Onion crisis in 2010 saw ban on onion exports, low import taxes and even trucking in onions from arch-rival Pakistan.

Hagel, 66, is likely to be sworn in on Wednesday.

Most of the images posted by the hackers after the site was hacked were related to the conflict in Syria.

Officials said a reported seven per cent decrease in "enemy-initiated attacks" for the whole of 2012 was wrong.

Watching Oscars meant sitting through a series of crudely sexist antics led by self-satisfied MacFarlane: New Yorker

Two men on a motorcycle kill policeman who was guarding female vaccinators.

Militants vow revenge for a prisoner who died allegedly under torture in an Israeli jail.

Despite the curfew, misconduct involving US servicemen has continued to fuel anti-US sentiment in communities.

Similar suspicions about the vaccine in Pakistan have led to the killing of at least 19 people since December.

Women only account for 26 percent in the 577-seat National Assembly.