London Riots: I saw diety of democracy burning | Top Story Online

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Was LG system Musharraf's ploy to rule till death? | Top Story Online

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Militant's death exposes army's jihadist side

Telltale details of nexus between militants and Pakistan army are emerging with the profiling of Al-Qaeda-linked militant Ilyas Kashmiri in the media after his reported death in a US drone strike in North Waziristan a few days ago.

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N-Proliferation: 'Dr Khan turns table on army'

Details about Pakistan's underground nuclear networking with China, North Korea, Iran and Libya which the country's military and intelligence establishment could not see to be known to the world have reportedly been revealed by none other than the man at the centre of nuclear …

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Blasphemy accused found dead in Jail

SIALKOT (Pakistan): A Christian citizen Robert Danish was found dead on Tuesday under mysterious circumstances in high security Sialkot Central Jail.

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Pakistan and the curse of imported leaders

ISLAMABAD (By Special Correspondent): A technocrat who had allegedly leaked Pakistan's top financial secret to the International Monetary Fund at a crucial time when the country was reeling to cope with the sanctions America and Europe had imposed after nuke tests in 1998 is no …

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Will PPP swallow the bitter LHC pill?

Islamabad: Close associates of the stalwarts of lawyers' movement and anti-PPP right wing activists are reportedly prominent among the nominees for the vacant posts of judges at the Lahore High Court.

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The root of the problem: where to find it?

Since taking over the helm of the White House, President Barack Obama has been focusing more on Afghanistan and of course Pakistan whilst planning to recede from Iraq.

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analysis: Seeking hard evidence � Ijaz Hussain

India and the international community should stop bullying Pakistan. The latter has every right to refuse to take action as long as the nationality of Kasab and other terrorists is not established beyond doubt.

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A Saudi girl group that dares to rock - International Herald Tribune

JIDDA, Saudi Arabia: They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.

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Obama And India - Forbes.com

The only institutional force that remains hostile to India in Pakistan is its army; it is a pity, then, that the Obama team is ready to buy into its new story about the link between Kashmir and Afghanistan.

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VOA News - Indonesia Executes Bali Bombers

Indonesia has executed the three Islamic militants convicted of planning and carrying out the 2002 terrorist bombings on the resort island of Bali, according to local media reports.

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Pakistan: Blackcoats do it again

Pakistan's lawyers delivered a blow to Generalissimo Pervez Musharraf from which the then lord and master of all he surveyed never recovered.

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Obama's test and ours

Remember what Gore Vidal said about John McCain, that he was stupid even by American standards. Which is why I secretly hoped, against all the evidence, that McCain should win because we could have done with another idiot in the White House.

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The Obama effect: The Obama effect in the Middle East

President-elect Barack obama's first challenge in the Middle East will be to decide on the future of the US troop deployment in Iraq.

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How Obama won the race? The Economist

THE final results of America's presidential election are likely to show Barack Obama garnering 364 electoral-college votes to John McCain's 174 (though North Carolina and Missouri are yet to declare).

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The rocky road ahead: How Barack Obama's economic challenges compare with those facing previous president-elects

ONLY twice since the 1920s has economic angst played such an important role in a presidential election—and both the previous occasions make imperfect templates.

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Time for a change: Obama must now work hard to unite the country

AFTER a long and hard-fought election, and after eight years of bitter partisanship, the new president-elect was in a gracious mood. He told Americans "Our nation must rise above a house divided.

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Wolves at the door: The economic challenges facing Barack Obama

HE HAD always planned for the economy to be his priority. Just not this economy.

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American carmakers lurch from disaster to disaster

AMERICA'S government, after rescuing a financial system brought low by dodgy mortgage-backed securities, now faces the prospect of bailing out deeply troubled carmakers.

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A painful job to do: Unemployment leaps up to a 14-year high in America

As unemployment surges Barack Obama will have to take some awkward economic decisions.

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Reform needed in Indian financial system: The Economist

India's financial system is dominated by state-owned commercial banks that allocate capital inefficiently. Part of this inefficiency stems from regulations that require banks to provide funding to "priority" sectors, loans that have traditionally had a high risk of turning bad.

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Obama mulls Clinton as envoy on Kashmir

The very fact that Obama is thinking of such a high-profile pointsperson for Kashmir would indicate that he accords this unresolved dispute between India and Pakistan very high priority.

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Life imitates West Wing for Obama's attack dog Rahm Emanuel - Times Online

When Sarah Palin vowed that there would soon be a pitbull in the White House, some on the Obama campaign might have allowed themselves a knowing chuckle.

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Pakistan and America at odds | Predator and prey | The Economist

The mainstream Pakistani view, which was echoed at an Afghan-Pakistani mini-jirga, or tribal council, held last month in Islamabad, is that the region will remain volatile as long as Western troops remain in Afghanistan.

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