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Obama nominates ambassador to Myanmar

US President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Derek Mitchell as the country's first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years.

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Woman who sent back Russian boy to pay $150,000

A court in the US has told an American woman, who sent her adopted son back to Russia, to pay $150,000 in damages, child support, and legal fees, a media report said.

Obama nominates ambassador to Myanmar

US President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Derek Mitchell as the country's first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years.

Couple delivers baby in bathroom

What seems to be a scene taken from some Hollywood movie, a couple in Britain delivered their baby in a bathroom all the while being guided by a midwife over phone as labour lasted barely eight minutes.

4 Pilots killed as two PAF planes collide

Four pilots were killed Thursday when two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer planes collided in the country's northwest, police said.

Pak is a 'black hole' for US aid

US lawmakers of both Democratic and Republican parties have slammed the Obama administration's request for $2.4 billion for Pakistan, calling it a "black hole" where the US has "sunk" $24 billion over the last decade.

Gaddafi's $25 mn Italian hotel complex seized

A 20-million euro ($25 million) hotel complex and land owned in Italy by the family of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have been seized.

Strauss-Kahn files countercharge against hotel maid

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is filing a civil lawsuit against the former hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in New York City, seeking at least $1 million in damage.

US sanctions Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides

The US has slapped sanctions on Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim Tiger Memon, two top aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bombings...

Dalai Lama donates money to fight child malnutrition

Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama has contributed around one million pounds (approx $1.6 million), part of the Templeton Award prize money, to an NGO for fighting children's malnutrition,...

Zardari sending plane to fly Chisty home

Virologist Mohammed Khalil Chisty will return to Pakistan from India after 20 years in jail on board a special aircraft being sent by President Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said Tuesday.

49 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway

At least 49 mutilated bodies were found on the side of a highway in Cadereyta, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, police said.

Dalai Lama speaks of Chinese plot to kill him

Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women to poison the Dalai Lama while posing as a devotee, the Tibetan spiritual leader has said.

13 Indians die as plane crashes in Nepal

Thirteen Indians on a pilgrimage and two crew members were killed when a 20-seater plane slammed into a cliff in western Nepal Monday, authorities said.