Elite G-7 to be replaced by G-20

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - An explosion took place at the Elite Force headquarters in Pakistan's the provincial capital of Lahore. According to Geo News, a loud blast was reported at the Elite Force headquarters situated at Bedyan Road.

October 15th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel is planning to carry out military attacks on Iran after December, a French magazine reported last night. According to a report in Le canard enchainé quoted by Israel Radio, Jerusalem has already ordered from a French food manufacturer high-quality combat rations for soldiers serving in elite units and also asked reservists of these units staying abroad to return to Israel.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - The eastern Pakistan city of Lahore appeared to be under siege from terrorists on Thursday morning, with at least four security installation under attack. While senior police officials confirmed the end of the attack on the FIA building as short while ago, three other places- the Elite Police Center, the Manawan Police trining Academy and the main police station in the Civil Lines area were being attacked.

October 8th, 2009 PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has reportedly cleared a proposal that instructs state education directors to approve requests from schools for an extra day off on October 20 to celebrate Deepavali. "The decision was made to enable parents to make plans for their families to travel earlier and avoid traffic jams," The Star quoted him, as saying after he had inspected students sitting for the first day of the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) at SMK Presint 8 (1) yesterday.

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The ability to manipulate songbird genes may yield secrets of vocal learning and how nerve cells (neurons) are replaced. For the first time, researchers have devised a way to alter the genes of the zebra finch, one of a handful of social animals that learn to "speak" by imitating their fellows.

September 5th, 2009 URUMQI - The communist party chief of Xinjiang capital Urumqi and the police chief of northwest China's Xinjiang region were removed from their posts Saturday. Li Zhi, secretary of the Urumqi Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was replaced by Zhu Hailun, secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, according to a decision by the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - Early farmers probably migrated to central and eastern Europe about 7,500 years ago, bringing domesticated plants and animals with them, which replaced stone age hunting, says a new study. Researchers analysed DNA from hunter-gatherer and early farmer burials, and compared those to each other and to the DNA of modern Europeans.

September 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - The Boeing executive in charge of the aerospace giant's much delayed 787 Dreamliner project will step down, the company has said. Bill Carson, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is to be replaced by Jim Albaugh, the head of the company's military unit, Tuesday.

August 24th, 2009 DPA WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has authorised the formation of an elite interrogation team to handle top terrorism suspects, the Washington Post reported on its website Monday, citing senior administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity. The group would be based at the FBI, the chief domestic law enforcement agency.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - A charity network in Britain has banned the term 'blacklisted' over fears that it is offensive or prejudice. The Citizens Advice service has instead replaced this term with 'blocklisting', in a bid to avoid "fostering stereotypes".

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Computer hackers have invaded MI5's official website, it emerged last night. According to the Daily Express, the gang rigged the site so the identity of visitors could be stolen and viruses downloaded on to their machines.

July 6th, 2009 Jill Biden vaunts community colleges at UN forumPARIS — Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president and longtime educator, says American community colleges could be a pillar of economic recovery and a source of new skills after layoffs — and a model for poorer countries struggling to educate their citizens.

June 29th, 2009 LAHORE - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 weakened Muslims, as it divided their power. In an interview with Najam Sethi on Dunya News, Altaf said the partition harmed the Muslims, as a result of the formation of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and divided their power into three parts.

June 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that both Pakistan and India should learn a lesson from European countries and normalise their relations. In an interview with Najam Sethi, Altaf said it was unfortunate that the ruling elite of India had always projected Pakistan as a threat to India while the Pakistani ruling elite had always 'taught' Pakistani masses that India was a threat to Pakistan.

June 10th, 2009 PARIS/SAO PAULO - Air France has replaced two of three airspeed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 jets, according to a media report Wednesday. The carrier replaced two out of three Pitot tubes on each of the planes early Wednesday after a trade union urged pilots not to fly the planes until the changes had been carried out, the La Tribune newspaper reported.