Record civilian death toll in Afghan war last year: UN
A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s decade-long war last year, with a dramatic rise in the number of deaths from suicide attacks, the United Nations reported Saturday.
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Categories: The News Tags: Afghanistan, Drama, Sui, Suicide Attack
Who is to blame?
Eric S. Margolis
The sinking of the giant Italian-American cruise liner Costa Concordia is among the most amazing and bizarre events in modern nautical history. Having long, long ago been harbour master of Montego Freeport, Jamaica, and Operations Director of a line of West Indies freighters, I watched this Italian drama with professional fascination and horror.
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Super Mario sinks Spurs, United down Arsenal
LONDON: Mario Balotelli struck a dramatic injury-time penalty as Manchester City overcame a brave Tottenham fightback to win 3-2 and maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League on Sunday. Substitute Balotelli blasted in his spot-kick deep into injury time after the Italian striker had been bundled over by Ledley King for a [...]
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Gingrich wins key vote, reshapes Republican race
COLUMBIA: Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich walloped rival and longtime frontrunner Mitt Romney in South Carolina’s primary, dramatically reshaping the topsy-turvy race. The former House speaker, repeatedly declared politically dead over the past year, surged Saturday to a shock victory in the battle to become the party’s standard-bearer against Democratic President Barack Obama in [...]
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SHO staged ‘missing act’ to digest Rs 2.5m booty
LAHORE – The Station House Officer (SHO) of Wahdat Colony police station, who went on missing under mysterious circumstances a few days ago, has resurfaced dramatically, police sources said on Wednesday.
Sources revealed that the police officer, Yasir Abbas, disappeared some three days ago, after the senior officers ordered his arrest on the charges of embezzling cash and gold ornaments …
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QPR sack Warnock “with a heavy heart”
LONDON: Queens Park Rangers sacked manager Neil Warnock on Sunday after a dramatic slump in form that left them without a win in their last eight Premier League matches and on the edge of the relegation zone. Warnock, who was appointed in March 2010 and won 33 of his 84 matches in charge, guided the [...]
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Pakistan’s real dangers are internal ? William Milam
The year 2010 witnessed a dramatic deterioration in trust and diplomatic relations between the United States and Pakistan. The two strategic partners in the war on terror traded allegations on the Raymond Davis affair, the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, drone strikes, Admiral Mike Mullen’s assertion about ISI’s alleged contacts with the elements of [...]
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We’re back in it, says jubilant Villas-Boas
WOLVERHAMPTON: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas claimed his team are back in the Premier League title race following their last-gasp victory over Wolves. Frank Lampard’s dramatic 89th-minute goal eased the pressure on Villas-Boas as Chelsea ended a four-game winless streak at Molineux. Although still eight points off top spot having played a match more than the [...]
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Lendl emerges as Andy Murray’s saviour
BRISBANE: British tennis fans longing for their first male Grand Slam winner since Fred Perry in 1936 will be hoping the unlikely figure of Ivan Lendl can help break the country’s long title drought. Lendl made a dramatic return to top flight tennis this week when Scotland’s Andy Murray announced the former world No.1 had [...]
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Musical chairs
By most accounts 2011 was yet another difficult year for Pakistan’s economy. Stalled reform, energy shortages, floods, political uncertainty and a dramatic rise in geopolitical tensions
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Ashiq Awan`s resignation ‘drama’ surprises many
“The element of surprise in this whole drama is what prompted her to do so at this point and time.”
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Preview: Melodrama to the hilt
Playwright Agha Hashr’s Naek Perveen reminds you of the rigid lessons learnt at the end of didactic plays that tend to turn a man into an angel – but not a human being.
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Berlin film fest picks Hanks, Zhang movies for line-up
BERLIN: The Berlin film festival unveiled its first selections Monday including a 9/11 drama starring Tom Hanks and new pictures from China’s Zhang Yimou and Filipino art house star Brillante Mendoza. The 62nd annual event, running February 9 to 19, will include the hotly awaited “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by British director Stephen Daldry [...]
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Bandhan highlights marriage-related issues
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ISLAMABAD (APP) – Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) staged on Saturday a play ‘Bandhan’ featuring the social issues related marriage and family concerns in the ongoing drama festival.
Written by Z A Zulfi and directed by Tahir Siddiqui, the play was presented by Islamabad Art Production Islamabad.
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Deaths from malaria fall but funding woes loom –WHO
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Deaths from malaria have fallen dramatically in the past decade thanks to increased aid giving more people access to nets and medicines, but the economic slowdown could curb future progress, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. In its annual global report on the mosquito-borne parasitic disease, the WHO said [...]
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Bracewell takes six as New Zealand win Hobart thriller
The paceman took six wickets in a devastating spell to fire New Zealand to a dramatic first victory over Australia since 1993.
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GCU steals show at drama contest
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LAHORE – The GC University Lahore Dramatics Club has won the first prize at All Pakistan Drama Competition organized by the British Council at the Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore. The Competition was the part of week-long cultural activities “Active Citizens” to celebrate the achievements of the youth of Pakistan. <br…
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