Lebanon gives rebels last chance Lebanese government officials said they were giving mediators the opportunity to persuade the militants to surrender, before ordering the army to move in.
Israeli killed in rocket attack Hamass armed wing said it launched a rocket into the southern town of Sderot, where it exploded on a street, spraying shrapnel into a car and causing its 36-year-old driver to slam into a wall.
Imran Khan banned from Sindh Following a bitter row with the ruling ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Imran Khan has been banned from entering Sindh province for a month and prevented from leaving Lahore.
Hawks sulk as US readies for Iran pow-wow The US-Iran talks in Baghdad come at the end of a week of escalating rhetoric over Irans defiance of a UN Security Council resolution to suspend work on its nuclear programme.
British schools dividing on race lines, says report A majority of pupils in many areas of the country - particularly in deprived former mill towns in the north of England - have little contact with children from different ethnic backgrounds, even though they live in close proximity.
Presenter Jane Fonda kisses Romanian director Cristian Mungiu as he accepts the Palme d'Or for his film '4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile' (4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days), during the awards ceremony at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on
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The term of A P J Abdul Kalam is coming to an end. Should India go in for a woman President? If so, who should be the first woman President?
Most of Deccan Herald readers are of the opinion that the idea of ‘Woman as President’ is as exciting as old wine in a new bottle. While some feel that the time is ripe, most are unanimous in their opinion that only a non-political nominee would fit the bill for the highest office in the country.
