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Holidaymakers stranded as Indonesian volcano closes airports
DENPASAR: An erupting Indonesian volcano forced the closure of five airports Friday, including on the holiday island of Bali, causing about 350 flights to be cancelled and stranding thousands of...
View ArticleWorcestershire hail Saeed Ajmal’s comeback, love for cricket
Worcestershire bowling coach Matt Mason has hailed Saeed Ajmal’s performance for his club claiming that the off-spinner is nearly back to his best after he helped to put his side in command of the LV =...
View ArticleLow level of education as dangerous as smoking
Estimating the number of deaths that can be linked to differences in education, researchers have determined that lacking education may be as deadly as being a current rather than former smoker. “In...
View ArticleIndian prime minister chooses silence as opposition attacks
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a skilled orator and prolific on social media, so his studied silence about allegations of corruption and influence trafficking affecting his party...
View ArticleSafoora carnage: Victims identify Saad Aziz, Tahir Minhas as main attackers
KARACHI: Five victims of the Safoora carnage on Friday identified Saad Aziz and Tahir Hussain Minhas as the main attackers of the bus in front of Malir judicial magistrate. “At least five victims...
View ArticleDrinking coffee doesn’t trigger diabetes or obesity
Maintain your love with coffee as it does not put you at the risk of developing obesity or diabetes, a gene-based study has said. Danish researchers looked at genes as our genes play a role in how much...
View ArticleCairo blast hits Italian consulate in city centre: state news
EGYPT: A huge explosion occurred in front of the Italian consulate in central Cairo on Saturday, wounding two policemen, state news agency MENA said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear...
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7 skills you need to survive in this big, bad world
Life is full of pressure but just like you needed a strategy to pass those exams or land your dream job you will need a strategy to survive in this big, bad world. These seven skills will help you get...
View ArticleFasting during Ramazan a worthwhile ‘sacrifice’: Amir Khan
Boxer Amir Khan has resolved to fast during training for a match which may turn out to be the biggest fight of his professional career. Amir is widely speculated to face undefeated triple welterweight...
View ArticleBieber dedicates tattoo to ailing girl
LOS ANGELES: Singer Justin Bieber has dedicated his new tattoo to his friend’s daughter, who is suffering from Lissencephaly, a rare brain disorder. Read: Justin Bieber flirts with Irina Shayk The...
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Fawad is gorgeous and gifted with magnificent acting talent: Sonam Kapoor
It’s been two years since they last worked together in Khoobsurat but Bollywood starlet Sonam Kapoor still can’t stop raving about her Pakistani co-star Fawad Khan. Khoobsurat is now all set to be...
View ArticleEyewitnesses identify MQM activist as Waqas Shah’s killer
KARACHI: Eyewitnesses on Saturday identified Asif Ali as the primary killier of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker Waqas Shah during a Rangers raid at the party headquarters on March 11. Two...
View ArticleBolivia’s president causes stir with unusual pope gift
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales handed Pope Francis an unusual and some say “provocative” gift Thursday during the pontiff’s visit to the country: a carving of Christ crucified on a wooden sickle and...
View ArticleProgress for women, children in India health survey may offer global lessons
NEW DELHI: Simple interventions such as using community workers to promote breast-feeding in villages have helped India improve the health of its women and children and could be good global examples,...
View ArticleDear customers: That Minion isn’t cursing. Sincerely, McDonald’s
McDonald’s Corp is standing by its latest Happy Meal toy, denying that its Minions are the foul-mouthed playthings that some of its fast-food customers say they are. In videos posted online, some...
View ArticleTexas girl, 12, takes siblings for a car ride, crashes into church
DALLAS: A 12-year-old Texas girl packed her three younger siblings into the family SUV for a late-night joyride that ended shortly after it began when she lost control and crashed into a church, Fort...
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Eating well: Life in the Fast Lane
With the mercury rising to unprecedented heights (exceeding 43°C), parts of the country are engulfed in one of the worst heatwaves to hit the region. If you are fasting this month, pay close attention...
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The Malalas of Quetta
QUETTA: Twenty-three-year-old Mehrin Kausar sits in front of the stove at her modest residence in Marriabad on Alamdar Road, staring at the swaying flame that her family’s meal simmers on. In her eyes,...
View ArticleMore travel chaos as volcano closes Bali airport again
DENPASAR: Ash spewing from an Indonesian volcano closed Bali airport again Sunday, just a day after it reopened, causing fresh travel chaos for weary holidaymakers stranded on the holiday island. Mount...
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Dolphin demise: In the deep end
KARACHI: One of the myths around the Indus River dolphin is that a woman was cursed by a holy man and transformed into a dolphin after she forgot to provide him food one day. While previously these...
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