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Pakistan bus crash leaves 42 dead

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:54 PM PDT

Karachi A speeding passenger bus smashed into a tractor-trailer in southern Pakistan Sunday, killing 42 people including 14 children and injuring more than a dozen others with many in critical condition, police said. Several passengers were trapped inside the pink bus that was left badly mangled after the high-speed crash in the town of Sukkur, […]

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Nepal calls off search for missing guides on Everest

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:51 PM PDT

Kathmandu  – Nepal on Sunday called off the search for local guides still missing after the deadliest accident on Mount Everest killed 13 colleagues, as climbers recalled the terrifying moments when the avalanche hit. Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 13 sherpa guides and plucked another nine to safety since an ice and snow avalanche […]

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Abdullah widens lead in Afghan presidential poll

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:47 PM PDT

Kabul  – Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is well ahead of his main rival in Afghanistan’s presidential election, officials said Sunday after half of the ballots were counted, though a run-off vote still looks likely next month. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced that Abdullah was in the lead with 44.4 percent followed by former […]

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Two UN staff members go missing in Pakistan

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:44 PM PDT

Karachi  – Two local employees working for the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF have gone missing in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi and police said Sunday they are thought to have been kidnapped. Both disappeared on Thursday, said Vittorio Cammarota, a UN spokesperson, in a statement. “UNICEF can confirm that two of its national staff […]

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Bangladesh opposition chief forced to wait for trial decision

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:42 PM PDT

Dhaka  – Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia was given a short reprieve on Sunday, with a court postponing a decision on whether to halt her embezzlement trial that could see her jailed for life if convicted. The former two-time premier lodged a last-minute legal bid to try to stop the trial which had been scheduled […]

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Indian transgender stands for office after landmark ruling

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:37 PM PDT

Chennai (India) – With a tight budget and a humble autorickshaw, a pioneering Indian transgender is campaigning in her southern hometown for a seat in parliament, just days after the country’s highest court recognised “third gender” people. Describing the Supreme Court judge’s ruling as a “milestone”, 53-year-old Bharathi Kannamma hopes to build on the momentum […]

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BCCI proposes panel to probe IPL scandal

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:31 PM PDT

New Delhi – The Indian cricket board on Sunday decided to recommend to the Supreme Court a three-man panel to probe a spot-fixing scandal that hit the Indian Premier League, an official said. The Supreme Court had last week asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide details of how it […]

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India govt asks Toyota, union to restore factory operations

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:29 PM PDT

Bangalore (India)- An Indian state government has ordered Japan’s Toyota and its union to restore operations at its two Indian factories after a protracted pay dispute halted work, the company said. The demand comes after unionised employees refused to return to work at two plants near the southern city of Bangalore, despite an end to […]

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Pakistan commission to probe attack on journalist

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:27 PM PDT

Islamabad – Pakistan’s government Sunday announced a special commission to investigate an attack on a prominent television anchor which his brother blamed on the country’s powerful spy agency. Hamid Mir, who hosts a popular talk show on Pakistan’s Geo News channel, came under fire on Saturday while travelling in a car to his office in […]

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Pakistan plans huge desert solar park to fight energy crisis

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:24 PM PDT

Badaiwani Wala (Pakistan) – For years Pakistanis have sweated and cursed through summer power cuts, but now the government plans to harness the sun’s ferocious heat to help tackle the country’s chronic energy crisis. In a corner of the Cholistan desert in Punjab province, power transmission lines, water pipes and a pristine new road cross […]

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Senior Pakistan journo Hamid Mir wounded in gun attack in Karachi

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:10 PM PDT

London, A senior Pakistani television journalist, who faced threats from the Taliban, was shot and wounded by unidentified men as he left the Karachi airport for his office. The presenter for Geo TV received three bullets, but was in a stable condition, a police official said. According to the BBC, the attack has been strongly […]
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