SC asks ECP to complete process for voting by overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday ordered the authorities concerned to complete the process of giving right of vote to overseas Pakistanis.A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the overseas Pakistanis [...]
Rugby-Super Rugby results and standings
April 13 (Reuters) – Collated results and standings afterround nine of Super Rugby matches (home team in caps): OTAGO HIGHLANDERS 19 ACT Brumbies 30 WAIKATO CHIEFS 23 Queensland Reds 31 AUCKLAND BLUES 28 Wellington Hurricanes 6 MELBOURNE [...]
Beijing Reports Its First Case of H7N9 Infection
BEIJING (AP) — A 7-year-old girl has become the first confirmed case in Beijing of the latest strain of bird flu virus, which has killed 11 and sickened 32 in eastern China, officials said Saturday. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld [...]
Twitter acquires startup Australian music streaming app
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc has acquired We Are Hunted, a small, three-person music streaming startup based in Australia, the two companies said on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the purchase appears to reaffirm [...]
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Северная Корея, возможно, готовится к четвертому ядерному испытаниюRegions.ruМы анализируем эти данные и пытаемся определить, действительно [...]
Rugby-Hansen’s All Blacks deal extended to 2015 World Cup
(Adds details, quotes) * Hansen gets backing from NZ Rugby Union * Reward for succesful first season By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has been rewarded for a successful first season by having [...]
India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers
GAUHATI, India (AP) — Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. Security officers conducted flights of the unmanned [...]
No leader can qualify under Articles 62, 63: Malik
LAHORE: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has predicted a contest between pro- and anti-Taliban forces in next month general elections.Addressing a press conference here Saturday, Malik said the PPP candidates had been declared disqualified [...]
Kerry Denounces ‘Despicable Attack’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has denounced as “despicable” a pair of Taliban attacks on April 6 which killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat, and an Afghan doctor.
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High courts’ registrars point out problems faced by DROs, ROs
ISLAMABAD: Registrars of high courts have submitted their responses to the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) regarding the problems faced by district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) pertaining [...]
