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Washington, Nov.18 (ANI): American experts analysing the latest developments in South Asia are of the view that by all yardsticks, Pakistan continues to lag behind India, and add that this crisis of identity is dangerously close to settling permanently into the Pakistani mind.

Jerusalem, Nov. 17 (ANI): The inflow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has gone up by approximately 900 percent in 12 months, the IDF has said.

Melbourne, November 17 (ANI): Fast-food giant McDonald's was named the most irresponsible creator of food promotions in three out of four categories at Australia's annual children's food marketing Fame and Shame Awards.

London, Nov. 17 (ANI): A former corporal in the British Army, who is accused of the brutal beating and torture of Iraqi prisoners, has said that he acted out of revenge over the killing of four UK soldiers.

New York, Nov 17 (ANI): A spokesman for 'Playgirl' has said that Levi Johnson won't give a 'full frontal' view in the magazine.

Tehran, Nov. 17 (ANI): Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of United Nations' nuclear watchdog IAEA, has reportedly been in secret talks with Iranian officials to reach an agreement that would lift the international sanctions imposed on Tehran in exchange for its co-operation with UN inspectors.

Melbourne, Nov 17 (ANI): The New Oxford American Dictionary has named 'unfriend', which means deleting a friend from a site such as Facebook, as its word of the year.

Beijing, Nov.17 (ANI): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged China to resume talks with representatives of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the earliest.

Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Former US Vice President candidate Sarah Palin has said that her daughter's ex-fiance Levi Johnston's nude modelling stint in Playgirl is heartbreaking.

Jerusalem, Nov. 16 (ANI): Israel has said it will take unilateral steps if the Palestinian Authority (PA) leaves the peace talks midway and moves to the UN to endorse it as an independent state.

New York, Nov 15(ANI): Former US Vice President candidate Sarah Palin has said that she was not aware that her eldest daughter Bristol was sexually active before she learned the teenager, then 17, was pregnant.

Ludhiana, Nov. 15 (ANI): Ornithologists and forest officers in Punjab have expressed concern over the dwindling population of some popular birds, including the house sparrow.

Melbourne, November 15 (ANI): A new drug called Mephedrone or MM-Cat, which is said to be "a cross between cocaine and ecstasy," is being sold through the web, it has emerged.

Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): An ardent animal lover, who died alone in her Sydney home, has left her 3-million-dollar estate to stray cats and dogs.

Islamabad, Nov.14 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has blamed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Awami National Party, the Pakistan People's Party and private US security firm Blackwater for the recent spate of terror activities across the country.

Pretoria, Nov. 14 (ANI): South African star athlete Caster Semenya has revealed how her life has changed since winning the women's 800 metre world championship in Berlin, and the controversial gender row that followed afterwards.

Melbourne, Nov. 14 (ANI): A senior sergeant in Australia's Victoria Police has filed racism complaint against the force, alleging that he was called "a wog" by his senior officers.

New Delhi, Nov.14 (ANI): Rotary Australia has taken on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for apparently promising barbecues to Indian students in his country while on a visit to Indian capital New Delhi, saying barbecues were not an ideal welcoming gesture as most Indians are vegetarian.

A suicide car-bomber attacked a police station at Bakka Khel near the north-western town of Bannu in Pakistan on Friday,killing three policemen and wounding eight.

Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): A Sydney couple has withdrawn their two children from a public primary school because Muslim students bullied their 11-year-old son for eating a salami sandwich during Ramadan.