Millions of dollars in drugs seized, 70 arrested in Arizona

At least 70 suspected drug smugglers with alleged ties to the powerful Sinaloa cartel have been arrested in Arizona, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Azhar Hanif Birthday Celebration Party

  لاہور کے معروف بزنس مین کریٹو سلوشن اور نیوز پلس ویب ساٹس کے مالک اور ریکارڈ یافتہ گرافک ڈیزانر مسٹر اظہر حینف آج اپنی سالگرہ منایں گے۔ جس میں تمام زند دلان لاہور کو دعوت عام دی جاتی ہے کہ وہ آج دوپہر دو بجے لاہور ٹرانسپورٹ کمپنی کے کیفے ٹیریا میں جمع ہو جایں۔اور اپنے ساتھ تحفے تحاف ضرور لے کر آیں۔ لنگر کا وسیع انتظام ہو گا۔ مہمان خصوصی لاہور کے معروف فنکار الیاس ٹیڈی شرکت فرمایں گے۔ وقت کی پابندی کا خیال رکھیں۔ اور یاد رہے اس پارٹی میں لاہور کے معروف بزنس مینز تشریف فرما رہے ہیں۔ جیو...

Trott wins England player of the year award

Jonathan Trott's run-scoring feats during the past 12 months were recognised when he was named England's cricketer of the year by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) at a ceremony at Lord's here on Wednesday. The award, voted for by the British cricket media, is given to the player who has had the greatest impact upon England's performances from the start of the 2010 international season until the end of the World Cup. In that time the South Africa-born Trott played 32 times for England,...

U.N. report highlights Japan nuclear plant flaws

Japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and needs to closely monitor public and workers' health after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a team of international safety inspectors said in a preliminary review of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The report, from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team led by Britain's top nuclear safety official Mike Weightman, highlighted some of the well-documented weaknesses that contributed...

Pak journalist in ISI custody

A Pakistani journalist who went missing on Sunday after a story on the terrorist attack on a navy base is in the custody of Pakistan's spy agency ISI, a rights body has alleged. The well-informed Saleem Shahzad, who writes extensively on Islamist groups for Asia Times Online, disappeared af GA_googleFillSlot("ht_story_top_lhs_200x200"); ter leaving his home to take part in a television talk show. GA_googleCreateDomIframe("google_ads_div_ht_story_top_lhs_200x200_ad_container" ,"ht_story_top_lhs_200x200"); ...

Pakistan air strike kills six militants

Pakistani fighter jets on Tuesday killed at least six militants and destroyed hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal district, local officials said. The air strike took place in the Mamozai area of Orakzai, a known militant stronghold where rebels sought refuge from a military operation in the tribal district of South Waziristan. "At least six militants were killed and 12 others were wounded in an air strike by the Pakistan air force," local government official Javed Khan told AFP. ...

Wimbledon finals to be filmed in 3D

Grand Slam tennis tournament Wimbledon is going the 3D way. The men's semifinals and men's and women's finals at this summer's tournament will be filmed in the new format and aired live by 3D-capable cinemas around the world. Organisers say they were impressed with Sony's 3D broadcast during last year's football World Cup and the the association with Sony will only add the magic to tennis. The deal was announced on Monday as part of the Wimbledon's multi-year partnership with Sony. All...

25 killed in Indian wedding bus plunge

At least 25 members of a wedding party were killed in India's northeastern state of Assam when their bus plunged into a gorge after hitting a wooden bridge, police said Tuesday. Among the dead were the groom and his relatives, who were travelling to the bride's house to attend wedding rituals. Local people rushed to the scene and tried to save passengers trapped inside the vehicle, TV channels reported. The accident took place on Monday night in Kamrup district, 30 kilometres (20 miles) from...

Monday, 30 May 2011

German chancellor Angela Merkel in India

India and Germany will hold their first inter-governmental consultations at the cabinet-level when Chancellor Angela Merkel visits New Delhi today on an invitation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. India is the first Asian country and one of very few nations with which Germany holds a joint cabinet meeting and this is seen as a demonstration of its high esteem for India as a long-standing and reliable partner and as a recognition of the country's rapidly growing economic clout and and...

South African president: Gadhafi ready for truce

Fresh explosions rang out early Tuesday near Tripoli, hours after South African President Jacob Zuma held talks with Moammar Gadhafi and signalled he was ready to accept an African Union plan for a cease-fire. Around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, a pair of large blasts were heard about five minutes apart, as jets flew over the capital of Tripoli. A Libyan government official said the first strike hit Abu Sita, a former military turned construction site about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the city...

Shahid Afridi announces retirement from International Cricket

Star Cricket all-rounder and former Pakistani captain, Shahid Khan Afridi, has announced retirement from international cricket. He has decided to quit cricket after his sheer disappointment with the leadership of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Afridi was earlier reported to be dejected over PCB’s decision to sack him as captain.  He was removed from captaincy due to his leakages of internal rifts in the Pakistani side especially the differences between him and coach Waqar Younis overt...

International box office: 'Pirates' pounds 'Panda' and 'Hangover

For the second week The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gripped the top spot outside North America, adding $122.8 million to its record-breaking international opening of $260.4 million.The fourth sequel to the fantasy-action film dropped 48 percent from last week's take but is 2011's biggest-grossing film globally with $623.7 million in just 12 days - already more than the original Pirates of the Caribbean in 2003, which made $352.9 million. Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz,...

Palin Rides into DC on a Motorcycle

Sarah Palin’s ride through Washington on a motorcycle yesterday as part of the Rolling Thunder “Ride for Freedom” put her back in the national spotlight as the race for the Republican presidential nomination is revving up. The former Alaska governor joined about 400,000 bikers for the annual ride, which coincided with the first leg of a bus tour that is renewing speculation about her 2012 White House ambitions. Palin, who had no official speaking role at the event, arrived wearing a helmet and...

Lady Gaga ends Adele's reign at the top of the UK chart

Lady Gaga has replaced Adele at the top of the UK chart after scoring the best first-week album sales of 2011 so far.Her album Born This Way sold 215,000 copies in its first week - more than the rest of the top 10 put together. Adele's second album, 21, has slipped to number two after spending 16 of the last 21 weeks in the top spot. The British soul singer is also in third place with her debut album 19. Lady Gaga's debut The Fame is also still selling well, at number seven. The American star...

Pak attack: Ex-navy commando arrested

Pakistani intelligence agencies have taken into custody a former naval commando, who was court martialled earlier, and two other persons for their alleged involvement in a terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi that killed 10 security personnel. Kamran Ahmed, a former personnel of the elite Special Service Group-Navy, was picked up with his younger brother and a friend from Gulberg area of Lahore on Friday, sources said. Ahmed was posted at the Pakistan Navy's Mehran and Iqbal bases...

Federer close to French Open showdown

His 43rd consecutive victory complete, Novak Djokovic ripped off his white baseball cap, pivoted to look up at his parents, coach and other supporters in the stands, then let out a yell. It was the sort of visceral reaction one might expect at the conclusion of a taut, tense contest, not the rather routine 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 result the second-seeded Djokovic assembled Sunday at the expense of No. 13 Richard Gasquet in the fourth round of the French Open. "I didn't expect it to...

Suspended football officials slam FIFA

Asian football boss Mohamed bin Hammam slammed his suspension by FIFA over corruption claims on Monday, as his ally made explosive new graft allegations against world soccer chief Sepp Blatter. After a weekend of high drama at the tainted football body, bin Hammam accused FIFA of briefing media against him, while vice president Jack Warner said Blatter gave one regional grouping $1 million with no questions asked. The latest claims follow Sunday's extraordinary events when...

Singer Sean Kingston crashes watercraft in Fla.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman says Kingston and a female passenger were injured when the watercraft hit the Palm Island Bridge around 6 p.m. Sunday. He says both were hospitalized early Monday at Ryder Trauma Center, but he didn't know their conditions. He says authorities are investigating the crash, and "nothing at this point would indicate that alcohol played a role." A representative for his label Epic Records confirmed early Monday that Kingston was in a crash...

Germany wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest

Germany will shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022 and plans to cut power use by 10 percent by 2020, Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition agreed on Monday in a policy u-turn drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster. The decision, which may be even more ambitious than the nuclear exit planned when the Social Democrats and Greens were in power in 2000, as it takes eight of 17 nuclear plants offline now and six by 2021, could still face opposition from utilities. Only nine months ago...

Blast in Pakistan restaurant injures 12

At least 12 people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in north-west Pakistan, officials say.The attack took place in the Serai Malakhan area of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan province. Witnesses said most of the injured had come from remote areas to go to the local hospital. North Waziristan is a haven for Taliban groups allied with the Haqqani network which is based in the region The injured included three women and four children, reports said. The victims were...

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Fifa suspends top executives

Fifa has provisionally suspended executive committee members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner after a meeting of its ethics committee on Sunday.Football's governing body will now open a full investigation into allegations that financial incentives were offered to members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester have also been suspended. But Fifa president Sepp Blatter was found to have no case to answer. Petrus Damaseb, deputy chairman of the...

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Today Nuclear tests anniversary in Pakistan

Pakistan will be celebrating the 13th anniversary of its nuclear tests on Saturday (today) at a time when concerns are being expressed about the safety of its nuclear weapons. PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who was the then Prime Minister when the nuclear tests were carried out, will address a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Iqbal, Lahore on May 28th to mark the event. He is expected to highlight the significance of the nuclear capability and the pressures he had to face till the last moment....

Pak-US ties have reached turning point: Hillary

ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasised on Friday that Pakistan must take decisive steps to defeat the militants and that relations between the two allies, tense since the killing of Osama bin Laden, had reached a turning point. Clinton, the most senior US official to visit Pakistan since US Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaeda leader earlier this month, appeared to be trying to smooth over strains, reiterating that there was no evidence that any senior Pakistani officials...

Jeff Conaway dies

Grease star Jeff Conaway has died just weeks after being found unconscious in his California home. The 60-year-old actor - who has had a public battle with drug addiction - had been in a critical condition in hospital after being placed in a medically-induced coma. However, doctors were unable to revive him. “Our beloved client Jeff Conaway passed away at 10.30am,” his manager Phil Brock announced on his Twitter page. “We loved him as a person, respected him as an artist and he will always...

India Tested Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos today

Missile race is counties in sub-continent region and today India test fired an advanced version of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos in Orissa from a defense base, according to the official sources. The BrahMos missile is a joint cooperation of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyen and it’s named on Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia) rivers. The missile has capacity to take around 200-300 kg conventional warheads up to range of 290...

Pakistan rejects US appeal to reopen liaison offices

Despite a visit by Hillary Clinton to mend ties, Pakistani leaders reject appeals not to close military intelligence sharing centers and say they will review the US drone campaign. Clinton presses Pakistan to do more against militants, Los Angeles Times reported. Pakistani officials angered by the secret US raid that killed Osama bin Laden declared they would conduct a full review of operations by US drone aircraft over the country and rebuffed an appeal by visiting US officials not to close...

Bomb blast in Pakistan, 8 dead, 12 injured

At least eight persons were killed and several injured in a bomb blast at Salarzai in Bajaur Agency, Geo News reported. Sources said that the explosion occurred at a hotel of the tribesman Malik Mian Jan at Pasht, the Headquarter of Tehsil Salarzai in Bajaur Agency that blew off a building resulting in the death of eight persons, while 12 left wounded. The security forces have surrounded the area after the incident, while emergency has been declared in the hospitals. The injured and the...

Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing

After four years, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip's main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory's Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area's ruling Hamas militant group. The reopening of the Rafah border crossing eases an Egyptian blockade of Gaza that has prevented the vast majority of the densely populated area's 1.5 million people from being able to travel abroad. The closure, along with an...

US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62

US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a New York hospital aged 62.The cause of his death is not clear, but he is believed to have become ill after returning from a visit to Europe. Scott-Heron's material spanned soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word. His 1970s work heavily influenced the US hip-hop and rap scenes. His work had a strong political element - one of his most famous pieces was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Scott-Heron's friend...

Friday, 27 May 2011

Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani attended my father's funeral, David Headley tells US court

The startling detail was revealed by Headley, a self-professed American terrorist, during cross-examination by the attorney of Tahawwur Hussain Rana - an accused in the terror plot. Rana is a Chicago-based businessman and runs an immigration company. He has been accused of helping Headley and providing him cover as an executive of his company to run surveillance at the sites in Mumbai that were hit in the 26/11 attack. Rana's attorney Patrick Blegen was seeking details about Headley's clout...

Russia calls for Gadhafi to step down

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has joined American and other European leaders in calling for Moammar Gadhafi to step down from power, a shift that appears to indicate a closing diplomatic window for the longtime Libyan strongman. Moscow has been a strong critic of the NATO-led mission in Libya, arguing that the scope of the organization's air campaign against Gadhafi's forces far exceeds the civilian protection mandate approved by the U.N. Security Council. Medvedev's call for Gadhafi...

TV megastar Oprah bows out

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey bade farewell to her trailblazing television program Wednesday, ending 25 years of intimate star confessions by telling loyal fans they had been the love of her life. In a program taped a day earlier at Oprah’s Harpo Studios in Chicago, Winfrey took to the stage and, in what has become almost a mantra over a quarter-century, urged her audience to follow their dreams. “Start embracing the life that is calling you and use that life to serve the world,” Winfrey...

Japan nuclear crisis panel led by expert in failure

Prime Minister Naoto Kan to head a team that will investigate the causes of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986, heads the Association for the Study of Failure, a consulting group dedicated to helping organisations learn from their mistakes. “Japanese culture puts great weight on ‘face’ and so failure is not acceptable,” Kenji Iino, vice chair of the association, told Reuters in an interview. “People try to hide their mistakes … But that tends to just make things worse...

Gang battle in Mexico kills 28

At least 28 people were killed late Wednesday in a shoot-out between rival gangs in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Nayarit, the local prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Security forces rushed to the scene of the battle at a highway intersection near the town of Ruiz, where “they found 28 people dead, four others wounded and 10 abandoned vehicles.” Local media quoted witnesses as saying the rival gangs had exchanged hails of gunfire and hurled grenades at each other for around an hour,...

Zardari, Clinton discuss Pak-US cooperation in war on terror

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday and discussed the issues related to Pak-US cooperation in war against terrorism.President Zardari and Secretary Clinton in a one-on-one meeting that lasted for half-an-hour at the President House, discussed the issues of security, terrorism and extremism that were hampering the regional peace. President Zardari mentioned Pakistan’s sacrifices in war on terror and said the country played the role of a frontline...

Lindsay Lohan fitted with ankle bracelet, placed under house arrest

Actress Lindsay Lohan was under house arrest early Friday, authorities said, after she turned herself in early to begin a sentence for jewelry theft conviction. Lohan showed up three weeks early at a Los Angeles jail to begin serving her sentence, Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday. It was determined that she would serve her time under house arrest because of overcrowding at the facility, authorities said. She was fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet...

US engaged in direct talks with Taliban

American officials have met with a senior aide to the fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, at least three times in recent months in the first direct exploratory peace talks, officials in the region said, a US paper claimed. The meetings have been facilitated by Germany and Qatar, but American officials have been present each time, meeting with Tayeb Agha, who is a close personal assistant to Mullah Omar, the officials said. The C.I.A. and the State Department have been involved...

Tradition, sprawl confront next Tata Group leader

(Reuters) - Ratan Tata, retiring soon as chairman of India's sprawling Tata conglomerate, is known for making sketches of the company's next car model and fussing over details of a hotel's design. Whoever succeeds him in India's highest-profile job is likely to be less caught up in details and more focused on taming an unwieldy $67 billion business that earns pedestrian returns and is saddled with debt after an acquisition spree. The search for a successor to head the enterprise,...

'Idol' winner could wind up on NC hometown's map

GARNER, N.C. – Scotty McCreery put the North Carolina town of Garner on the map. Now, the town is thinking of putting the places where the latest "American Idol" went to school, worked and prayed on a map as well. A Michigan family went out of its way to stop in Garner on the way home from Myrtle Beach, S.C., at the behest of the teenage daughter, town spokesman Rick Mercier said Thursday, one day after McCreery won the Fox television talent search. In addition, town officials are hearing...

Heat beat Bulls 83-80 to set date with Mavericks

CHICAGO – This was how LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh envisioned it when they decided to unite in Miami, and now that a championship is in sight, they're not offering any apologies. Don't like the decision? Still upset about how everything unfolded? Fine, but understand this: "I wanted to team up with some guys that I understood would never die down in the moment," James said. "The opportunity presented itself with this great organization, and D-Wade came to me and said it was possible....

Google unveils smartphone pay service, PayPal sues

NEW YORK – Google Inc. hopes to nudge consumers and merchants into a world where the smartphone has replaced the wallet as the container for credit cards, coupons and receipts. While it tackles that challenge, Google also will have to spar with the biggest online payment service, eBay Inc.’s PayPal, in a legal battle that could be filled with corporate intrigue. After Google unveiled its tap-to-pay technology in New York on a smartphone equipped with its Android software, PayPal struck back...

Obama signs 4-year Patriot Act extension in France

WASHINGTON – Congress on Thursday passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. Votes taken in rapid succession in the Senate and House came after lawmakers rejected attempts to temper the law enforcement powers to ensure that individual liberties are not abused. Following the 250-153 evening vote in the House, the legislation to renew three terrorism-fighting authorities headed for the president's signature with...

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Diddy temporarily changes his name to ‘Swag’

Daddy has announced he is renaming himself again– this time temporarily. Puff Daddy a.k.a. P Diddy a.k.a. Diddy revealed in a video that his new moniker will be Swag. . Why? Because he wants to celebrate overcoming a bout of sickness. Which is weird because when we’re over an illness we usually, you know, go out or drink a bunch, not change our name. . Diddy said in the video, “Hey what up world! Ya’ll know I was sick, I was sick for like a week. But check it out, I’m well. God is the greatest....

Scotty McCreery wins American Idol

Teenage country singer Scotty McCreery has been crowned this year's winner of American Idol.The 17-year-old from Garner, North Carolina, beat fellow teen Lauren Alaina, who had been been considered the favourite to win the show. McCreery, a high-school student who also works part-time at a local grocery store, won over audiences with his trademark deep voice. He is the first country music winner since Carrie Underwood won in 2005. McCreery is also the fourth consecutive male contestant to...

Cheryl Cole is 'dropped by US X Factor'

British pop star Cheryl Cole has been dropped from the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, according to a US report. British pop star Cheryl Cole has been dropped from the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, according to a US report.Entertainment website TMZ said sources claimed producers were concerned the singer's Newcastle accent was too strong for US audiences. Cole's UK publicist has refused to comment on the story. Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who had been lined up to co-host, will replace her, reports say. After months of speculation, it was confirmed...

Snoop discusses status of Dre’s delayed ‘Detox’

Where is Dr. Dre’s new album? Fans have been waiting for his Detox record for years now and there’s really no word on what the hold up is. But, a frequent Dre collaborator, spoke with BBC Radio’s Tim Westwood this week and had some thoughts on the delay. . “It’s a formula, when we made records in the past it was always girls, it was always party, it was always the right atmosphere to create that type of album that sounds like the albums you have heard in the past,” Snoop said. “If there’s...

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Peep The New 'Harry Potter' Posters!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' is upon us.  And boy do those kids have some major growing up to do this movie.  It breaks our hearts just to think about it.  But that won't stop us from staring intensely at these new posters or seeing the film (Are you kidding?!  If we don't get into a screening we'll be there opening night fo' sho'!). What do you think of seeing Harry, Hermoine and Ron looking so focused, determined and angry respectively ... and all around...

Violent storms kill 13 in Okla., Kan., Ark.

EL RENO, Okla. – Violent storms that swept through a chunk of the central U.S. killed at least 13 people in three states, while toppling trees, crushing cars and ripping apart a rural Arkansas fire station. The high-powered storms arrived Tuesday night and early Wednesday, just days after a massive tornado tore up the southwest Missouri city of Joplin and killed 122 people. The latest storms killed eight people in Oklahoma, two in Kansas and three more in Arkansas, before petering out. Most...

Alaina Lauren can not complete the Idol final tonight

 Lauren Alaina is losing his voice so low you may be able to perform simple moments in the final of 'American Idol'! Apparently, during rehearsal today, Alain could not get through three songs that are supposed to perform minute from now. Is this unprecedented? I remember in the year of David Archuleta, the same was said of him and then went out and killed him on the final night. Who knows? Apparently, the queen Haley Reinhart is waiting in the wings to be necessary. As leader of the team...

Indian diplomat's daughter files $1.5m suit against New York City

NEW YORK: The daughter of an Indian diplomat government is suing New York for $ 1.5 million for what she claims was a wrongful arrest on suspicion of sending obscene emails to his teacher at John Queens' Browne High School . Krittika Biswas, daughter of lawyer service at the Indian Consulate in Manhattan, Debashish Biswas, also claims he was mistreated in prison. Biswas claimed that she was not allowed to go to the bathroom for a long time when he was in custody at the station 107. "In the end, I had to go in front of everyone," Biswas said, referring to a small bathroom that was in the cell...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Gallagher wants Depp The Beatles film

British rocker turned-movie producer Liam Gallagher wants Johnny Depp to play a role in his upcoming film about The Beatles. Former Oasis frontman Gallagher is to take the book by Richard DiLello, The Longest Cocktail Party, to life on the big screen and is willing to give the Pirates of the Caribbean star as a publicist for a long time the Beatles, Derek Taylor . He tells British magazine Q, "the film's script is done. It'll blow your mind people, man. I am waiting to know when choosing...

U.S. rebels invited Libya to open an office in Washington DC

Benghazi, Libya - The NATO launched its most intense bombardment against the bastion of Muammar Qaddafi in Tripoli Tuesday, while a senior U.S. diplomat said the president Barack Obama has invited the rebels in Libya 'National Transition Council to open an office in Washington DC The international community has intensified airstrikes and diplomatic efforts against the regime in an attempt to break a virtual tie with the rebels in the east and Gaddafi maintain its dominance over much of the...

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