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The Facebook phenomenon

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:59:00 +0000

// THE GROWTH and success of Facebook is truly phenomenal. From a project concocted by a student hacker in his Harvard dormroom in 2004 it has become the giant of the web with 483 million people using the social network every day, one million of them coming from Ireland. Despite its unarguable success the question [...]

CDL tests also find Isotab adulterated

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:54:19 +0000

KARACHI: The Central Drugs Laboratory verified here on Thursday the presence of a material used in certain combinations to treat malaria in a sample of the Isotab tablet (20mg) reportedly given to a good number of patients registered with the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. Functioning under the cabinet division since the devolution of the health [...]

Sanctions, Threats Add Weight on Iran

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:50:11 +0000

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weighed in on a rising sense of crisis surrounding Iran’s nuclear program, as threats of a possible Israeli attack and a new push to cut Iran off from the international banking system put greater pressure on the regime in Tehran. On Friday, Belgium’s Society [...]

EDITORIAL: ‘Contempt’ on the horizon

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:48:09 +0000

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has again been summoned to the Supreme Court (SC) to face contempt of court charges. The seven-member bench hearing the case said: “After the preliminary hearing, we are satisfied that prima facie there is enough case for further proceeding. The case is adjourned until February 13 for framing charges and [...]

Nato supply closure costing US 6 times more

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:17:40 +0000

WASHINGTON: The US is paying six times as much to send war supplies to troops in Afghanistan through alternate routes after Pakistan’s punitive decision in November to close border crossings to NATO convoys, the Associated Press has learned. Islamabad shut down two key Pakistan border crossings after a US airstrike killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers [...]