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Pak FO summons US envoy over Abbottabad operation

Islamabad: Pakistan summoned US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter to foreign office and lodged a strong protest against unilateral operation in Abbottabad that led to killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.  Read More →

Pakistan

May 12 mayhem: Aitzaz Ahsan flays Karachi’s ethnic party

Islamabad/Karachi: The legal fraternity across the country is observing a black day to mark the May 12, 2007 carnage, which left around 50 persons dead and more than 100 injured in Karachi as... 

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• Black day to be observed against 12 May carnage
• Qureshi holds secret meeting with Sharif

S-Asia

India: Court lifts gag on MP Amar Singh tapes

New Delhi: India’s Supreme Court has lifted a gagging order which stopped the media from publishing and broadcasting taped phone conversations of MP Amar Singh. Singh complained in 2006... 

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• Indian prime minister arrives in Afghanistan on two-day visit
• Rahul Gandhi arrested under section 144

World

Bahrain officials deny abuse of schoolgirls

Manama: Officials in Bahrain have denied an Al Jazeera report that police carried out raids on girls’ schools, detaining them and beating them, during its crackdown against pro-democracy... 

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• Security forces ‘kill five’ Yemeni protestors
• John Demjanjuk: Nazi case verdict due in Munich

Uncensored

Pak-focused online media got 700% extra traffic on Osama’s killing

Karachi/Islamabad: News websites that focus on Pakistan got 7 times as much traffic immediately after the death of Osama bin Laden as they usually get.  Read More →

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• ‘ISI decides to go after Mullah Omar to avert Abbottabad like operation’
• Chomsky flays bin Laden raid

Business

Pakistan, Russia sign agreement on investment

Moscow: Pakistan and Russia have singed an agreement on promotion of investment.  Read More →

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• Iran, Iraq, Syria agree on gas deal
• KSE closes 52 points higher

Sports

Pakistan, West Indies first test today

Guyana: Pakistan will face West Indies in the first Test of two-match series on Thursday in Guyana.  Read More →

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• Pakistan defeats India at Azlan Shah Tournament
• Sri Lanka in running to host 2012 England-Pakistan series

Style

The Black Swan a tremendous movie of the year

Black Swan is a very weird and wonderful film and breaks all records of 2011. This blockbuster film is based on the ballet High Art but it’s also a lurid psycho-sexual horror movie, to how... 

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• Shaan vows to fight against tobacco
• Mom is prettier than me

Science

Report says Microsoft in talks to buy Skype

Microsoft is in talks to buy internet phone service Skype, the Wall Street Journal has reported.  Read More →

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• NASA to launch next-to-last shuttle on May 16
• Sony apologizes for network security breach

Health

15-minute workout can keep you fit

A 15-minute workout at the gym helps keep you young as well as fit, according to a study. Researchers... 

• Anxiety can weaken bones
• Almonds are supportive to power diabetes