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US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night sent focussed messages to Islamabad as he announced the expected surge of 30,000 US troops into Afghanistan but also set a deadline of July 2011 for beginning a pullout, leaving Americans and the...

Thousands of Montrealers gathered on Ste-Catherine Street to celebrate the Alouettes' Grey Cup win. The mother of a gunman who shot and killed 14 women at a Montreal university will be sharing her personal story on the upcoming anniversary of...

The scene of the Jerusalem bombing in 2002   Photo: AP Husband of Qahira Saadi, sentenced to life in prison for her part in Jerusalem suicide attack that left three Israelis dead in 2002, says all female Palestinian prisoners to...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba poses a flight risk and a threat to witnesses and must remain in custody until his war crimes trial in The Hague next year, a judge said on Wednesday. The International...

Kashmir said yesterday it had discovered about 1,700 unmarked graves linked to the region's separatist conflict and called on authorities to launch an investigation. The graves were found in cemeteries in 55 villages close to the military line dividing Kashmir...

U.S. forces in Afghanistan will begin transferring control to Afghan security forces in July 2011, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama said in a speech on Tuesday that U.S. forces would begin withdrawing from...

President Obama's speech evoked alarm and questions from Afghanistan about America's proposed pullout from that war-torn country, officials say. The president announced he would begin withdrawing combat troops in 18-months in a move, some speculate, that reflects U.S. fatigue with...

Japan on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama's announcement of troop reinforcements for Afghanistan and reiterated a pledge of five billion dollars in aid to help rebuild the war-torn country. "We as the government welcome that the president himself has...

Former President Pervez Musharraf says military efforts must be backed up by political dialogue with all groups, including the Taliban, to deal with extremism in the Pak-Afghan region. "Armies can only win sometimes, and at best, create an environment for...

Answer is picturesque Pune,the 'Queen of the Deccan' nestles in the scenic Sahayadri ranges,on the edge of the Deccan plains. This 'Cultural Capital of maharashtra' was once the glorious capital of the Maratha empire and the centre of the Maratha...