UK to start talks with armed Syria opposition: Downing St

UK to start talks with armed Syria opposition: Downing St

LONDON: Britain is to begin talks with armed opposition groups in Syria as it seeks to help end the violence, Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Wednesday. The government has authorised officials to have contacts with military representatives of the groups, Downing Street said, although government sources stressed the initiative was about political dialogue, not providing weapons.

Malala will need reconstructive surgery: hospital director

BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousufzai is making progress in a British hospital, doctors said on Tuesday, as police turned away visitors claiming to be relatives.The 14-year-old girl, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Mingora last week,was in a stable condition on her first full day in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after being flown to the city in

central England in an air ambulance.The hospital’s medical director David Rosser said she had had a “comfortable night”.“We are very pleased with the progress she’s made so far,” he told reporters. “She is showing every sign of being every bit as strong as we’ve been led to

believe.“Malala will need reconstructive stirgery and we have international experts in that field.” He said doctors at the highly specialised hospital — where British service personnel wounded in Afghanistan are treated —were beginning to plan for the complex procedures but they would not be 

Pakistan, Iran vow To Jointly pursue major projects

BAKU (Azerbaijan), Oct 16: President Asif Ali  Zardari on Tuesday called for speeding up work on joint projects like the Iran-Pakistan gas

pipeline, electricity transmission lines and rail and road

schemes.During a meeting between President Zardari and his

Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of the 12th ECO summit, the two sides discussed bilateral, regional and

international issues.From the Pakistani side, the meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Senator Haji

Mohammad Adeel, mayatuflah Kakar and Ambassador to Azerbaijan Alamgir Babar.The president noted that relations with Tian were growing steadily and expressed a Iran desire for more collaboration in trade and investment,energy and connectivity to bring the two peoples closer.He said greater interaction between the leadership and the two nations would not only 

‘Fleeing persecution’ 171 Bheel pilgrims to seek asylum in India: report After reaching Samenath Rajasthan, a group of Hindu ‘pilgrims’ from Sindh say they don’t want to go back

Dozens of Pakistani Hindu pilgrims who reached the Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday say they don’t intend to return to their country, according to BBC Urdu Service.The “Thar Express” train,carrying 171 Pakistani Hindu pilgrims, chugged into the city of Jodhpur on Sunday.Although these Hindus are on

a pilgrimage trip (yatra), their leader said they would not go back to Pakistan.

The Sangathan (SLS), an Indian organization working for the welfare of Hindus, has appealed to the Indian government to issue “refugee visas”to these pilgrims.At the Jodhpur railway station, the Pakistani Hindus

were received by SLS volunteers who made arrangements for their lodging and food.

For years, the SLS has been working for the settlement of Pakistani Hindus in India.

According to a spokes person for the SLS, all 171 Pakistani Hindus — among them 32 women and children are residents of Sanghar and Hyderabad cities of Sindh province, They belong to the Bheel tribe.

Syria: military aircraft shot down by rebels claim

Syria's official media of the Syrian Air Force warplane near the Iraqi border "technical error"

Egyptian tribes against militants

Israel and the Gaza Strip border with Egypt's Sinai desert beduin local tribal chiefs in the area of government operations against Islamic militants has supported.

Afghanistan: Three U.S. soldiers killed in shooting

NATO officials in Afghanistan say an armed man dressed in Afghan army uniforms shooting and three U.S. soldiers were killed.

Fifty million pounds of aid to Syrian insurgents,

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the British government,

Vietnam: cleaning up hazardous substance for health

America in Vietnam, Agent Orange, a health hazardous substance to clean the affected area has launched a project to help.

Syria: Halab city of insurgents had been lost

Opposition commanders in Syria say that an important district of Halab city Salahuddin was out of his hand.

The critical fact is not getting power, Chief Justice

Supreme Court, Ministry of Water and Power to pay for private power plants to submit a written response time sister.

Facebook started gamble with real money

Social interaction site Facebook has started gambling with real money.

Russia: A group of children underground prison

A sect of Muslims in Tatarstan region of Russia's brutal behavior against children, four people were charged.

Reason of attacks on Sikhs in America

After several years when I first came to New York one evening at Amsterdam Avenue line the way I know of a theater in Lincoln Center was asked if he was a Sikh.

Synai attack brought to the Mossad, the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on its website on Sunday, Egyptian forces attack is blamed on Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.Israel's Foreign Ministry accused the 'spam' as is dismissed.

Olympics: Cameroon's seven players missing

African country of Cameroon Olympic squad officials say that seven players from their country to have disappeared in Britain.

The unique love story

Javed and Christina's story of love and marriage is nothing more than a movie.Javed grew up on the streets and footpaths of India

Gilgit: Bomb attack on passenger van, killing one person

Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan, officials say that a passenger van on a remote controlled bomb attack killed and five injured as a result.

Lahore: Twenty people injured in two bomb blasts

Lahore, the capital of Punjab province of Pakistan in two successive explosions are at least twenty people were injured.

The restrictions on Iran by the U.S.

U.S. President Barack Obama against Iran's energy sector and financial companies have imposed more economic restrictions.More from U.S.