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JuD collects relief materials for Pak flood victims
JuD collects relief materials for Pak flood victims
The Jamaat-ud-Dawah has established an extensive network in Punjab province to collect funds and relief materials in the name of flood victims despite the Pakistan government's contention that hardline groups will not be allowed to operate in garb of charitable organisations.
Published : September 2, 2010
Taliban facing financial crisis, says US General
Washington, Sep 3 Noting that the Taliban has been driven to desperation around Marjah in southern Afghanistan, a top US general stationed there has said that the terrorist outfit is facing an acute financial crisis. "We have intelligence that indicates to us that he (Taliban).....
Published : September 3, 2010
Aurangzeb inscribed rare Quran to be auctioned
Dubai, Sep 3 A 300-year-old manuscript of the holy Quran, parts of which were inscribed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, will soon be auctioned by its Emirati owner in Germany, a news report here has said. The 14.5x24 cm manuscript was part of the collection of the Mughal emperors.....
Published : September 3, 2010
Obama calls French President and Saudi King on Middle East
Washington, Sep 3 US President Barack Obama has called French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah to discuss with them the crucial direct talks between Israeli and Palestine leaders that resumed after a gap of two years. "President Obama called President Sarkozy ear.....
Published : September 3, 2010
Ohio governor overturns convicted killer's execution
Washington, Sep 3 (AFP) A convicted triple murderer in a high-profile death row case had his execution date thrown out when the governor of Ohio commuted his sentence to life in prison due to unanswered questions in the case. The move by Governor Ted Strickland on Wednesday came tw.....
Published : September 3, 2010
Ensure US aid reaches flood-hit people in Pak: Congressman
Washington, Sep 3 America should ensure that its aid assistance reaches the flood-affected people in Pakistan as there were reports of corruption in the distribution process during a previous calamity in that country, an influential US Congressman has said. In a letter to Secretary of.....
Published : September 3, 2010
Hamas vows more deadly attacks on Israelis
Gaza City, Sept 2 (AFP) The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas vowed to press its campaign of deadly attacks on Israelis as a new round of Middle East peace talks was launched in Washington today. "The resistance operations will continue," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said, following two.....
Published : September 2, 2010
Palestinians to fund renovation of Nativity Church
Ramallah, Sept 2 (AFP) The Palestinian Authority and Christian leaders today signed an accord to repair the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on the traditional site of Jesus's birth. The USD one million project, to be carried out by an international consortium supervised by Italian renov.....
Published : September 2, 2010
New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
Milwaukee, Sept 2 (AP) Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. The test could revolutionise TB care and.....
Published : September 2, 2010
Pak-US S&T Coop prog announces 27 research grants
Washington, Sept 2 The US and Pakistan today announced awarding of science and technology cooperative research grants to 27 joint teams of researchers, funded by contributions from both governments. The joint research, resulting from these grants, will strengthen scientific and techni.....
Published : September 2, 2010
Toronto park bans kite flying
Toronto, Sept 2 (AFP) "No kite flying allowed," reads a bright yellow sign in a Toronto park where the city's South Asian community used to gather to practice the sport they introduced to the country. Kite flying is a favourite pastime of many local immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, In.....
Published : September 2, 2010
US should apologise for Yemenis' arrest: Yemen ambassador
The Hague, Sept 2 (AFP) The United States should apologise for the wrongful arrest of two Yemenis on Dutch soil after gifts in their luggage gave rise to terror suspicions, Yemen's ambassador to The Hague said today. "Our government should... Receive a letter from the US government.....
Published : September 2, 2010
IMF to immediately provide USD 450 mn to Pakistan
Lalit K Jha Washington, Sept 2 The IMF today announced to provide USD 450 million in immediate emergency financing to Pakistan to help it cope with the massive and devastating floods that have hit the country. "The floods in Pakistan are first and foremost a human tragedy stil.....
Published : September 2, 2010
Chechen President drops his presidential title
Vinay Shukla Moscow, Sept 2 Pro-Russia Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov today dropped his presidential title, saying there should only be one president in the country, causing the heads of other North Caucasus republics to follow suit. In a surprise move, Kadyrov last month de.....
Published : September 2, 2010
In Venice, Jewish lens focuses on Palestinians' story
Venice, Sept 2 (AFP) US filmmaker Julian Schnabel, a New York Jew, tells it like it is from the Palestinian point of view in "Miral" screening as the Venice film festival got into full swing today. Based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal, t.....
Published : September 2, 2010
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Movie Emotional Atyachar Music Launch, Swaroop Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Ravi Kishan.
Movie Robot Music Launch, A R Rahman, Resul Pookutty, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan.
Movie RAAJNEETI DVD Launch, Prakash Jha, Manoj Bajpai.
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