Source: Times of India MOSCOW: Vladimir V Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S Peskov , said now famous television footage of the Russian PM diving to the bottom of a bay and discovering ceramic jugs from the sixth century was, in fact, a setup. In an interview released late on Tuesday, […]
source. dawn.com Interior Minister Rehman Malik during a visit to the Islamabad Police headquarters. – Photo ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to jar the bad cops of the city out of their obstinate ways, the Islamabad police hierarchy has decided to put them to shame, Dawn has learnt. A points system […]
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: As Mamta Pant started tipping forward, her foot failing to find a landing in the muddy water, her heart froze. “You hear about these things happening to others,” said the 22-year-old counselor hours after her near-death experience on the walk to office from the […]
source: dawn.com THE lady cooking a new version of chicken curry is wearing a mint green hijab. In the midst of adding spices and emptying out bowls of beaten yoghurt and thinly chopped ginger, she pauses to narrate a hadith. Within the hour, viewers have been provided with an endearing […]
Source: Spiegel Online News only in German … You can translate by using Google translator! Ratespiele im Ramadan: Von “Wer wird Millionär?”, dem weltweit erfolgreichen Showkonzept, gibt es jetzt eine islamische Version. In Pakistan beantworten die Kandidaten ausschließlich Fragen rund um die Religion. Der Hauptpreis lässt allerdings nur wahrhaft Gläubige in Verzückung geraten. Man stelle sich vor: Bei “Wer wird Millionär?” würde kein einziges Mal geklatscht. Wenn der Kandidat eine Frage von Günther Jauch richtig beantwortete, priese das Publikum lautstark Gott. Die Wiedererkennungsmelodie der Sendung wäre ein religiöser Männergesang. […]
Dubai: An entranced crowd on Friday night listened as an Afro-American former rapper and hip-hop artist told of how a visit to the UAE changed his life. Chauncey Lamont Hawkins (Loon) was formerly part of P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Records, where he released his self-titled debut album, ‘Loon’. “I had it […]
source:times of india LONDON: Infuriated with motorists parking their luxury cars illegally around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, Mayor Arturas Zuokas took the drastic step of driving an armoured vehicle over a Mercedes S-class, which was parked in a cycle lane. The flamboyant politician decided to take the novel approach […]
Source:cnn.com (CNN) — England took nine second-innings wickets on the final day’s play against India at Lord’s Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series. Stuart Broad took the final wicket of tailender Ishant Sharma to end a remarkable match that saw the fortunes of both teams veer […]
source. dawn.com One of my neighbors has gotten a bull. It is not just the usual run of the mill, medium-sized animal either, this one is big – bigger than I am and frolics in the area because after all it would be pretty cruel for the owners to keep […]
Visiting London, what better souvenir to take home, but a Rolls Royce Phantom? I was considering buying a Rolls Royce, but then, taking a lesson from the ‘Debt Debate’ I decided to NOT buy the real version and instead go for a toy, thus saving 336’500 UK Pounds. Silly? Well, […]
Source: times of india on line. LONDON: The BBC has issued an apology after its radio presenter compared breastfeeding in public to having sex in front of other people. James Hazell made his comments while hosting a debate about whether women should nurse their babies in public when a guest […]
Source: Dawn.com Dutch Johan Huibers poses on board of the 150 metre-long Noah’s ark he created at an old abandoned quay on the Merwede River in Dordrecht on June 21, 2011. DORDRECHT: For three years, the quaint old city of Dordrecht has watched in amazement as a local businessman’s dream […]
When we think of the world’s most expensive cities, it’s the traditionally chic European and North American metropolises like New York, Paris and London that usually come to mind. But according to a new cost of living survey by Mercer, an international consulting organization, two of the three most expensive […]
Nelly the elephant has taken over the role of premiere animal psychic during the Women’s World Cup this summer. The young African Elephant predicted the outcome of all German games correctly — even the host country’s devastating loss to Japan last week. More:
IT is a required skill in a stage-play for an actor to be centre-stage and be ready to become invisible to the audience. // http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=1310648297457&output=json_html&callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&impl=s&prev_afc=1&pstok=8W5K5ZAii1wKBRDE3JIW&client=ca-pub-8258178831251847&slotname=Dawn_Columnists_inside_468x90&page_slots=Dawn_Columnists_Ip_top_728x90%2CDawn_Columnists_inside_468x90&cookie=ID%3D7bc0595e8816825a%3AT%3D1303908499%3AS%3DALNI_MaWM22AkqRAF5fH1tLDjMKxcxeZPw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Fcentre-stage-but-invisible.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F&lmt=1310648297&dt=1310648298116&cc=100&biw=1007&bih=458&ifi=2&adk=501409342&u_tz=120&u_his=8&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=738&u_aw=1024&u_cd=24&u_nplug=7&u_nmime=23&flash=10.0.2&gads=v2&ga_vid=1393871594.1310648270&ga_sid=1310648270&ga_hid=1099309154&ga_fc=true// The trick, as theatre gurus such as Stanislavsky or Brecht would prescribe, is to harmonise your silence with the running dialogue of other actors on […]
Thomas Meyer/OstkreuzThe interior of Murkudis’s concept store is minimalist but expansive. It’s not as though anyone in Berlin really needed proof, last week, that the city’s once-hip central Mitte neighborhood had officially jumped the shark — two years’ worth of boutique hotel and Mavi-store openings, plus skyrocketing rents and a […]
A three-week long camel race was opened at the Orfa Race Course in Taif on Friday. This is part of the National Festival for Heritage and Culture currently being celebrated in Taif. The winners in various items will be awarded 25 prizes,director of the festival Saud Al-Romi said on Saturday. […]
Oh Gosh, I fear the title of the blog will get many people to click through to this article. Well, that’s how crappy content goes viral on the internet! Write a catchy headline on a trending topic and fill it up with gibberish (and not to forget “Keywords!”) and […]
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Scores of prominent Arab singers as well as local and international dance and music troupes will take part in the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, organisers announced on Saturday. Planning for the festival’s cultural and artistic activities is completed and Jerash is ready to […]
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