RAIWIND (Pakistan- PRIME Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif called for reconciliation to end Pakistan's political crisis but stopped short on Sunday of announcing concrete agreements.
The thaw in their icy ties came after their first meeting since the supreme court disqualified Sharif from contesting elections, sparking a showdown that pushed the nuclear-armed nation to the brink of chaos.
WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama regrouped on Sunday at his Camp David retreat, preparing to unveil the administration's plans for a long-term overhaul of the stricken US financial system.
The Obama administration, appearing blind-sided by and wrong-footed in its response to millions of dollars in bonus payments to employees of a giant insurance and financial company being kept afloat by taxpayer bailout money, was expected as early as Monday to detail its vision for easing the country's seized-up credit markets.
LONDON - BRITISH reality television star Jade Goody died in her sleep early on Sunday aged just 27, her publicist said, after a very public battle with cervical cancer.
Goody died at her home in Upshire, Essex, southeast England, at 3.14 am (11.14am Singapore time) on Britain's Mother's Day, with husband Jack Tweed and mother Jackiey Budden by her side.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S incoming prime minister has warned that the ruling party - heavily weakened by election losses and infighting - is at a crossroads and may lose power if it doesn't reform, tackle graft and serve the people.
In a rare interview published on Sunday, just days before taking over the top job, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak also indicated a decades-old affirmative action program for ethnic Malays should be reviewed to ensure it is more equitable to the minority Chinese and Indians.
