Wednesday, October 28, 2009 WASHINGTON – Sami Ibrahim: The handsome alluring amount of money has been allocated in US defense bill for Taliban over withdrawal of resistance against allied forces in Afghanistan, Geo news reported on Tuesday.The chairman of US Senate Armed Committee (USSAC) Senator Carl Levin has said a new Article has been made part of US defense bill, allocating money for Taliban to lay down arms and surrender to US-led allied forces in Afghanistan.According to this freshly inducted Article, a new Iraq-liking program will be commenced in Afghanistan, which will be aimed at Taliban-based militants to remake them productive part of society.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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