He praised Congress for passing the economic stimulus plan, which he said would create millions of jobs and revitalise the US, and deliver a tax cut to 95% of Americans by 1 April.
The package, signed after compromises debated in both houses, was designed to channel federal money toward infrastructure projects, health care, renewable energy development [...]
Swat, a former princely state in northern Pakistan, was governed by a British-era law which a court declared unconstitutional in the early 1990s. That triggered a violent campaign for Islamic law to be introduced in Swat and other areas of the Malakand region of which it is part. The Swat insurgency was effectively put down [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing fighting in Pakistan’s north-west as the army continues its operation to eliminate Taleban militants. Aftab Ahmad, a programme development manager for the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) in northern Pakistan, describes how it is coping with the exodus.
While I was used to working with people who became victims [...]
Scientists say they have located the brain areas that may determine how sociable a person is.
Warm, sentimental people tend to have more brain tissue in the outer strip of the brain just above the eyes and in a structure deep in the brain’s centre.
These are the same zones that allow us to enjoy chocolate and [...]
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The Australian government has urged travellers not to visit Indonesia at such a sensitive time, insisting that it continues to “to receive credible information that terrorists could be planning attacks”.
Bali was again targeted by extremists in 2005 and several Australians were among the casualties.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the executions of the Islamic militants responsible [...]
Mr Abhisit’s second challenge will be to rebuild confidence in an economy that is headed for trouble.
The full cost of the airport occupation has yet to be fully counted, but it will certainly run into several billions of dollars. The long-term damage to investor and tourist confidence could be much worse - and that comes [...]
UGG Ultra Tall Sheepskin Bootsi ,the biggest and the most popular boot band.According to a suvey from China Consumer Association in 2008,XueChi went top of the suvey by 60 billion sales and 2 billion sales income.XueChi locates in JiangSu Province ,the east of China.There are 20,000 staffs in the company.And it has a strong reaserch [...]
You may be wondering why UGG Ultra Short Boots are so popular among surfers, when the boots themselves appear to be something you would see used in the snow. The secret is its sheepskin lining that keeps your feet at the perfect temperature all the time. UGG Ultra Short is one of the original traditional [...]
A British minister told Libya Gordon Brown did not want the Lockerbie bomber to die in a Scottish prison, according to newly released papers on the case.
The claim is contained in a Libyan version of an exchange relating to the case of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
The then Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell has confirmed he told [...]
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A brewery is offering free pints to its most loyal customers in a bid to attract drinkers back into Irish pubs.
The owners of Guinness, Diageo, have blamed the smoking ban in the Republic of Ireland for a fall in the sales of “the black stuff”.
Shares in Diageo, the world’s biggest drinks company, have fallen by [...]
