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20 killed in Pak suicide bomb attack

Peshawar, Aug. 24: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Pakistani mosque late on Monday, killing at least 20 people including a prominent local cleric in the lawless district of South Waziristan, off

Authorities blamed for bus disaster

Hong Kong, Aug. 24: A Hong Kong woman whose husband and two daughters were among eight tourists killed in a bus hostage siege in Manila tearfully blamed the Philippine authorities on Tuesday for the t

Former cop in Philippines hijacks bus, shot

Manila, Aug. 23: Philippine security forces stormed a bus full of Hong Kong tourists on Monday to end a dramatic hostage crisis that unfolded live on global television, leaving at least seven people a

M&M aims to be global SUV player

SEOUL, Aug.23: Indian carmaker Mahindra and Mahindra said on Monday that it would use its purchase of South Korea’s Ssangyong Motor to become a global player in the sport utility vehicle market.

“We

Butt out of Ashes: Flower

London: Andy Flower has told Salman Butt to mind his own business after the Pakistan captain backed Australia to deny England a successful defence of the Ashes.

Butt’s men beat England by four wicke

Plane crashes in Nepal with 15 on board: home ministry

A Nepalese passenger plane heading for the Everest region with 15 people on board crashed in bad weather near capital Kathmandu early on Tuesday, the home ministry said.

The small Agni Air plane was

Elin divorces Tiger Woods after sex scandal

Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced on Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray.

W

Survivor berates Philippines over hostage siege

A Hong Kong woman whose husband and two daughters were among eight tourists killed in a bus hostage siege in Manila tearfully blamed Philippine authorities on Tuesday for the tragedy. The survivor, wh

School wall collapses, 7 dead

Patna, Aug. 24: At least seven children were killed when a school wall collapsed in torrential rains in Dhanbad, some 350 km from here, on Tuesday, police said.

Officials said that about a dozen more

England easy option: Fifa

London, Aug. 24: Fifa president Sepp Blatter has declared that staging the World Cup in England would be the easiest option as the stadiums and infrastructure are already in place.

Blatter’s comment

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