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• Sherry Rehman named Pak envoy to US
  
  Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appointed lawmaker and former information minister Sherry Rehman as the country's new ambassador to the United States, an official said.
  
• Gaddafi son a sex addict: Ex-wife
  
  Saif al-Islam was a womanizer who often indulged in domestic violence, according to a Ukrainian woman who claims to be a former wife of the captured son of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
  
• US could?ve averted Mumbai attacks?
  
  The 26/11 Mumbai attacks could have been averted if the then Bush administration had taken seriously the warning and threat perception of Lashkar-e-Taiba?s global operations by renowned French judge, a media report said.
  
• Taliban declare ceasefire in Pak
  
  The Pakistani Taliban has declared a ceasefire to encourage nascent peace talks with the government , a senior commander said, a move that appears to show the group?s willingness to strike a deal with state.
  
• Obama turns White House into country music hall
  
  President Barack Obama turned the White House into a country music hall on Monday, inviting an array of country stars for a concert that gave voice ?to the emotions of everyday life? .
  
• Italians want to cut debt but without sacrifices
  
  And most Italians think the country should stay in the 17-nation eurozone even though the European Union is demanding such tough economic reforms.
  
• Egypt protest: Military accepts Cabinet's resignation
  
  The head of military council said, "Army would quit power immediately if the people voted for it in a referendum and a presidential election will be held by mid-2012."
  
• Memogate: Pak's envoy to US resigns
  
  Pakistan's ambassador to the United States resigned on Tuesday, days after a Pakistani-American businessman said the envoy was behind a controversial memo that accused the Pakistani military of plotting a coup in May.
  
• Memogate: Pak's envoy to US resigns
  
  Pakistan's ambassador to the United States resigned on Tuesday, days after a Pakistani-American businessman said the envoy was behind a controversial memo that accused the Pakistani military of plotting a coup in May.
  
• Memogate: Haqqani meets Pak leaders
  
  Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani today met the country's top civilian and military leadership to explain his position on a controversial secret memorandum that was purportedly sent by the government to seek American help to prevent a military coup.
  
• Turkey detains al-Qaida suspects: report
  
  State-run television says Turkish police have detained 14 people on suspicion of links to the al-Qaida terror network.
  
• Soyuz capsule with 3 astronauts lands in Kazakhstan
  
  A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts returning from the International Space Station touched down safely in the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan early Tuesday. morning.
  
• Egypt cabinet offers resignation
  
  By midnight, tens of thousands of protesters were in the huge downtown square.
  
• ?Haqqani ready to face probe?
  
  The wife of Pakistan?s ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani , involved in a controversy over a secret memo sent to the Obama administration , on Monday defended her husband and said he was ready to face an inquiry into the matter.
  
• Spain shows the door to Socialists
  
  A landslide conservative win in Spain?s election failed to calm markets on Monday and prime minister-elect Mariano Rajoy was under pressure to end uncertainty by giving rapid details of his policies to combat the worst economic crisis for decades.
  
• Tobacco major sues Australia over ?plain packaging? laws
  
  Tobacco giant Philip Morris on Monday launched legal action against Australian laws forcing tobacco products to be sold in drab, plain packaging from late next year, and other tobacco companies said they would soon follow suit.
  
• ?Lone wolf? : NY arrests Awlaki fan for terror plot
  
  New York police arrested a 27-year-old man they called a ?lone wolf ? militant on charges of plotting to build bombs to kill American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
  
• Historic trial: Top Khmer Rouge trio in dock
  
  Opening statements in the most significant stage of a United Nationsbacked trial of Khmer Rouge leaders began in Cambodia on Monday with a horrifying and detailed account of the atrocities of a regime that a prosecutor said was responsible for the deaths of one-fourth of the population.
  
• Putin jeered by martial arts fans
  
  The boos and whistles that greeted the Russian prime minister when he stepped into the ring and took the microphone at a martial arts event in Moscow on Sunday may have given him a shock.
  
• ?Revolutionaries left before the battle was over?
  
  Egypt?s revolutionaries can point to the moment their revolution began to go astray: it was the day of their greatest victory, when protesters ecstatic with the fall of president Hosni Mubarak cheered the army that stepped in to take his place. ?The army and the people are one hand,? they chanted.
  
• Prince Harry in Vegas with mystery blonde: Reports
  
  Britain's Prince Harry spent three nights partying in Las Vegas over the weekend, notably dancing and drinking with a mystery blonde woman, local media reported Monday.
  
• 24 killed in Cairo clashes
  
  Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed at least 24 people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt's military.
  
• At least 24 killed in Cairo clashes
  
  Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed at least 24 people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt's military.
  
• 'Taliban, Pakistan in peace talks'
  
  Pakistan's Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace talks with the US-backed government, a senior Taliban commander and tribal mediators told Reuters on Monday.
  
• Nepal awaits Pranab Mukherjee's visit
  
  A month after Nepal's Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai's official visit to India, New Delhi is sending its finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to Kathmandu to sign a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, Nepal?s official media said on Monday.