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Flash floods kill over 110 in Pakistan, KashmirPeshawar, Pakistan (AFP) July 29, 2010 At least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless as flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit northwest Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The army has been summoned to tackle the problems caused by the flood waters, with Swat and Malakand districts the hardest hit. "I can confirm the death of 91 people in the last two days in different areas," senior minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Bashir Ahmad Bilour, told AFP. More than 60 people ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jul 22, 2010 India's defense ministry has delayed again the purchase of towed heavy artillery guns worth more than $2.5 billion in the wake of a corruption scandal. The move further disrupts the decade-long procurement process for more than 1,500 guns to replace the army's aging Bofors units, some around 20 years old. The defense ministry acted on recommendations from the Central Bureau of In ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) July 22, 2010The US military's top-ranking officer said Thursday he feared extremists might launch another attack on India, similar to the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, in a bid to spark a war with arch-rival Pakistan. Speaking to reporters on board his plane bound for New Delhi, Admiral Mike Mullen praised India for showing restraint in the aftermath of the bloody November 2008 attacks that left 166 dead. ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jul 22, 2010 Humans may have made significant evolutionary changes much more recently than previously thought, as little as 3,000 years ago, researchers say. Scientists from the Beijing Genomics Institute found among Tibetans a set of genes showing they evolved to deal with low oxygen levels just 30 centuries ago, The New York Times reported Monday. The spread of the new gene is just one inst ... more |
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India, Pakistan tone down high-kicking border showNew Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2010 A daily, goose-stepping display of choreographed aggression by soldiers on the India-Pakistan border has been toned down because of knee injuries to the participants, a report said Wednesday. For years, the military flag-lowering ceremony that takes place every evening at the Wagah border post has drawn crowds of partisan tourists who cheer every hostile strut and stare traded by the border guards on both sides. Despite the ritualised hostility, the show and the atmosphere surrounding it is one ... read more |
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