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In 2012 the Mayan calendar ends, in what some say is their prediction of the end of the world. The big question is: what exactly does this mean? In other words, what did the Mayans really intend by ending their...

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President Hamid Karzai, sworn in as the president of Afghanistan, faces what already promises to be a difficult second five-year term. His oath taking, attended among other world leaders by President Asif Ali Zardari, comes amid allegations of a rigged...

The United States and Afghanistan have been providing aid to anti-Taliban militias in certain parts of Afghanistan, officials said. U.S. and Afghan officials said the militia aid was part of the Community Defense Initiative that uses militia troops to provide...

Time for truth about torture After a whistleblower revealed Canadian complicity in the torture of Afghan prisoners, a full public inquiry is vital One man has Canada in an uproar. Former second-in-command at the Canadian embassy in Kabul, Richard Colvin...

The Muslims of India had, since the middle of nineteen century, begun the struggle for a separate homeland on the basis of the two Nation theory. The British rulers realized that the Hindus and Muslims of India remained two separate...

At least 42 miners are dead and dozens still trapped underground after a coal mine explosion in northern China early Saturday. At least two people were hurt when a rocket struck a wall of the heavily guarded Serena Hotel in...

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has warned that dialogue between the government of India and the leadership from occupied Kashmir cannot succeed without engaging Pakistan which is a party to the dispute. Talking to journalists here on Friday, the foreign...

Pakistan has decided to issue special cards to terrorists who have been trained by the biggest sponsor of terror in the world. These cards, to be issued by the foreign ministry will make the holders eligible for obtaining special privileges,...