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CAIRO - Egypt's ruling military council will announce a constitutional decree within the next two days that will chart the path towards elections and civilian rule, a security source said on Tuesday. The decree will set a timeframe for parliamentary elections, expected in September of this year, and the presidential polls that will follow them, the source said. "The constitutional decree will set a roadmap for the steps ahead with a timetable for elections and the laws to be passed to

KARACHI - President Asif Zardari on Sunday stepped in to soothe concerns in Karachi as at least 11 people were killed by unidentified assailants in a fresh spate of targeted killings in various part of the city, with Muttahida Qaumi Movement Rabita Committee Convener Farooq Sattar saying the party's patience was beginning to run out with the killings.
A private TV channel reported that Zardari told Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to take stern action against those

WASHINGTON - US State department spokesman PJ Crowley is resigning fromhis post, the department said on Sunday. After reports that Crowley had called "stupid", the Pentagon's treatment of a US soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website.
"It is with regret that I have accepted the resignation of Philip J Crowley as Public Affairs Assistant State Secretary," said State Secretary Hillary Clinton. "Given the impact of my remarks, for which I

ISLAMABAD - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stepped up its fight against corruption with the introduction of new initiatives, including revised integrity guidelines and a cross debarment agreement signed with development partners, a new report says. The 2010 Annual Report, issued by ADB's Office of Anti-corruption and Integrity, also highlighted ADB's support for developing member countries, with fraud and corruption detection training given to government agencies in several of ADB's

KARACHI - The government needs to take drastic steps to revive tourism that has been adversely affected by the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, said Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) Chairman M Yahya Polani at the farewell dinner organised in honour of

ISLAMABAD: US Senator John Kerry and the US House of Representatives' Speaker John Boehner have stepped in to secure the release of American national Raymond Davis, currently detained in Lahore for killing two Pakistanis, as the diplomatic row between Islamabad and Washington intensified on Friday after the Lahore Police declared the incident a "cold-blooded murder", not an act of self-defence.
The US authorities increased pressure on the Pakistani government to provide

KARACHI - Expressing concern at the grave condition of the national economy, Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has asked the government to implement urgent steps to steer the derailed economy back on track. The PBC members said that the council is ready to fulfill its role as a catalyst to support the government in crafting a precise agenda to put economy on path towards stability and growth.
Former Commerce Minister Abdul Razzak Dawood, MCB Chief and PBC Chairman Mian Muhammad

BEIRUT - Lebanon was plunged into political turmoil on Thursday as a caretaker government stepped in after Hezbollah ministers and their allies quit over a probe into the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. The hard-won unity government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri -- son of the slain leader -- collapsed on Wednesday after months of wrangling between the premier and the militant group Hezbollah over the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The move thrust the country into its worst

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources is working on several fronts to effectively explore the country's rich mineral deposits for prosperity and development of the country. Similarly among other projects, the Reko Diq project has tremendous potential to contribute in the uplift of Balochistan's economy in specific and the national economy in general, according to Tethyan Copper Company(TCC) Pakistan, an official said. The TCC, in partnership with the Government

LONDON - The British government has stepped in to stop Beatles legend Ringo Starr's birthplace from being bulldozed. Housing Minister Grant Shapps has written to Liverpool City Council urging a temporary reprieve for 9 Madryn Street, in the Dingle district, which is scheduled for demolition.
The childhood homes of bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney are popular tourist attractions in the northwest English city, run by the National Trust, which looks after many of Britain's

ISLAMABAD - Federal Environment Minister Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi on Monday said alternate sources of energies were being encouraged to promote the use of clean fuel in all kinds of automobiles.
"These measures will also help conserve energy and minimize hazardous smoke," he said, while talking to media people. He revealed the government had introduced a project of CNG buses in all the provinces and attractive incentives had also been offered to transporters to convert their

ISLAMABAD - The PPP-led government on Saturday continued its efforts to patch up with the JUI-F, as Interior Minister Rehman Malik and ANP President Asfandyar Wali separately called on Fazlur Rehman to convince him to rejoin the government.
A JUI-F source told Pakistan Today that Fazl politely said no to both of them. He said both leaders listened to the JUI-F's apprehensions and concerns and assured the party that it would be redressed at the earliest. The source said instead of

ISLAMABAD - With the government's efforts to woo JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman failing, President Asif Ali Zardari took the initiative himself and met Fazl after seeing off Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at the Presidency on Saturday.
However, according to private TV channels there was no breakthrough in the two-hour-long meeting as Fazl continued to stick to his stance. After the Chinese PM left, President Zardari reportedly asked Fazl to stay back for a meeting, apparently to

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Sunday condemned the latest release of classified documents by WikiLeaks and unveiled steps designed to prevent future disclosures of secret files.
"As we have in the past, we condemn this reckless disclosure of classified information illegally obtained," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a statement.
As WikiLeaks released 250,000 diplomatic cables to The New York Times on Sunday, the Defence Department announced a series of measures

DUBAI: The Chief Restructuring Officer of Dubai World, Aidan Birkett, is stepping down after the debt-laden group reached a deal to restructure its debt, stated an official statement released on Wednesday.
"Birkett has now successfully completed his work at Dubai World and will be stepping down on 14th October 2010," said the Dubai government statement.
The group, which announced last month reaching an agreement with 99 percent of its creditor banks on its proposal to