As Iraqi leaders confirmed in their Communiqué signed on August 26, 2007, and endorsed by President Bush, the Governments of Iraq and the United States are committed to developing a long-term relationship of cooperation and friendship as two fully sovereign and independent states with common interests.

Ludhiana, THREE persons were killed and over a dozen injured, one of them seriously, as a bus overturned near Aarti Cinema Chowk early this morning. The passengers were all employees of a Delhi-based catering firm and were on their way back to Delhi. The seriously injured man has been admitted to the CMC Hospital.

ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf will take an oath of office as civilian president Thursday after quitting as army chief, his spokesman said, giving the first official schedule for the end of military rule.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday registered to run in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections next month, while President Gen. Pervez Musharraf prepared to step down as army chief and be sworn in as its civilian leader.

Amritsar, Nov.23 : S. Avtar Singh Makkar was today elected President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) for a third consecutive time.

ACWORTH, Ga. - Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were being held Monday in a detention center on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl near a suburban apartment complex, officials said.

Islamabad, At least 46 people were killed today in the clashes between the Sunnis and the Shias in a Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan where the latest sectarian bloodletting has left over 91 dead and nearly 150 injured.

Amritsar, Many Pakistani prisoners, including women who have already completed their sentence, could not be released from the high-security Amritsar Central Jail because their own country is not coming forward to end their misery.

London, Benazir Bhutto may soon face the same corruption cases which forced her into exile for eight years as the amnesty lifting the charges is likely to be overturned, the top Pakistan government lawyer has said.

Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported 1,100 people, savaging coastal towns, and leaving millions without power in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.