Palestinians see no hope in peace talks
August 21, 2010 by Trend PK
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RAMALLAH: A resumption of Middle East peace talks inspires little hope among Palestinians who say the prospect of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel seems no more than a dream.
“There has been a lot of talk of peace, but we have seen no results. We no longer have hope,” said 30-year old Luay Kabbah, who was still at school when Palestinian and Israeli leaders first began talking peace nearly two decades ago.
His despondency reflects deep pessimism among Palestinians, mirrored in Israel, on the prospects for a new round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that are due to begin in September.
The talks are the latest chapter in a peace process which, interrupted by several years of violence earlier this decade, has given Palestinians limited self-rule but no state on lands occupied by Israel since a 1967 Middle East war.
Today, the idea of that
Uzbekistan sends relief goods
August 21, 2010 by Trend PK
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ISLAMABAD: More foreign aid arrived in Pakistan on Saturday, this time on a plane from the Uzbekistan.
The aid arrived on an Uzbek government plane that landed at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi.
A government representative who accompanied the flight said that the president and people of Uzbekistan expressed their “deepest condolence to the whole of Pakistan.”
Meanwhile in Dera Ismail Khan the United Nations World Food Programme distributed food aid to those in desperate need.
“We didn’t receive anything until now. We came here to get food items. People faced great losses, the majority of the houses there fell down, crops have been destroyed, water is still standing there, the situation is still bad out there,” said flood victim Falak Sher.
The United Nations has appealed for 460 (m) million US dollars in emergency assistance, and the US has
Ajmal Khattak Funeral Today
Pakistan News: Veteran Politician and Leader Ajmal Khattak passed away 
after a protracted illness. President and Prime Minister expressed condolences over his death. Khattak was born in 1950. He completed his Masters in Pashto and Persian from Peshawar University. Government awarded Sitra-e-Imitiaz to Khattak. Ajmal Khattak was twice elected as the president of the Awami National Party.
Khattak was not only a veteran politician but also a journalist and writer. Khattak also authored 16 books in Pashto and Urdu. His funeral would be held at 3:00 PM.
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, Governor Sindh Ishrat Abad, CM Sindh Qaim Ali Shah, CM Pumjab Shahbaz Sharif, MQM leader Altaf Hussain and others expressed their condolences and regret over his death.
Ajmal Khattak Funeral Today was first posted on February 8, 2010 at 12:00 pm.
Kurdish community welcomes death sentence of “Chemical Ali”
January 17, 2010 by Trend PK
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An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as “Chemical Ali”, on Sunday to death by hanging for a 1988 gas attack that killed about 5,000 Kurds, a court official said.
Many women and children were killed in gas attack. Kurdish people in Arbil city for their part expressed their satisfaction with this verdict.
Kurdish community welcomes death sentence of “Chemical Ali” was first posted on January 18, 2010 at 1:06 am.
Political Leaders Condemn Peshawar Blast
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Political Leaders Condemn Peshawar Blast, Various political leaders condemned the Peshawar blast which claimed at least five lives.
The leaders who expressed their deep sorrow at the loss of precious lives include Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Political Leaders Condemn Peshawar Blast was first posted on November 8, 2009 at 11:43 am.
