Unilever Denies Responsibility Over Saad Khan's Death

As the tale surrounding the mysterious circumstances of Saad Khan's death remain as murky as the water in which he lost his life, Unilever has absolved itself of all responsibility regarding the death. Ms Aslam, the information officer for Unilever Pakistan, said that...

International Performing Arts Fest Spotlights Liberal Pakistan

The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop has been holding puppetry, theatre, dance and Sufi music festivals for several years now. Here is a report from an independent journalist and filmmaker, Beena Sarwar, about its...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Senate to Fannie, Freddie: Freeze Foreclosures!

This week, several mortgage companies were placed under the control of government-backed enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And to provide the troubled borrowers with immediate relief, the Senate Banking...

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron, Others Inducted Into Canadian Walk of Fame

Michael J. Fox was first inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2000, but he finally walked down the red carpet to accept the honour earlier today. Fox was one of many Canadians honoured for their work in...

Researcher Easily Steals Thousands of Identities

Sometimes security begins at the most simple level."A researcher performing social engineering exploits on behalf of several U.S. banks and other firms in the past year has “stolen” thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. Joshua Perrymon, hacking...

Car Free and Beautiful

Car free day expanded this year to include many new neigborhoods.  I went down to Commercial Drive and witnessed the craziness from the birthplace of the movement.  Lots of fun."Car Free Day is an annual...

Old people & Viagra

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Grossed Out!You know they do, but did the National Post really, really have to go into detail on this.  I damn near spewed my coffee all over my monitor.  I know my Kids...

Elliott Yamin lives out his dream thanks to 'American Idol'

" TOKYO — Elliott Yamin remembers the first time he turned up to audition for the 5th season of popular American reality TV program “American Idol” in January 2006. “It was really crazy, wild. It was like...

Tampa General starts procedure on wrong patient

"TAMPA -- Staff at Tampa General Hospital mistakenly started performing a cardiac catheterization last week on the wrong patient, hospital officials said Wednesday evening.The man was not harmed, and the hospital is conducting an internal investigation. Staff members failed...

US director Sydney Pollack dies

Famous Actor turned director hollywood director Sydney Pollack had died of cancer. Director of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie and The Way We Were died on Monday, surrounded by family members, at his home in...

Safe sex advice, Bollywood-style

In an effort to help educate the young people of India about safe-sex practices, a Bollywood style condom video has been made by the Nrityanjali academy. It is quickly becoming a hit on YouTube among western...

Radiohead Criticize Bush on U.S. TV

Leave it to the Monbiot-loving Thom Yorke to call out Bush -- in mid-song, no less -- over America's failure to participate in the Kyoto agreement. That's a pretty good political use of their airtime, I'd...

Asian shares head for worst quarter in over 5 years

A shaky start to the week as Asian markets wobble on more bad news from America."HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Monday, heading for their worst quarterly performance in over five years, on persistent concerns about the global credit crunch and the impact of...

The Spice Girls will no longer be performing in Australia, China, South Afric...

"Spice Girls cut short world tour The Spice Girls will no longer be performing in Australia, China, South Africa and Argentina as part of their ongoing tour. The girl band, who reunited in a blaze of publicity in June last year, said yesterday that they would complete...

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