‘Drones may kill leaders but not eliminate the Taliban’

LAHORE - The US missile strike that killed Baitullah Mehsud may not be sufficient to eliminate the Taliban from Pakistan’s tribal belt.

Mini Pygmy Kittens are the next ?

Pet lovers are very curious about the mini pygmy kitten but still now we haven’t received any confirmed news about those cute creatures. Only very recently a sight or two posted news about Mini Pygmy Kittens but those are like(surely enough) mini pygmy piglets- we really don’t understand why some body wanted to advertise mini piglets as mini pygmy kittens.
However as written by a blog cutest piglets are bred in Devon, UK they are eight in number and described as 8 little pygmy kittens(why we don’t know).

China first big economy to shake off global downturn; stimulus plan works while US one limps

WASHINGTON — It’s a tale of two economies, China and the United States.

World markets advance as US earnings help sentiment, but bomb blasts weigh on Indonesia

HONG KONG — Most Asian stocks traded higher for a fourth day Friday as better-than-expected earnings in the U.S. continued to buoy recovery hopes, but Indonesian markets were shaken by deadly bomb blasts at hotels in the country’s capital. European markets opened higher.

High government borrowing won’t crowd out funds to industry: Mukherjee

NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday sought to allay apprehensions that high government borrowings to fund welfare and infrastructure programmes will crowd out credit to industry and said loans at competitive prices will continue to be made available to India Inc.

Autistic kids learn new behaviours differently than others

LONDON - A new piece of research suggests that when it comes to learning new behaviours, autistic kids rely more on their own internal sense of body position rather than external cues, typically used by developing children.

Report: Italy says Iran should reply to invitation to this week’s G8 summit

ROME — Italy will consider its G-8 meeting invitation to Iran rejected unless Tehran replies by the end of the day, the foreign minister said Monday in a sign of Rome’s growing impatience.

Arrested LeT operative Madani has links with Saeed: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said that the arrested terrorist Mohammad Umer Madani has links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

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Iran test fires missiles amid global flap over its nuclear ambitions

Why does gambling remain so enticing?

LONDON - Why do people gamble if they know that the house always wins? Researchers argue that near-misses, where the gambler narrowly misses out on the jackpot, may provide part of the answer.