'McCain playing dirty tricks' Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney angrily accused his rival John McCain on Wednesday of "dirty tricks" for saying he had backed a timetable for withdrawing US troops from Iraq.
Dossier against Pak ex-CJ Pakistan has prepared a 15-page dossier against deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry in a bid to make the Western media aware of the "real" causes behind the government-judiciary standoff in the country.
'Nowhere else to go after Nobel' Britain's Doris Lessing, too ill to attend an award ceremony last year, received the Nobel prize for literature on Wednesday saying there was no higher accolade for a writer except, perhaps, "a pat on the head from the Pope".
Britney Spears taken to hospital again Britney Spears has been taken to hospital by ambulance for the second time in a month on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
Mercury's secrets unravelled Scientists are rediscovering the uncharted terrain of Mercury, including ridges that run hundreds of miles and a unique feature made up of more than 100 troughs radiating in all directions, while studying new data and images of the planet.
How cold is it?... A cat looks through a snow-covered window grill after a snowstorm in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday. Jerusalem, some of northern Israel and hilly areas in the occupied West Bank were covered in a blanket of snow for the second day in a row on Thursday and many cars stayed off roads due to hazardous driving conditions. Reuters
Is Karnataka becoming a new haven for terrorists, as in recent times, even smaller towns have been found to harbour those with terror links?
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