Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Pakistan Munnis face badnaami in real life

Pakistan Munnis face badnaami in real life

Pakistan Munnis face badnaami in real life

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Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye from the Bollywood film Dabangg might have legions of fans but not the real life Munni, a mother of two in this Pakistani city, who has been harassed so much that she has shut her small shop.


Honeymoon package at 'world's smallest hotel'

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The owners say this is the world's smallest hotel. The Eh'haeusl in the medieval town of Amberg in Bavaria is only two and a-half meters -- that's just over eight feet wide. Built in the 1700s, it's just been renovated, and has now re-opened to accept guests once again, even if it's only big enough to offer accommodation to one couple at a time.


Rogue Afghan cop's victims return home in caskets

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Several of President Barack Obama's top national security advisers stood on a silent, windy tarmac Wednesday night to watch as the bodies of six U.S. soldiers killed by a rogue Afghan policeman returned to U.S. soil. The six were killed in Afghanistan on Monday when the border policeman turned his gun on his American trainers as the group headed to shooting practice. The gunman was killed in the shootout in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border.


Relations with Pak unaffected by leaks: US

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The US has put up brave front, says its relationship with Pakistan is unaffected in the wake of the WikiLeaks expose in which top US diplomats are seen expressing serious doubts over Islamabad's sincerity in the war against terrorism.


Incessant snow brings UK to a halt

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Europe is in the grip of a big freeze with heavy snowfall and Arctic temperatures causing major road, rail and air disruption that has left hundreds stranded. The cold weather continued its grip on the UK and continental Europe on Wednesday. In Poland many areas were covered in snow, causing traffic snarl ups and delays for commuters. Polish police said eight men died Tuesday night after a bitter cold front roared in.


Attacks on immigrants on the rise in Greece

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Immigrants have been beaten and stabbed near central squares, and several makeshift mosques have been burned and vandalized. In the most grievous attack, at the end of October, the assailants locked the door of a basement prayer site and hurled firebombs through the windows, seriously wounding four worshipers.


Nuclear fuel memos expose wary dance with Pakistan

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Less than a month after President Obama testily assured reporters in 2009 that Pakistan's nuclear materials "will remain out of militant hands," his ambassador here sent a secret message to Washington suggesting that she remained deeply worried.


WikiLeaks: Punjab, ISI and a distracted president trouble Pakistan

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Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Obama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges.


North Korea likely to attack again: South Korea

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As the United States and South Korea ended four days of joint naval exercises off the North Korean coast, the South's intelligence chief on Wednesday warned that the North was likely to repeat a November 23 artillery attack that left four South Koreans dead.


WikiLeaks: Scenesetter for Gen Kayani's visit to Washington

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.


WikiLeaks: Biden's March 27 meeting with Gordon Brown

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During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Progressive Governance Leaders Summit in Chile, Vice President Joseph Biden and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed the economic crisis in terms of the upcoming G-20 Summit and Afghanistan and Pakistan. On economic issues, Brown pressed Vice President Biden to push the Germans to move forward with $250 billion in special drawing rights (SDRs) for the IMF, to use IMF gold sales to support poorest countries and to take the initiative to restart sectoral negotiations related to Doha.


WikiLeaks: Reviewing our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy

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In response to queries posed by the National Security Council, Embassy Islamabad believes that it is not/not possible to counter al-Qaeda in Pakistan absent a comprehensive strategy that 1) addresses the interlinked Taliban threat in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2) brings about stable, civilian government in Afghanistan, and 3) reexamines the broader role of India in the region.


WikiLeaks: Cables on Pakistani terror and more

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Among a quarter million secret US documents released by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, 2,220 cables originate from the US embassy in Islamabad. While there are some surprises in these Islamabad cables, other bits confirm India's long standing fears about Pakistan - especially it's inability to act against terror groups.


Students protest in Rome, London; oppose reform bill

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Thousands of university students and young people across the United Kingdom took to the streets on Tuesday to demonstrate against proposed hikes to British tuition fees. Most demonstrations were peaceful but a group of demonstrators at Trafalgar Square in central London repeatedly clashed with riot police. Protesters pushed against lines of riot police and some threw objects at officers, who responded with batons. No serious injuries were immediately reported.


Indians top buyers at Burj Khalifa

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Indians top the list of buyers in the world's tallest tower having acquired space worth USD 7.9 million in the first seven months of the skyscrapers opening. Prominent buyers of swanky apartments in the 100 floor Burj Khalifa tower include London-based NRI businessman Raj Kundra, who presented an apartment to his wife Shilpa Shetty. Local businessman of Indian origin B R Shetty, who is managing director and CEO of the New Medical Centre Group of Companies in Abu Dhabi, has also bought the entire 100th floor in the tower. Rizwan Sajan, Chairman of Danube Group is also reported to have recently purchased an apartment in the tower. As the world still reels under a economic downturn, the local UAE nationals come second having spent USD 2.62 million on buying space in the tower, a news report citing real estate information company Reidin.com has said.


Russia creates world's first nuclear fuel bank

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Russia has successfully completed the creation of the world's first international nuclear fuel bank under an agreement with the IAEA, the Rosatom state atomic energy corporation said today. The fuel bank now stores 120 tonnes of low-enriched uranium (LEU) in the Siberian city of Angarsk, the Russian agency said in a statement. "This is enough to complete two refuels of the world's most commonly-used light-water reactors with a capacity of 1,000 MW," the Rosatom statement said.


Interpol issues 'Red Notice' for WikiLeaks founder

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Interpol has placed the founder of the whistle-blowing Website on a so-called red notice wanted list following allegations of sexual misbehaviour by a Swedish prosecutor, according to the police organization's website on Wednesday.


Pakistan reacts to WikiLeaks

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The damaging revelations made in secret US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks figured in a meeting on Wednesday between the American envoy and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who said Pakistan would ensure its interests are not "compromised by such mischief".


Snow hits flights, trains in Europe

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Heavy snow continues to cause chaos across Europe - flight delays are being reported in the UK and other countries. In Austria, the penguins and wolves at the Vienna zoo were spotted enjoying the cold wave. But the African elephants which are used to a warmer climate cannot stay out all day or they will fall ill, according to their keeper.


One in five American divorces now involve Facebook

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Facebook or Twitter may have helped unite many people across the globe, but a survey has revealed that one in five divorces in the US now involve the popular social networking sites.


Iran hangs former soccer player's mistress

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Iran has hanged a former soccer player's mistress, known as a "temporary wife", who was convicted of murdering her love rival, the player's wife, the official IRNA news agency reported. Shahla Jahed was hanged at dawn, after spending more than eight years in jail, IRNA said, in a case that has captivated the Iranian public for several years.


Putin's angry response to US cables on Russia

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Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin responded sharply on Wednesday to criticism of Russia revealed in United States diplomatic cables published by the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, warning Washington not to interfere in Russian domestic affairs.


Lashkar men arrested in Spain

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Six Pakistanis and a Nigerian suspected of providing forged passports to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and groups linked to Al-Qaida, have been arrested by Spanish police, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.


Muslim prisoner beaten into a coma in US jail

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On camera, a prisoner in an Idaho jail in America was beaten into a coma by another inmate while prison guards looked on. Hanni Elabed, who is 24, banged on a guard station window, pleading for help, but no one came to his aid.


Sports training has begun for babies and toddlers

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As a fitness coach in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Doreen Bolhuis has a passion for developing exercises for children. The younger, it seems, the better. "With the babies in our family," she said, "I start working them out in the hospital."


Would respond if India attacked: Zardari told US after 26/11

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In the tense post 26/11 scenario, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had told the US that Islamabad would have no option but to respond militarily if India chose to launch an attack on its territory, secret US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks show.


US has deployed 200 nuke weapons in Europe: WikiLeaks

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The US has deployed nearly 200 tactical nuclear weapons across Europe, particularly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey, leaked cables by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks have revealed.


New drug promises to cut risk of HIV infection

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A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that using anti-retroviral drugs among high risk populations can cut the risk of getting infected among non-HIV positive people by half.


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