Pakistan rejects nuclear weapons article
Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Pakistani Foreign Ministry dismissed as "totally baseless" a report in The New Yorker about the United States offering to protect its Nuclear Weapons. Calling the article "utterly misleading and totally baseless," the ministry said it was "nothing more than a concoction to tarnish the image of Pakistan and create misgivings among its people," CNN reported Monday. The New Yorker magazine article by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour...

Might U.S. 'Secure' Pakistan's Nukes? Seymour Hersh Says Yes; Countries Say No: PHOTO
Protecting them is critical. ( Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images ) By Mark Memmott Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh's latest piece for The New Yorker has this page-one-worthy conclusion: Current and former officials said in interviews in Washington and Pakistan that (the Obama) Administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani Military. These would allow specially trained American units to provide added security for the Pakistani (nuclear) arsenal in case...

Unfazed Hersh backs his report over Pak, US agreement on nuke details
Washington, Nov.10 - ANI: Famous US investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh, whose report in a foreign magazine regarding Pakistan sharing its Nuclear programme details with America has created a huge furore, has backed his report, saying the Obama Administration wants Islamabad to let Washington help secure its Nuclear Weapons in a crisis. During an interview with CNN, Hersh rejected all accusations being levelled against him and said that the highly sensitive understandings now being sought by...

Two Koreas in brief naval clash
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea 's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by U.S. President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged. North Korea has a habit of increasing tension prior to major regional events and has been seeking direct talks with the Obama Administration while riling global powers by last week saying it had produced more arms- grade Plutonium .

Help for good governance possible, says C'wealth: PHOTO
LONDON: A senior Commonwealth official said here on Monday it expected both Pakistan and India to settle their bilateral issues, adding that the organisation could extend assistance only on issues relating to good governance and social and economic development. Addressing a news conference, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said the 53-member organisation did not interfere in bilateral relations and expected all member countries to sort out their mutual issues among themselves...

Nuclear arsenal secure, Pakistan says
Pakistani nuclear facilities are well protected and the country does not need foreign help to guard them, a Pakistani Military spokesman says. Talking on a local TV channel on Monday, Athar Abbas asserted that Pakistan knows how to protect its nuclear arsenal and nuclear facilities. He went on to say that the US government has itself dismissed an article by Seymour M. Hersh, published in The New Yorker , that suggests otherwise, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday. “The actual purpose...

Pakistan Designers, Models Defy Taliban With First Fashion Week
Amid headlines about violence and militants, Pakistan style circuit seeks to push new image with Fashion Week. AP Nov. 7: A model displays a creation by Pakistani designer Faiza Samee during the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan. Some women strode the Catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders

CNG stations observe strike against gas load shedding
Islamabad, Pakistan news :CNG consumers in Islamabad and Rawalpindi face difficulties as all the CNG stations are closed. The CNG Association has announced

New power for Pakistan
KASUR, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Pakistan inaugurated a 200 MW power station in Punjab province that utilizes a flexible fuel source to overcome regional shortfalls, executives said. Finnish energy and power company Wartsila led the engineering, procurement and project management of the Nishat Power Ltd. power plant in Kasur in Punjab province. The company said fuel flexibility of its engines offers an ideal solution for this location. Technology at the power plant uses local fuel resources...

Pakistan qualify for 2010 Hockey World Cup in India
Veteran penalty-corner specialist Sohail Abbas scored twice as Pakistan thrashed Japan 3-1 in the finals of a Qualifying tourney to book a berth in next year’s Hockey World Cup in India. Pakistan joined Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Korea, Netherlands, South Africa and Spain in clinching a spot in the mega-event. Two more spots will go to the winner of the second qualifying event, currently underway in Invercargill, New Zealand. The third qualifying event will start next week in...

Pakistan doth protest nuclear weapons security issues too much: PHOTO
Whenever you see someone questioning the veracity of a report by Seymour Hersh, run in the opposite direction of the argument they’re making. The US didn’t Torture Iraqi prisoners? Abu Ghraib. The US didn’t have a terrorist Assassination program? Subsequent reports indicated otherwise. And this week, in the ‘Annals of National Security,’ we have Hersh’s report that the US and Pakistan are working together on ensuring the latter’s command and control...

India warming to IPI?
NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Lingering issues over Indian involvement in the long-delayed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline are easily resolved, said the Indian energy minister. Islamabad and Tehran signed a bilateral deal for the proposed 1,724-mile IPI natural gas pipeline earlier this year. Pakistan would receive 750 million cubic feet per day from the South Pars gas field in Iran to generate electricity under the terms of a 25-year deal. India's role in the project remains in doubt and security...

America's Secret Pakistan Nuke Deal
The United States government is negotiating with Pakistan's Military, attempting to allow the U.S. to help secure Pakistan's nuclear bombs in the case of a national crisis, Seymour Hersh reports in this week's New Yorker. Pakistan has 80 to 100 warheads, and those in Washington and around the world are increasingly worried that the chaos of recent weeks—a takeover of The Army's main headquarters; the Assassination of a general—might put them in danger. Also adding to American anxiety...

PCB keen on hosting short series with India at neutral venue
Lahore, Nov.10 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is keen on hosting a brief series between India and Pakistan on a neutral venue, most probably in England, before a full bilateral cricket series can be organised between the two arch-rivals next year.

Security of nuclear assets very efficient, General Tariq Majid
Islamabad, Pakistan News: The security system for the Pakistani nuclear assets is very efficient, said the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General

Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week - Yahoo! News
KARACHI, Pakistan – Some women strode the Catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. As surging militant violence grabs headlines around the world, Pakistan 's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever Fashion Week . While the mix of couture and ready-to-wear Fashions would not...

Biden Lunches at Lafayette Coney Island: PHOTO
Detroit (myFOXDetroit.com) - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm usually picks up the phone if she wants to talk to a member of the Obama Administration. On Monday, the second-term Democrat picked up a fork. Granholm and Vice President Joe Biden chowed down on a couple of chili dogs during a photo op at a Detroit eatery. The Governor insisted on paying, but Biden quickly shot her down. He pulled out a bunch of bills, smiled and announced: "I got $100 with me. I'll even buy the press a hot dog!"...

White House Releases Visitors List; Help Us Look Through It
In a Friday afternoon news dump, the Obama Administration has released a list of nearly 500 visitors to The White House. Among the names: a host of prominent politicians who swung by to meet with the president and/or his aides. There also are some few "false positives" -- people with famous names who are actually someone else. Many reporters, an Administration aide relayed, frantically rang The White House after the name William Ayers popped up on the visitor logs, but it's not the same former...

Two Koreas in brief naval clash
By Jon Herskovitz and Kim Yeon-hee SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by U.S. President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged. North Korea has a habit of increasing tension prior to major regional events and has been seeking direct talks with the Obama Administration while riling global powers by last week saying it had produced more arms-grade Plutonium. The United...

Nobody Knows Joe Biden's Name
In all fairness, some of the questions in the Berkeley video were tough.

Obama, Netanyahu to meet Monday, White House says
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at The White House on Monday evening after a rough stretch in U.S. efforts to settle the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The White House announced the meeting on Sunday. Netanyahu has resisted Obama Administration calls to halt Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the heart of a future Palestinian state , though he announced his government would limit construction of new settlements.

Industry, FDA at odds on raw oysters: PHOTO
Glistening oysters cradled on beds of ice have provoked a political battle, with fishing industries along the Gulf Coast and their allies in Congress pitted against food safety officials in the Obama Administration, who are determined to sanitize raw oysters.

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Mideast peace
Washington, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama reaffirmed America's "strong commitment to Israel's security" in a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu , The White House said. Netanyahu traveled to Washington Monday to meet with Obama on restarting the peace process. Netanyahu has resisted the Obama Administration's call to end the building of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the center of a future Palestinian state, even though he said his government would limit construction...

Mitt Romney highlights Republican dinner
Monday was declared "Tom Petway Day" by local Republicans to honor the Jacksonville businessman at a dinner for all he's done for the GOP. But the guest of honor was potential 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney. And the main course apparently was President Barack Obama. Romney slammed the Obama Administration, saying the Stimulus package has done nothing but build more Bureaucracy. He was also critical of Foreign Policy decisions ranging from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, where Romney...

U.S. Sending Envoy to N. Korea for Nuke Talks
After months of deliberation, Obama Administration accepts offer by North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues, officials say. Washington -- The Obama Administration has decided, after months of deliberation, to accept an offer by North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues, two Administration officials said Monday. President Barack Obama will send envoy Stephen Bosworth, although no date for his trip has been set,...