Fourteen masked, heavily armed gunmen remain at large today after launching an audacious commando-style attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, killing six policemen and injuring seven players and officials.
In scenes similar to the terror attacks on Mumbai in November, the gunmen opened fire with AK47s, grenades and a rocket launcher, spraying [...]

Plan to reduce pollution levels saw some 800,000 fewer vehicles on Beijing roads the first day the law took effect.
The city of Beijing has implemented a new law requiring 70 percent of government cars and all corporate and privately owned cars to stay off the roads at least one weekday out of five.
Traffic was lightened [...]

On September 1, 2008, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stunned observers by resigning his post, saying that a new leader might be able to avoid the “political vacuum” that he faced in office. Fukuda’s 11-month tenure was marked by low approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and virtual paralysis in policymaking, as the opposition Democratic Party [...]

ervez Musharraf in his television address to the nation, has announced this Monday his resignation. The ruling coalition government has united against the president and threatened him with impeachment.
He said he was putting national interest above “personal bravado” for the sake of Pakistan, but he was quick pointing out that his resignation, won’t end the [...]

The former Communist guerrilla leader Prachanda (Fierce One), born Pushpa Kamal Dahal, was elected overwhelmingly as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
The Himalayan nation came out recently from a bloody civil war that claimed the life of more the 13 000 people. The war ended when the king finally accepted to give up the throne [...]