LAHORE-Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board, Syed Asif Hashmi has said that his visit to India had removed the misgivings between the Muslims and Sikh community. Talking to media after his return from India where he had gone to lay foundation stone of a Gurdwara, Sheesh Singh in Delhi, he said ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - They thought it had croaked. But missing for a half-century and listed as extinct in 1996, the Hula painted frog has been spotted again in northern Israel, its only known habitat. The species now has another chance to survive, Israels Nature and Parks Authority said on ...

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany will face up to a bloody chapter of its colonial past Friday when it hands back 20 skulls spirited away after what many historians call the first genocide of the 20th century. A delegation of 55 Namibians is in Berlin to attend the solemn ceremony to receive the remains ...

A featherless penguin abandoned by its parents just days after its birth has been accepted back into the family. The succsessful re-introduction of the little penguin was thanks to the efforts of keepers at LHT Pole Aquarium in Chinas Liaoning Province. The little penguin was born on 17 August and ...

For Nicolas Cages new thriller movie, Trespass, which is scheduled to release in October, the actor was able to channel emotions from actual real life experiences. Cage tells LAist the basics of what went down the night an intruder broke into his Orange County home. It was two in the morning. I was ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Venice film festival has rediscovered its movie mojo this year, putting high costs and growing competition from Toronto aside to provide a line-up full of hotly anticipated titles and big Hollywood stars. George Clooney, a regular favourite on the Lido island where the worlds ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Activist Anna Hazare vowed a "revolution" in India as he began a 15-day public hunger strike Friday after a triumphal procession through the streets of Delhi that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters. "We have to bring a total change in this country," the 74-year-old activist ...

This circus has lasted way too long - and the high-wire act is not yet done. On Sunday evening, congressional and White House negotiators reached a two-stage deal to raise the debt ceiling and prevent the government from having to default on its obligations. At 8:40, President Obama emerged to ...

Many people want a bike that can be taken on a mountain or in some hilly area. Fortunately, this Bergmonch (German for Mountain Monk) is made that can get on anyones back. In fact, it can fold up and be put on the back like a pack. So if there is a hill that the bike cant climb, it can just go on ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A US judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months, cutting his original 6 1/2-year sentence nearly in half for remaining fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. US District Judge Amy St. Eve, in pronouncing a total sentence of ...

KABUL (AFP) - The US ambassador to Afghanistan hit back at President Hamid Karzai's repeated criticisms of foreign forces Sunday in a rare public acknowledgement of tensions underpinning US-Afghan relations. Karl Eikenberry said some comments by Afghan leaders had been "hurtful and inappropriate", ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The incumbent ruling All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference announced its unflinching support for the PPPs candidate and the partys AJK President Ch Abdul Majeed in the scheduled June 26 AJK Legislative Assembly elections in his parent electoral constituency in Mirpur LA - II (Islamgarh ...

IRVING (AFP) - K.J. Choi was back in Texas on Tuesday, preparing for this week's Byron Nelson Championship after a trip back to South Korea to announce plans for his K.J. Choi Invitational there. Upon returning Stateside, Choi offered congratulations to American David Toms, the man Choi bested in ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down PML-Qs request to separate Moonis Elahis case from the NICL financial scam. The court granted another week to FIA Director General Malik Muhammad Iqbal to get the order for transferring Zafar Qureshi, FIA Additional Director General, from the ...

ISLAMABAD After intense soul-searching, Pakistan and the United States on Monday agreed on revisiting all tracks of bilateral relationship at a point in time when the ties had sunk to the lowest. If the flurry of statements were to reveal the truth, Senator Kerry once again managed to entice the ...

GEORGETOWN (AFP) - Saeed Ajmal continued to torment the West Indies as he bowled Pakistan back into the opening Test on Saturday when the hosts were reduced to 96 for seven in their second innings for an overall lead of 162. The off-spinner has collected four for 23 from 14 overs for match figures ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia launched an urgent rescue mission on Thursday after one of its atomic-powered icebreakers developed a nuclear leak in the frozen seas of the Arctic and was forced to abandon its mission. The Rosatomflot nuclear fleet said in a statement that an "insignificant increase in ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Miki Ando credited new-found maturity on her success as she returned to the top of World Figure Skating Championships this weekend by capturing a second world title. The world championships had been billed as a battle between titleholder Mao Asada of Japan and Olympic champion Kim ...

Ever wondered whether data that is deleted from your phone remains truly deleted? That, of course, is a question that is asked by those who tend to carry around sensitive data, or tiptoe around their spouse by cheating on them. Of course, second hand phone dealers might also want to check out a ...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Rory McIlroy stormed back from his US Masters heartache with "probably" his longest ever drive Thursday as Sweden's Alexander Noren lit up the Malaysian Open with a dazzling eight-under-par 64. McIlroy said he was completely recovered from Sunday's agonising collapse at Augusta ...

RAS LANUF (Reuters/AFP) - Libyan state television reported on Thursday that forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi forces had cleared Es Sider port and airport from what it said were armed elements backed by al-Qaeda, a reference to rebels. Gaddafis forces launched an intense bombardment around the ...

LAHORE - Additional District and Sessions Judge Rao Abdul Jabbar on Tuesday ordered to hold back the salary of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore for not producing the accused in a case despite repeated notices in this regard. The judge passed these orders to hold back the salary of CCPO ...

A NEW network of telescopes will let astronomers peer deeper into space than ever before, to see the first stars and galaxies being born. A network of 77 devices that detect low-frequency radio signals dating from early in the life of the universe is being built across Europe. Astronomers hope ...

SAO PAULO (AFP) Former World Cup-winning midfielder Rivaldo has confirmed his return to his native Brazil, having brought a lucrative two-year spell in Uzbekistan. The former international quit FC Bunyodkor, who are based in Tashkent, earlier this year and said he will play in 2011 with Sao ...

PENAFIEL (Spain) (AFP) Italys Vincenzo Nibali reclaimed the race leaders red jersey from Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez after the crucial 17th stage time trial of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday. Slovakian Peter Velits stunned a host of big favourites, including Swiss Olympic time trial champion Fabian ...

MONZA (AFP) Spaniard Fernando Alonso insists that his Ferrari team have ironed out the issues that impeded them at Spa two weeks ago, and is expecting a strong performance at this weekends Italian Grand prix. The 29-year-old double-champion, currently 41 points adrift of championship leader ...

SYDNEY (AFP) Triple Olympic gold medallist swimmer Libby Trickett has come out of retirement for a crack at the 2012 London Games, but Australias head coach questioned Thursday whether she could recapture her best form. Trickett, 25, announced her comeback late Wednesday and said she wanted to be ...

ROME (AFP) Disgraced former Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin says he has turned a corner and is not looking back. Gatlin was the fastest man on the planet and the star of the athletics world when he won Olympic 100m gold in Athens in 2004 and followed that up with a 100m and 200m double at ...

SYDNEY (AFP) Triple Olympic gold medallist swimmer Libby Trickett has come out of retirement for a crack at the 2012 London Games, but Australias head coach questioned Thursday whether she could recapture her best form. Trickett, 25, announced her comeback late Wednesday and said she wanted to be ...

BERLIN (AFP) Midfield star Michael Ballack made his return to the Bundesliga on Sunday to help Bayer Leverkusen open their season with a 2-0 win at Dortmund, but admitted he is playing for his Germany place. The 33-year-old is back in the Bundesliga after four years in the Premier League with ...