Posted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) — At least 20 people were killed in a missile strike near the Afghan border on Sunday, state-run Pakistan Television said.
The strike destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader, according to a local tribesman.
Seven missiles were fired in the strike in the tribal area of South Waziristan, the television report [...]
Posted in GREG B. SMITH, Spitzer's on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
BY JOE MAHONEY, THOMAS ZAMBITO and GREG B. SMITH
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Saturday, March 15th 2008, 1:39 AM
Pricey call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre is in the spotlight as probe delves into how Gov. Spitzer (below) paid for her services.
Sipkin/News
The high-class hooker whose tryst with Eliot Spitzer brought down the governor has been given immunity to [...]
Posted in Brtinay Spears, Dubai, Paris Hilton on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
London: Troubled pop star Britney Spears is set to do some dirty dancing for sheikhs of Dubai.
The 26-year-old singer is reportedly heading to Dubai to perform a 2-million-pound erotic dance for His Highness of Dubai.
Sources say that Spears will present a private version of her Slave 4 You snake dance.
According to a backer of the [...]
Posted in China, Tibet, youtube on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
BEIJING: China blocked access to YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos of recent protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site.
The blocking added to the communist government’s efforts to control what the public saw and heard about protests that erupted Friday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, against Chinese rule.
Access to YouTube.com, [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Pranab Mukherjee, Russia, Turkmenistan on March 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CHANDIGARH, March 15: Advocating close cooperation between India and Central Asia, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called for establishing a direct surface transportation route through Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
“Our ongoing Composite Dialogue with Pakistan has been yielding good results. We are hopeful that a direct road link will be established between India and [...]
Posted in China, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in rival political rallies across Taiwan.What is known as Super Sunday is the last chance for big weekend rallies before polls to elect a new president.
The events, organised by the two main political parties, are also aimed at expressing public opposition to China’s anti-secession law.
Passed [...]
Posted in Jinnah Hospital, Karachi, Korangi, Malir Khokharapar, Muslim League (Q)., Taimuriya on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
KARACHI: Three persons were killed in firing in Malir, while seven persons were wounded in other shooting incidents in Karachi.
“Motorcycle riding gunmen shot dead Dilawar at Ammar Yasir Society in Malir, while his friend Ahmed Ali was critically wounded in the incident, who later died at Jinnah Hospital,” local police said.
According to the police he [...]
Posted in Champa Phuntsok, India, Monks, Tibet on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Clashes between protesters and security forces in Tibet’s main city of Lhasa have left at least two people dead, according to reports.
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Chaaat aik naash hay
Jis kay bagar jina mushkil hay,
Chaat panaa mushkil hay,
par uskay bagar jina namunkin hay,
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Tibetan core marchers continue their march to their homeland on the third day at Ranital around 40kms from Dharamsala on March 12, 2008. The 100 activists began their walk on March 10, 2008 as part of pro-independence protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics. They hope the march will highlight what they say are serious human [...]
