Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly threatened to join the Taliban if he continues to come under “outside pressure” to reform, a media report said Tuesday.
Karzai made the unusual comments at a closed-door meeting Saturday with select lawmakers, just days after kicking up a diplomatic row with remarks alleging foreigners were behind the fraud in [...] Continue reading Karzai threatens to join Taliban
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US pop star Madonna Tuesday laid the first brick at the 15 million dollar (11 million euro) girls’ academy that she is building in Malawi, promising to bring quality education to young girls. The singer and actress laid a stone with an inscription “Raising Malawi Academy for Girls” and the motto, Dare to Dream. “It has always been my dream … Continue reading Madonna lays first brick for her Malawi school
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday almost put an end to the year-long honeymoon with Assam’s main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) by hinting to fight the 2011 assembly elections on its own and take power in the state.
“If they (AGP) want an alliance we can talk, or else we are ready to fight the [...] Continue reading BJP hints at snapping ties with AGP in Assam
As events around the wedding between Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and tennis ace Sania Mirza get murkier by the day, the Indian sports icon’s family was “keeping all options open”, including postponing the wedding, indicated a close family friend.
Andhra Cricket Association’s former secretary V. Chamundeswaranath, a close friend of Sania’s family, told reporters late Monday [...] Continue reading Shoaib-Sania marriage may be postponed
Janet Jackson arrives at the Los Angeles Criminal Court downtown Los Angeles on Monday, April 5, 2010, in Los Angeles. The doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death faces a procedural hearing Monday, but it has prompted authorities to brace for a crowd of fans and media as well as more than a dozen members of the deceased superstar’s … Continue reading APTOPIX Michael Jackson Doctor