Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai- An Exclusive look March 15, 2008

 

Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain? *TV Promos!!!*

SBS – Shahrukh talks about kya aap paanchvi paas se tez hai

School kids will have lot of fun, but will also practice moral restraint when they see their elders restoring to cheating on Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai?. It’s a television game show featuring Shah Rukh Khan and is based on the international Mark Burnett format Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader‘ in which grade-school level questions are put to adults. But here, the adults are not to be blamed; the format allows them to cheat without fear.

The Rules of the Game

Each game is played by an individual contestant, who is presented with the chance to win up to Rupees 5 Crore by answering questions taken from the syllabus of a fifth grade level or lower. The contestant is presented with 10 subject cards, which he may answer in the order of his choice. Each correct answer moves the contestant higher up the ladder of money values. If a contestant answers all 10 questions correctly, he is given the chance to answer an 11th question which on answering correctly will get him Rupees 5 Crore.

The Money Tree

Each time a question is answered, the contestant must ‘confirm’ the answer by saying it out loud. As each new question is read, the contestant is given the option to drop out with the amount of money currently in his bank. If the contestant chooses to answer the question, but gives the wrong answer, he walks away with nothing (during questions 1-5) or with Rs. 200000 (question 6 or later).

The above mechanism varies on the 11th question, if the contestant should reach it. The 11th question is drawn from a separate pool of five fifth-grade questions. However, unlike previous questions, the contestant must commit to answering or walking away, based on subject alone—he will not be allowed to hear the question before making his decision.

Cheating is fun

The contestant is also provided three cheats to use over the course of the round. All of these cheats involve his classmates, which is a group of children seated on stage who are answering the same questions as the contestant.

Every two questions, a new classmate joins the contestant and becomes his teammate for those two questions. The contestant can use his cheats at any time during the first 10 questions.

The three lifelines

Taank Jhaank: Here, the contestant has the opportunity to review his current teammate’s answer before submitting his own.
Nakal: Here, the contestant may opt not to answer the question at all, but rather, let his current teammate answer for him. Unlike the ‘copy your classmate’ cheat, in this instance, the contestant may not reject his teammate’s answer, but is stuck with it.
Bachao: This cheat is triggered automatically if the contestant gives a wrong answer. If the contestant’s current partner turns out to have the correct answer, the contestant is then saved.

The only instance in which two cheats can be used on the same question is if the contestant opts for Taank Jhaank, rejects the kid’s correct answer, gives a wrong answer himself, and is then saved by the kid. Other than this one scenario, the cheats must necessarily be used individually.

The twist in the game

If the contestant makes it to the 11th and final question, he must tackle that question without help, even if he has not used his cheats.
Upon leaving the game either by quitting, or answering incorrectly, the contestant must profess to the camera, “I’m not smarter than a fifth grader.”

While the kids will have fun watching the elders admitting that they are not smarter than a fifth grader; elders will be put to a lot of embarrassment. Finally, kids are going to have good time learning and elders will have to brush up their primary school knowledge. So, stay tuned this summer for Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai? only on Star Plus.

Albania army depot blast injures 215, kills 4, damages airport March 15, 2008

Here’s the video of the explosion

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TIRANA, Albania: A massive explosion at an Albanian army ammunition dump near Tirana Saturday killed at least four people and injured 215, including many children, authorities said. The prime minister said he feared there could be many dead.

The initial blast at the depot at Gerdec village, about 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the capital, Tirana, set off a series of explosions, and ammunition continued to detonate into the night. The blast was heard as far away as the Macedonian capital of Skopje, a distance of 190 kilometers (120 miles), and prompted a brief suspension of flights at Tirana’s nearby international airport, which was slightly damaged.

Houses more than a mile away were damaged by the blast.

Footage from Albanian television showed a massive ball of fire shooting up from the site, while shrapnel and shell fragments rained down on homes and vehicles.

The continuing explosions were hampering rescue efforts, and authorities were unable to get to the site of the main blast to assess how many casualties there were. The blast also damaged a major electricity transmission point, leaving the area without power and creating further difficulties for rescuers, authorities said.

“It seems the number of the dead is considerable,” said Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

His office said five people had been found dead near the site of the explosion, but later said a mistake had been made, and reduced the number of people confirmed dead to four.

“The most dangerous area, where it is foreseen there will be dead, is the explosion site where none has been able to go yet,” said Interior Minister Bujar Nishani. He said authorities evacuated the surrounding area and explosives experts would clear the area of remaining ammunition in the next few days.

Police said the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, but terrorism was not suspected.

Health Minister Nard Ndoka said 215 people had been injured, including many children, and that 12 of the injured were in serious condition.

Berisha, a cardiologist, visited victims in hospitals in Tirana and said most of the injured were suffering from burns and psychological shock.

The health minister said Albania had received offers of assistance from Italy, Greece, Switzerland and many other countries to treat the injured.

Italy was sending a plane carrying medical personnel and equipment in response to an Albanian request. France and the United States have offered help and support.

In neighboring Kosovo, where most of the population is ethnic Albanian, hundreds of people lined up at a Pristina hospital to give blood, and NATO-led peacekeepers were sending blood reserves by helicopters, officials said.

In Skopje, Macedonians donated blood; Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki was heading to Tirana to offer assistance, and donating blood himself.

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said she has expressed Greece’s solidarity and intention to help.

Berisha’s office issued a statement quoting witnesses as saying that 110 people had been working at the dump at the time of the explosion. It said they reported that there had been a delay of about 10 minutes between the initial blast and the explosions that followed, and that many of the workers had managed to run away.

The army depot is used as a location to destroy excess ammunition.

Albania has some 100,000 tons of excess ammunition stored in former army depots across the country, according to Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu.

NATO countries, and particularly the United States, Canada and Norway, have been helping with funding for Albania to destroy excess ammunition and obsolete weaponry.

“The problem of ammunition in Albania is one of the gravest, and a continuous threat,” Berisha said. “There is a colossal, a crazy amount of them since 1945 until now.”

He said he did not exclude human error in Saturday’s blast, but added that the ammunition could have exploded spontaneously because of its age.

Albin Mecaj, 22, who works at the depot, told The Associated Press by telephone that about 80 people had been working on destroying ammunition at the time of the explosion. Mecaj, who was badly burned in the blast, said about 120 people usually work at the depot.

Accidents have occurred at ammunition dumps in Albania in the past, although Saturday’s was by far the worst. Three years ago explosions at army weapon depots in southern Albania killed an army officer and injured four others.

Pictures from TIBET March 15, 2008

In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television CCTV, some demonstrators break glass window in shop front in Lhasa, China. China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)

In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television CCTV, demonstrators try to turn over another car in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)

In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, firefighters hose down the flame in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, on Friday March 14, 2008. Seven people have been confirmed dead in the riot that erupted in Lhasa Friday, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo)

In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television CCTV, smoke rise from a number of buildings in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Friday, March 14, 2008. China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)

In this video image released on Saturday, March 15, 2008, by Chinese television CCTV, a burning building is seen in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. China moved Saturday to quell the largest and most violent protests against its rule in Tibet in nearly two decades after demonstrators rampaged through Lhasa in an uprising that left at least 10 people dead. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)

Labrang, Tibet, March 14 2008: Images taken with a mobile phone of Chinese police in Sangchu County, Kanlho, “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture”, Gansu Province, China. The area is traditionally known to Tibetans as Amdo Labrang

Lhasa, Tibet, March 14 2008: Tibetan protesters attack firemen lying on the ground as civil unrest continues for the fifth day. The protests were led by monks who had been marking the anniversary of an unsuccessful anti-China uprising in 1959

Lhasa, Tibet, March 14 2008: Tibetans throw stones at army vehicles as a car burns on a street in the Tibetan capital

Baby with two faces March 15, 2008

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Baby with two faces born in Northern India.

She’s only a few days old and already a baby girl in Northern India is being worshipped as a reincarnated god.

• Click here to watch a video of the girl

The newborn is unlike any other child villagers have seen before — she has two faces.

The girl was born on Monday at a hospital in the suburbs of Delhi, according IBNLive.com.

Since then, people in her rural village have been singing and dancing — offering money and asking for her blessings, IBNLive.com reported.

The parents are hoping the government will help with medical treatments needed for their baby girl in the future.

For now though, both mother and child are healthy and doing fine, according to a doctor at the hospital.

China sets deadline for rioters to surrender March 15, 2008

BEIJING (Reuters) – China set a “surrender deadline,” announced deaths and showed the first extensive television footage of rioting in Lhasa on Saturday, launching a crackdown after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades.  

The response came following torrid protests on Friday which flew in the face of official claims the region was immune from unrest as Beijing readies to hold the Olympic Games in August.

Xinhua news agency said 10 “innocent civilians” burnt to death in fires that accompanied bitter street clashes in the remote, mountain capital on Friday. It said no foreigners died but gave few other details, and the report could not be verified.

Tibetan law-and-order departments offered leniency for participants who turn themselves in by Monday midnight.

“Criminals who do not surrender themselves by the deadline will be sternly punished according to the law,” stated the notice on the Tibetan government Web site (www.tibet.gov.cn). It added that those who “harbor or hide” them also face harsh treatment.

The government offered rewards and protection for informers.

But a source close to the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile suggested China’s death toll of 10 was not the full story. He said at least five Tibetan protesters were shot dead by troops. Other groups supporting Tibetan independence have claimed many more may have died.

The Olympic torch arrives in Lhasa in a matter of weeks.

China has accused followers of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of masterminding the rioting, which has scarred its image of national harmony in the build-up to the Beijing Olympics.

“This was closely planned by the Dalai clique to separate Tibet from the motherland,” said the regional government notice, adding the claim that the burning of schools, hospitals, shops and houses was “premeditated.”

A rash of angry blog posts appeared after China confirmed deaths in Lhasa and Hollywood actor Richard Gere, a Buddhist and an activist for Tibetan causes, suggested an Olympic boycott.

“Westerners think they know all about China, telling us that this, that and the other is bad,” wrote one blogger, who listed historical reasons justifying Tibet’s inclusion in China.

Tibetan crowds in the remote mountain city attacked government offices, burnt vehicles and shops and threw stones at police on Friday in bloody confrontations that left many injured.

A Reuters picture showed a protester setting afire a Chinese national flag. Another depicted security personnel shielding themselves against rocks hurled by protesters. Television footage showed plumes of smoke rising over Lhasa and buildings ablaze.

Qiangba Puncog, the top government official in Tibet, told reporters in Beijing that Tibetan authorities had not fired any shots to quell the violence.

But the International Campaign for Tibet cited unconfirmed reports of scores of Tibetans killed. John Ackerly of the group said in an e-mailed statement he feared “hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested and are being interrogated and tortured.”

Danish tourist Bente Walle, 58, said Lhasa was like a ghost town on Saturday.

“Today Lhasa is completely closed and there is Chinese military all over,” she said, adding that many people were tying white prayer scarves on doors. “The Tibetans put them on their doors to tell everybody: here is a Tibetan.”

NO CHANGE OF POLICY

The riots emerged from a volatile mix of pre-Olympics protests, diplomatic friction over Tibet and local discontent with the harsh ways of the region’s Party leadership.

China has chided the leaders of the United States and especially Germany in past months for hosting the Dalai Lama, saying such acts boost what they call his “separatist” goals. It has also urged India to stop protests there by exiled Tibetans.

“We are fully capable of maintaining the social stability of Tibet,” Xinhua quoted an official as saying in a statement repeated across Chinese state media on Saturday.

But already the protests have become an international issue in relation to Beijing’s Games, which China hopes will showcase its economic progress and social harmony.

Asked whether he thought the unrest in Tibet would affect the torch relay, Sun Weide, spokesman for the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, said no.

“The preparations for the Torch relay in Tibet and taking the flame up Mount Qomolangma have been progressing smoothly,” he said. Mount Qomolangma is better known as Mount Everest.

(Additional reporting by Guo Shipeng, Nick Mulvenney and Ben Blanchard in Beijing, John Ruwitch in Chengdu and Sophie Taylor in Shanghai; Editing by Nick Macfie and Jerry Norton)

An Intro To Afghan Olympic Contenders March 15, 2008

Three Afghani atheltics would compete in This years Olympics, Heres a brief introduction.

1) Massoud Azizi, 20, is one of three Afghan athletes who have been confirmed to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He regularly trains on a hill overlooking the capital, Kabul. Afghanistan’s most celebrated runner, Massoud competed in the Athens Olympics in 2004. He will run in the 100m and 200m sprints in Beijing.

2)Afghan track star Mehbooba Ahadyar, 19, is the only female athlete among the three. She is training at Kabul’s Olympic stadium for the 1500m and 3000m events.  Mehbooba’s family is supportive of her career in sports.

3)Rohullah Nikpah (L), aged 20, is the third Afghan taking part in the Olympics. He practices Tae Kwon Do techniques, Rohullah started doing Tae Kwan Do 10 years ago, and is now a master. He has won many tournaments.

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The good news is that all of them are young and under the age of 21, which means they have a lot of time to learn and hopefully go a long way. Hopefully they would not get injured or anything like that before the games and deliver something exciting.

Khuda Ke Liye music launch by Sony BMG on March 14 in India March 15, 2008

 

Percept Picture Company (PPC) has rescheduled the release date of Khuda Ke Liye for 4 April 2008. Directed by Shoaib Mansoor, the Pakistani film was initially slated to release on 28 March. Sony BMG will be releasing the audio of the film on 14 March 2008. PPC film distribution head Ashok Ahuja said, “We had to postpone the release date of Khuda Ke Liye because the audio release got delayed. Sony BMG will be launching the audio of this film on the 14th of this month.”

PPC plans to release the film, which describes a struggle between fundamentalists and liberal Muslims post the 9/11 tragedy, not only in the multiplexes but also in the single-screen theatres across the nation. “We are talking not only to all the multiplexes but also to the single-screen theatres. Once the audio of the film is released, we will fasten the process,” Ahuja added. When asked whether the film would do well in the Indian market, being the first Pakistani film to enter Indian theatres, Ahuja said, “Content always speaks. The film has already been hugely appreciated at the Goa Film Festival last year and with the content that the film contains, the film will definitely do well in the Indian market.”

Khuda Ke Liye (For God’s Sake) is a low-budget film starring Pakistani actors Shaan in the role of Mansoor and Iman Ali as Maryam/Marie. Indian actor Naseeruddin has a special appearance in the film. He plays the role of a Muslim cleric named Maulana Wali. Apart from Pakistan, the film has already been screened in Dubai and London.