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Afghan President Hamid Karzai would arrive in Pakistan tomorrow on a two-day visit. Karzai would be visiting the country for the first time after being elected as president for the second term

BAGHDAD: Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country’s still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people in the capital and sending down a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the day. About 19 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the election for who will lead the country as U.S.

BAGHDAD: At least 16 people were killed when two suicide bombers in cars attacked police stations in northeast Iraq on Wednesday and another blew himself up in a hospital where the wounded were being treated, police said. The attacks were the bloodiest in the immediate run-up to a parliamentary election on Sunday that is seen as pivotal for the war-scarred nation as U.S

BAQUBA: Three powerful co-ordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraq city of Baquba killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 on Wednesday, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections. The blasts, the deadliest to hit the country in nearly a month, spurred police to clamp an immediate curfew on the city, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad and one of Iraq’s biggest. The attacks came despite heightened security across the country ahead of Sunday’s vote and after the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, threatened to disrupt the election by “military means.” Two near-simultaneous suicide vehicle bombs ripped through the provincial housing department’s offices and a nearby traffic intersection at around 9:30 am (0630 GMT), while a man later blew himself up at Baquba’s main hospital where victims were being treated.

PORT-AU-PRINCE : More than 200,000 people were killed in the earthquake that shook Haiti on Jan.

TEHRAN: Iran said that it was ready to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment as requested by the UN. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the decision in an interview with state Iranian television. He said Iran will have “no problem” giving the West its low-enriched uranium and taking it back several months later when it is enriched by 20 percent

BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance will never abandon Afghanistan into hands of Taliban. Nato troops to continue their operations until Afghan security forces gain ability to defend their country, he said in an interview

BAGHDAD: Three large car bombs rocked well-known Baghdad hotels on Monday, killing at least 36 people and ending a 1-1/2-month lull in coordinated assaults on the Iraqi capital as the country heads into a March election.

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Another Strong New Earthquake Hits Haiti New, A second strong earthquake hit Haiti Wednesday, waking people from their beds and sending others running into the streets in panic. The US Geological Survey said the quake measured 6.1, and hit a country already ravaged by an earthquake eight days ago. The tremor was centered 26 miles north-west of Jacmel, and there were no immediate reports of injuries.

ATLANTA: The U.S. Army general overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said Tuesday that a series of brazen daytime attacks in the Afghan capital showed both the endurance and resourcefulness of Taliban militants in the country. Gen