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A sharply divided U.S. Congress pursued rival budget plans on Monday that appeared unlikely to win broad support, pushing the United States closer to...

The split in the opposition’s ranks came to the surface on Friday when the JUI-F, PPP-Sherpao and PML-Q Likeminded distanced themselves from the PML-N...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has split from wife Maria Shriver after 25 years of marriage. Shriver, who wed the movie star-turned-politician in 1986, moved out of...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that the details of bilateral cricket series with India would be worked out sometime in June after directives from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani. PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said that he was hopeful that details of the series would be worked out in June. "We have got positive signals from across the border which is a good sign for Indo-Pak cricket," he said. Butt, however, said that since the Prime Minister has instructed the PCB not

LAHORE - The Kalma Chowk flyover is all set to become Punjab's first ever 'split flyover' (two separated 3-lane bridges) along Ferozepur Road with six-lane underpasses along the Barkat Market and the Liberty main boulevards. The project is scheduled for completion by August 14. The flyover project suffered a provincial stay order on March 28 when the Lahore High Court (LHC) restrained the government from executing the project after a petition was filed, objecting to the flyover's

SANAA - Huge rival protests split Yemen's capital as security forces deployed in unprecedented strength for another Friday showdown on the streets between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's backers and foes.
"I pledge... to sacrifice myself for the people, with my blood and with everything I hold dear," Saleh said, thanking his supporters inside and outside Yemen in the face of two months of escalating protests calling for his ouster. Despite fears of an outbreak of violence, tens of

South Africa must beware one of their own when Graeme Smith's power-packed team clashes with New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-final on Friday. Former pace spearhead Allan Donald, who claimed 330 Test and 272 one-day wickets for South Africa, will help to plot the Proteas downfall as New Zealand's bowling coach. Donald, 44, who is working alongside coach John Wright, said he was delighted that the Black Caps were facing South Africa in the day-night match at the Sher-e-Bangla

SIALKOT - Hundreds of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers raged against the attitude of PML-N central leader and MNA Kahwaja Muhammad Asif towards the party workers, saying he had divided the PML-N in Sialkot into several groups for his personal political gains. During a convention of PML-N workers held at Union Council Shahabpura in which more than 600 party workers participated, the workers alleged MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif was getting fictitious cases registered against

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) coalition teeters on the brink as the latter doubts the major partner's seriousness to resolve the issues, since whenever a situation arises a committee is formed and assurances are made but nothing happens on the ground. Tuesday's meeting of the MQM delegation with President Asif Ali Zardari also concluded with another promise, which has left the MQM leadership pondering what to do in future because such

KHARTOUM - South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare its independence in final results of a referendum made public on Monday, opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region.
A total of 98.83 percent of voters from Sudan's oil-producing south chose to secede from the north in last month's referendum, according to a video display of the vote seen by Reuters at the venue of the announcement.
The referendum is the climax of

ISLAMABAD - The Parliament split in two on Friday over offering Fateha for the assassinated Punjab governor, Salmaan Taseer. On Senator Nilofar Bakhtiar's proposition, Senate Chairman Farooq Naek asked Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Senator Abdul Khaliq Pirzada to lead the prayer for the slain PPP leader, but he refused to do so.
Later, the rest of the parliamentarians were offering Fateha for Taseer, MPs from Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam-Fazl also silently walked out of the House. It

JUBA - Close to 99 percent of south Sudanese voters chose secession from the north in a referendum, according to preliminary results published on Friday with tallies from two outstanding states.
With 3,197,038 ballots counted, 98.6 percent had voted to break away in the January 9-15 referendum and become the world's newest nation, partial results posted on the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission website showed. Partial results from the last two states that had not yet published

SYDNEY: Australian spin bowler Shane Warne Monday confirmed he had split from his ex-wife, amid reports of an alleged "affair" with British actress Liz Hurley.
Warne and his former wife Simone Callahan, who have three children together, divorced some time ago but had rekindled their romance and shared a home together in his home town of Melbourne.
But after video and photographs of Warne and Hurley apparently kissing and cuddling together in London last week were published,

Shahid's decision to stay off the TV show 'Koffee With Karan' was probably a sane one; his relationship with Piggy Chops, which was always on shaky ground has now fully given way. Yes, they have split.
This time unfortunately, there seems to be no hopes of reconciliation. Both Shahid and Priyanka decided to part ways mutually, as things were just not settling between them.
A source close to Priyanka reveals, "Shahid and Priyanka are fond of each other. But once they are in