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News for Tuesday, 5 Jul 2011

Strauss-Kahn faces home hurdle as US woes ease

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn inched closer on Tuesday to having US sex assault charges against him dropped although a complaint of assault in France could pose a further hurdle...

Jockeying starts for posts in new Thai government

Thailand’s prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, said on Tuesday it was too early to decide on her cabinet as jockeying for posts started and investors expressed concern her populist policies...

Millions will die if India stops AIDS drugs: UN

Millions of people dependent on life-saving generic drugs to treat HIV/AIDS will die if India stops producing cheap drugs for the disease due to its trade deal with the European...

Syria forces kill 6 people

Syrian forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead at least six civilians in the second day of raids on the city of Hama on Tuesday to crush...

Attacks kill four NATO soldiers in Afghan east

Four NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday in two attacks in eastern Afghanistan, where mostly US troops are battling a fierce Taliban insurgency close to the border with Pakistan, the military...

Yemen planes bomb south, general warns of crisis

Yemeni warplanes bombed southern cities held by militants on Tuesday while a top general called in a television interview for foreign intervention to help avert a regional security crisis. Protests...

Bombers strike Iraq govt building, at least 27 dead

A car bomb and another explosive device blew up in a crowded parking lot outside a government building north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding...

Sharjeel Memon files reply to SC

Sindh government’s spokesman Sharjeel Inam Memon on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to withdraw the contempt of court notice served on him for calling a strike to protest the court’s...

Avoiding media only common strategy of PML-N and PPP

President Asif Ali Zardari and the Sharif brothers may have differences on all major issues, but keeping the media away and not speaking to the media about recent political developments...

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