http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290307,multiple-suicide-attacks-hit-pakistan-38-killed--summary.html Islamabad - Taliban militants let loose several suicide squads in Pakistan's heartland and the troubled north-west Thursday, killing at least 38 people, including 11 attackers, officials said. Gunmen wearing explosive ... Asia,World Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:34:51 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290307,multiple-suicide-attacks-hit-pakistan-38-killed--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290519,suicide-rocket-attacks-kills-16-in-pakistan--summary.html Islamabad - A suicide bombing and a rocket attack at two security installations in north-western Pakistan on Friday killed 16 people, including three soldiers and the same number of policemen, officials said, as the country reeled from a string of mi... Asia,World Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:22:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290519,suicide-rocket-attacks-kills-16-in-pakistan--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290304,suicide-bombing-at-pakistan-police-station-kills-11--summary.html Islamabad - At least 11 people were killed and 30 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police station in north-western Pakistan on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred in Kohat, a garrison town 60 kilomet... Asia,World Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:10:54 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290304,suicide-bombing-at-pakistan-police-station-kills-11--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289979,al-qaeda-number-two-lashes-out-at-pakistani-military.html Islamabad - The Pakistan Army has become a tool in the hands of the crusaders to save American and NATO troops from certain defeat in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda's second-in-command said in a new video message on Tuesday. At this moment Pakistani forces... Asia,World Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:04:50 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289979,al-qaeda-number-two-lashes-out-at-pakistani-military.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292234,un-condemns-attack-that-killed-over-90-people-in-pakistan.html New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms on Wednesday the bomb attack that killed at least 93 people in Peshawar, Pakistan. I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, today's bomb attack at a market in Peshawar... World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292234,un-condemns-attack-that-killed-over-90-people-in-pakistan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289971,chinese-president-hails-pakistan-infrastructure-projects--summary.html Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao praised his country's infrastructure projects in Pakistan on Tuesday, as he and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reaffirmed the traditional close friendship between the two nations. Hu said China wante... Asia,World Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:10:56 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289971,chinese-president-hails-pakistan-infrastructure-projects--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292223,bomb-kills-93-in-pakistan-market-during-clinton-visit--summary.html Islamabad - A car bomb ripped through a crowded market in north-western Pakistan Wednesday, killing 93 people, as US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the country and assured fu... Asia,World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:40:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292223,bomb-kills-93-in-pakistan-market-during-clinton-visit--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292199,car-bomb-kills-91-in-pakistan-market-during-clinton-visit.html Islamabad - A car bomb ripped through a crowded market in north-western Pakistan Wednesday, killing more than 90 people, as US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the country and assured... Asia,World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:10:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292199,car-bomb-kills-91-in-pakistan-market-during-clinton-visit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290996,twin-suicide-bombings-at-pakistani-university--summary.html Islamabad - Six people, including two female students, were killed and many more wounded Tuesday when two suicide bombers struck an Islamic university in Pakistan's capital, officials said. The successive bombings came as government forces pressed ah... Asia,World Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:04:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290996,twin-suicide-bombings-at-pakistani-university--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291518,iran-demands-pakistan-hand-over-terrorist-leader.html Islamabad - Iran formally asked Pakistan on Friday to hand over the leader of a terrorist organization allegedly involved in a series of deadly attacks, including last weekend's suicide blast that killed at least 42 Iranians. Iran says that Abdolmali... Asia,World Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:52:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291518,iran-demands-pakistan-hand-over-terrorist-leader.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292541,clinton-meets-pakistani-tribal-chiefs.html Islamabad - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday had her first face-to-face interaction with tribesmen from Pakistan's violence-plagued north-western areas, a day after she urged Islamabad to eliminate al-Qaeda from the region. The meeting... Asia,World Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292541,clinton-meets-pakistani-tribal-chiefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295435,suicide-bomber-kills-19-outside-pakistan-court--summary.html Islamabad - A suicide bomber on Thursday killed 19 people outside a court complex in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, officials said, as troops pressed on with their offensive in the n... Asia,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295435,suicide-bomber-kills-19-outside-pakistan-court--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294230,two-soldiers-killed-10-missing-in-taliban-attack.html Islamabad - At least two soldiers were killed and 10 went missing when the Taliban ambushed a convoy of paramilitary troops in Pakistan's restive tribal region, officials said on Wednesday. The convoy of 52 security personnel from the paramilitary Fr... Asia,World Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294230,two-soldiers-killed-10-missing-in-taliban-attack.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294241,taliban-attacks-kill-10-pakistani-soldiers-10-more-missing--summary.html Islamabad - At least 10 soldiers were killed and 10 more went missing in two separate attacks by Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region, officials said on Wednesday. A spokesman for the country's paramilitary Frontier Corps, Fazal-ur-R... Asia,World Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294241,taliban-attacks-kill-10-pakistani-soldiers-10-more-missing--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294099,car-bombing-kills-at-least-32-in-pakistani-market--summary.html Islamabad - At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in a car bombing in Pakistan's north-western city of Charsadda, officials said Tuesday. The blast occurred at a busy market in the town, which is located around 30 kilometres north-east o... Asia,World Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294099,car-bombing-kills-at-least-32-in-pakistani-market--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293065,pakistanis-support-military-action-against-taliban-in-waziristan.html Islamabad - A majority of Pakistanis support the military operation against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the country's lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, a poll released on Tuesday showed. Pakistan launched a major assault in the Sout... Asia,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293065,pakistanis-support-military-action-against-taliban-in-waziristan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293035,train-collision-kills-17-in-pakistan--summary.html Islamabad - A passenger train collided Tuesday with a freight train in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, killing at least 17 people and injuring 38, officials said. The crash occurred near the Juma Goth railway station on the city's outskirts... Asia,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293035,train-collision-kills-17-in-pakistan--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293012,report-western-jihadists-being-trained-in-afghanistan-pakistan.html Paris - More and more Europeans and Americans are travelling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to be trained to carry out jihad, or Islamic armed struggle, against the West, the online edition of the French daily Le Figaro reported Tuesday on a blog dedica... Europe,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:46:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293012,report-western-jihadists-being-trained-in-afghanistan-pakistan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292999,nine-killed-in-train-collision-in-pakistan--summary.html Islamabad - A passenger train collided Tuesday with a freight train in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, killing nine people and injuring 40, officials said. The crash occurred near the Juma Goth railway station on the city's outskirts. Negli... Asia,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:46:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292999,nine-killed-in-train-collision-in-pakistan--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291152,schools-universities-closed-in-pakistan-after-bombings--summary.html Islamabad - All educational institutions across Pakistan remained closed on Wednesday, a day after twin suicide bombings rocked an Islamic university in the country's capital, killing eight people. The explosions were apparently part of a string of m... Asia,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:34:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291152,schools-universities-closed-in-pakistan-after-bombings--summary.html