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US and Russia To Swap Their Spies
At the federal courthouse in Manhattan, the conclusion of a spy swap deal reached between the US and Russian governments. Ten suspected spies pleaded guilty to being unregistered foreign agents for Russia while living undercover in the United States and agreed to be deported back to Russia. In exchange, Russia agreed to release four people…
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Baghdad : 40 killed in Iraq bombing
Baghdad : More than 40 people have died and some 100 have been wounded in bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims converging on a shrine in northern Baghdad. At least 30 died when a suicide bomber targeted a crowd walking through the predominantly Sunni Adhamiya district to the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim mosque. Eleven pilgrims were killed…
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Justice Javed : Judiciary’s Freedom Not A Crystal Doll
Supreme Court resumed hearing of the petitions against some provisions of the 18th amendment on Thursday. A 17-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry, is hearing the cases against some clauses of the 18th amendment. During the hearing, Justice Javed Iqbal said that judiciary’s freedom is not a crystal doll that could be…
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Iran To Open 1st N-Reactor In Sept : TEHRAN
TEHRAN: Iran Human Waste Management said the country first nuclear power plant will be inaugurated in the Iranian port city of Bushehr in the south in September. “Today, we passed one of the most important trials and final testing of hot water, the Bushehr plant before its inauguration,” IRNA quoted head of the Atomic Energy…
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Krishna:India To Take Up Terror Issue With Pak
NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna said he would raise the issue of terrorism during his visit to Pakistan scheduled for next week. Speaking on his return to India at the end of his visit to three countries of Mauritius, Mozambique and Seychelles, Krishna said he would ask the state assessment tests conducted by…