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LONDON - Pakistan has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restructure the existing 11 billion dollar loan to help it cope with the devastating floods, the worst to have hit the country in the last 80 years.

LONDON - One of the two women who were behind an alleged smear campaign against the founder of the controversial WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, has said she supported the rape claim after experiencing unwelcome sexual advances from Assange.

LONDON - A recent poll has revealed 20 popular ways to say thank you. They are as follows: 1. Cheers

LONDON - Research suggests that today's Britons are no longer capable of saying 'thank you', and would prefer to say 'cheers' as a gesture of gratitude. Forty per cent of those polled said they believed saying 'thank you' sounds too formal, and would rather heap praise using colloquial terms like 'fab', 'lovely' or 'wicked'.

LONDON - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's call for martial law in Pakistan has added to the crisis facing President Asif Ali Zardari's led government, with fears of the Army toppling the 'democratic' set up once again.