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Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:10 AM IST

Saturday

Washington: A far-reaching legislation has been introduced in the US Congress that would deduct $50 million from the aid to Islamabad for every American killed by terrorists operating from the safe havens in Pakistan with the "support" of ISI.

London: British Indian artist Anish Kapoor unveils Britain's tallest sculpture, a twisted tangle of steel sponsored by ArcelorMittal, next to the Olympic Stadium that he called 'awkward but beautiful'.

Sunday

Dhaka: A special Bangladeshi tribunal indicts an 89-year-old former chief of fundamentalist Jamaat- e-Islami on 61 charges for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, months after he was arrested.

London: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that Chinese agents have trained bogus female devotees to kill him with poison while seeking blessings.

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Monday

Kathmandu: Thirteen Indian pilgrims are among 15 persons killed when a small plane with 21 people on board crashed in northern Nepal after hitting a hill top while attempting to land at a high-altitude airport.

Islamabad: Pakistan's top civil and military leadership holds a crucial meeting and discussed the country's troubled relations with the US ahead of a key NATO summit in Chicago that is expected to make important decisions about the endgame in Afghanistan.

Tuesday

Islamabad: Ailing virologist Khalil Chishti, detained in Rajasthan for nearly two decades on a charge of involvement in a murder, arrived in Pakistan after being given special permission by India's Supreme Court to return home to meet his family.

Washington: The United States slaps sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides, Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon, for their role in drug trafficking in the region.

Wednesday

Islamabad: Police in the Pakistani capital say several Western embassies had received parcels containing a mysterious poisonous powder and a warning against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan that were closed nearly six months ago.

United Nations: India and Nigeria together account for a third of the deaths of pregnant women globally in 2010, latest UN figures said, even as maternal deaths declined by nearly half in the past two decades due to improvement in health systems and increased female education.

New York: Encouraged by strong market demand, social networking site Facebook has increased the price band and number of shares for the initial public offer that could garner up to $18 billion.

Thursday

Washington: US which has been asking India to cut oil imports from Iran has said that the reduction has happpened not because of its pressure but due to "financial and commercial considerations".

Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will attend NATO's upcoming Chicago summit as Islamabad looks all set to open the six-month blockade of the military alliance's supply routes to Afghanistan.

Friday

London: Scotland Yard charges four Indian citizens and two Ghana citizens of Indian-origin, all based in London, for allegedly trafficking a woman from Hyderabad for sex.

New York: Social networking site Facebook, whose 900 million user strength is only behind China and India's populations, go public as its much sought-after shares got listed at Nasdaq and the stock is trading at $41.10, much above its IPO price of $38 in early trade.

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First Published: May 19 2012 | 1:48 PM IST

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