Tuesday, December 3, 2013

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No political differences on elimination of terrorism: Pervaiz Rashid

The Nation - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Do you share Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi Salman Bashir's optimism over the possibility of improvement of ties with India?

IHC suspends notification of NADRA Chairman's termination

Business Recorder - ‎28 minutes ago‎
image ISLAMABAD: Justice Noorul N Haq Qureshi of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the notification of sacking National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Chairman Tariq Malik.

Walker crash at known drag site

The Australian - ‎9 minutes ago‎
THE neighbourhood where Fast & Furious star Paul Walker died in a one-car crash is known to attract street racers - like those depicted in the movie franchise - police say.

US senator voices concerns over Amazon's drones

Inquirer - ‎9 minutes ago‎
ONLINE RETAILER Amazon's plans to use drones to make deliveries has attracted the attention of US Senator Edward Markey. Markey, who already has concerns about drones, reacted quickly to Amazon's announcement of its Prime Air Octocopter delivery ...

Is Transparency International's measure of corruption still valid?

The Guardian - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Somali women selling stolen food aid at a market in Mogadishu hide their faces. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are the bottom three countries in the 2013 Corruption Perception Index.
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Biden says China, Japan must communicate to end dispute

Channel News Asia - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Japan and China need more sophisticated communication strategies if they are to work through their territorial row, US Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday as he vowed Washington would stand by Tokyo.

Opposition fail in bid to pass motion of no confidence in Ukrainian government

Deutsche Welle - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Ukrainian lawmakers have voted down a no-confidence motion against the government. The opposition was seeking to force it out of office over the president's failure to sign a key agreement with the European Union.

Kerry, NATO Seek Afghan Accord on Troops

Voice of America - ‎32 minutes ago‎
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is joining NATO foreign ministers in hopes of persuading Afghan leaders to let international troops remain in the war-torn country beyond 2014.

OECD education report 'a wake-up call'

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎13 minutes ago‎
The UK's performance in reading, maths and science has failed to improve in recent years, leaving the nation's teenagers lagging far behind their peers in countries such as Singapore, Korea and Japan, a major international report has found.

New Pakistani Taliban chief comes home to lead insurgency

swissinfo.ch - ‎2 hours ago‎
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The elusive new chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Mullah Fazlullah, has returned to his homeland from a secret mountain hideout in neighbouring Afghanistan to lead the insurgency, militant and intelligence sources ...

Police produce IJT members before courts, 8 released on bail

The News International - ‎12 minutes ago‎
LAHORE: Police on Tuesday presented over 20 activists of the Islami Jamiat Tulaba in local courts where hearing into miscellaneous cases were held against the members of the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami.

Senate committee seeks IMF briefing

DAWN.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD: Dissatisfied with government's explanation of its privatisation programme, a parliamentary committee called on Monday for a briefing by a team of the International Monetary Fund on its recent agreement with Pakistan.

RECORDER REPORT: KSE mid day update

Business Recorder - ‎6 hours ago‎
image KARACHI: On Monday, until mid day, KSE-100 Index was at 24558.98 with a positive change of 157.41 and volume of 62,324,840 shares.

Parco maintains LPG prices at $840

DAWN.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
LAHORE, Dec 2: The Pak-Arab Refinery Company has maintained its LPG price at Rs103,525 per metric tonne, inclusive of taxes for December.

Google: Pakistani users putting their Internet into a new gear

DAWN.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Spider Magazine. This Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Sony sells 2.1 million PS4s globally

CTV News - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Global sales of the PlayStation 4 reached 2.1 million after the console launched in international regions on Nov. 29. The figure follows a 1 million tally reached when the PlayStation 4 made its debut in North America on Nov. 15.

Apple buys Topsy for at least $200 million, gaining deep access to Twitter

InfoWorld - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Apple has acquired Topsy, a social media analytics company that analyzes a range of data from Twitter, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.

Microsoft Nigeria builds media capacity on Office 365, Windows 8.1

The Punch - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Microsoft Nigeria on Monday exposed journalists to the benefits of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Windows 8.1 at a one-day capacity building training for the Nigerian media.

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Business Recorder - ‎34 minutes ago‎
image ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday announced its Test and ODI teams of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by the ICC's Cricket Committee chairman and former Indian captain Anil Kumble.

ZTBL stun UBL, SNGPL outclass PIA in T20 Cup semis

DAWN.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
LAHORE, Dec 2: Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) will meet Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) in the final of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup for Departments after both recorded impressive semi-final victories at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday.

Bari bets on Misbah continuing till WC 2015

Business Recorder - ‎36 minutes ago‎
image ISLAMABAD: Former captain and chief selector Wasim Bari has supported the idea of current skipper Misbahul Haq carrying on till the World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand.

Former players favours Afridi's inclusion in team as bowler

Business Recorder - ‎31 minutes ago‎
image ISLAMABAD: Three former cricketers have favoured the inclusion of Shahid Afridi in the Pakistan team purely as a leg-spinner in the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka but stuck to their earlier comments that the all-rounder has past his prime as an ...

'Mubarak Ali unique as he wrote history of people, not kings'

The Express Tribune - ‎16 hours ago‎
“In a society that seldom provides acknowledgement, it is vital to put on record the value we attribute to the work of Dr Ali,” said Dr Ahmed.

Akshay Kumar trains Indian police

Business Recorder - ‎44 minutes ago‎
image According to Indian media reports Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar taught Indian police officers exercising techniques to improve flexibility.

Hong Kong alert over bird flu case

The Australian - ‎10 minutes ago‎
HONG Kong has dramatically raised its public health alert after one of the first cases of a new strain of bird flu was discovered outside of mainland China.

Mullagori tribesmen to boycott vaccination drive over power cuts

The Express Tribune - ‎8 hours ago‎
Mullagori tribesmen warned they will boycott polio vaccination drives if the government fails to take notice of prolonged power outages and the misappropriation of zakat funds.

Alarming rise in use of toxic pesticides: Report

E Kantipur - ‎9 hours ago‎
You may be swallowing harmful pesticides with your favourite vegetables. Nepal imported 345 tonnes of pest-killing chemicals worth Rs 380 million in the last fiscal year, and 85 percent of them were applied in vegetable production, stated a report issued by ...

Thunderstorm in S Africa delayed Mars Orbiter tracking: ISRO

IBNLive - ‎5 hours ago‎
Chennai: Two days after successfully injecting its Mars Orbiter into trans-Mars trajectory, ISRO revealed that a thunderstorm in South Africa, which struck above a ground station identified to track the "crucial moment" had resulted in a five minute delay in ...

China's Jade Rabbit rover takes fiery leap toward the moon

Vancouver Sun - ‎4 hours ago‎
China launched its first rover mission to the moon Monday, sending a robotic craft named Jade Rabbit to trundle across the lunar landscape, examine its geology and beam images back to Earth.

Jury still out on fate of Comet ISON post `fiery` sun encounter

Zee News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Washington: Scientists are working to determine and to understand the fate of Comet ISON as it moves away from the sun. The question that is in the mind of scientists is whether the bright spot seen moving away from the sun was simply debris, or whether a ...

Koalas' unique organ gives them low-pitched voice

Business Standard - ‎3 hours ago‎
Koalas possess a specialised sound producing organ never before seen in any other land-dwelling mammal, scientists have found. The pitch of male koalas' mating calls is about 20 times lower than it should be, given the Australian marsupial's relatively ...

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