Double standards of Musharraf The Musharraf regime mounted a military operation against the militants which led to the loss of numerous lives, among them one of the clerics, Abdul Rashid Ghaz.
Happy to be divorced Educated young working couples go for an agreeement for separation rather than fight it out for years.
Japans subtle etiquette code From the proper degree of a bow to how a lady eats a rice cracker, a complex and subtle etiquette code dictates the proper way to do everything in Japan.
Chinas eco-city Chinas plans to build an eco-city of 500,000 people on a huge island in the Yangtze Delta have been widely heralded. But local planners seem to have different priorities from the world leaders who have flocked to see the project.
Pangs of partition...Palestinian supporters of Hamas crowd the gate of the Palestinian side of the Rafah Crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt during a protest demanding its reopening. The crossing, the main access point for Gazans to the outside world, has been closed since Hamas wrested control of the volatile Gaza. AP
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