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Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too
"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...Karachi Nazim, Mustafa Kamal placed among top-three world mayors
"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'
The botched opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...
UK listeria advisory: chill and kill
Health agencies in the UK, concerned about the rapidly increasing rates of listeriosis, have planned a major food hygiene awareness campaign to try and contain the deadly food-borne disease. Blaming poor handling of... Members Named to Bush War Crimes Prosecution Steering Committee
An august body comprised of some of the best legal minds in America and the world has been struck to bring George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and other members of the current US Administration to justice for a variety of... Police deactivate Amber Alert for missing Nevada 6-year-old
"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Police on Saturday deactivated an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday from his Las Vegas, Nevada, home in what authorities believe was a drug-related kidnapping. The...British Prime Minister Brown to break tradition, move out of No. 10
The residence of British Prime minister 10 downing street has witnessed the history making for last 300 years. It is the Britain’s most famous address after Buckingham Palace. But now...Pennsylvannia: Dillon Cossey Mom Bought Assault Rifle for Columbine Copycat Son
WARPED Michelle Cossey, 46, was today found guilty of supplying her bullied son, Dillon Cossey, 14, with lethal weapons. The boy from Pennsylvannia had fantasies of re-enacting the Columbine massacres after...64 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
Travel Global, Think Local thanks to PlanetEye 'Local Experts'
Not another travel site, you might say.Yes another travel site.I did not know PlanetEye in its first iteration.This Canadian born endeavor relaunched with a new look and features on September 20th. Their 'Travel Packs' remind me of the themed playlists on Rhapsody for... Aussie 'free hugs guy' to donate kidney to stranger
In this self centred world at the time when we are witnessing so much of violence, hatred and being carpet-bombed daily with messages of fear and disconnection.Everyone is running for their own life but Juan Mann is... 206 views | 3 comments | 12 recommendations
Earth Friendly Wedding Tips that Might Even Save You some Green
Planning a wedding besides managing family feuds and sensibilities can turn into a small scale version of an Hollywood production. Sophie Morris (the Ethics Girl) shares some Eco Wedding Tips on IndyBlogs (September 16). If you are not fanatical about the earth friendly... Would You Quit Drinking Bottled Water?
" photo credit: Hambo One of my pet peeves is my wife buying bottled water, even though we live in one of the more pristine areas of the world. Vancouver is planning on launching a marketing campaign aimed at getting more people to turn on the tap when they’re... US creates government sponsored Bad Bank
Bad Bank Paulson, Pelosi had the task to announce the "Bad bank" creation finally by the US government. Originally the banks themselves proposed a $70 bn "Bad bank". Obviously the $70bn would have been just peanuts.... 122 views | 2 comments | 20 recommendations
Umpire Review System trial to be extended
"Following the immense success of the umpire decision review system used on a trial basis in the recent India-Sri Lanka series in July-August this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is now planning to extend it to other Test series too."Liquid restrictions to remain at UK airports
Following a jury's decision yesterday that the government's case against the men accused of planning to use liquids on planes as explosives could not be substantiated, the UK government says it will still continue to forbid passengers to take liquids on...259 views | 1 comment | 5 recommendations
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