Thursday, July 29, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan observed a day of mourning Thursday for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as heavy rains delayed the search for the aircraft's black box. The Airblue passenger jet from Karachi crashed in a ball of flames, killing everyone on board and disintegrating in the heavily forested Margalla hills outside the Pakistani capital during heavy rain and poor visibility. ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 BAHAWALPUR: Nearly seven people have died including a child and forty others suffered injuries as a bus carrying devotees overturned due to over speed near Bahawalpur on Thursday morning,BNA reported. According to rescue sources, three busses carrying pilgrims set out from Manchanabad place to addend Urs ceremonies at shrine of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalander – a renowned sufi saint in Sehwan district of Sindh, when one ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 MUZAFFARABAD: The Muslim Conference leader Sardar Aatique Ahmed Khan has been elected as Leader of the House Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after he got 39 votes in his support here at AJK legislative assembly on Thursday morning,BNA reported. The house caste vote of confidence on Sardar Atique as he secured 39 votes in his favour from the house of 49 members. Earlier on Tuesday no candidate turned ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 PESHAWAR: The flash floods wrought havoc in the Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, where a massive number of human lives were lost; while, the bridges were washed away in various areas that lay cut off as a result,BNA reported Thursday. The search for three foreigners who were working on Hydro-power projects in Kohistan, is underway. The downpours in Swat and Shangla and flooding in Swat River caused huge devastations, killing ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 ISLAMABAD: At least 58 of 152 killed in the plane crash in Islamabad have been identified thus far and handed over to the bereaved families, BNA reported Thursday. The bodies brought to the PIMS Hospital, were mostly in parts and pieces, garnered from the crash site. Those identified are Maulana Nawabul Hasan of Attaock, Ghulam Rasool, Prem Chand, Airhostess Naheed Bhatti, Sumaira Munawwar, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mona, Amir, ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 NOTTINGHAM: England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the first Test of a four-match series at Trent Bridge here on Thursday. England dropped Tim Bresnan from their 12-man squad. Bresnan had been a late replacement for fellow Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shahzad, who withdrew with an ankle injury on Wednesday. This was England batsman Kevin Pietersen's first match for nearly ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 Las Vegas: A former head of the CIA warned that government secrets pouring through WikiLeaks could sabotage the post 9-11 campaign to break down walls between rival US intelligence agencies. "This is destructive on so many levels," retired Air Force general and former CIA chief Michael Hayden said of the WikiLeaks saga, after an onstage chat yesterday at a Black Hat computer security conference in Las ... Read More

Thursday, July 29, 2010 Bangkok: Thailand's government lifted a state of emergency in six provinces on Thursday but said the special security law would remain in place in 10 others, including Bangkok, scene of a deadly bomb blast on Sunday. "It will take effect today in six provinces," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said after a meeting with the National Security Council. The state of emergency, imposed since April ... Read More

Updated: July 29, 2010 Rome: Former prisoners took to the streets of Rome on rickshaws on Wednesday to help ferry tourists around the city in a bid to repay their debt to society. Following the popularity of rickshaws in other European cities including Paris, London and Berlin - Rome increased its rickshaw service by adding three new ones to its already five strong fleet. However the difference with these is they ... Read More

Updated: July 29, 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Bright studio spotlights illuminated the faces of four nervous young men, arms linked as they anxiously awaited their fate. Cameramen stood poised, ready to capture the climactic moment. Finally, the chief judge broke the suspense. Two of the contestants had been eliminated. The other two had taken a step closer to their dream. Winners and losers, each clad in crisp, dark suits and formal ... Read More

Updated: July 29, 2010 Catalonia: It's a practice that has a limited time to run, at least as far as Barcelona is concerned. The Parliament in the Catalan region has voted to ban bullfighting. It's become the first major part of Spain to outlaw the battle between man and beast that's been going on for centuries. The debate had gotten heated at times, pitting animal rights advocates against supporters of ... Read More

Afghan president Hamid Karzai wants his allies to attack the Taliban outside of Afghanistan. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said that Western allies have the ability to strike at Taliban bases in Pakistan, but questioned their willingness to do so. "The war against terrorism is not in the villages or houses of Afghanistan, but in the sanctuaries, sources of funding and training ... lie outside Afghanistan," he said ... Read More