AP – Doctors skirted a bureaucratic logjam to save the life of three critically ill child victims of Haiti’s earthquake on Sunday, flying them to U.S. hospitals on a private jet to avoid a military suspension of medical evacuation flights.

AP – Toyota is the latest Japanese corporate icon making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

LAHORE: Senator Pervez Rasheed has said that Nawaz Sharif has not yet made up his mind about whether to run for NA-123.

After the meeting held in connection with the preparations for the poll, Pervez Rasheed said the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is still far and that it is the desire of Nawaz Sharif to give election ticket to those party workers who have rendered sacrifices.

He said consultation was held during the meeting on allowing other party worker to contest the poll in case of Nawaz Sharif’s staying out of the election.

AP – The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.

Reuters – Israel and the United States are closely conferring about the Iranian nuclear program, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said in an interview published Sunday, calling Israel’s conduct “responsible.”

AP – A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation’s newest Miss America, emerging from a field of 53 contestants picked for their beauty, compassion and interview savvy.

AP – The massive, multimillion-dollar security operations for the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics are being adjusted in light of recent breaches such as the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airliner and the White House gatecrashers.

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has increased the petrol price by Rs6.10 a litre to Rs71.21 from Rs65.11 per litre, Geo News reported Sunday.

The price of High Speed Diesel has been risen to Rs71.89, Light Diesel oil to Rs61.07, HOBC to Rs86.84 and Kerosene oil to Rs64.60 per litre.

Reuters – Pakistan’s Taliban denied a report on Sunday that their leader Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a U.S. drone aircraft strike.

LAHORE: Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, the senior adviser to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, has alleged that Punjab Governor Salman Taseer is creating a hurdle in the appointment of judges to the Lahore High Court.

He said that the governor received the recommendations made by Chief Justice of Lahore High Court about judges’ appointments some three months back, but did no take any action.

Governor Taseer called some of the recommended judges on phone and asked them for support, Khosa revealed this at a press conference.

The Punjab Governor is violating constitutional obligations time and again, he said, adding that the governor keeps interfering in the affairs of judiciary, police investigation and civil services.

“I have never seen a governor with such awful behavior throughout my 48-year political career,” he said.

“Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has written a letter to Prime Minister in this regard. He is hoping for positive response but if it does not happen, we will take a legal course.”