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Angry Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury dead
QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 12 (AFP) – Shiite families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern city of Quetta vowed to continue their sit-in protest Saturday until the army takes over security. Hundreds of protesters have gathered on the main road near the snooker hall that was the scene of Thursday’s [...]
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Oscar nominee’Zero Dark Thirty’ ‘does not advocate torture’
LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Sony Pictures executive Amy Pascal lashed out at a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) who accused Osama bin Laden film “Zero Dark Thirty” of promoting torture and urged fellow Academy members not to vote for it in the Oscars race. In a strongly [...]
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Kashmir violence: Pakistan hits out at Indian violations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (AFP) -Pakistan summoned the Indian ambassador on Friday to protest against “unacceptable and unprovoked” attacks by the Indian army that killed two Pakistani soldiers in five days in Kashmir. Pakistan said its soldiers were killed on Sunday and Thursday. On Tuesday, India said two of its soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops and [...]
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As Australia bushfires rage, warning of more heatwaves
SYDNEY, Jan 12 (AFP) -Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorching heatwaves becoming more frequent. In the eastern state of New South Wales, some 1,000 firefighters were attempting to douse about 94 wildfires, about dozen uncontained, while fires [...]
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New Syria newspaper fights ‘lies of war’
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) -Truth is said to be the first casualty of war, but Khaled al-Khatib and a small group of journalists running a new newspaper in Syria’s rebel-held territories are determined to keep the patient alive. Suria Al-Hurra (Syria the Free), their month-old weekly, is seeking to become an important source of information for [...]
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Responsibility or censorship: why Bollywood should pick
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI (Reuters)- The mother and father of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim were cremating their daughter’s body around the same time I discovered Honey Singh, now lately known for his notorious song, “Ch**t,” or “Cu*t.” The song revolves around the singer’s vision of satisfying a woman’s lust, followed by beating her [...]
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Tattooed professor in race to be Czech president
By Sara Malm With no political experience and little knowledge of economics, performing arts professor Vladimir Franz was already an unlikely candidate for the Czech Republic presidential election. The fact that 90 per cent of his body is covered in tattoos makes it even more surprising that not only is he standing for election – [...]
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The ‘unbreakable’ mobile phone: Radical new paper thin screen
Samsung has shown off a radical ‘bending’ mobile phone that could be virtually unbreakable. The Korean electronics company provided a glimpse of such a device at a keynote speech Wednesday at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas. The screen is expected to find its way in to Samsung handset, although the firm said the [...]
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Can coconuts ease Alzheimer’s?
By Jerome Burne One morning last month, Vrajlal Parmar got up, washed and dressed himself, and at 10am boarded the council minibus to a nearby leisure centre. In the evening, the 67-year-old former production line worker from London took the bus home. Nothing remarkable there – except that nearly a year earlier Mr Parmar had [...]
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French First Lady embroiled In ‘Bermuda Love Triangle’
Valerie Trierweiler ‘out to block Segolene Royal, the President’s ex-partner from gaining a top post in his government’ By Ian Sparks French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler is trying to block the President’s ex-partner from gaining a top cabinet post in his government, it was revealed today. Ms Trierweiler, 47, has been ‘putting pressure’ on Francois [...]
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The world in 2030
By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – What will the world look like two decades from now? Obviously, nobody knows, but some things are more likely than others. Companies and governments have to make informed guesses, because some of their investments today will last longer than 20 years. In December, the United States National Intelligence Council [...]
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A news agency for world’s most under-reported stories
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS — When the United Nations launched a new series drawing attention to “the 10 Most Under-Reported Stories of the Year,” the Department of Public Information (DPI) was apparently trying to convey a subtle message to the U.N. press corps and the mainstream media: there IS, after all, life beyond politics [...]
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Recalling rape: I was wounded; my honour wasn’t
By Sohaila Abdulali THIRTY-TWO years ago, when I was 17 and living in Bombay, I was gang raped and nearly killed. Three years later, outraged at the silence and misconceptions around rape, I wrote a fiery essay under my own name describing my experience for an Indian women’s magazine. It created a stir in the [...]
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Mancini challenges City to end Arsenal jinx
LONDON, Jan 12 (AFP) -Roberto Mancini has challenged his Manchester City stars to end the club’s woeful run at Arsenal as the Premier League champions fight to hold onto their title. Mancini’s side head to north London knowing they will be 10 points behind leaders Manchester United by the time they kick-off at the Emirates [...]
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Champ Azarenka gives boot to toe woe
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (AFP) -World number one Victoria Azarenka said Saturday she is injury-free and feeling no pressure ahead of her Australian Open title defence, saying Serena Williams is the player to beat. The Belarusian top seed is defending a Grand Slam title for the first time but said she was mentally relaxed going into [...]
