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Hundreds of people took to the streets near the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday to pay "homage" to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden...

The head of Pakistan Tehrik Insaf, Imran Khan has said that President Asif Ali Zardari, and PM, Yousaf Raza Gilani should immediately resign over...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that though the U.S.-Pakistani alliance is difficult, the Obama administration will stand by Pakistan in the...

The Senate on second day continued debate on the killing of Osama Bin Ladin and operation by US Forces within Pakistan territory without informing...

President Barack Obama decided Wednesday not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, citing national security risks and saying the United States should...

The killing of Osama bin Laden sharply boosted President Barack Obama's image, improving Americans' views of his leadership and his efforts to fight terrorism,...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told AFP in an interview on Monday that the US killing of Osama bin Laden, not far from...

US President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to quash conspiracy theories alleging he was not born in the United States as the White House released...

Reminding his pledge that he will continue support of ongoing India-Pakistan efforts to resolve Kashmir problem, the US President Barak Hussain Obama has been...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to do "whatever is necessary" to restore the Gulf Coast on the anniversary of the BP rig explosion, which caused the worst maritime oil spill in US history. "The events that unfolded on April 20, 2010 and the oil spill that followed underscores the critical link between the environment and economic health of the Gulf," Obama said in a statement.
"My administration is committed to doing whatever is necessary to protect and

CHICAGO - US President Barack Obama accused his Republican foes of wanting to turn the US into a "third world" country on Thursday as he rallied support for his re-election campaign. The attack came a day after Obama savaged Republican budget plans and unveiled his $4-trillion deficit reduction drive that aims to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to preserve for key social services.
The debate over fiscal policy will prove critical to the 2012 campaign and Obama

CHICAGO - US President Barack Obama accused his Republican foes of wanting to turn the United States into a "Third World" country Thursday as he rallied support for his reelection campaign.
The attack came a day after Obama savaged Republican budget plans and unveiled his $4 trillion deficit reduction drive that aims to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to preserve key social services.
The debate over fiscal policy will prove critical to the 2012 campaign, and

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck a last-minute budget deal on Friday, narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
With little time to spare before a midnight deadline for a government closure, Obama's Democrats and opposition Republicans agreed to a bitterly fought compromise plan that would cut $37.8 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year.
Congress moved quickly

ALGIERS - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sent a message to U.S. President Barack Obama "following the withdrawl of America from the crusader colonial alliance against Libya," Libya's official news agency JANA said on Wednesday.
No further details were given.

KARACHI - The reference filed by President Asif Ali Zardari in the Supreme Court for reopening the case of the "judicial murder" of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has been challenged in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on the grounds that two prior Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led governments did not bother to take any such initiative, and such a reference will weaken the judiciary.
President Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Federal Law Ministry, US President Barrack

WASHINGTON - By reversing itself and deciding to prosecute the 9/11 mastermind before a military tribunal, the Obama administration risks alienating its left-wing base and irking conservatives.
A stern Attorney General Eric Holder, who had spent a year and a half seeking to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators in federal civilian court, announced Monday that the administration was giving up on the controversial bid.
Obama's team had to "face a simple

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday formally announced his 2012 re-election bid, saying the country needed "to protect the progress" it had made.
"Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign," Obama said in a statement.
He explained that as his administration and supporters across the country "fight to protect the progress we've made -- and make more -- we also need to begin mobilizing for 2012, long before the time comes for me to begin campaigning