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KABUL: Three US soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces in the country during which six soldiers died in rogue attacks.

ISLAMABAD: There is an escalating sense of insecurity within Pakistan’s Hindu community, said a leading daily Saturday as many Hindu families moved from Jacobabad to India.

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA: The ancient Martian crater where the Curiosity rover landed looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California with its looming mountains and hanging haze, scientists said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON: A new triangular ‘passenger plane’ of the future is ready and has already undergone test flights. The super plane so far only codenamed 'X-48C' is the brainchild of the US space agency NASA which is developing it in collaboration with aviation major Boeing.

BEIJING: Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's wife, accused of murdering a British businessman, went on trial today in a high-profile case following a major political scandal that rocked the ruling CPC and cost her husband his job.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Premier, Mr Raja Pervez Ashraf has been advised by his aides not to appear in the Supreme Court in response to a notice summoning him for failing to act on its orders to revive graft cases against the President.

WASHINGTON:  Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon has undergone a cardiac bypass surgery, days after his 82nd birthday and is now on the road to recovery and "doing great".

WASHINGTON: A former girlfriend of the slain suspect in Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that left six Sikhs dead has been arrested and faces charges of possession of illegal weapon.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the Prime Minister, Mr Raja Pervez Ashraf for failing to implement its order to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against the President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari.

ISLAMABAD: The holding of free and fair elections to strengthen Parliament is the only way forward to overcome the challenges facing Pakistan, the Prime Minister, Mr Raja Pervez Ashraf has said against the backdrop of a standoff between his government and the judiciary.