"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...
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"Australia A secured a place in the A Team Triangular Series final after allrounder Cameron White triggered a New Zealand A collapse that left his side needing 145 runs in 50 overs. Australia did the needful in 24.5; David Hussey hurrying matters with a 56-ball 78. New...
"The BCCI has decided to empower its president to have a final say in choosing the panel of selectors. It will no longer be mandatory for the BCCI President to accept the nominees put up by the respective zones at the Annual General Meeting."
"Targeted advertising is not a perfect science. But it is a far better option than whatever it was that we had “way back when.” And as for matters of privacy, a tired old adage comes to mind: it’s all relative. As you have probably been made well aware already, the...
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"It's hard to believe but Digg's latest feature, the recommendation engine is one that has been in the works for over two years. Before they developed images functionality, launched visualization tools, released Google, Netvibes, and Myspace widgets, developed Facebook...
AN Australian town is offering houses to rent for $1 a week. The prospective tenants must have kids, the younger the better, which will help to save its comunity and its tiny school. " The small...
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An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...
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"A long-awaited milestone for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social networking site finally caught up to News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace in worldwide unique visitors in April, when both sites attracted about 115 million...
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Last night I met Josh Wolf at the New Pamphleteers conference in Minneapolis. There was a great talk on the legal risks and opportunities bloggers have. Josh's notes are here."These notes were...
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"Nairobi's Kibera slum is home to as many as a million people, struggling to survive in a community of tin huts, dirt roads, and garbage. To make matters worse, ethnic tension periodically boils over, adding...
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"This fascinating article on the Food Security Pack Programme provides a good case for government to expand the agriculture sector and move Zambia to a position that would guarantee food security. Although Zambia's food production has increased in recent years following those...
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There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...
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In a surprising development, the Wall Street Journal is reporting on its web sire that the paper’s managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, is planning to resign after less than a year on the job. The move comes four months after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, the powerful owner of...
"The Princess Diana Inquest has drawn to a close with Mohamed Al Fayed’s bid to make the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh give evidence at the Diana inquest rejected by the High Court. There was little chance of his...
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