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Pakistan might be deprived of 90 percent of U.S. funds

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Pakistan might lose 90 percent of its U.S. funds after a Congressional Committee passed a bill imposing conditions on the country for receiving American economic and military aid.

The aid will now b

Obama voices his support for gay marriage

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Ending months of equivocation, U.S. President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue int

US lawmakers alarmed over leaks on Qaeda plot

US lawmakers have denounced leaks to media organisations that revealed how the CIA disrupted an al-Qaeda plot through a spy who had infiltrated the terror group, saying the release of such details cou

Russian President Putin not to attend G8 Summit

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his US counterpart Barack Obama over phone that he would not be able to attend the G8 summit at Camp David, a White House statement said.

"Noting his respons

US says it backs visas to qualified Indians

As India announced plans to take the issue of 'discriminatory' increase in US visa fees to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Washington assured it continued to fully support the admission of qualifi

Soon, air-powered cars to debut in India

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India-based Tata Motors has said that it has tested two cars that can run on compressed air, and that the next step is setting up the manufacturing plants to actually build them.

In 2007, Tata Motors

'The God Of Big Things' Sachin on TIME cover

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been featured on the cover of the upcoming South Pacific edition of TIME magazine with the inevitable question: What would 'The God Of Big Things' do next.

Since M

Al-Qaeda bomber was CIA informant, say officials

The CIA had al-Qaeda fooled from the beginning.

Last month, US intelligence learned that al-Qaeda's Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an a

US scientists unwrap ‘key to happiness’

Happiness can be fleeting, but by hanging on to those good times and not comparing your personal experiences to those of others can help you remain happy for longer, a new study has suggested.

US bill prohibits aid to Pak till it cooperates on terror war

A Congressional Committee in its budgetary proposals for the year 2013 has prohibited economic and security assistance to Pakistan till it co-operates with the US in the fight against terrorism and ta

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