Pak used anti-terror aid against India: US Money has been diverted to help finance weapons systems designed to counter India, not al Qaeda or the Taliban, the officials said.
Bethlehem celebrates Xmas Gloom was banished from Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem for the first time in years on Monday as Christian pilgrims from all over the world flocked here to celebrate Jesus birth in an atmosphere of renewed tranquility.
Nepal to abolish Hindu monarchy Nepals major political parties have agreed to abolish the world's last Hindu monarchy as part of a deal to bring former communist rebels back into the government, the one-time insurgents said Monday.
Karimov tightens grip Uzbekistans autocratic ruler Islam Karimov on Sunday tightened his grip on power, when he was re-elected president in an election condemned by opposition activists as illegal and a farce.
A member of the Catholic clergy walks out of the Church of Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday. Pilgrims
gathered in Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass promoted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers as a
chance to highlight the benefits of peacemaking. Reuters
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