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Bomb leaves civilian ,soldier dead in Karachi

The News International - ‎14 minutes ago‎
KARACHI: A soldier and a civilian lost their lives in a bomb blast targeting a Pakistan Army truck here in the Korangi No. 5 area on Thursday night.

Pakistan army says India kills 2 soldiers in Kashmir, envoy summoned

Reuters UK - ‎21 minutes ago‎
By Katharine Houreld. ISLAMABAD | Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:08pm BST. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani army said two of its soldiers were killed on Thursday in "unprovoked" Indian fire along the border dividing the disputed territory of Kashmir, and ...

PML-N wins in Punjab, PPP Sindh, MQM Karachi, PTI Islamabad

News Pakistan - ‎1 hour ago‎
Unofficial results of by-elections in forty one National and Provincial Assemblies constituencies show that PML-N has won most of seats in Punjab, PPP in interior Sindh, MQM in Karachi and PTI in Islamabad.

Microsoft Responds To Sony's Xbox One Bashing

MTV.com (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
The PlayStation 4 has seemingly managed to win the hearts and souls of hardcore gamers, a not so little known fact that Sony's fully aware of.

Day two (at stumps): England trail by 460 runs with ten wickets remaining in the ...

The Times (subscription) - ‎30 minutes ago‎
England came through a challenging hour or so unscathed after Australia declared on 492 for 9 on the second day of the fifth Test at the Oval.

Northern commander meets Holocaust survivors at site of rocket hit

Ynetnews - ‎18 minutes ago‎
GOC Northern Command Major General Yair Golan arrived at the Western Galilee community where one of the rockets fired from Lebanon hit and caused shrapnel damage to an adjacent home for the aged.

Chemical weapons in Syria? Assad must let inspectors in

Boston Globe - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Syrian President Bashar Assad has vehemently denied using chemical weapons against civilians in Ghouta, a rebel stronghold. He claims that rebels staged the attacks themselves or faked the videos in an attempt to prompt the international community to ...

Hosni Mubarak's release stirs little interest in Egypt

NDTV - ‎25 minutes ago‎
Cairo: Toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak left jail for under house arrest on Thursday but his release stirred little reaction as Egypt wrestles with the fallout from Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's ouster.

Her name is Chelsea Manning

Chicago Tribune - ‎26 minutes ago‎
In today's article, "Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman named Chelsea," published from Reuters, you report Manning's request to be referred to by feminine pronouns and the name, Chelsea.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Lawsuit Leads NSA to Declassify Docs

Social Times (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
In a day of fast moving news regarding the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program, a new wire report reveals that a lawsuit brought by the privacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation forced the U.S.

Contempt notice to Imran: SC reconstitutes bench

The News International - ‎3 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has reconstituted a bench to conduct proceedings in contempt of court notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Geo News reported Thursday.

Key TTP commander among five killed in South Waziristan blast

DAWN.com - ‎9 hours ago‎
PESHAWAR: A Pakistani Taliban commander believed to be harbouring foreign militants was killed along with four others in a roadside bomb explosion in South Waziristan tribal agency, officials said Thursday.

ECP orders re-election on 18 polling stations of NA-5, NA-27

The News International - ‎1 hour ago‎
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has ordered re-polling on 18 polling stations of NA-5 (Nowshera) and NA-27 (Lakki-Marwat).

WB ready to support govt fiscal plan with $1.5b

The Nation - ‎17 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD - In a major development, World Bank on Wednesday decided to work out a $1.5 billion programme for ongoing fiscal year, 2013-2014, to supportPakistangovernment's economic policies.

Posted by Imaduddin

Business Recorder - ‎8 hours ago‎
image ISLAMABAD: Exports from the country in rupees term increased by 9.28 percent during the first month of the current fiscal year as against the same month of last year.

Pakistan stocks end lower, rupee weakens, o/n rate flat

Reuters - ‎7 hours ago‎
KARACHI | Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:19pm IST. KARACHI Aug 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan's main stock exchange closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange falling 1.31 percent or 300.95 points to 22,714.32.

TABLE-Pakistan forex reserves rise to $10.399 bln

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:47pm IST. KARACHI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves rose to $10.399 billion in the week ending August 16, from $10.326 billion the previous week, the central bank said.

Engro wins Best Corporate Report Awards

The Express Tribune - ‎20 minutes ago‎
The Citizens Foundation secured the best corporate report award in the category of non-profit organisations. PHOTO: FILE. KARACHI: Engro Corporation was declared the overall winner in the Best Corporate Report Awards 2012 in a ceremony organised by ...

Pakistan is my second home: Shamlan

The Express Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
Mohammed Shamlan, the newly appointed national football coach from Bahrain, hopes to highlight the natural football talent in the country during his two-year term with the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

'Pakistan supports Afghan peace, reconciliation efforts'

Business Standard - ‎4 hours ago‎
Days ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit here, Pakistan today said it would take all steps that would boost peace and reconciliation efforts in the war-torn country.

Movie Review: Main Hoon Shahid Afridi

DAWN.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
For anyone vaguely interested in rolling along with Pakistani cinema's new-blood revival would have given a smidgen of consideration to Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (MHSA), the 'first' Pakistani sports-flick dunked deep in family drama starring Humayun Saeed, ...

A bond of love to cherish forever

The Hindu - ‎8 hours ago‎
The special bond between brothers and sisters was cherished by tying the thread of love and exchanging gifts and sweets on Raksha Bandhan.

29 test positive for dengue in three days

The News International - ‎17 hours ago‎
Nine more cases of dengue fever were reported in the city on Wednesday, increasing the number of dengue patients to 721 this year, said the Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell; one case each was also reported in Hyderabad and Naushahro Feroze.

Nurse ratios shouldn't be set by law — or the ballot box

Boston Globe - ‎13 hours ago‎
It was worrisome enough that the Massachusetts Nurses Association was trying to get legislators to write rigid hospital staffing policies into state law.

Zuckerberg announces plan to increase Internet connectivity (+video)

Christian Science Monitor
16 hours ago
Written by
Katherine Jacobsen
More than two-thirds of the world's population - some 5 billion people - do not have Internet access, but Mark Zuckerberg's coalition of Internet companies has a plan to connect the unconnected.

Nokia To Launch Large-screen Smartphones Next Month

CHANNELS - ‎1 hour ago‎
Nokia plans to unveil new, large-screen mobile handsets next month to revamp its Lumia smartphone lineup and challenge rival Samsung's dominance in increasingly popular phablet devices, sources said.

Ubuntu Edge Falls Short of Goal

Wall Street Journal - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Canonical's effort to raise $32 million on Indiegogo to fund its Ubuntu-powered Edge smartphone fell far short of its goal. Still, the crowd-funding campaign had an impressive $12.8 million haul, passing the previous Indiegogo record of $10.3 million for the ...

One Chart Sums Up Why Apple Might Offer A Cheaper iPhone

Huffington Post
32 minutes ago
Written by
Betsy Isaacson
Rumor has it that Apple is putting out a couple of new iPhones in September. One will be a "normal" high-end iPhone, and one will be a cheaper, plastic-bodied version.

Some users of Apple's iMessage, iCloud lose service for several hours

Los Angeles Times
2 hours ago
Written by
Paresh Dave
Parts of Apple's iMessage instant-messaging platform and iCloud backup service were out of commission for almost 11 hours, but for only about 1% of users, according to Apple's website.

Drowning in space

Washington Post (blog) - ‎24 minutes ago‎
If you've ever doubted that spaceflight is dangerous, check out the extended account by Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of his near-drowning during a spacewalk July 9. The guy's in the virtual desert of space, where there's no water, air, gravity or pressure to ...

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Globalnews.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Some beach goers in western Russia may be thinking twice at a return visit, after a Russian military ship plowed onto the shore of a Baltic Sea beach during a training exercise.

Louisiana Sinkhole Swallows Trees in Seconds

ABC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
We have been hearing a lot about the lately but we rarely ever get to see as seen coal happened right before our eyes wants these trees completely disappear.

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