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US rejects demand to vacate Shamsi base

// http://www.google.com.pk/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en The Financial Times quoted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar as saying that Pakistan has already stopped US drone flights from the Shamsi air base.—Reuters photo // http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=1309531550883&output=json_html&callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&impl=s&prev_afc=1&pstok=FXX5x-KrrMcKBBCh00U&client=ca-pub-8258178831251847&slotname=Dawn_ROS_Banner&page_slots=Dawn_ROS_detail_top_728x90%2CDawn_ROS_Banner&cookie=ID%3D7bc0595e8816825a%3AT%3D1303908499%3AS%3DALNI_MaWM22AkqRAF5fH1tLDjMKxcxeZPw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fus-rejects-demand-to-vacate-shamsi-base.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F&lmt=1309531550&dt=1309531552996&cc=100&biw=1263&bih=718&ifi=2&adk=2388668355&u_tz=120&u_his=11&u_h=1024&u_w=1280&u_ah=994&u_aw=1280&u_cd=24&u_nplug=7&u_nmime=23&flash=10.0.2&gads=v2&ga_vid=1596574767.1309515058&ga_sid=1309530385&ga_hid=506422198&ga_fc=true   // WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US is rejecting demands from Pakistan that American personnel abandon a military base used by the […]

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Commuting by Helicopter to Oil Rigs

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For a large proportion of people working in Macaé, commuting to work by helicopter is not the preserve of the rich and famous, but the only way to get to their offshore job. Macaé’s sky buzzes with the sound of helicopters constantly ferrying crew to-and-from the […]

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High-speed train on fast track to success

BEIJING – High-speed trains linking Beijing and Shanghai made their passenger debut on Thursday, extending China’s high-speed rail network to nearly 10,000 km. Premier Wen Jiabao attended the railway’s opening ceremony at Beijing South Railway Station and boarded the first train to Shanghai. The high-speed line, built in only 38 months […]

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Pornography and sexual addiction

It is hard to ignore how many highly visible men in recent years (indeed, months) have behaved in sexually self-destructive ways. Some powerful men have long been sexually voracious; unlike today, though, they were far more discreet and generally used much better judgment in order to cover their tracks. … As […]

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Who’s afraid of Islamist rule?

Fears of political Islam have increased to unprecedented levels both inside and outside Egypt, but are such worries justified? Whereas Western governments have long been frightened of the rise of political Islam, local fears of Islamists representing political Islam in Egypt have also now peaked, with many liberal, secular and […]

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Iran crisis close to climax?

TEL AVIV – As the standoff between Iran, the United States and their allies intensifies, the number of possibilities that lie ahead gradually shrinks. Some sort of a compromise seems inevitable down the road, but whether violence will precede it and who exactly will be left to negotiate remains a mystery. Armed […]

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Swiss Cabinet rules out new suicide legislation

by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch The government will not introduce specific regulations on organised assisted suicide, but will extend measures to boost palliative care and suicide prevention. The decision is the latest step in a drawn-out public controversy over current regulations on the right to die and so-called ‘suicide tourism’ – […]

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Members want OIC to be more active

By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The three-day annual Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation ended with a sense of optimism and new direction among the delegations. The deliberations in the Kazakh capital were frank and honest and sometimes critical. Minister after minister […]