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Amnesty criticizes US for Osama raid, Guantanamo and human rights violation
May 24th
WASHINGTON: Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. “The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA’s theory of a global armed conflict between the USA and Al-Qaeda in which the USA does not recognize the applicability of international human rights law,” it said in its annual report.
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بار ...Egypt votes on 2nd day of presidential election
May 24th
CAIRO: Polls opened for a second day across Egypt on Thursday in a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Small queues began to form outside schools when polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT). Turnout is expected to be higher Thursday than on Wednesday’s opening day, after authorities declared it a public holiday to allow public sector employees to cast their ballots
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Two missile attacks in 24 hours, 10 killed
May 24th
MIR ALI: A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles that killed 10 alleged militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Bid to kidnap private bank’s CEO foils in Karachi
May 24th
Staff Report KARACHI: The attempt to kidnap a chief of a private bank has been was foiled late yesterday night, SAMAA reports Thursday. According to details, Hussain Lawai, head of a private bank and a high-profile figure came out of his residence to offer Isha (late night) prayers when miscreants ambushed and caught hold of him.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Divided Syrian opposition to choose new leader
May 24th
AMMAN: The main Syrian National Council opposition group said it had accepted the resignation of its president, setting the stage for a showdown between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and its political rivals over who will be the new leader. The internal conflicts have come to a head over the position held by Burhan Ghalioun, a secular sociologist backed by the Brotherhood, who offered to step down as leader of the 313-member council last week if a replacement could be found. Squabbling in the council has undermined international support for the opposition, as a military crackdown against the 14-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, now coupled with an armed insurgency against his rule, shows no signs of relenting.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Doha, Baku out of running for 2020 Games
May 24th
QUEBEC CITY: The race to host the 2020 Summer Games is now a three-way battle between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Qatar’s Doha and Azerbaijan’s Baku were dumped as candidates, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday. The shortlist of candidates to host the world’s biggest multi-sports event was announced at the IOC’s executive board meetings in Quebec City. Baku, which invested more than a billion dollars in sports venues in the past 10 years, was bidding for a second successive time after falling at the first hurdle for the 2016 Games
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Top Gun, Star Trek coming to Amazon Prime
May 24th
LOS ANGELES: “Star Trek,” “Top Gun,” “Braveheart” و “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” are among the Paramount Pictures titles coming to Amazon Prime
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Cinema great Rangeela being remembered today
May 24th
Staff Report KARACHI: Great juggernaut force behind Pakistan’s cinema with multiple fortes and flairs, Rangeela is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Thursday). Rangeela was born as Mohammad Saeed Khan in 1937, in Parachinar, پاکستان
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Famous modern Urdu poet, Majrooh Sultanpuri’s anniversary today
May 24th
Staff Report KARACHI: One of the foremost lyricists of sub-continent and the modern and great names in Urdu poetry, Majrooh Sultanpuri is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Thursday).
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Oprah Winfrey teams up with Huffington Post
May 24th
LOS ANGELES: Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expanding her online empire by teaming up with the Huffington Post for a section dedicated to the chat show host that will engage her audience, the Oprah Winfrey Network said on Wednesday. The Huffington Post Oprah section will launch in August, and will curate content from Oprah.com, which features the motto “Live Your Best Life” and accompanies Winfrey’s OWN TV programming with videos, articles and advice on health, fashion and culture
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Karachi: Four more dead in Liaquatabad gunfire
May 24th
Staff Report KARACHI: At least four people were overnight gunned down in the city area of Liaquatabad, SAMAA reports Thursday. Meantime, the Rangers contingent arrested a target-killer from an area of Jamshed Quarters in an operation conducted overnight.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Toyota to sell $6k cars in India: report
May 24th
TOKYO: Toyota is to begin selling cars in India priced at around $6,000, a report said, as the Japanese auto giant looks to boost its share of the country’s growing affordable car market. The company will seek to avoid devaluing the Toyota name by creating a new brand for the sector, which it hopes to enter in 2016, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Thursday without citing sources. Japan’s biggest automaker began selling its low-cost sedan Etios in India in 2010, but with a price tag of $10,000 it is still expensive compared with cars made by rivals such as Tata Motors, whose Nano sells for as little as $2,900
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...HP laying off 27,000 workers in restructuring
May 24th
PALO ALTO, Calif: Hewlett-Packard says it’s laying off 27,000 کارگران, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Ramdin urges Windies to keep up progress
May 23rd
NOTTINGHAM: West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin has said it would be “amazing” for a youthful side if they were to beat world number ones England during their ongoing Test series. The tourists showed plenty of heart in taking England into the fifth day of the first Test at Lord’s before going down to a five-wicket defeat concluded Monday to fall 1-0 behind in the three-match series.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...US sees no reason for Dr. Afridi to be charged
May 23rd
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it saw no reason for Pakistan to detain or charge a Pakistani doctor who has been accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Fee Pakistan demanded for NATO supply is extortion: US Senator
May 23rd
WASHINGTON: US Senators John McCain and Carl Levin, the chair and ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the US should not pay up to $5,000 per truck which John McCain called “extortion” to Pakistan to allow NATO Supply lines to pass through its territory into Afghanistan. Speaking to US news outlet ‘The Cable’ Senator McCain said: “We can’t look at aid in that light.
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