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A fashion week to call our own

Karachi Fashion Week (KFW) finally arrived after all the hullabaloo and controversy, riding high on the shoulders of local and international designers, silencing both critics and competition who turned their nose at the idea of an ‘outsider’ making inroads into our fickle fashion industry. Share/Bookmark

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Sandra Bullock: ‘I’m So Not Winning an Oscar’

Sandra Bullock scored her first Oscar nomination this year for The Blind Side, but she’s not so optimistic about her chances of winning. The actress recently admitted, “I’m so not winning an Oscar” — but she says she knows exactly who is. Share/Bookmark

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‘Dear John’ Knocks ‘Avatar’ Off Number One Box Office Perch

Well, it was a good run while it lasted. After dominating the box office for nearly two months, Avatar has finally been unseated from its spot at the top of the box office. Share/Bookmark

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Top 20 Hollywood Earners of 2009

With the release of Vanity Fair’s annual list of Hollywood’s top earners, we take a look at how the top 20 made so much money in 2009. Share/Bookmark

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‘We are ashamed Shah Rukh Khan was born in India’

ISLAMABAD: With Shah Rukh Khan refusing to apologise for criticising the exclusion of Pakistani players from IPL, Shiv Sena has dared him to come back to Mumbai and make a similar statement. Share/Bookmark

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Black Water in Pakistan

Posted on 30 October 2009

A month ago, a couple of University Town, Peshawar’s citizen complained to Federal Interior Ministry about mysterious activities of some American’s living in their neighbors. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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What is global warming?

Posted on 16 December 2009

The climate summit at Copenhagen will aim to stop man-made global warming. But are temperatures really rising and is it caused by humans? Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Sports

First Iranian woman skier ready for Canada slopes

Posted on 08 February 2010

DIZIN, Iran: Marjan Kalhor, who never imagined she would one day become the first Iranian woman to take part in the Winter Olympics, insists her moment of history will not fall foul of her country’s conservative rulers. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Pakistan’s Naseem becomes fastest woman in South As

Posted on 08 February 2010

DHAKA: Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Pakistan

Sheikh Rasheed injured, four killed in gun attack

Posted on 08 February 2010

RAWALPINDI: Former information minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed was injured while four people, including two of his bodyguards were killed when gunmen opened fire at his party’s election office on Monday. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Pakistan squad for T20 matches announced

Posted on 08 February 2010

LAHORE: Pakistan on Monday left out coach Intikhab Alam and wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal from its 14-man side to face England in two Twenty20 matches. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Haiti earthquake: death toll reaches 212,000

Posted on 08 February 2010

The death toll from Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake last month has reached 212,000, while the number of homeless may be far higher than the one million estimated by authorities, the prime minister has said. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Taliban getting ready for major fight

Posted on 08 February 2010

LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major Nato operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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US, Nato plan big offensive in Helmand

Posted on 08 February 2010

WASHINGTON: US and Nato forces are set to launch in southern Afghanistan this week a major offensive being described as the biggest assault of its kind since Vietnam four decades ago. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Iran moves closer to confrontation with West over uranium

Posted on 08 February 2010

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran took his country closer to confrontation with the West on Sunday, ordering scientists to enrich Iran’s stockpiles of uranium to the higher level needed for nuclear power. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Breaking News

50 feared dead in US power plant blast

Posted on 08 February 2010

NEW YORK: A huge explosion ripped through a US power plant on Sunday being built in Connecticut amid reports up to 50 people may have died, emergency officials said, as a rescue operation swung into place. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Pakistani skier qualifies for Vancouver 2010

Posted on 07 February 2010

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani skier Mohammad Abbas became the first man in the country’s history to qualify for the the Winter Olympics, to be held from Feb 12 in Vancouver, Canada. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Brilliant Pakistan pip India to win SAG hockey gold

Posted on 07 February 2010

DHAKA: Defending champions Pakistan retained their gold medal in the 11th South Asian Games hockey competition when they came from behind to overpower arch-rival India 4-3 in a penalty shootout at Maulana Bhasani Stadium on Sunday. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Bilour admits Blackwater presence in NWFP

Posted on 06 February 2010

NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour admitted on Saturday that the US private security company Blackwater is present in Pakistan and is operating in the NWFP as well as other areas. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Brittany Murphy’s Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Drug Intoxication

Posted on 06 February 2010

The coroner’s report is in, and it’s revealed that Brittany Murphy died from multiple drug intoxication, pneumonia and “iron deficiency anemia.” The death of the actress, who passed away on December 20, was concluded to be accidental. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Chinese send 2.1b short messages per day in ‘09

Posted on 06 February 2010

Short messages sent by Chinese people in 2009 rose 8.4 percent year-on-year to 784.04 billion, or 2.1 billion per day on average, the Beijing Times reported Saturday citing a source with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Obama statue in Jakarta will be removed after protests on internet

Posted on 06 February 2010

A statue of the young Barack Obama, intended to commemorate the time he lived in Indonesia as a boy, is to be removed from a park in Jakarta after a campaign of protest on the internet. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Pakistan

Thousands attend funeral of Pakistan bomb victims

Posted on 06 February 2010

The funeral for those killed in a double bombing targeting Shia muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi attracted thousands of mourners today. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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World News

Washington DC prepares to shut down for massive snowfall dubbed “snowpocalypse”

Posted on 06 February 2010

Washington DC was grinding to a halt on Saturday as the US capital prepared for its heaviest snowfall in nearly a century, dubbed “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon”. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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Technology

Facebook makes layout changes

Posted on 06 February 2010

Facebook is rolling out a new homepage design, in the same week it celebrates it sixth birthday. Share/Bookmark Continue Reading

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