16 NATO supply tankers transporting fuel for US-led forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze in a bomb attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. 28 trucks were parked at a terminal on the outskirts of the provincial capital Peshawar when an explosion triggered a fire that engulfed 16 of the vehicles, AFP reported. 16 NATO supply trucks set ablaze by Talibans in Pakistan Pakistan police official, Khur…
At least 21 suspected militants have been killed in two separate attacks of an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan, according to Pakistani security officials. The missiles struck targets in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. Pakistan has previously complained that such attacks violate its sovereignty. Last month, President Barack Obama defended the use of dro…
More than 100 Pakistani soldiers have been buried by an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region, officials say. Local TV stations say that the incident happened near the Siachen glacier in the eastern Karakoram mountain range. 130 troops were buried when a battalion headquarters in the Gayari district was engulfed, says the AP news agency, quoting a security official. The area is in the northern…
…ailable in UK in Debenhams from today and can also be purchased on the Ultimo website. Clothing that controls the body shape first appeared in the US, becoming popular with the Spanx pants launched in 2000. It has since spread to the UK, where a recent survey by market researchers Mintel showed that one in ten British women has worn “shapewear” to improve their figure. British stores like Asda and…
…d, prior to the photographs being shown which featured her with her dog and with her husband. Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson, who shot to fame after tying the knot back in May when she was just 16-years-old and the actor 50, also discuss their recent removal from a local pumpkin patch due to her revealing attire Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson, who shot to fame after tying the knot bac…
…i Moore has been working hard on her health in recent months, and revealed earlier this year she had undertaken a strict detox plan with her husband Ashton Kutcher. Demi Moore, 48, and Ashton Kutcher, 32, followed the Master Cleanse diet, which involves consuming only a concoction of water, lemon, maple syrup and cayenne pepper for ten days. Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce Knowles, who are fans of the…
The Chinese government censors ruled one of Titanic‘s steamier scenes had to go, as the 3D version of the blockbuster is expected to be a success in the country. The immortal sequence in which Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, paints Kate Winslet’s character Rose in the nude has been butchered for Chinese audiences. An official at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Televisio…
…be certain that he or she has completed the necessary training and meets certain standards to practice plastic surgery.” ABPS said that 1.6 million procedures were carried out in 2010, including over 300,000 breast augmentation, 289,000 liposuction and 138,000 breast reduction, 152,000 eye surgery and 145,000 abdominoplasty….
…ely bald on the top of his head by the time he is 40 Dr. Asim Shahmalak, who carried out a hair transplant on Dr. Christian Jessen from Channel 4′s Embarrassing Bodies, said that Prince William, 30, would be completely bald on the top of his head by the age of 40 if he didn’t take action. He said: “Prince William has been losing his hair since he was 25. His hair loss is even worse tha…
Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed that she would like to insure her impressive 36C breasts for $5 million. “I need, like, an insurance invitation,” Jennifer Love Hewitt said in a USA Today video. “If somebody was like, <<Hey, you know what? We would like to insure your boobs for $2.5 million dollars>>, I’d be like, <<Do it. Love it! Why not?>>. These things right her…
CoolSculpting, a treatment that promises to “freeze off” your fat, has been proving a popular solution to shifting those post-holiday pounds. Thousands in the U.S. are turning to CoolSculpting, otherwise known as cryolipolysis, which costs upwards of $750 per session and promises to remove 20 to 25% of fat in targeted areas such as the stomach or thighs. New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Mich…
Spanish Magazine de Fuera de Serie landed themselves in the middle of a racial controversy over a Photoshopped picture of First Lady Michelle Obama on the cover of their latest issue. The picture places Michelle Obama’s face in a 1800 portrait of a slave with an exposed breast, and Magazine de Fuera de Serie likely knew the image was going to stir up controversy. The editors may have had a…
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012, has signed a book deal worth about $3 million. Malala Yousafzai, 15, who campaigns for girls’ education, says the memoir is her own story and that of millions of others denied the chance to go to school. She was shot by a Taliban gunman in her home region of Swat. Malala Yousafzai…
…ication today!” YouTube has been blocked to users in Pakistan since September when excerpts from an anti-Islamic film were posted, sparking protests across the world. Pakistan blocked YouTube in 2008 and 2010 because of sacrilegious content. It reimposed a ban on the site on 17 September following days of protests around the world after a translated version of an amateur film attacking the P…
…ngeance” after large outbreaks in Africa and Tajikistan and China’s first recorded cases for more than a decade. Declaring polio a national emergency, the Pakistani government is targeting 33 million children for vaccination with some 88,000 health workers delivering vaccination drops….
Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner to be held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, has been returned to his native Canada. Omar Khadr had been held at the US base in Cuba since 2002, after being detained in Afghanistan aged 15. A military plane flew Omar Khadr, the last Westerner at Guantanamo, to Canada early on Saturday. He will serve the rest of his eight-year jail term in Canada. He pleaded…
At least two people have been killed after militants fired rockets at Peshawar airport, Pakistani officials say. More than 20 others were injured after the rockets landed in residential areas close to the airport. Security forces at the airport are reported to have fired back. Peshawar is located on the edge of Pakistan’s tribal region, the major sanctuary for al-Qaida and Taliban militants…
Angelina Jolie has honored Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, who has launched Malala Fund, a charity to fund girls’ education. In New York, Angelina Jolie said Malala Yousafzai would be “in charge” of the Malala Fund. Malala Yousafzai, 15, said in a video the launch was “the happiest moment of my life”. The charity’s first grant will fund the educ…
US President Barack Obama has been named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year for 2012, allowing him the honor for the second time in four years. TIME magazine cited Barack Obama’s historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation’s changing demographics amid the backdrop of high unemployment and other challenges. “He’s basically the beneficiary and the author of a k…
ent also strongly condemns the Taliban’s tactic of using civilians and their homes as their shields,” it said. International forces are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Civilian deaths in Western military operations have been a source of tension between the Afghan government led President Hamid Karzai and the US and its NATO allies. In February 2012, at least…
Pakistan votes in landmark national and provincial elections. The vote marks Pakistan’s first transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history. However, the run-up to the election has been marred by violence in which more than 100 people have been killed. A bomb blast in the port city of Karachi on Saturday morning left 10 people dead and 32 others wounded, a hospit…
sia, where France is the former colonial power, but there were widespread demonstrations elsewhere: • A peaceful protest took place outside the US embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur • Some 3,000 people marched in the southern Iraqi city of Basra • Thousands burned US and French flags in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka • Crowds rallied in Baalbek in southern Lebanon in a protest organize…
…spy – sent to identify and keep tabs on young men like Tamerlan Tsarnaev who are at risk of turning to militant Islam. To date all that is known about Misha is that he is an Armenian man in his 30s with distinctive red beard and that he has disappeared – no longer living in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. However, family members have been telling reporters that in the years before…
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been remanded in judicial custody for two weeks over claims he illegally detained judges in 2007. Pervez Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan between 1999 and 2007, was arrested on Friday. The High Court ruled that the allegations amounted to an act of terrorism and ordered him to appear at Islamabad’s anti-terror court. Pervez Musharraf…
Former military leader Pervez Musharraf has been barred from standing in Pakistan general elections in May. An election tribunal disqualified Pervez Musharraf from running in Chitral in the north-west. Earlier, he failed in an attempt to stand in three other seats. Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer says he plans to file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Former military leader Pervez Musharraf has…
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien's AuctionsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought…
Arne Svenson: TriBeCa residents threaten to sue artist for secretly photographed them in their own apartmentsResidents at a luxury TriBeCa apartment block in Lower Manhattan are very furious after discovering that artist Arne Svenson, who is their neighbor at a nearby building, has…
Monika Pon-su-san: The Chinese Girl in Vladimir Tretchikoff's paintingEarlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1 million ($1.5 million) at auction in…
Bob Brozman suicide: Guitarist and ethnomusicologist found dead aged 59 at his Santa Cruz homeGuitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23. Bob Brozman’s death was ruled a suicide,…
Harper Lee sues literary agent Samuel Pinkus over To Kill A Mockingbird copyrightHarper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning…
1913 Liberty Head nickel sells for $3.17 million at Heritage auction in ChicagoA century-old US five-cent coin, once branded a fake, has been sold for $3.17 million at a Heritage auction in Chicago. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five such…
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