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Miliband Urges Push For Afghan Peace Deal

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan’s neighbours must support such an agreement. Miliband’s conciliatory comments, in a speech to be given in the United States later on Wednesday, reflect growing acceptance in the West that Taliban fighters who break ties to al Qaeda have a role to play in the country’s future. “Now is the time for the Afghans to pursue a political settlement with as much vigor and energy as we are pursuing the military and civilian effort,” Miliband said in excerpts published in advance of a speech he is to give at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Carlos Slim Is World’s Richest Man

Forbes magazine revealed the annual list of the Richest People. Bill Gates is no longer the richest person, Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire with a net worth of $53.5bn, has been crowned the world’s richest person

Election turn out 62%:Iraq

The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law Coalition is widely expected to win the most seats according to preliminary results from the election. The Iraqi National Alliance opponents have also admitted Mr Maliki’s State of Law Coalition had done well, especially in Baghdad and in the Shia south of Iraq

Gates In Riyadh To Discuss Curbs On Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

American Defense Secretary Robert Gates was keeping up the pressure on Iran, in the latest move Gates went to Saudi Arabia for consulting about how to respond to Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

Peshawar Suicide attack, 3 killed

Peshawar, Pakistan News :- Three people including one security official were killed and five others injured in a suicide attack in Latifabad Ring Road Monday. Police and other law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the area soon after the attack

Can’t see how Kiwis can beat Pakistan!

Pakistan Vs New Zealand 2nd ODI, Can’t see how Kiwis can beat Pakistan! Pakistan have been unstoppable ever since Shahid Afridi burst into the middle of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium when his side was 75 for 4 in the 24th over of the 1st ODI. And their bowlers have looked a class apart and I wouldn’t stop from saying that their overall attack is the best in the world at the moment! With Mohammad Aamer to do the job with the shiny new white ball, Afridi and Ajmal to bamboozle the batsmen in the middle overs and Umar Gul to get the reversing yorkers in the end, Pakistan can at any time be successful in defending scores of anything over 250. Watch Live Cricket The Kiwis in the first ODI had just the one penetrative bowler in Shane Bond Of course, Vettori too can be counted as a very good bowler but we have all seen that even he cannot stop the likes of Afridi, Kamran Akmal when they get going.

David Letterman Extortion

David Letterman Extortion , So, here they are: David Letterman ’s remarks on how he had “creepy” sex with an indeterminate amount of female staffers and was then extorted.

Philippine flood death toll to 240

Philippine flood death toll to 240 , MANILA: The Philippines government says 240 people are now known to have died in severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana. The country has appealed for foreign aid to deal with the disaster, which has displaced more than 450,000 people

Station Fire Map Of California

This is another new updated map of the Station fire near Los Angeles. It shows heat detected by satellites at 2:17 p.m.

Feel the heat

Things are set to get hot and sticky down at the Madinat beach next month - the popular Talise Spa full moon yoga session is back on August 6, for a session of Bikram yoga. This style of yoga is normally performed indoors at a room temperature of 45 degrees Celsius. The elevated heat warms the muscles and facilitates deeper stretching, minimising the potential for injuries and energising the mind and body

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