Bush handed plan to seize Pak's nukes The man who devised the Bush administration's Iraq troop surge has urged the US to consider sending elite troops to Pakistan to seize its nuclear weapons if the country descends into chaos.
Last moments of Lankan bra bomber captured In chilling security camera footage, a female suicide bomber on a mission to kill a Sri Lankan Cabinet minister is seen patiently answering questions in a bustling government office before calmly standing up and detonating the bomb hidden in her bra.
Imran urges parties to boycott elections Pakistan's cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan on Saturday urged all opposition parties to boycott the January general election but admitted that a final decision in this regard would depend on the stance adopted by former Premier Benazir Bhutto.
Lanka clashes leave 22 dead Fierce gun battles in Sri Lanka's forward defence lines at in the northern Jaffna and north-western Mannar regions on Saturday have left at least 19 Tamil Tiger rebels and three government soldiers killed and over 50 wounded on both sides, military here claimed.
'Suspected hostage-taker claims history of abuse' A distraught man, who was arrested for allegedly taking hostages in Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign office, had claimed a history of abuse at the hands of a priest who has since been defrocked, according to a media report.
Members of the New Hampshire Special Weapons and Tactics team take up positions during a five-hour hostage standoff at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester on Friday. AP
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
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