WASHINGTON, August 30, 2012 – The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors approved a US$11.7 million grant today to promote sustainable production and in favor of Mexico’s biodiversity. It seeks to create sustainable production systems combining production activities, natural resource management, preservation and conservation of biodiversity, in nine biological corridors located across six states: Yucatan, […]
Aug 31 2012 | Posted in
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Lemuria is a lost continent proposed by Philip Sclater Lutley in the nineteenth century, more precisely in 1864. It was located in the Indian Ocean and lands connected and included current and South Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Sumatra, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean somewhere. Lutley Philip Sclater was an English geologist who was […]
Aug 31 2012 | Posted in
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Religious Extremism not to be compared with Islam or Pakistan Unfortunately, my previous article, ‘Has Religious Extremism Gotten to the Point of No Return’, was literally taken by some people on social media to be blaming Islam or Muslims in Pakistan, but there was definitely no such reference in that. What is mentioned above […]
Tehran: President Asif Ali Zardari met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the NAM summit underway in the Iranian capital. According to the sources, during the meeting, the two leaders discussed bilateral relations and the situation in the region. The delegation representing Pakistan in the summit and led by President Zardari, also […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Tehran: Pakistan has reiterated its demands to the United States saying that it should immediately stop drone strikes in the country. While expressing her views about the drone attacks, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is visiting Iran these days, termed them illegal. Khar, who gave her interview to an Iranian television channel prior […]
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People’s organs found in storage in Florida According to authorities in Pensacola, Florida, organs of approximately 100 people have been discovered in a storage unit that belonged to a former medical examiner. The new owner of the unit, who bought it at an auction last week, found numerous containers with lungs, human brains and hearts. […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced today that the Birmingham, Alabama-based Acoustic Rock/Americana group Act of Congress will tour Asia this fall as part of the American Music Abroad series. Act of Congress will tour Thailand (September 2-10), the Philippines (Sept. 11-17), Palau (Sept. […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong , the first man on the moon, has died at age 82 from complications after heart surgery, as reported by relatives and fellow U.S. network NBC. Armstrong died at 20.42 pm, Spanish time, during his period of convalescence after coronary pass circuit operation to which was submitted on 8 August. The astronaut set […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Assistant coach Chris Greenacre claims that the club’s decision to tour India ahead of their season will be prove to be a good decision in the future. The A-League giants decided to play some friendly games against I-League opposition for their pre-season and although the facilities have hardly been first-rate, the manager claims that the […]
In the spirit of harnessing the ingenuity of the American people, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance launched today the “Innovation in Arms Control Challenge” where we ask the public, “How Can the Crowd Support Arms Control Transparency Efforts?” Over the past three years, the U.S. Department of State […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has formed four-member committee headed by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, to look into Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case. The decision to form the committee to take up the lingering issue of the Pakistani girl jailed in the USA was taken after a meeting here at […]
In what appeared to be a severe criticism on Obama administration, former Attorney General of the United States of America Ramsey Clark has termed the US drone strikes criminals. Clark while speaking as chief guest at an award ceremony of the Pakistan American Democratic Forum in Karachi, he urged the Pakistani media to be more […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
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