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Somalis dying in world's worst famine in 20 years

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Somalian refugees are checked in at a refugee settlement camp close to the Kenyan border with Somalia. (Oli Scarff, Getty Images - July 20, 2011)Exhausted, rail-thin women are stumbling into refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia with dead babies and bleeding feet, having left weaker family members behind along the way.NAIROBI Keny Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared...

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New foreign minister

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:17:00 +0000

Ms Khar breaks away from the conventional image of persons entrusted to such key portfolios. Fresh air blowing through the often stagnant realm of political life is usually a rarity. It blows in only now and then and this time seems to have done so with the appointment of Hina Rabbani Khar as Pakistan’s new foreign minister. Ms-Khar breaks away from the conventional image of persons entrusted to...

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Harry Potter fans, an era is ending

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:08:00 +0000

By Carrie RickeyInquirer Movie Critic Friday marks the end of an era. Some, like Warner Bros. executive Dan Fellman, compare its finality to the breakup of the Beatles. When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the eighth and presumably final film based on the phenom--that has sold 450 million books and close to a billion movie tickets, opens this week in theaters from Lahore to...

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7.1 Earth quake jolts northeast Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:52:00 +0000

A strong earthquake jolted-northeastern Japan on Sunday, triggering an evacuation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant but there was no sign of further damage at the facility or reports of casualties along the coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued, and then lifted, a tsunami alert after the 7.1 magnitude quake which hit the same area that was devastated by a massive quake and...

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Security forces take control of Karachi troubled areas

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:45:00 +0000

Security forces took partial control of the-troubled areas of Orangi Town, Qasba Colony and Kati Pahari where violence claimed over 65 lives with over three hundred wounded. The troubled--areas of Qasba Colony, Kati Pahari and surrounding areas of Orangi Town, where gunmen had taken positions and were in control for the past four days, were once again in the control of security forces. Various...

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Final Shuttle Flight's Secret (Not So Secret) Souvenir Stash

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:27:00 +0000

Various U.S., military and country flags, as well as assorted space shuttle mission patches are among the mementos packed aboard Atlantis for the final space shuttle mission. The final astronaut-crew to fly on a space shuttle has a secret in store for everyone watching when the astronauts pause during their mission to offer a tribute to NASA's 30-year shuttle program.The four crewmembers have...

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'Syria' slams-U.S-diplomat's trip to Hama

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:11:00 +0000

U.S. ambassador to Syria Robert Ford visited-Hama Thursday, stayed overnight, and left on Friday.By the CNN Wire Staff The embattled Syrian-regime is lambasting the U.S. ambassador for his trip to the restive city of Hama, where it says he met with "saboteurs," incited protests and undermined its national dialogue initiative. The government also said Robert Ford did not ask for...

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2,000 year old Objects found in Pakistan Taxila

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:34:00 +0000

About 200-objects dating back to the first century AD have been found during excavations near Pakistan's ancient site of Taxila. Taxila shows the different stages in the development of a city on the Indus that was influenced by Persia, Greece and central Asia and which, from the 5th century BC to the 2nd century AD, was an important-Buddhist centre of learning. It lies 30 km northwest of...

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JOSH back in Pakistan Rock again

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Internationally famed Indo Pak music band JOSH is all set to rock-again in Pakistan. This will be the first appearance of JOSH after the successful launch of their album “Beyond Kismat” who recently clinched the top spot on music charts across South-Asia with their song “Pyar Hogaya”. JoSH performed last night at the Canadian embassy, Islamabad and now making its way to the Expo Centre,...

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Thousands People expected for wedding of Monaco prince

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:22:00 +0000

By Pierre Thebault MONACO (Reuters): Flags, fanfare and thousands of well wishers awaited the-wedding of Prince Albert II to his South African fiance-Saturday in a union hoped to restore the luster of the luxury playground on the Riviera. The nuptials are the-first of a ruling prince in Monaco since the prince's father, Prince Rainier III, married the Hollywood star Grace Kelly in 1956, and come...

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Movie review

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:29:00 +0000

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Autobots return to action when a mysterious event from Earth's past erupts into the present day, threatening to destroy humanity A director whose-bombast knows no bounds, especially in the second "Transformers" film, Michael Bay manages to keep the volume down by his standards-for a while in "Dark of the Moon." But in the end, he can't help himself. As if...

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"We had a longing to come here" Prince William tells adoring crowd

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:18:00 +0000

Britain's Prince William greets war veterans after a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa June 30, 2011 Katie Daubs and Bruce Campion-SmithStaff reportersMore aboutRoyal Visit: Charles and..»William never had a chance. The Fleming-twins were a flytrap of sweetness, holding carnations addressed to “our Prince Charming” and wearing matching sailor hats and dresses. As the Duke and...

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'Google+ could make 'Twitter' the next 'Myspace'

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:05:00 +0000

By Peter Yared Google+ coThere are numerous-comparisons between Google’s new Google+ social offering and Facebook, but most of them miss the mark. Google knows the social train has left the station and there is a very slim chance of catching up with Facebook’s 750 million active users. However, Twitter’s position as a broadcast platform for 21 million active-publishers is a much more...

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Samsung sells 2m smart TVs in very short period

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:52:00 +0000

Islamabad-: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global-leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, recently unveiled that it’s cumulative ‘Smart TV’ sales has surpassed 2 million-units cumulatively since their introduction in March 2011. It is an unprecedented record and reinforces Samsung’s brand leadership as “Smart TV Samsung TV” the world over. The highest-number of Smart TV’s...

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World’s First Flying Motorbike Ready to Fly

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:43:00 +0000

Traffic jams-could soon become a thing of the past thanks to an amateur inventor who has built the world’s first flying motorcycle in his garage. Australian Christopher Malloy ploughed his entire-life savings into the project which took him two and a half-years to complete. His futuristic creation dubbed the Hoverbike can reach an altitude of 10,000ft and-speeds of over 100mph. Fans of the...

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5 Reasons the iPhone 5 Will Dominate--Game Over

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:54:00 +0000

Details are scarce, but even from what little we know, the iPhone 5 could revolutionize smartphones...again. Apple--reinvented the-mobile phone, and revolutionized the smartphone when it introduced the iPhone. It has been surpassed in overall market share by the me-too, copycat Android OS, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is a worthy challenger as well, but this fall Apple has an opportunity to...

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Pakistani Mass 12 to 15 hours loadshedding facing this time

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:32:00 +0000

LAHORE--Despite having generation capacity of about 16,000mw from the power producers, the national grid is still-facing above 5,000mw shortfall as the country is in the grip of 12 to 15 hours worst outages. In rural areas people are facing more than 15 hours of shutdown. In Lahore, about 12 hours loadshedding is continuing with two to three-hours long spells in some areas, the sources...

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In ZAB case Judiciary cannot apologise for individuals’ acts, says CJ

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:21:00 +0000

Every judge makes decisions according to his conscience and is responsible for his action: CJP PHOTO: ONLINEBy Qaiser ZulfiqarEvery judge makes decisions-according to his conscience and is responsible for his actions, observed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, during the hearing of the presidential reference for revisiting the death-by-hanging verdict awarded to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto....

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North Bollywood rocks

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:34:00 +0000

Actress Bipasha Basu (below), who stars in a sequel to the comedyKyaa Kool Hai Hum in April 2012, performs at the show watched by 700 million.Photograph by: Reuters, Postmedia News; National PostHollywood A listers Hilary Swank and Cuba Gooding Jr. joined Bollywood's biggest stars on the green carpet this weekend for the-Floriana IIFA awards in Toronto. The glitzy awards gala celebrating...

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West Indies vs India: Statistical highlights of 1st Test

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:04:00 +0000

Kingston, Jamaica--Statistical highlights at the end of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies here on Thursday. The 63-run win is India's fifth in 43 Tests in the Caribbean - lost 16 and drawn 22. India's 63-run convincing triumph is their biggest in terms of runs in the Caribbean, eclipsing the 49-run-victory at Kingston in 2006. India have recorded two wins in succession in...

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Geo’s bold and beautiful ‘Bol’ premieres in Lahore

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:55:00 +0000

LAHORE--In a similar vein as when Napoleon Bonaparte said, ‘give me good mothers and I’ll give you a good nation’, Shoaib Mansoor has proved true through “Bol” his own version of this saying, ‘give me a good script-and good cast and I’ll give you a great movie’. Proving to be the biggest event of the year, the premiere of “Bol” was a festival of stars, glitz, glamour and-epic achievement at...

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The Rise of the Hacker

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:47:00 +0000

An attack on Brazil's state website yesterday shows that the criminal activity is now a spectator sport, says Christopher Williams.Gary McKinnon and Mark Zuckerberg Photo: AP By Christopher WilliamsA month-and a half ago, a group calling itself Lulz Security embarked on a nihilistic hacking spree against high-profile corporations and government agencies. Yesterday morning, it was...

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Nokia to launch Microsoft Windows platform phones in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:25:00 +0000

By Alex KennedyAssociated Press SINGAPORE -Finnish handset maker Nokia plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.Nokia is facing steep competition from competitors in several products. At the top end of the market it is struggling against smartphones such as Apple's (AAPL) iPhone,...

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Hundred (100) Years of IBM--Milestones

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:35:00 +0000

By Marc Ferranti, IDG News IBM is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding Thursday. Led by American capitalist icons Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Thomas J. Watson, Jr. until the 1970s, the-company grew from a pre-World War I conglomeration of companies making tabulating machines and time-keeping devices into a globe-spanning technology behemoth that pioneered the development of...

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FIFA says Pakistan can host World Cup qualifier

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:26:00 +0000

BERNE-- Pakistan have been cleared to play next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier at home in Lahore and there have been no formal requests from opponents Bangladesh to switch the game, FIFA said on Thursday. The Asian zone preliminary round second-leg tie will be one of the first important international sporting events to be held in Pakistan since gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket-...

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