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As part of the U.S. – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO) Creative and Cultural Economy Incubator, a delegation from Algeria visited Washington DC, Jacksonville, Santa Fe, Detroit, and New York from July 7-29. The group discussed the role of the creative sector in economic development and in building international economic and cultural partnerships […]
The United States supports the outcome today at the Arms Trade Treaty Conference. While the Conference ran out of time to reach consensus on a text, it will report its results and the draft text considered back to the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The United States supports a second round of negotiations, conducted on the […]
Gujrat: (Monday, July 30, 2012) 21 of twenty two people have been found guilty in the 2002 Gujrat riots case and have been served with life imprisonment. The one, who has been spared from the life imprisonment, is a policeman who has been given a one year jail for dereliction of duty. A former BJP […]
Queen Elizabeth mortified of a fake parachute landing at London Olympics Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has described her Olympic Games Opening Ceremony cameo as a “bit of a laugh”, but admits she didn’t watch the segment. The 86-year-old royal took part in a pre-recorded segment with James Bond actor Daniel Craig before appearing to parachute into […]
Islamabad: (Saturday, July 28, 2012) Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has said that the British Newspaper ‘The Sun’ has conspired against Pakistan by creating a false story of the passport and visa scam. Malik, who was addressing a press conference, said that investigation into the matter are almost complete, according to which there were […]
Moscow: (Saturday, July 28, 2012) Russia has denied contemplating on the idea of offering asylum to Syrian president Bashar-al-Assad if the need arises. Commenting on the possibility, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here today that “Russia has made no agreement to grant Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad asylum and is not even thinking about […]
Man dives from 18 miles and survives On Wednesday, Baumgartner took another stratospheric leap, this time from an altitude of more than 18 miles (28.96km) — an estimated 96,640 feet, nearly three times higher than cruising jetliners. He landed safely near Roswell, New Mexico. His top speed was an estimated 536 mph, said Brian Utley, […]
New York: (Friday, July 27, 2012) CNN’s president Jim Walton said here today that he is leaving the once dominant Cable News Network that has been lately struggling for ratings. Phil Kent, the chief executive of Turner Broadcasting, will now be searching for a new president. Walton will be quitting his office on December 31. […]
Lahore: (Friday, July 27, 2012) British immigration, that has been independently has been independently probing into the visa scandal issue, has dismissed the FIA investigation of the Olympic visa scandal. According to details, the British Immigration Liaison Manager for Gulf, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan has sent a formal reply in which he has dismissed the […]
Islamabad: (Friday, July 27, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari has invited the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Pakistan, sources reported today. According to the details shared by the presidential spokesman, the invitation was sent through Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi, India. In the invitation, President Zardari asked the Indian PM to visit his […]
Archaeologists have unearthed a skeleton in a rare state of preservation in Florence. They believe it may be the body of Lisa Gherardini, the Florentine noblewoman widely believed to have served as the muse for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. It could be a crucial step towards unravelling the mystery of the woman with the […]
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), led by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State, and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company, today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to help strengthen healthcare and laboratory systems in the developing world […]
