Al Qaeda’s ‘deathly fear’ from US forces reflected in new book: Experts

September 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda has released a latest video apparently marking the eight anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US. The video shows Al-Qaeda's second man in command Ayman al-Zawahri along with other top militant leaders speaking about various topics including the global financial crisis and Barack Obama's election, a US based monitoring group SITE said.

September 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah has sent the Pakistani book piracy nexus working overtime, but it has also landed people in police custody. Pakistani security agencies have arrested three people for selling pirated editions of the book 'Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence,' following a countrywide crackdown on publishers and sellers of counterfeit editions of the controversial yet popular book.

September 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Three people have been arrested for selling pirated editions of former Indian minister Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" in this Pakistani city, authorities said. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided two shops in Defence Housing Authority and arrested three people for selling the pirated editions of Jaswant Singh's book, Daily Times reported Friday.

September 13th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The Indian community in United Arab Emirates has paid a tribute to the founder of the nation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, by publishing a book on him in the Malayalam language. The book was officially released at a special ceremony at the Indian Social and Cultural Centre here during a mass Iftar banquet Saturday, WAM news agency reported Sunday.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Charles Dickens developed a ritualistic routine in his domestic life, together with an obsessive approach to work, which is consistent with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and can be seen reflected in some of his characters, claims a new biography. Dickens had a habit of rearranging furniture whenever he stayed in a hotel room and inspecting his children's bedrooms every morning, leaving behind notes when he was not satisfied with their tidiness.

September 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Yale University Press has removed 12 controversial caricatures of Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book in order to avoid any violent protests. The book "The Cartoons That Shook the World" by Brandeis University professor Jytte Klausen, which is scheduled to be released next week, was wiped clean, fearing the images would cause another outbreak of violence.

August 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book, Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence, which has created a furor in India, has received an overwhelming response in Pakistan. A famous book store in Lahore sold 100 copies of the book in a single day (last Wednesday) which indicates how eager the Pakistanis are to know the reason what prompted the BJP to expel the former Foreign Minister and end his 30 year long association with the party.

August 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - The Yale University Press is refusing to print cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a new book out of fear that it might incite violence, and this has left the book's author, Jytte Klausen, disappointed. A Yale University Press spokesman said in an e-mail to Fox News that such worries weighed heavily on them when deciding whether or not to publish the cartoons.

June 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Making a startling discovery, a scientist has claimed in his new book that the evolution of vision has provided humans with four real superpowers: telepathy, X-ray vision, seeing the future, and speaking with the dead. And, as it turns out, these superpowers have been instrumental in shaping the way people interact with one another and see the world.

May 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest militarized territorial dispute in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records used the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) world fact book to name the Kashmir issue, the longest dispute between two countries, The Daily Times reports.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Emma Watson has finally unveiled her boyfriend. Emma has been dating Jay Barrymore, who is eight years her senior, for more than a year, reports Contactmusic.

April 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - John McCain's 24-year-old daughter Meghan has signed a six-figure book deal with Hyperion, it has emerged. Following an auction with several publishing houses, Meghan picked Hyperion to release her tome, the Observer reports.

March 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Rhys Ifans is all set to cast his magic in the forthcoming 'Harry Potter' flick, as he has landed the role of a wizard. The 'Notting Hill' actor will play kooky wizard Xenophilius Lovegood in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows', reports Contactmusic.

March 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said Al-Qaeda is 'actively planning' attacks on US from safe havens in Pakistan.

January 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to go after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and prevent the terrorist organization from using safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border to carry out attacks. 'Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are our number one threat when it comes to American security,' Obama said.