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Take the time to curate Facebook Timeline
Dec 23rd
NEW YORK: I ve often joked that if something s not on Facebook, it didn t happen. Facebook s new Timeline feature
Oil mixed in Asia, NY crude up on US data
Dec 23rd
SINGAPORE: Crude prices were mixed in Asian trade Friday with New York crude boosted by positive US jobs data but
US, Pakistan share blame for NATO attack: Reports
Dec 22nd
US Department of Defence says US forces acted in self defense with information available at the time.
Rupture in the US-Pakistan Relations
Nov 28th
Tensions Flare Between U.S. and Pakistan After Strike
By SALMAN MASOOD and ERIC SCHMITT, New York Times, Nov 27, 2011
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials said on Saturday that NATO aircraft had killed at least 25 soldiers in strikes against two military posts at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, and the country’s supreme army commander called them unprovoked acts of aggression
What the U.S. Intel Thinks about the Future of Afghanistan?
Nov 25th
Let’s Hear from the Spies
Posted by Steve Coll, New Yorker, November 24, 2011
In late 2008, the United States intelligence community produced a classified National Intelligence Estimate on the war in Afghanistan that has never been released to the public. The N.I.E. described a “grim situation” overall, according to an intelligence officer’s private briefing for NATO ambassadors.
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Where Football Meets the Hijab
Nov 14th
Reality TV Goes Where Football Meets the Hijab
New York Times, November 10, 2011
By POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR
IF anything made me an American, it was television. I learned English from soap operas — after kindergarten, curled up Mommy-side — and then beyond, the many hours she abandoned the sofa for the kitchen when I alternated between after-school cartoons and adult crime dramas. English came to
Political Shift in Pakistan: Prospects of Imran Khan’s Justice Party
Oct 31st
Political Shift Seen in Rally in Pakistan
By SALMAN MASOOD, New York Times, October 31, 2011
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An antigovernment rally in Lahore, led by the former cricket star Imran Khan, attracted a huge crowd estimated at more than 100,000 people on Sunday evening. The rally represented what supporters and some political analysts said was Mr. Khan’s emergence as a serious challenger to
Oil up in Asia
Jul 5th
SINGAPORE: Oil was up in Asia on Tuesday in thin trading after US markets were closed for the Independence Day public holiday, analysts said.
New York”s main contract, West Texas Intermediate for August delivery, rose 12 cents to $95.06 a barrel …
Asian markets rise after US stocks rally
Jul 4th
HONG KONG: Asian markets rose sharply on Monday after better-than-expected manufacturing data sent US stocks rallying, while traders” concerns over Greece”s sovereign debt have eased.
The euro climbed to its highest point in nearly a month against t…
Euro climbs against dollar after Greek deal
Jul 4th
TOKYO: The euro temporarily climbed to its highest point in nearly a month against the dollar in Asia Monday amid progress in efforts to deal with Greece”s debt crisis, dealers said.
After rising as high as $1.4580 earlier, the highest level since Ju…
