Archive for February, 2008
Man dies in cake-eating contest
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
An inquest is to be held on a man who died during a contest to see who could eat the most fairy cakes. The man, thought to be from Birmingham, collapsed at a Swansea nightclub during the event at the end of a party to raise funds for an art exhibition.
Police say there are no [...]
U.S. Senators Suggest Pakistan’s Musharraf Exit From Power Gracefully
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON — Three senators who met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after opposition parties won a governing majority last week urged a “graceful exit” from power for the close Bush terror-fighting ally.
“Were I their political adviser, that’s what I would advise,” Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday. He [...]
Batting holds the key as Australia face Pakistan
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
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Australia and Pakistan have faced similar problems in the lead-up to their quarter-final clash at the Kinrara Oval: the batsmen of both teams have failed to fire.
Australia had one impressive showing against Namibia when captain Michael Hill’s brutal 124 off 71 balls led them to 312 but even in that match their lower-middle order collapsed. [...]
Pakistan blocks YouTube website
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
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Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam. Its telecommunications authority ordered internet service providers to block the site until further notice.
Reports said the content included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have outraged many.
But one report said a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch [...]
Raul Castro named Cuban president
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by Cuba’s National Assembly. Fidel Castro stepped down last week after nearly half a century in charge.
Raul has in effect been president since Fidel had major surgery in July 2006. It is understood that he was the only nominee in a vote [...]
Jiah Khan on A UK Mag cover
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
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She came, she saw, she ‘Khan-qered’. She is none other than Jiah Khan, the pretty lass who made her debut opposite none other than the Superstar of the Millennium, Amitabh Bachchan, with Nishabd, a film that bombed at the B-O, but did make people take notice of this dynamite girl!
Jiah is yet again in the [...]
Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
Tottenham came from a goal down to beat Chelsea at Wembley and win the Carling Cup after extra-time.Jonathan Woodgate won it when Petr Cech disastrously punched the ball on to his head from Jermaine Jenas’s free-kick.
Pascal Chimbonda had hit the bar for Spurs, before Didier Drogba’s 20-yard free-kick gave Chelsea the lead with Paul Robinson [...]
Pervez Musharraf ‘will exit in days, not months’
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
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By Massoud Ansari in Islamabad
Last Updated: 2:05am GMT 24/02/2008
Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, aides have told The Sunday Telegraph.
President Musharraf considered resigning
immediately after the election
One close confidante said that the president believed he had run out of options after three [...]
The World Cup beckons
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
It’s still hard to believe that we’re going to be on the plane to Australia for the Women’s World Cup next year.It was a World Cup win for Pakistan’s men team in Australia back in 1992 that inspired me to take up the game, so to think that I am going to follow in the [...]
I’d want Kareena in all my productions: Saif
Posted by: muhammed ansari on: February 24, 2008
Mumbai, (IANS) Saif Ali Khan says although he would love to team up with girlfriend Kareena Kapoor in all his productions, he has made it clear that he has not been instrumental in getting her a role in his untitled venture.
“It’s entirely between Kareena and my business partner Dinesh Vijen. There was a verbal commitment [...]
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