SOTN: What India thinks of working women

women should dress properly ,to escape rape? wow, kudos to the people who think so, what low level,cheap and irrational thinking this is. no wonder India is still a third world country. how can one progress when minds have not grown. i totally disagree with people who r...

Pakistani Student Deported Without Sound Reasons

A BBA final year student, studying in a Newcastle institute, who hails from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been reported forcibly deported on the grounds that he worked over-time than the permitted hours. "A...

Penthouse to Outhouse

 " It’s a phrase I first heard used during the Texas Hold ‘Em craze, somewhere around the halfway point of this particular decade. During a televised tournament, I watched Phil Hellmuth, one of the poker...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"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...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome

" The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your...

GEO’s channels blocked in Sindh

"KARACHI: Geo Network’s transmission has been stopped on cable in a number of cities across Sindh including Karachi.Cable operators blocked the transmission of Geo Network in a number of areas across the city Monday morning, without assigning any reason for the stoppage....

What Obama's Election Means Overall: "Brains are Back".

According to Michael Hirsh, who writes a column on Newsweek.com entitled "The World from Washington" focusing on foreign policy issues and who serves as Washington Web Editor for Newsweek, "...Obama's elections...

Obama and the Revenge of Democracy

"by Mosharraf Zaidi Perception is reality. So while there is an almighty chorus of those that are warning the people of the world to be cautious and not invest so emphatically in the hope that the US election result has inspired, it is important to listen not only to our...

i35: Salvo win i35!

Birmingham Salvo have won Counter-Strike: Source here at i35, their third I-series in a row. After both Reason Gaming and Birmingham Salvo eliminated maps from the map pool they were left playing de_tuscan, followed by de_nuke if a third map was needed. Salvo would start on...

Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

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. ...

CBI raids residence of passport officials at Kochi

"CBI raids residence of passport officials at Kochi By Indo-Asian News Service on Friday, October 3, 2008Filed Under: Latest India News ...

Ohio Voters Head to the Polls

A vote in Ohio is going ahead today amid a controversy over the voting procedures in the state. "With the credit crisis roiling Washington, Wall Street and the presidential campaign, voters in the key battleground state of Ohio cast their first ballots amid a controversy over...

Exclusive ABC report questions Palin reason for firing public safety chief

"Legal pleadings filed earlier this week said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired her public safety chief because of a planned trip to lobby Washington to fund a program to fight sexual violence.  That was the "last strraw" of his bucinking...

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