LUCKNOW: Clashes between Hindu and Muslim residents in a northern Indian town continued for a third day on Sunday, with two more people killed despite a 24-hour curfew, officials said.
Authorities clamped the curfew on the town of Mau after clashes erupted on Friday, but sporadic violence continued

Five people were injured in an attack Saturday on a Hindu temple in the farming town of Peergacha some 380 km north of here, the national daily Bangladesh Observer said.
Police arrested seven people after they were found to be involved in attack during which a portion of the Haribashair temple was

Frantic efforts to reach remote mountain villages, cut off by landslides and still in dire need of help one week after the quake, were dealt another blow with the crash of one of the helicopters flying relief missions.
"It's absolutely urgent right now to send tents to give people shelter. If nothi

MUZAFFARABAD. (AFP) - The search for survivors in quake-hit Pakistan was being abandoned as rescuers battling blocked roads and a shortage of helicopters focused on getting aid to remote mountain villages.
In Muzaffarabad, the devastated capital of Pakistani Kashmir, army spokesman Major Faroo

The U.N. agency said the international relief effort must focus on keeping children alive in the weeks ahead. It said it was sending high protein biscuits, boots and sweaters for children, blankets, water containers, plastic tarpaulins, tents, medical supplies and blankets to affected areas.
"With

People are wondering as to where all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have vanished after the earthquake disaster that hit the country on October 8.
In different gatherings here in the capital city, people are talking about the missing NGOs which, they say, have been seen very active until

for World Jewry spokesman: . American Jewish organizations including the American Jewish Congress-Council for World Jewry, the Joint Distribution Committee, and the American Jewish World Service are already raising funds for Pakistan relief. The decision to accept financial support and equipment fro

They made this appeal during a meeting Monday that decided to set up a federal relief commission for coordinated efforts in the unprecedented large scale rescue and relief operations, launched in the wake of Pakistan's worst earthquake that has claimed several thousand lives and caused destruction i

in relief and reconstruction aid, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said.
"The magnitude of this disaster is utterly overwhelming," Crocker said. "We have under way the beginning of a very major relief effort."
The United Nations said more than 2.5 million people were left homeless by Saturday's mons

"There are cities, there are towns which have been completely destroyed. Muzaffarabad is devastated," he added,
Around 3,000 people were killed by the quake in Muzaffarabad. The worst hit place was Bagh, 40 kilometres southeast of Muzaffarabad, Farooq said.
Between 6,000 and 7,000 people are est

Pakistan's army described the damage as widespread and said it included villages buried in quake-induced landslides.
Pakistan's Geo television quoted Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, the Pakistani army's chief spokesman, as saying 1,000 people were feared dead. Pakistani army officials who flew over quake

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said the PPP stood for women's rights and regarded women as the Mothers, daughters, sisters of the country whose life, liberty and right to happiness was a fundamental rights.
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said that PPP Founder Quaid e Awam Zulfikar Ali Bhutto emancipated women of

The incident of rape happened in a village named Chak No. 110 D.B, Yazman in district Bahawalpur at 9.00 pm on 30 August 2005. Rukhsana was returning visiting her aunty to her home when Nazir Ahmed (Jeera) allegedly kidnapped her at gunpoint and took her to the nearest New Apostolic Church. He enter

The former vice-captain attended a religious gathering in Karachi on Sunday night, along with skipper Inzamam-ul Haq and during his speech, he refuted charges that he had buckled under pressure from fellow cricketers.
''Nobody pressurised me to accept Islam. I became a Muslim after attending many r

Her "Coordinators" and Marilyn Hickey herself became worried and angry on the "announcement" of Bishop Nasir who is currently running champagne to expose "False Prophets" who come to Pakistan with so called "Healing Crusade" and mislead the Christians in Pakistan with their "Miracles". He published