Gandhigiri in Pak, 'flower corners' to fight emergency Apparently inspired by the Bollywood hit "Lage Raho Munnabhai", scores of Pakistani protesters have taken to offering flowers to show solidarity with deposed judges...
US tries to revive Mush-Bhutto deal US envoy John Negroponte met President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday to exert pressure on him to revoke two-week-old emergency rule and make peace with Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Bangladesh flood toll crosses 2,000 The death toll in the deadly storm that hit Bangladesh's southern coastal belt on Thursday night has crossed 2,000 with scores of fishermen and others still missing.
Pak students try flower power Apparently inspired by the Bollywood hit Lage Raho Munnabhai, scores of Pakistani protesters have taken to offering flowers to show solidarity with deposed judges and oppose politicians backing the Emergency.
Kosovo independence hopes soar Front-runner Hashim Thaci pledged independence for Kosovo on Saturday as the breakaway province voted for a new parliament ahead of a showdown with Serbia over its bid for statehood.
Peace march... Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement march with portraits of Abbas and the late leader Yasser Arafat, during a parade for the 19th anniversary of the 1988 symbolic declaration of Palestinian independence, in Jenin, on Saturday. Israeli and Palestinian
negotiators are currently engaged in intensive talks in a bid to hammer out a joint declaration outlining a solution to the Middle-East conflict which they hope to present at Annapolis in Maryland, USA, later this month. AFP
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.
