Islamabad, Aug 25. It is said that Pakistan is driven by ego of vested interest and the recent act of Nawaz Sharif  is purely meant to counter the political ambition of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan, it is an act of extreme madness. Nawaz Sharif facilitated exit of Pervez Musharrd via PPP route, now he is focused on getting the total control over Pakistan political establishment without consolidating democratic set up in the country.

BRUSSELS, Belgium: NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Tuesday that Russian forces were still inside Georgia despite the agreement to withdraw -- and despite Moscow saying they had begun pulling out Monday.

15 June 2008, Dubai: Abdullah al-Badri, Secretary-general of Opec claimed the world is "panicking too much" and that there is "no shortage" of oil. It seems, then, that Opec is unlikely to signal a significant increase in its output at the meeting.

That won't lighten the mood of two of the banks at the meeting, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, where analysts have predicted that the price of a barrel will move to $150 over the course of the summer – possibly as early as next month. Alexei Miller, chief executive of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, even suggested oil could reach $250 by the end of next year.