Friday, November 25, 2011

Eight Pak soldiers dead in NATO chopper attack

Eight Pak soldiers dead in NATO chopper attack


Eight Pak soldiers dead in NATO chopper attack

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:07 AM PST

NATO helicopters from Afghanistan carried out an "unprovoked" attack on a Pakistani border post, killing at least eight troops on Saturday, the military said. "ISAF/NATO helicopters carried out unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on a Pakistani checkpost in Mohmand agency last night. Casualties have been reported. However details are coming," a military spokesman said.


Pak wife makes korma using husband

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 01:30 AM PST

In a stomach-wrenching incident, a Pakistani woman chopped her husband to death and then cooked korma with his flesh. The incident came to light after her landlord, Behzad, who lived on the ground floor of their two-storey Green Town house here, went upstairs to her house.


US businessman won't hire till Obama quits office

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:36 PM PST

A west Georgia business owner has been deluged with calls and emails after posting signs on his company's trucks that say he's not hiring anyone until President Barack Obama leaves office.


Heathrow predicts massive gridlock in UK strike

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:32 PM PST

A nationwide public-sector strike next Wednesday in Britain threatens to paralyse operations at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport.


Russian presidential polls on March 4, 2012

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:29 PM PST

The Upper House of Russia's Parliament on Friday formally set March 4, 2012 as the date for the presidential election, a vote expected to see Vladimir Putin return to the top job. "The elections for the President of Russia are set for March 4, 2012," the Federation Council said in a statement on its website after senators approved the date in a vote called for under the Constitution.


Man made to stand for 7 hours by co-passenger, who weighed 181 kilos

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:48 AM PST

A harried US Airways passenger has complained that he was forced to stand throughout during a seven-hour non-stop flight because a morbidly obese co-passenger took up half his seat.


Pakistan and China hold joint military exercises

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:26 AM PST

Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said on Thursday that Pakistan has done its utmost to eliminate the threat to China posed by militants operating in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. General Kayani made the comments in Jhelum, Punjab province, where the Pakistan and Chinese armies have been taking part in joint military exercises.


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