paese che non dà occasioni
Voci e storie dei ricercatori in fuga 'Non ho più fiducia nella mia Italia'
Una buona preparazione universitaria, poi il vuoto quasi assoluto
Si "scappa" per avere spazio, ma tornare è quasi impossibile
di ROBERTO CALABRO'

(11:26 21/11/2008)

Secondo Cnn, la ex first lady ha accettato.
La nomina verrà ufficializzata dopo Thanksgiving
Il presidente eletto sceglie un'italoamericana per la posizione chiave della Homeland Security
Hillary verso la nomina per il dopo-Rice Alla sicurezza interna Janet Napolitano


(09:37 21/11/2008)

Decreto di fermo della procura antimafia anche per il latitante Giuseppe Setola
Sono accusati del tentato omicidio di due donne, parenti di una collaboratrice di giustizia
Arrestato Gianluca Bidognetti figlio del boss dei Casalesi


(12:55 21/11/2008)

TELEFONIA FISSA
Telecom paga i disservizi ora il cliente sarà risarcito
Guasti, ritardi, visite mancate: per la prima volta la compagnia prevede indennizzi nella sua carta dei servizi.
E i concorrenti non stanno a guardare di ALESSANDRO LONGO

(10:58 21/11/2008)

I socialisti francesi scelgono il leader.
Questa sera il secondo turno
Tra le due signore della sinistra, una rappresenta la tradizione, l'altra il cambiamento
Primarie Ps, Ségolène non ce la fa E oggi rischia nel ballottaggio


(10:41 21/11/2008)

La testimonianza di Giuseppe Cucinotta, il professore
che con la sua denuncia ha provocato un vero e proprio terremoto
"Quella cattedra è assegnata se ci ostacoli avrai problemi"
Concorsopoli a Messina, nei nastri le minacce al prof ribelle
dal nostro inviato FRANCESCO VIVIANO

(09:41 21/11/2008)

Il giudice mette la parola fine al legame tra la cantante e Guy Ritchie
Il regista rinuncia ai soldi per trovare l'accordo sulla custodia dei figli
Londra, Madonna ha divorziato C'è la ratifica del tribunale


(13:31 21/11/2008)

Esce un cofanetto della cantante romana: triplo cd più dvd
"Questa antologia ha rappresentato un lavoro su me stessa"
Duetti, live, inediti e remix E' lo "spirito libero" di Giorgia
di GINO CASTALDO

(19:37 20/11/2008)

Il gruppo inglese, sull'onda del successo del primo album
"We started nothing", arriva in Italia.
E si racconta così
Ting Tings, la semplicità al potere da Katie e Jules un hit dopo l'altro
"Abbiamo scoperto che c'è un altro modo di fare pop e ci piace"
di ERNESTO ASSANTE

(11:06 21/11/2008)

LA RICERCA
Un gene che ferma il cancro?
Il segreto dei nani dell'Ecuador
Per la prima volta è possibile analizzare uomini che non hanno mai contratto tumori o diabete.
Negli Usa si studiano cento abitanti di una remota zona tropicale affetti dalla sindrome di Laron di JEFFREY KOFMAN (ABC NEWS)

(18:29 20/11/2008)

Apre oggi il Festival di Torino, con "W." di Oliver Stone
Il direttore esalta "Il divo" e "Gomorra", film d'autore
Moretti, cinema e politica "Io, Veltroni e il Caimano"
di PAOLO D'AGOSTINI

(08:56 21/11/2008)

More than 10,000 supporters of the radical anti-American Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad's Firdos Square on Friday to protest the Iraqi government's plan to sign a security agreement keeping American troops in the country for up to three years.

Some Iraqi lawmakers are worried that the security pact with the U.S.
will give too much control to the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah has marshaled these ambient energies for a highly political project: educating a younger generation to continue its military struggle against Israel.

The decision is likely to be seen as a major repudiation of the Bush administration's effort to use the detention center as a way to avoid scrutiny by judges.

With their guns and concocted potions, the Mai Mai are a surreal — but still deadly — dimension to Congo's civil wars.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is said to be in line for a Senate leadership role if she does not join the Obama cabinet.

Generational change comes to the Capitol as several senior members retire, step down or are pushed aside.
Younger lawmakers are eager to assert themselves.

A blast killed at least eight mourners and wounded 28 others Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan who had been gunned down hours earlier, the police said.

Asian stock markets rebounded from early declines Friday after Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of Japan described recent turbulence in currency and equity markets as undesirable.
In Europe, markets registered cautious, early gains.

As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets on Thursday, stocks fell sharply again, and the credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation's financial system ebbed.

Courts in military-ruled Myanmar have handed long prison sentences to a prominent monk and a popular comedian active in the country's pro-democracy movement.

But Britain said the measures, which cover the period to 2013, did not go far enough and risked skewing markets.

The price paid for crops is dropping much faster than the cost of growing them.

Bank has lost half its value in just four days.

Citigroup faces a crisis of investor confidence, but the bank is unlikely to retreat from its strongest-performing region.

A garbled translation of an official's words ended up shifting public attention from valiant reconstruction efforts to questions about how many children perished in their poorly built schools.

Air France-KLM followed British Airways and Lufthansa in reporting a steep fall in quarterly earnings.

Mindful that Russians have been traumatized by two other financial crises in the last two decades, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to assure the country Thursday that it would be able to weather the current one.

In post-apartheid South Africa, the welfare of miners — nearly all of them black — is a matter of scrupulous concern.

If our parents left India and trudged westward for us, then what does it mean when we choose to migrate to the place they forsook?

Like many creatures, fireflies appear to be suffering from the degradation and fragmentation of their habitats as human development spreads, but they also face a threat that is as ephemeral as their tiny flashes: light pollution.

In exchange for pictures of hers and Brad Pitt's new twins, the actress Angelina Jolie got the magazine People to agree to offer positive coverage of her and her family.

A study finds that young people gain expertise in technological skills and managing a public identity while they do all that text-messaging.

Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?

I got the swizzle stick out of my nose and the flight attendant said, 'I never saw anybody do that before.'

France's effort to keep its beautiful language alive, to turn back the rising tide of English and combat the American cultural tsunami has a certain doomed nobility about it.

Leaders are being forced to react publicly to their concerns.
Officials are also tailoring traditional media-control techniques to the information age.

A deadly cancer has preyed on the Tasmanian devil, causing it to be listed as endangered, but scientists have begun an experimental inoculation program.

Candidate Barack Obama outlined a plan to lose the detention center, but his aides now are wrestling with the thorny issues stemming from such a move.

Archaeologists have found evidence of the 138th pyramid in Cairo, but these monuments to Egypt's early ingenuity are also an ever-present symbol of faded glory.

Executives at Citigroup Inc., faced with a plunging stock price, began weighing the possibility of auctioning off pieces of the financial giant or even selling the company outright, according to people familiar with the matter.