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    Haze, 23°C
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    Smoke, 22°C

NEWS AS IT HAPPENS:

India’s First Unmanned Space Mission Fails

BANGALORE: India’s space agency says its first unmanned moon probe has malfunctioned and it may have to curtail the two-year mission.The Chandrayaan-1, which costs $79 million, was launched in October to map the lunar surface and look for precious metals.The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation says the probe’s

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New Michael Jackson Single Released

LOS ANGELOS: A new Michael Jackson song titled, “A Place with No Name” was unveiled on the celebrity news website, TMZ.com, three weeks after the death of the King of Pop.The website, which was also the first media outlet to report Jackson’s death, carries the snippet of the song.It also

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2 Workers Die As Stage For Madonna Concert Collapses

MARSEILLE: A stage being constructed for a concert by pop star Madonna collapsed on Thursday (July 16), killing two workers and injuring eight others in the southern French city of Marseille.The July 19 concert at the Velodrome stadium, home to the Olympique Marseille soccer team, was immediately cancelled.The dead workers

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Russian Minister Gunned Down

MOSCOW: Two people were killed in an attack on a car in Ingushetia on Friday.Officials initally denied reports that a regional minister was among the dead.Unidentified assailants opened fire at a Kia car in the village of Sredniye Achaluki in Ingushetia.Ruslan Balayev was the sports and tourism minister for Ingushetia,

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Drone Near Miranshah Kills Five

BAHADUR KALEY: Atleast five people have been killed on Friday, when a US drone fired a missile into a suspected Taliban compound in Pakistan’s tribal belt near the Afghan border.The missile strike took place in Bahadur Kaley village, which is 30 kilometers south of Miranshah.According to security officials, the missile

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Travel


17-Year-Old Becomes Youngest to Sail Around the World

Friday, July 17th, 2009

SOUTH CAROLINA: A 17-year-old US mariner has become the youngest person to sail around the world after completing a grueling 13-month voyage.
Sandy-haired teenager Zac Sunderland arrived in South Carolina harbor aboard his 36-foot sloop Intrepid.
During his 28,000-nautical-mile journey, he braved storms, equipment failures, close calls with freighters and a run-in with [...]

Karachi Comes to a Halt: Public Transport on Strike

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

KARACHI: Transporters in Karachi have gone on a strike on Tuesday, protesting against the hike in POL prices.
Public transport has become completely non-available on the streets, on the appeal of Transport Ittehad.
People are facing immense commuting problems as rickshaw and taxi drivers are taking advantage of the situation, demanding higher fares than normal.
This led to [...]

Do you think its a ‘Lonely Planet?’

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

By: Umar Majid Ali
LAHORE: ‘Dreaming of a Croatian summer holiday or Japan in cherry blossom time? What are you waiting for? Start dragging and dropping your favourite places into a trip plan. Before you know it, you’re living it.’ That is what this travel website (www.lonelyplanet.com) boasts of; and many a back-packer around the world [...]

Yemeni Passenger Airline Crashes; 14-Year Old Survives

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A Yemeni passenger airliner with 153 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near Comoros, on Tuesday morning. There is no immediate news on the fate of those on board, but most are feared dead.

Ever Soothing Badshahi Masjid

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Ever Soothing Badshahi Masjid

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