America marks six years since 9/11 under shadow of ‘war on
terror’
AMERICA marks the sixth anniversary of the
September 11 attacks on Tuesday with more low key commemorations
than in the past and in the face of mounting concern over the US-led
“war on terror.”
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Nepal’s troubled Shah dynasty faces extinction
When Prithvi Narayan Shah, the forefather of
Nepal’s current King Gyanendra, finally conquered Kathmandu in 1768,
he did so on the day of the most important festival of the year,
Inrdra Jatra.
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Pakistan steps up airport security as sharif gets ready to
return
PAKISTAN stepped up security at all of its major
airports Sunday after receiving reports about possible terror
attacks, a day before the nation’s exiled former Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif was to return home, officials said.
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