Pak loan defaulters held, Sharif's family pays up
The military government on Wednesday lost no time in cracking the whip to contain graft and make loan defaulters fall in line, carrying out arrests and issuing an ordinance that provides for up to 14 years in jail.

EgyptAir pilot `sank' plane with a prayer
Moments after EgyptAir Captain Ahmed al-Habashi left the controls after reaching a cruising altitude of 33,000 ft, relief pilot Gamil al-Bataouti uttered a short Arabic prayer and took Flight 990 into a terrifying dive towards the dark Atlantic.

India, Pakistan slug it out over democracy
Pronouncement from Washington's Capitol Hill: Indian democracy good, Pakistani dictatorship not bad.

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