Osama not hiding here: Pak minister
 
ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is not hiding in its territory, Pakistan's new Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said.

11 Indian workers to be deported from Australia
 
MELBOURNE: Australian authorities have detained 11 illegal Indian workers in New South Wales Riverina who are expected to be deported back to India.

US govt "gags" Congress on N Deal: report
 
WASHINGTON: With the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement remaining stalled, the State Department

Pak to consider if Sarabjit could be pardoned: hints Gilani
 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has indicated that his government would consider if Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh could be pardoned.

Scarlett's mother summoned by Goa Police
 
PANAJI: The mother of the murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling was summoned by Goa Police to provide evidence to investigators after she claimed of knowing the identity of the killer.

Russian Parliament overwhelmingly confirms Putin as PM
 
MOSCOW: Russian parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly for Vladimir Putin as 10th Prime Minister of the country, a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev in a new experiment of sharing power.

Myanmar blocks UN emergency aid
 
YANGON: Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts on Thursday to airlift urgently needed high-energy biscuits to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people

Olympic flame reaches top of Mount Everest
 
BEIJING: Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch along with Chinese and Olympic flags Thursday on the top of Mount Everest.

Zardari, Nawaz to meet in London to discuss judges' issue
 
ISLAMABAD: Top leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition, including PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif

Democratic Bhutan holds first parliament session
 
THIMPHU: The newly elected members of Bhutan's first parliament met for the first time yesterday