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Can the euro catch up with the falling dollar?

The dollar has a nice head start, having dropped 16 per cent over the past year against a basket of major US trading partners....

US voters uncomfortable with Mormon president: poll

US voters are uncomfortable with the idea of a president who is a Mormon, even as Massachusetts ex-governor Mitt Romney, a member of that...

Nintendo out for all gamers with ‘Wii U’ console

Nintendo on Tuesday provided the first glimpse of a second-generation Wii console designed to dispel notions its system is not up to the standards...

Afghan-Pakistan commission for talks with Taliban operationalised

Pakistan and Afghanistan decided on Monday to operationalise the joint commission for peace talks with the Taliban recently set up by the two neighbours,...

Bahrain police clash with Shia religious marchers

Bahraini police clashed with Shia marchers in a religious festival late on Sunday, less than a week after the Gulf kingdom repealed an emergency...

Afridi back from London to deal with PCB issues

Shahid Afridi is due to return here on Sunday from London where he met Bilawal Zardari Bhutto to sort out his cricketing problems after...

Turkish delegation discusses education with GCU VC

A delegation of Turkish educationists visited the Government College University (GCU) on Wednesday. The delegation, led by Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges Regional Director...

Egyptian charged with sex assault of NY hotel maid

A senior Egyptian businessman and one-time head of a major Egyptian bank, has been charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid at a luxury...

Yemen truce ends with blasts, stokes civil war worries

Street fighting raged across the Yemeni capital on Tuesday after a tenuous truce broke down between tribal groups and forces loyal to President Ali...

Lyari Expressway displaced to move in with CDGK administrator

Tired of the city government’s persistent inaction to pay compensation money to those displaced because of the Lyari Expressway Project, the Sindh High Court...

General Kayani has no authority to negotiate with US,...

Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has no authority to talk directly to the US since it is a politician’s task, Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI)...

Two JSQM men killed in land dispute clash with ANP

Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) men were killed in a clash with Awami National Party (ANP) activists over land dispute in Sachal Goth...

KESC seeks prolonging tussle with its workers?

Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC)’s sincerity in resolving the power crisis in the city is being questioned after the power utility has failed...

Politicians condole with Zardari over his father’s demise

Delegations from leading political parties Saturday separately called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at Aiwan-e-Sadr to offer their condolences to the president over...

Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza

on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, in a...

Yemen tensions ease with tenuous ceasefire

An informal ceasefire between President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s security forces and a tribal group brought a pause in fighting on Saturday after nearly a...

‘Pirates’ sails with overseas box office record

‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ weighed anchor with $346.4 million in ticket sales from its first week in worldwide release and set...