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NEW YORK: Rev. Terry Jones has threatened to reconsider his plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday about moving the planned Ground Zero mosque from New York..
NEW YORK: Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi today became the first Pakistani to have played the final of any Grand Slam competition. Qureshi had hoped to win both the men's and mixed doubles titles but the 30-yr-old 6-feet tall from Lahore was thwarted in his first attempt to win a US Open doubles title when he and partner Kveta Peschke..
Freerice.com, which draws an average of 40,000 players a day, challenges competitors to guess the correct meaning of a word from four options and rewards them with rice that goes to help people driven from their homes in Pakistan..
Hollywood actress Halle Berry has been spotted kissing French actor Olivier Martinez while on a string of romantic dates in Paris. The actress – who recently ended her romance with model Gabriel Aubry, the father of her two-year-old daughter Nahla, has grown increasingly close to her ‘Dark Tide’ co-star and the pair couldn’t fail to [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed condemnation in the United States of a Florida pastor's plans to burn hundreds of Qurans on the anniversary of September 11 (9/11). 'I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful act that has come from American religious leaders from all faiths..
Angelina Jolie visited some flood relief camps in Pakistan Tuesday in her role as Goodwill ambassador for UNHCR. Wearing a red-lined black cloak, the actor said she was upset to see the people’s plight and called for donations through various channels, including the UN’s official appeal. She was making her fourth visit to Pakistan since [...]
By Ayesha Siddiqa: One could not agree more with Altaf Hussain’s call for the change of mindset. One only hopes that he does not confuse eradication of feudalism with destruction of agriculture.
Indian police opened fire on hundreds of stone-pelting protesters on Monday demonstrating against New Delhi’s rule in the Valley, killing three people and wounding at least 17 other demonstrators. Kashmiri protesters are mostly youth, who throw stones and bricks at paramilitary soldiers in what is being termed as the Kashmiri Intifada..
