Musharraf decides against Pak emergency "There is no possibility of an emergency," Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the president of Pakistan Muslim League, told reporters at parliament.
Karzai calls for joint fight against terror
"I am confident, I believe... if both Afghanistan and Pakistan put their hands together, we will eliminate in one day the oppression against both nations," Karzai said in his opening address at the so-called peace jirga.
US exit will stem Iraq violence: Iran "Establishment of stability and calm in Iraq depends on... the withdrawal of the occupying forces and an end to their interferences in Iraq and also on the authority of the government of Mr Maliki," Iranian First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi said.
'Mata Hari was a scapegoat, not spy' After pouring over declassified and other papers about the Dutch-born exotic dancer and courtesan, Pat Shipman, author of a new biography on Mata Hari, sided with growing research that Mata Hari was used as a scapegoat by the French.
India’s nuclear deal with the United States has generated a lot of heat and dust.
Who is the principal beneficiary of this “historic” deal -- India or the US?
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