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USAF vehicle breaks record for hypersonic flight Thu May 27, 6:21 am ET, Associated press WASHINGTON – An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 — six times the speed of sound. The X-51A Waverider was released from a B-52...

The news Updated at: 0935 PST, Friday, May 21, 2010 WASHINGTON: China is building an advanced combat jet that may rival within eight years Lockheed Martin Corp's F-22 Raptor, the premier US fighter, a US intelligence official said. The date cited for the expected deployment is years...

The news Updated at: 0430 PST, Wednesday, February 03, 2010 RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), setting aside all claims of government in connection with the immunity of the president, has issued orders to the chief secretary Sindh to freeze the assets of President...

US commander signals peace talks with Taliban BBC, 25th jan 2010 The top US commander in Afghanistan has said a negotiated peace with the Taliban is the way forward. Gen Stanley McChrystal told the UK's Financial Times that there had been "enough fighting" and he wanted a political...

Zardari’s eligibility challenged the news, Monday, January 25, 2010 ISLAMABAD: A reference was filed on Sunday in the Election Commission of Pakistan, challenging the eligibility of Asif Ali Zardari as president of Pakistan. Advocate Maulvi Iqbal Haidar requested the ECP to...

Bin Laden takes credit for Christmas Day attempt CAIRO – Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks. In a recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, Bin Laden...

Cheap car from India could cost $8,000 in US Ultracheap Nano could come to US in 3 years with $8,000 price tag By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- The world's cheapest car is being readied for sale in the U.S., but by the time India's Tata Nano is retrofitted to meet emissions...

By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer Ahmed Al-haj, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jan 15, 6:18 pm ET SAN'A, Yemen – Yemeni warplanes struck outside a desert village near the border with Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing six al-Qaida operatives, including the group's top military leader in...

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dear PDF memebers we all know the accomplishments of our pakistani political leaders (none). In pakistan history, i think we had 3 very strong generals/presidents of pakistan. Gen ayub khan - 27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969 (as president of pakistan) Gen Zia-ul-haq -...

By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN January 15, 2010 -- Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India is launching a series of rockets to study the impact of Friday's solar eclipse, a rare occurrence that will briefly reduce the sun to a blazing ring. The Indian Space Research...

Japan on ending air base row Thursday, January 14, 2010 HONOLULU, Hawaii: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed her Japanese counterpart here Tuesday to stick by a deal on moving a controversial US air base, but got no commitment from Tokyo during the meeting. At hastily-arranged...

The news BEIJING: Amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over the US weapons delivery to Taiwan, China test fires a system for intercepting missiles. A successful test report of "ground-based midcourse missile interception technology" was released on Monday by the official...

DUBAI: A Jordanian Taliban commander, moved to Afghanistan in 1999 and stayed on to fight US-led forces, was killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan, extremist websites monitored by US-based SITE Intelligence said on Monday. The Al Fallujah and Shamukh al Islam forums announced the...

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 By Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: An audit report of the Army-run National University of Modern Languages (NUML) has found that its Rector, a retired Army brigadier, was also receiving the salary of a night watchman (security supervisor), getting tax rebates as a...

The news, 24 dec 2009 UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations agency UNFPA has said in its report that India lags behind Pakistan in literacy rate as the literacy rate here in Pakistan is much more higher than that of its rival neighbor. According to report, total 32.3 percent male while 60.4...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had a wonderful first flight yesterday. It was covered by multiple media outlets and many different formats, from twitter, to standard live TV, to web feed, to even streaming video on an iPhone. Reading the forums (and even my friend's Facebook statuses) a lot of people...

To varying degrees, Greece, Spain, Ukraine, Austria, Latvia, Mexico are just a handful of the nations viewed at risk of defaulting. Meanwhile, Dubai only just avoided a similar fate thanks to a $10 billion bailout from their oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi. So, who else out there could rattle our...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan to meet the needs of American forces as 30,000 more troops head into the war zone, a top Air Force general said Wednesday. The bolstered eyes in the sky will come from a mix...

Russia admits missile caused UFO lights Unusual display, seen from Norway, traced to failure of test launch By Clara Moskowitz updated 7:12 p.m. ET Dec. 10, 2009 A spectacular spiral light show in the sky above Norway on Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile that failed just after...