Pak draws ‘red line’ over US troops on its soil

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Our planet has a fever. But global warming's effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel have developed what is literally a 'thermometer' for the Earth, which would assess the health of our planet. Known as the "Optical Soil Dipstick" (OSD), the instrument has been developed by Professor Eyal Ben-Dor of TAU's Department of Geography, along with his team.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Britain is making plans to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to meet the call for reinforcements made by the US commander in Kabul. The troops would be Britain's contribution to a military surge called for by General Stanley McChrystal, who commands NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, some details of which were leaked to an American newspaper yesterday.

September 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, would only be taken based on evidence gathered against him. Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of a program in Multan, Gilani said action against Saeed would be taken in accordance with the evidence, which clearly implies that Islamabad is unlikely to take any substantial action against the terrorist leader.

September 21st, 2009 LAHORE - Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, has been placed under house arrest. The Pakistani authorities have also barred him from leading Eid prayers.

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Amid reports of a massive expansion of the US' Islamabad embassy, Pakistan has said that it would never allow the American troops to carry out military operations from its soil. Addressing a weekly briefing Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Islamabad would not allow the US to cross the 'red line' under any circumstance.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at The University of Nottingham, UK, have created the most advanced 3D X-ray micro Computed Tomography (CT) scanner in the world, which will help scientists from a wide variety of departments across the University literally see through solid materials, including soil. Known as the 'Nanotom', the machine will make previously difficult and laborious research much easier as it allows researchers to probe inside objects without having to break into them.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that his country is not providing any terror safe havens to terror groups. Qureshi said Islamabad does not want the country's soil to be used for carrying out nefarious activities against any other nation.

June 17th, 2009 PRAGUE - The Czech parliament's upper house Wednesday agreed to keep up to 1,085 troops in NATO missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo in 2010. The Senate voted 64-2 to deploy up to 535 soldiers in NATO's International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan next year, up from the 2009 limit of 480 troops.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - President Asif Ali Zardari has assured Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistani soil will not be allowed to be used for terrorist activities and all measures would be taken to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice. Zardari urged the Indian prime minister at a meeting here for resumption of the composite dialogue between the two countries, Online news agency said.

May 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actress Leah Remini has revealed that she would do anything with her husband actor Angelo Pagan except share a shower with him. Remini, 38, is passionate about conserving water and helping the environment, but adamantly draws the line at showering with her husband of almost six years.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has ruled out sending troops to Pakistan to lend support to the country's ongoing military offensive against the Taliban and other extremists groups in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry has made it clear that Washington would not send its troops on Pakistani soil.

April 20th, 2009 KABUL - The United States has once again urged Pakistan to do more to dismantle the terror safe havens operating on its soil. Addressing a joint press conference with Afghan Defense Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak, top commander of U.S.

April 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have found climate change will lead to a devastating loss of phosphorus from soil. The research was done by scientists from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded North Wyke Research.

March 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrook has said that the insurgency in Pakistan along the Afghan border is the most daunting situation that the US is facing presently. Talking to media persons right after President Barack Obama unveiled a new policy for fghanistan, Holbrooke said that the US is very concerned about dealing with the problem on the western border of Pakistan.