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Setting an example
Saturday 6 October 2012 Last Update 6 October 2012 12:30 pm Unfortunately, due to the lack of interest on part of the government and weak laws, corruption is becoming a part and parcel of daily lives of Pakistani people . Because of the rampant corruption...
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Haj journey of Bosnian Man
Hajj 2008 (Photo credit: Al Jazeera English) Thousands of people belonging to different cultures and nationalities coming from all over the world to perform Haj is truly an amazing feeling. Haj shows the unity of Muslims all over the world from Asia to...
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Polio vaccine ban
According to media reports, thousands of Pakistani children are at risk of polio disease. Militant organizations have banned polio vaccination campaigns in their areas. According to health officials, 160,000 children in North Waziristan and 80,000 children...
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Pakistan verdict
Supreme Court of Pakistan The recent verdict of Pakistan’s Supreme Court in the contempt of court case is enough to open the eyes of the ruling class in Pakistan. The detailed verdict clearly stated that the contempt of court act recently passed by the...
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Remembering the brave
Jeddah Corniche According to new reports, authorities in Jeddah have decided to name one of Jeddah’s districts after Farman Ali, a young Pakistani, who during the Jeddah floods two years ago, rescued 14 people in Gowizah district before sacrificing his...
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Phan Thị Kim Phúc - Picture that change the course of Vietnam War
Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born 1963) is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The iconic photo taken in Trang Bang by AP photographer Nick Ut shows...
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The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Romanum ) was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia. [6] The...
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Why The Faisaliya Tower was not affected by the lightning strike?
The Faisaliya Tower was not affected by the lightning strike that hit it during a severe thunderstorm on Saturday in Riyadh, the management said. The tower is equipped with lightning protection system that conducts electrical currents away from the tower...
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Amazing Beauty of Venice
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. [2] It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers....
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The Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. [7] A 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet,...
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FAITH IN HUMANITY= RESTORED
These two guys, Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Laxmi Chandra, have been running a free school under a metro bridge in New Delhi, India for the last 3 years. Rajesh and Laxmi have about 30 students - they are kids who live in the nearby slums and cannot afford...
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development. Although...
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Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division...
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Alexander The Great
Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas iii[›] from the Greek ἀλέξω alexo "to defend, help" + ἀνήρ aner "man"), was a king of Macedon, a state...
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Lula Da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] born 27 October 1945, known popularly as Lula, [2] is a Brazilian politician. He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT – Partido...
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Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus in Houston Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a angladeshi anker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are...
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The Empire State Building
The Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna...
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Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー , Tōkyō Sukaitsurī ? ) is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 [2] and reached its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making...
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Dubai International Airport
This is a photo showing airplanes from Emirates Airline at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي ) is an international airport serving Dubai. It is a major...
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Catherine Ashton
English: Baroness Ashton of Upholland, British politician (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, PC (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who in 2009 became the High Representative of the Union for Foreign...
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Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku Tiwanaku , ( Spanish : Tiahuanaco and Tiahuanacu ) is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia , South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire , flourishing...
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The Battle of Fallujah
A street in Fallujah heavily damaged by the fighting. The Second Battle of Fallujah — code-named Operation Al-Fajr (Arabic,الفجر "the dawn") and Operation Phantom Fury — was a joint U.S., Iraqi, and British offensive in November and December 2004, considered...
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The Panjshir offensives
A view of Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley The Panjshir offensives (Russian: Пандшерская операция - Panjsher Operations) were a series of battles between the Soviet Army and groups of Afghan Mujahideen under Ahmad Shah Massoud for the control of the strategic...
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Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He was the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town and primate...
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Wembley Stadium
Wembley is the national stadium and home of the England football team. The new stadium has a arch which is illuminated at night. Wembley Stadium (often referred to simply as Wembley, pronounced /ˈwɛmbli/ , or sometimes as the New Wembley) is a football...