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Critics carp about Aishwarya Rai’s weight

Bollywood diva, Aishwarya Rai, has lately been criticized for not losing baby weight amid the birth of her first baby girl, Aaradhya. The renowned Indian celebrity has been criticized and compared with the likes of Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham, who lost their weights really quick after giving birth to their children. Aishwarya Rai has [...]

Japan launches first commercial satellite

Japan has successfully launched a South Korean satellite for the first time into space on Friday. This historical accomplishment made in a joint operation by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The historical accomplishment puts the Japanese in the same arena as European and Russian entities in the lucrative commercial space [...]

Facebook shares rise by 13 percent

Facebook Inc shares opened 13 percent higher on Friday, after the pioneering online social network raised as much as $18.4 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history. After a delay in the opening print that drove up anxiety levels among traders and onlookers outside the Nasdaq, the company’s closely watched stock [...]

Karachi unrest: More than 30 dead, several injured

KARACHI: A recent wave of violence within the city of Karachi has claimed more than 30 lives over the last four days. Friday At least 7 people were slain to death on Friday in the  capital city of Sindh province. Reports have indicated 3 individuals were gunned down in the Mansehra Colony area of Landhi [...]

Pakistan hockey team will play four test matches in June: PHF

Secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation, Mohammad Asif Bajwa stated, that Pakistan senior hockey team will play four test matches in June, in different parts of Europe for its preparation for London Olympics. He said the team after taking part in Azlan Shah Cup will return home on June 5 and then proceed to Europe to [...]

Robben: Bayern ready for “match of a lifetime

Bayern want to set the record straight with a fifth top European prize after making their second Champions League final in three seasons and losing the 2010 decider 2-0 to Inter Milan. “This is the match of a lifetime,” Dutch winger Robben told reporters on Thursday. “It is time. You have to win the Champions [...]

England close to West Indies lead at Lord’s

England slashed West Indies’ lead to 163 at lunch on day two of the first test at Lord’s, reaching 80—1 in reply to the tourists’ 243 all out on Friday. Andrew Strauss was unbeaten on 31 and Jonathan Trott was 17 not out after Kemar Roach (1—32) took the only England wicket in the morning [...]

Rockets kill 2 NATO troops, 3 Afghan civilians

Rockets crashed into a U.S. base and a house Friday in a remote area of northeast Afghanistan along the Pakistan border, killing two NATO service members and three civilians, officials said. Sabawoon Hotak, a local spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in eastern Afghanistan, said the two service members were killed and four others were lightly wounded when the rocket struck [...]

Filipinos protest against Lady Gaga

MANILA, Philippines — Scores of Christian youths in thePhilippines chanted “Stop the Lady Gaga concerts” at a rally Friday calling for the pop diva’s shows here to be canceled despite assurances from authorities that they won’t allow nudity and lewd acts. Sold-out crowds and angry protests followed Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Asian tour. Fans younger than 18 were [...]

Samsung receives 9-million pre-orders for Galaxy SIII smartphone

According to reports, Samsung Electronic Co has received around 9-million preorders before the launch of its third generation, Smart phone Samsung Galaxy SIII. Samsung has received orders from more than 100 global carriers. Samsung Electronics, who recently brought down apple as the world’s biggest smart-phone maker in its first quarter, helped by its line-up of Galaxy named [...]

Newborn baby dies after dog attack in US

Ohio: A 3-day-old infant died hours after she was attacked by a family dog while sitting in a swing. The investigator tells The Blade in Toledo that the baby girl suffered head trauma at a home near Beaverdam in northern Allen County on Thursday evening. He says the attack apparently lasted only seconds. He says the girl’s parents were in a [...]

Will remain PM till Parliament’s support: Gilani

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while addressing the media on Friday, stated that he was not bound by anyone else’s decision. “Until and Unless, the Parliament supports me, I would remain the Prime Minister,” stated Gilani. Gilani, while talking to the media,  was accompanied by the Pakistan Muslim League – Q (PML-Q) leadership in [...]

Taliban attack on NATO base kills two in Afghanistan

KABUL: A Taliban rocket attack on a Nato base in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar killed two international soldiers and wounded six, officials said. It came a day after gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing suicide vests stormed a government compound in the southwestern province of Farah, killing seven people and wounding [...]

Asthma Attacks Can Be Reduced

Home Air Check™ can help improve indoor air environments by identifying chemical pollutants that can trigger asthma attacks Home Air Check™, the leading indoor air quality testing solution for measuring hundreds of chemical pollutants in home air, announces a simple do-it-yourself test for detecting the presence of airborne chemical irritants that can trigger asthma attacks and make symptoms worse [...]

Teenager commits Self-immolation fearing punishment

FAISALABAD: A 13-years old Muhammad Omer committed self-immolation over the fear of punishment from the principal of the school, subsequently admitted to the hospital in severe condition, reported Aaj news. According to our correspondent, the student attempted suicide left 80 percent burnt. The student of 6th grade, Muhammad Omer was absent from the school for last few days [...]

Lahore: Violent protests by PU students, 13 arrested

Punjab University students staged a protest in the wake of their fellow student’s murder in Lahore, today. Aaj News reported. Armed with batons, the protesters engaged in a face-off with the Police, who later had to resort to aerial firing and shelling to disperse the violent protesters. They burnt tires, blocked the main road, and [...]

Sindh: Announcement of summer vacations from 1st July

Government of Sindh has announced summer vacations from July 1st till 31st August, due to the holy month of Ramazan-ul-mubarak and season of monsoon has just begun. Secretary of Education Dr. Muhammed Siddiq Memon said that the order would be implemented all across the province for both private and public sectors institutions, The summary was [...]

Turkish Premier to address Parliament’s joint sitting in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, on Friday, summoned  a joint sitting of the Parliament on May 21 at 5 pm, that will be addressed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The President has summoned the joint sitting on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in Pakistan [...]

Memo scandal: Commission concludes investigation

ISLAMABAD: The commission investigating the Memogate Scandal completed the report, Friday will present it before Supreme Court soon, Aaj news reported. The forensic examination report of Ijaz’s Blackberry set along with the statement of Secretary commission was presented before the commission. In his statement, the secretary informed the commission that eight companies had been contacted [...]

Siachen Tragedy: 41 days later search for bodies still on

The search for soldiers buried under the glaciers of Siachen’s Giari Sector, has entered day 41, today. In the past few days, the search operation was brought to a halt at six camps,  because of weather complications in Giari Sector. However, the search teams have started digging and drilling operations again. Because of the massive [...]

Sindh High Court calls for local elections in 90 days

A ruling from the High Court of Sindh came today on Friday, directing the Sindh Government to conduct local body elections, in 90 days. Aaj News reported. A petition was filed in the SHC by Sukkur’s ex-Nazim Nasir Hussain, about two years ago. The two-member bench of Sindh High Court, comprising of Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Nadeem [...]

China slams US over ‘protectionist’ solar cell duties

BEIJING: Beijing on Friday blasted a “protectionist” US decision to slap hefty anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar cell makers, the latest barb in a series of trade rows between the global economic powers. The US Commerce Department on Thursday imposed levies of between 31 and 250 percent on Chinese producers and exporters after saying it had found they [...]

Queen of Disco Donna Summer dies at 63

Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn’t comfortable embracing. “I grew up on rock ‘n’ roll,” Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title. Indeed, as disco boomed [...]

IPL: Aussie ‘badboy’ held in India accused of groping

Indian police said Friday they had arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for allegedly molesting a woman and beating up her fiance during a late-night party at a posh New Delhi hotel. The 27-year-old batsman, who has one international cap forAustralia, is signed up in the Indian Premier League for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, which took on the Delhi Daredevils on Thursday night. [...]

US officials agonize over Salala apology: Report

WASHINGTON: The US administration came to the brink of saying sorry at the Salala Chechpost attack in Pakistan several times, according to a report published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. However, The fight of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was aborted while she was on mission to deliver an official apology over the assassination of two [...]

Facebook ready for its big day

Investors are bracing for Facebook’s Wall Street debut on Friday after the world’s No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history. Valued at $104 billion, Facebook is larger than Starbucks Corpand Hewlett-Packard combined, sparking intense speculation on how much higher its valuation will rise once shares start trading. [...]

 
 
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