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Inside Google London Google has harnessed the power of the internet to change our lives. But could the world's most powerful company change the way we work, too? Simon Usborne discovers the power of free beer, table football – and office dogs Speaking of which, it's lunchtime. Never has a work cant...

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Too much cola 'leads to muscle and heart problems' Experts have issued a warning against drinking large quantities of cola, saying it could lead to muscle problems, an irregular heartbeat and bone weakness. The number of cola-lovers suffering health issues is on the rise, they said, adding there ha...

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Why eating a curry could STOP you from putting on weight If you are trying to stop piling on the pounds, eating lots of curry might seem like a bad idea. But it is not as ridiculous as it sounds, according to the latest scientific findings. The flavouring turmeric, used in most Indian meals, has an...

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Sex theme park is G-string too far for China was a G-string too far for China’s prudish authorities, which swung the wrecking balls yesterday to demolish the country’s first sex theme park before it could even open. The developers had hoped that Love Land would break an ancient taboo and encourage ...

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Last Tiananmen Square ‘hooligan’ freed after 20 years The last known prisoner jailed for “hooliganism” during the student-led demonstrations in Tiananmen Square has been released after 20 years in prison, a human rights group said. But about 30 others remain in jail for their roles in the pro-democ...

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China's lonely hearts find freedom to choose is not the answer Love is never easy and to Zhao Kunming it came harder than most. Three times, the military officer asked for permission to marry. Three times the answer came: No. "My work was very secret – researching missiles and rockets – so eve...

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Immigration to Britain stalls as foreign workers flee recession The number of foreign-born workers leaving Britain rose by nearly 30% as the economic recession started to bite last year, according to statistics published today. The latest official figures confirm that immigration to Britain has sta...

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Becoming Asia's 'swing state' Surrounded by unstable states in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Myanmar, India stands tall as a beacon of democratic stability. As long as India was willing, such a combination eventually would be irresistible to the Americans. If current trends continue, the Indian ...

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Morgan Stanley on India trumps Goldman on China India also proved it can confound expectations about the trajectory of its $US1.2 trillion economy. Anyone betting last week that China was way ahead in the race to be Asia's next economic superpower now has reason for pause. A key difference, though,...

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76% Pakistanis terms media as un-biased, says survey ISLAMABAD (SANA): 76% believe that Pakistani media is un-biased to a great or some extent. According to Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan that twenty percent (20%) said it is unbiased to a great extent, 56% of the r...

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Italy keen to import skilled manpower from Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah on Tuesday said Pakistan had received a big demand of skilled workers from Italy and in this regard MoU would be signed soon. He discussed that Pakistan would supply di...

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800th Anniversary Scholarships launched in Pakistan A new national scholarship will enable students from Pakistan to study at the University of Cambridge without the worry of creating a financial burden for their families. The scholarships provide full funding, covering fees and means-tested mainte...

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SCENARIOS-What outcome for Pakistan's battle in Swat? An inconclusive campaign with heavy civilian casualties would undercut public support and bolster critics who decry fighting "America's war". A frustrated United States could step up strikes on fighters by pilotless drone aircraft whil...

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Emad Ansari: Immigration horror stories But, unfortunately, that was not what was in store for the 27-year-old student from Pakistan pursuing a Masters of Business Administration degree. The boys’ conversation was interrupted — rather rudely, by anyone’s standards — by policemen holding submachine ...

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Henry Kissinger 'On the Record' on Pakistan, Nuke Threats and More VAN SUSTEREN: Well, last week, the admiral who's the Joint Chiefs of Staff said before the -- one of the Senate committees -- he said there is evidence that Pakistan is adding to its nuclear weapons system and warheads. That's reall...

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Germany sells tanks to Qatar, delays on subs to Pakistan Germany is to sell main battle tanks to Qatar, ending a long ban on selling the heavy weapons to Arabian peninsula nations, the news magazine said on Saturday. But a sale of stealth submarines to Pakistan was on hold till after Germany’s gene...

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Curriculum of hatred The fact is that the minds of generations of schoolchildren are being perverted by our public school system. It is not just the textbooks that are preaching hatred, violence and intolerance. The teachers who are the products of this system can teach no better. With a few noble ...

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National T20 tournament offers Rs 4.4m cash prizes National T20 tournament offers Rs 4.4m cash prizes LAHORE, The national Twenty20 cricket championship being played from May 25 here offers a total cash prize of Rs 4.4 million GROUP-A: Faisalabad Wolves, Rawalpindi Rams, Lahore Lions, Quetta Bears....

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Pakistan army struggles in Buner Three weeks into the assault, our correspondent says that it is clear that the army is not in full control even if there also is little overt sign of any militant presence. Our correspondent says that the army is not manning checkpoints in Buner, preferring instead ...

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'Pak suffers loss of Rs 450 bn after joining war on terror' Pakistan's decision to become part of the global war on terror "has affected the economy adversely and its bad effects will continue," the annual report of the Institute of Public Policy said. "With global recession knocking...

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US asked to provide AC tents for IDPs: SSG Chief ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): The United States has been asked to supply air conditioned tents for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in result of Operation Rah-e-Rast, Chairman Special Support Group (SSG) Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed said. Talking to me...

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Report: Russian concerned over Pakistan nukes Nazarov was quoted as saying Russia and Asian allies have «legitimate concerns» that terrorists could gain access to Pakistani nuclear weapons. Nazarov met Wednesday with counterparts from Shanghai Cooperation Organization's member nations. The group al...

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Transit Trade facility for India Afghanistan will promote smuggling Karachi—The transit trade facility for India to Afghanistan through Wagha border will promote smuggling and misdeclaration culture in Pakistan. Government should take local business community into confidence before further delibera...

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Enemy, ‘friendly’ satellites monitor Pak nuke sites Akhtar Jamal Islamabad—At a time when Pakistan is busy fighting internal and external terrorists several foreign satellites are monitoring the region and taking images of Pakistan’s nuclear sites particularly that of near Khushab and exchanging wi...

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Support is being drummed up and the sympathy factor tapped in for the beggars. Already Uncle Sam has been kind enough to disburse 100 mln as emergency aid. Can't believe even Obama is falling in the same trap.

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Photos show Pakistan expanding nuclear sites: institute WASHINGTON (AFP) — Satellite photos released on Tuesday show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its nuclear program as part of an effort to bolster the destructive power of its atomic arsenal, a US arms control institute said. The comm...

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Canada resumes military training program with Pakistan: MacKay OTTAWA — Canada will resume an officer-training program with Pakistan's military that has been suspended for more than a decade, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday. Canada severed its military-to-military relations with Pakistan...

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Pakistani Police Arrested Ijaz Ahmed In Forgery Case Ijaz AhmedPakistani police force halted and charged former test player and national group fielding Coach Ijaz Ahmed on charges of forging bank cheques. The 40 years old Ijaz runs his own business group in Lahore aside from working as a fielding c...

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Two Pakistani mangoes exhibitions in Russia, China, Iran in July Pakistan horticulture development and export board and mango growers have unanimously decided for the holding of two overseas mango exhibitions in mid July, exporters, growers’ joint meeting in the first week of May to ensure mango ex...

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UAE companies eye projects in Pakistan Investors from the UAE are considering a number of investments in Pakistan, despite escalating violence in the north-west of the country. Pakistan is relying on attracting investment from the region to boost its economy, which is struggling with a huge foreign...

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Thirst of the cities drives the giant drills to water China's parched north Staring up from the bottom of the deepest pipe in the world's most ambitious plumbing operation, the view is that of a frog in a well: a small distant disc of sky. Look again two years from now, and you would see a torrent ...

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MI5 and police came across July 7 ringleader six times but never identified him as a threat – report Police and MI5 had the ringleader of the July 7 London attacks, Mohammad Sidique Khan, on their records six times before the attacks but he was never identified as a threat, a long-awaited parliamen...

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India calls on Tesco to reform farming industry By Barney Henderson in Mumbai and Damien McElroy Published: 10:07PM BST 18 May 2009 The retailers, including Tesco, will be asked to overhaul the inefficient production and distribution systems which result in up to half of the annual crop rotting bef...

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CIA: US does not know location of all Pakistan's nuclear weapons "Obviously, we do try to understand where all of these are located," he replied. "We don't have, frankly, the intelligence to know where they all are located." He added that the US is confident that Pakistani gover...

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Fascinating read. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17foreclosure-t.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=all My Personal Credit Crisis Article Tools Sponsored By By EDMUND L. ANDREWS Published: May 14, 2009 If there was anybody who should have avoided the mortgage catastrophe, it was I. As an e...

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http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090519/capt.photo_1242720315421-2-0.jpg ID the weapon please. http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090519/capt.300a6142846943b0a17d4199bb84f592.pakistan_pes106.jpg Pakistani army troops unload fans and other stuff from truck to distribute them into inherently displaced people at Ja...

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http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090519/i/r3900582532.jpg Internally displaced girls fleeing a military offensive in the Swat valley hold classes inside a tent at an UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in the outskirts of Peshawar May 19, 2009. A Pakistani military offensive agains...

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Detainee Can’t Sue Head of U.S. Agencies, Court Rules NationalBy Kimberly Colander - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Pakistani Muslim can not sue the heads of two government agencies for mistreatment during his incarceration after the Sept. 11 attacks. In November 2001, Iqbal was charged...

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FACTBOX - More than one million displaced in Pakistan Following are some facts about the displaced. - The number of people displaced by the fighting has risen to more than 1.4 million, U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said on Monday. - They are joining about 555,000 displaced by earlier fighting...

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