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Karachi: Kareena Kapoor aka Bebo, a Bollywood style icon, has made her presence felt in the fashion circuit across the Indo-Pak border in neighboring Pakistan. Bebo recently shot for Pakistan’s Firdous Textiles. Firdous Textile, based in Faisalabad, produces and exports quality high end printed garments. Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor was hired to do a photo shoot for their [...]
New York: Women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers, a new study suggests. The risk of becoming overweight or obese falls as alcohol consumption rises, even when factors such as smoking, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity are taken into account, the study found. Women who consumed between [...]
New York: Ex-Vice Presidential (Rep) Candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has admitted that she and her family used to cross the border to take advantage of Canada’s socialized health care system. “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” Palin said in Calgary, in her first Canadian appearance [...]
Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed? Largely hidden from view, there has been a layer of antagonism towards President Obama that lies well beyond the boundaries of reasonable political debate. Ed Pilkington [...]
A father and son were shot and the suspect shot himself after being confronted by police in Dallas, Texas. The gunman shot 63-year-old man in the legs and his 39-year-old son in the neck at a business they own on the third floor of an office building this morning, just before 11 a.m. local time. The alleged [...]
DOHA: Famous Indian artist MF Husain surrendered his passport on March 7 to the Indian Embassy in Doha. As per reports, Hussain, the renowned bare-foot artist, had to surrender his passport as India did not allow dual citizenship. An Indian embassy official said, “So in such a situation, surrendering passport by the person concerned is mandatory and [...]
NEW DELHI: Tournament favourites Australia advanced into the semi-finals of the men’s hockey World Cup on Monday after they beat one-time world champions Pakistan 2-1 in a pulsating match to finish top of Pool B. Pakistan, once a world reckoned champion team, has lost to England, Australia, Germany, Netherlands and now has also lost to Australia. [...]
The hunt is on to nab the impostor who robbed billionaire Pepe Fanjul at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel at the height of Oscar week. The Cuban-born sugar baron — one of the world’s richest men — and his wife, Emilia, were robbed by a man posing as a hotel worker Friday night. The [...]
HOLLYWOOD: Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in history to win the Oscar for best director here Sunday, claiming the coveted prize for her Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker.” The 58-year-old film-maker — only the fourth woman ever to be nominated for the award — defeated ex-husband James Cameron to win the golden statuette at [...]
