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Famous painter, sculptor Guljee being remembered
Dec 16th
Staff Report KARACHI: Pakistan’s prominent painter and sculptor Ismail Guljee is being remembered today (Friday) on his death anniversary, SAMAA reports.
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Loading ...Syrian rebels kill 27 troops, Canadians told to go
Dec 16th
BEIRUT: Army defectors killed 27 government forces Thursday in apparently coordinated attacks that were among the deadliest by rebel troops since the uprising began nine months ago.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Iran demands Afghanistan block US drone flights
Dec 16th
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister demanded Thursday that Afghanistan stop allowing the US to use bases in the country to launch drone flights over Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran has displayed a pilotless American aircraft it says was forced to land two weeks ago during a mission over Iran. The U.S
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Posters Recall Old-Fashioned Horror
Dec 15th
Filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are both well-renowned for their highly-stylized and (generally) dark approach to production design; hence the general interest surrounding 20th Century Fox’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter adaptation, which Burton is producing and Bekmambetov is directing. An official teaser trailer for Vampire Hunter could be just around the corner, seeing how Fox might want to take advantage of the increase in moviegoer traffic over the 2011 winter holiday season, and start building hype for the supernatural horror “historical revision.” In the meantime, you can check out a pair of new posters that have been released for the flick.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US House passes bill to freeze Pakistan aid
Dec 15th
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has approved a billion dollar defence bill, freezing some aid to Pakistan, slapping harsh new sanctions on Iran, among other things. The Republican-led chamber voted 283-136 to approve the $662 billion Defense Authorization bill.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Panetta to meet President Karzai
Dec 15th
KABUL: US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday after arriving in
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...President Zardari discharged from Dubai hospital
Dec 14th
DUBAI: President Asif Ali Zardari has been discharged from Dubai hospital after remaining admitted at the facility
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Memogate: President to reply as per ”law”, says spokesman
Dec 14th
ISLAMABAD: While the legal experts of the Presidency are giving final touches to the President s reply that would
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Analysis: Canada’s Kyoto withdrawal began when Bush bolted
Dec 13th
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s widely criticized withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol ends a decade-long saga that began in earnest when former President George W. Bush walked away from the global climate change treaty in 2001. The close links between the two economies, and the fact the United States has a population almost 10 times larger than that of Canada, meant that Ottawa ultimately felt it had …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Iran scoffs at Obama request for US drone”s return
Dec 13th
TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday scoffed at US President Barack Obama s request for it to return a sophisticated US drone,
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Iran Threatens to Block Key Oil Route
Dec 13th
Iran’s armed forces will practice sealing off the Strait of Hormuz, a top lawmaker says, intending to use the threat of disrupting oil production to prevent other nations from using military action against Iran, seen in photo conducting war games. Air Force Investigating Second Drone Crash Iran Scoffs at U.S.’s Formal Request to Return Drone China’s President Reportedly Tells Navy to Prepare for …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Iran says Obama should apologize for downed drone
Dec 13th
TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama should apologize for sending an unmanned spy plane into Iranian territory rather than asking for it back after it was seized, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Iran announced on December 4 it had downed the spy plane in the eastern part of the country, near Afghanistan.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Democracy can bear any pressure: PM
Dec 13th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a meeting with Acting President Farooq H Naek said democracy h
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Documentary looks at life of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
Dec 13th
DUBAI: Associates of Yasser Arafat offer personal recollections in a documentary screened in Dubai this week on his search for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that descended into violence and failed to lead to a Palestinian state. Figures from Arafat’s circle who entered into a historic peace process with Israel in 1993, including his wife Suha, as well as Israelis such as President Shimon Peres and activist Uri Avnery who knew him well, discuss controversial moments of a career that ended with Arafat’s unexplained death in 2004. Arafat was depicted by his Israeli and U.S.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dozen alleged Qaeda inmates escape Yemen prison
Dec 12th
ADEN: Twelve alleged Al-Qaeda militants plus two other inmates have tunnelled their way to freedom from a prison in the south Yemen city of Aden, a security official said on Monday. The prisoners fled through a six-metre (yard) tunnel they dug at the western end of Aden’s central prison, the official said.
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