Taliban ready to talk: Af peace council chief - The Times of India

Aformer Afghan president who heads a new peace council said Thursday he's convinced the Taliban are ready to negotiate peace after nine years of war in Afghanistan. "They have some conditions to start the negotiations process. It gives us hope that they want to talk and negotiate," Burhanuddin Rabbani said. AP

Court rejects plea seeking Musharraf's trial on treason charge

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed a Constitutional petition seeking the trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on treason charges for imposing emergency in 2007 and asked the petitioner to approach the apex court which is looking into the same case.

Obama vows to end US policy on gays in military

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has vowed to end the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly even as the US Justice Department has requested an emergency stay on federal judge's injunction stopping enforcement of the policy.

Australian gets life term for murdering sons

MELBOURNE: An Australian man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for murdering his three young sons by driving them into a reservoir on Father's Day to spite their mother.

US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years, Oct 15, 2010

BAGHDAD: A new US military tally puts the death toll of Iraqi civilians and security forces in the bloodiest years of the war thousands below Iraqi government figures.

  

At Lebanon border, Ahmadinejad predicts Israel's demise

BINT JBEIL, LEBANON: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the demise of arch-foe Israel on Thursday from inside a Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon, just miles from the border of the Jewish state.

Commonwealth Games 2010 Photos, XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi News in Pictures

Harvard gets biggest international donation in 102 yrs, from Tata Group

BOSTON: India's Tata Group has given a whopping $50 million to the prestigious Harvard Business School here to fund a new academic and residential building on its campus, the largest gift received by the institute from an international donor in its 102-year-old history.

CWG: Glasgow steals the show at closing gala

Scottish dancers assemble a replica of Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium, familiarly known as 'The Armadillo', at the XIX Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in New Delhi. Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city, will host the 2014 event. (AFP Photo)
NEW DELHI: After the spellbinding opening ceremony and a stirring surge in the medals tally, the mood in the Capital was expectedly upbeat: tonight's-gonna-..

Cricket loss makes Oz athletes take it out on washing machine

NEW DELHI: At the top of the medal tally and the undisputed champions of the Commonwealth Games, the Australian team, sadly didn't show any sporting spirit when their cricket team lost the Test series to India on Wednesday.
Enraged by the humiliating loss, some athletes, according to highly-placed sources in Delhi Police, went berserk, destroying electrical fittings and furniture in their tower in the Games Village on Tuesday and Wednesday.