(Update) KABUL: A provincial governor and at least 19 other people were killed by a massive bomb blast inside a packed mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, where insurgents have stepped up violence amid intensified NATO-Afghan military operations.
OSLO, Norway: Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was named winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights,” enraging the Chinese government, which had warned the Nobel committee not to honor him.
NEW YORK: Israel signed a $2.75 billion deal on Thursday with the United States to buy about 20 radar-evading Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, calling it the world's most advanced combat plane. Israel is to receive the jets from 2015 through 2017. The Jewish state is the first buyer outside the aircraft's nine-nation co-development group.
To talk or not to talk. That is the Hamletian dilemma that is facing Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas. He has been here before, always with the result of the great expectations of his people, crashing themselves against the wall of Israeli intransigence. This is why the Palestinian leader desperately wanted the Arab League mandate before deciding to continue with the pretense of talks with Israel or call off the increasingly farcical, fruitless exercise.
You know a marriage has gone sour when one of the couple begins winking at the neighbor. The political wedlock between Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah was the celebrity event of our times, a signature moment that harmonized the hopes of a new century with the promise of generation free not only from the fuddy-duddy mindset of a Nehru-Sheikh ancestry but also the overenthusiastic mistakes of the daddy partnership between Farooq Abdullah and Rajiv Gandhi.
@MORPHEUS - I actually attended a discussion on 9/11 theories. I am very familiar with your ar
Andrew in NY at Oct 10, 2010 00:53
@MORPHEUS - What could I possibly say in return? I am a bigot? Your the one with the racial i
Andrew in NY at Oct 10, 2010 00:52
India and Pakistan must give kashmir it's freedom and make this region peaceful.
Kuldeep Singh at Oct 10, 2010 00:51
Not only did he marry, he also chose to publicise it in detail!
RM at Oct 10, 2010 00:50
mr. m j it is a stark reality that kashmir acceded with india but did not merge with india un
iqbal at Oct 10, 2010 00:50
First of all, Islam allows a girl to get married explicitly with her own consent and likeness a
TFF at Oct 10, 2010 00:49
