US Senate approves economic bailout package

WASHINGTON: The US Congress on Friday approved a 787-billion-dollar package of tax cuts and fresh spending to salvage the broken US economy, handing President Barack Obama his biggest yet political victory. The Senate voted 60-38 to pass the measure hours after it cleared the House of Representatives by a lopsided 246-183 margin, setting the stage for Obama to sign the measure into law before his self-imposed February 16 deadline.The new presiden .... Full Story

US missile strike kills 25 in S Waziristan

WANA; A U.S. missile strike killed 25 people, most of them Uzbek nationals in South Waziristan on Saturday.According to sources, US drone planes fired two guided missiles at a house in Malik Khel in Ladha area after that Taliban had cordoned off the area.The rescue operation is underway to fetch the bodies and injured from the rubbles. A senior Taliban leader told British news agency at least 25 Al Qaeda members have been kil ... Full Story