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Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. Related Stories Mauritius pair face murder trial Flash flood kills 19 in Afghanistan No claim in Italy school bombing Four people die in Italy quake Lockerbie bomber death report probe
Flood waters have ravaged a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials have said. Related Stories Three killed in Italy quake: Report Mauritius pair face murder trial No claim in Italy school bombing Four people die in Italy quake Pakistan announces Twitter block
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has died in Tripoli, his brother said. Related Stories Flash flood kills 19 in Afghanistan No claim in Italy school bombing Four people die in Italy quake Pakistan announces Twitter block Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead
Investigators say there has been no claim of responsibility or any firm clues as yet after a bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student. Related Stories Mauritius pair face murder trial Flash flood kills 19 in Afghanistan Four people die in Italy quake Pakistan announces Twitter block Lockerbie bomber death report probe
Two hotel workers accused of murdering the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte while she honeymooned in Mauritius will go on trial this week. Related Stories Three killed in Italy quake: Report Flash flood kills 19 in Afghanistan No claim in Italy school bombing Four people die in Italy quake Pakistan announces Twitter block
Islamabad, May 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Parliamentary Committee on the National Security (PCNS) has decided to propose landslide amendments in laws governing the country's counter-terrorism campaign to address the burning issue of enforced disappearances, especially in Balochistan, and to bring intelligence agencies under civilian control.
Cities in a number of Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, are currently on the warpath against plastic shopping bags. The cities have passed local laws that ban such bags, on the basis that they clog sewers and drainage canals, cause street flooding, choke animals and are responsible for other forms of ...
Saudi Arabia, while fulfilling its commitment to help Pakistan in times of need, continued its relief activities with the launch of the second stage of reconstruction in which 5,000 more houses would be built costing $ 20 million.
GENEVA (AFP) - The Red Cross said on Thursday it was reviewing its presence in Pakistan following the murder of a British aid worker found beheaded last month. Related Stories Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachers Man jailed for threatening to kill New Zealand PM New Zealand families want miners' bodies recovered Flash flood in north Afghanistan kills at least 27 UN condemns Syria ...
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that Pakistan had not taken enough action against Hafiz Saeed, the Islamist blamed for masterminding the 2008 attack by Pakistan-based gunmen on Mumbai, India's financial capital. Related Stories At least 20 dead in Nepal flood, 44 missing Iraq court to free U.S. killings suspect - lawyer Socialists hold key after ...
Islamabad, May 3 : Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has hailed the humanitarian efforts of UAE charity Red Crescent Authority (RCA) for flood victims in the country.
