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INTERNATIONAL
| People my strength, says Kerala Chief Minister |
| Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has weathered many a storm during the two years of his coalition government. Surviving on a slender majority despite a tsunami of controversies that has plagued many of his cabinet colleagues, Chandy tells to Khaleej Times the secret of his success |
| Taleban kill 5 soldiers near Peshawar |
| ISLAMABAD - Five security personnel were killed and six inured in an attack by Taleban militants on Engineer Battalion’s vehicle near Sara Khawara area in Mattani on the border of the restive Dara Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
| ECP rejects Muttahida’s plea for repolling in entire NA-250 |
| KARACHI - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday rejected Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) demand to hold repolling in the entire NA-250 constituency in Karachi, instead of 43 polling stations as announced. |
| ‘Peace process with India likely to gain pace under Sharif govt’ |
| ISLAMABAD - Pakistan expects that the peace process with India will gain pace after the installation of new government. |
| Sindh chief minister will be from PPP |
| KARACHI - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday ruled out any other party’s chief minister in Sindh as the party has acquired more than simple majority for formation of the government in the province. |
| Obama acts on scandals; Republicans unsatisfied |
| President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred federal tax agency Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack on US diplomatic missions abroad. |
| Jackson sexually abused him as child: Dancer |
| An Australian choreographer alleged Thursday that Michael Jackson sexually abused him for seven years as a child, a claim the late singer’s estate described as ‘outrageous and sad.’ |
| Boston suspect wrote note before capture |
| Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note before his capture in which he called the victims ‘collateral damage’ for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq, local media reported Thursday. |
| Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans in Afghan |
| A suicide car bombing tore through a US convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. US soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor. |
| Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles |
| A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. |
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