Hotnewsbook: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Afridi daughter says Misbah is responsible for Pakistan defeat (Video)

President Asif Ali Zardari taking notice on reports of extortion in Karachi has directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take measures against this menace in coordination with the provincial government.

The President also directed for the submission of a detailed report about extortion in Karachi.

It may be mentioned here that a large number of shopkeepers of various markets of Saddar area in Karachi on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against threats hurled to them by extortionist mafia.

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BOGOTA: Colombian pop star Shakira on Tuesday confirmed her romantic relationship with Spanish footballer Gerard Pique through a message on her Twitter account.

"I present to you my sunshine ... Shak," the 34-year-old singer wrote in the message accompanying a photo of the smiling pair

LONDON: The world's shortest man, a record currently held by 26.4-inch-tall Khagendra Thapa Magar -- but a title that's in jeopardy again as reports of someone even shorter have emerged.

Junrey Balawing, a 17-year-old Filipino, is said to be just 22 inches tall -- which would make him the shortest person ever if confirmed

Bipasha Basu has found a new 3 am friend.

Buzz is that the dusky actress has got super close to her Dum Maaro Dum co-star Rana Daggubatti.

Even though they worked together for the first time, the two got along like a house on fire.

So much that every time Bips has a problem or something new to share she dials Rana

Katrina Kaif doesn't want to get back together but to get on board a film starring Salman Khan

THE RUMOURS:
1 Salman Khan wants ex Katrina Kaif back and was wooing her with flowers, phone calls and SMSes.
2 This week, the buzz is that Kat wants to be back in Sallu's life

ISLAMABAD: Disappointed Pakistani cricket fans on Wednesday blamed a sluggish Misbahul-Haq for defeat in the World Cup semi-final thriller with arch-rival India.

India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in an action-packed match to set up a World Cup final showdown with Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday, leaving fans across cricket-loving Pakistan dejected

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani left here for Pakistan on Wednesday night after a day-long visit to witness the ICC World Cup semi-final cricket match between Pakistannd India at Mohali.

Prime Minister Gilani was accompanied by over a 50-member delegation of Parliamentary leaders of various political parties, Federal Ministers and Parliamentarians

Do you want some close-up pictures with your phone or want 60x zoom to make videos, then Mini Microscope for iPhone will be the best gadget for you to transform your iPhone into microscope.

Using Mini Microscope for iPhone you can convert your iPhone camera into an instrument worthy of any laboratory. The Mini Microscope comes complete with three LEDs to illuminate your close-ups. Incredibly, one of the LEDs will even reliably verify watermarks as well.

Captain Shahid Afrdi apologized to Pakistan

Captain Shahid Afrdi Wednesday apologized to Pakistan for losing the World Cup semifinal to old rivals India but added he was happy with the way his team played in the tournament.

Afridi also congratulated India for reaching their thirdWorld Cup final

He was participating in a live television show in a special transmission for the World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan when he suffered a heart attack and passed away while being transported to a hospital.

According to a private television channel, Liaquat Soldier started his acting career in 1973 and performed with all major actors in more than 250 television plays

Nawaz Sharif insulted by a common man in london (Video)

India 260/9 (50 ov)
Pakistan 231 (49.5 ov)
India won by 29 runs

India 260/9 (50.0 ov)
V.S
Pakistan
India won the toss and elected to bat
Wonderful bowling by Paki bowlers especially Wahab who took 5 wickets against strong Indian batting line. Ind just manage to score 260 runs in 50 overs.

Pakistani Famous comedian Liaqat soldier dies of heart attack

Breaking News KARACHI: Famous Pakistani comedian Liaqat Soldier passed away after a heart attack here on Wednesday.
He started his acting career in 1973 and performed in more than 250 television plays.
He participated in Cnewsworld’s special transmission of the World Cup semifinal and left the world on the same day

Clash of the titans will take place at 1:30 PM Pakistan Standard Time. Even though there was heavy rain last night, the weather today is forecasted to be clear.

Just in case if it rains, the match will take place on Thursday. If rain continues on Thursday, Pakistan will win based on the run rate points

MOHALI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, along with a 45-member delegation, arrived in India to watch the World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and India in Mohali.

Before leaving PM Gilani thanked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the invitation. Gilani said Manmohan was a good politician

The news from Mohali is that it’s been raining here for hours and that Shoaib Akhtar is ‘highly unlikely’ to feature in what is being described as the ‘mother of all matches’.

As security personnel were making a final check at the PCA Stadium ahead of Pakistan’s World Cup semifinal clash against India, a dust storm lashed Mohali and adjoining areas. It was followed by rain and thunderstorm.

Rain is good news for Pakistan. If it does rain enough to wash out the day’s play today, then there is a reserve day — Thursday — when the match can be played. If rain also washes out play on the reserve day, then the rain rule states that, “If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, or if the match is a no result, then the team that finished in the higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the final.”

Band Baaja Baaraat star Ranveer Singh has said that he would love to work with Sonakshi Sinha.

"She is a brilliant performer and I hope we work together soon. Although nothing is fixed as of now," said the actor.

Earlier, on Karan Johar's chat show, when Sonakshi was asked whom she would like to date, she had stated, "Ranveer Singh, if only he was single!"

Fall the battlefields we've witnessed in the browser wars, this one's never really crossed our minds before: energy efficiency. Yes, the power efficiency of a piece of software, not hardware, is being touted by Microsoft as a differentiating feature for its fresh new Internet Explorer 9. It's thrown together the top five most popular browsers and put them through a cycle of benchmarks -- including Microsoft's own FishIE Tank graphics acceleration test, but not the somewhat popular Adobe Flash -- while measuring how much

We've seen some pretty ambitious hand warmers in our day, but we're pretty sure this one takes the cake. Keyglove is an Open Source Hardware (OSHW) project that's intended to eliminate those clunky keyboards and unmanageable mice from the computing process altogether, instead engaging a series of conductive sensors that, when touched together, mimic a keystroke. The mitt's creator says the traditional mobile keyboard is "either too big to be portable, or too small to be easy to use," adding that his solution would

What if it rains tomorrow?

Even though the Met department says it is unlikely, if tomorrow's match is rained out, then there is a reserve day - on Thursday when the match can be played. But, if Thursday is also washed out by rain, then the rule states, "If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, or if the match is a no result, then the team that finished in the higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the final."

Semi-final to be held Thursday if rain continues MOHALI: International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the second semi-final between India and Pakistan would be held on Thursday if it could not be played on Wednesday due to rain.

Torrential rains and thunderstorm lashed Mohali Tuesday night, a day before the World Cup semi-final showdown between arch rivals India and Pakistan at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday announced Wednesday (March 30) half working day in lieu of Pakistan-India World Cup semi-final.

All the offices will close at 12:00 noon on Wednesday so that the people could watch Pakistan-India cricket match, said a press release issued here from Prime Minister House

Heavy rain in Mohali ahead of India-Pak clash

Mohali: Will the rain Gods play spoil-sport ahead of the India-Pakistan clash at Mohali?

With less than 24 hours to go for the high-octane semi-final World Cup match, the host city has been hit by rain.
The Meteorological Department has forecast thundershowers for tonight. However, they say the weather should clear up by morning.

Sri Lanka reach final with tense win
New Zealand 217 (48.5 ov)

Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

MOHALI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi cracked jokes and tagged Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men as favourites as he attempted to deflect the pressure off his team ahead of their World Cup semi-final against arch rivals India.

A day before Wednesday’s high-profile match, Pakistan decided to skip practice while the skipper amused the media with his one-liners.

MOHALI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi insists that the pressure and expectation will all be on India's shoulders in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final blockbuster.

With the prize of a place in Saturday's final at stake, a fever-pitch mood is expected with the 30,000 capacity Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium sold out days ago for the crunch clash.

MUMBAI: While the rest of the media have been reporting that Aamir Khan is taking on his archrival Shah Rukh Khan by throwing a cricket bash at his house at the same time when SRK is having a bash at Mannat.

Fact is that Aamir has cancelled the shooting of Reema Kagti's untitled movie and is flying down to Mohali to see the high-octane India-Pakistan cricket match live

Shanna Bukhari wants to be the first Muslim to represent the UK in Miss Universe.

A model bidding to become the first Muslim to represent the UK in the world final of Miss Universe has been defending her decision to enter.
Shanna Bukhari, who is 24 and lives in Manchester, said she's been sent racist and abusive messages since making it to the beauty contest's UK final.

Shahid Afridi and MS Dhoni are all smiles ahead of their semi-final clash, Mohali

Daniel Vettori won the toss and chose to bat first at the Premadasa Stadium, as New Zealand and Sri Lanka prepared to fight for the right to progress to Saturday's World Cup final in Mumbai, where they will face the winner of tomorrow's second semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali.

Shahid Afridi's brother Mushtaq Afridi arrives in India ! Best of luck boys

Zong is now offering Live TV Feeds on your Mobile Phone. You can choose from a variety of both local and international channels, all streaming live right to you!
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Pakistan will decide later Tuesday if fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is fit enough to return to the team for the World Cup semifinal against India on Wednesday.
Current and former Pakistan players have been calling for the experienced Akhtar to be restored to the team in a bid to unsettle India’s batsmen.

It is rare to find a device that is both baffling and compelling. We’ve been talking about the Acer Iconia for a while now and this dual-screened tablet or “Touchbook” is now available and shipping in the US next month. It runs a Core i5 chip, Windows 7, and has two 14-inch screens made of high-strength Gorilla Glass that allow for typing, multi-touch, and gestures.

The number of college and university going women smokers in the country has jumped to 16 percent from six percent in the recent years, said Prof. Javaid A. Khan, a senior chest physician and researcher in his presentation during 12th Biennial Convention of Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA).

He said women smokers too, are bearing the same health consequences of tobacco usage as the male smokers,

Hundreds of eager fans stood in long queues at the Punjab Cricket Association ground on Monday in a final, desperate bid to find a ticket for the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final.

Sai Das, a resident of Mohali — the venue for Wednesday’s marquee clash between the bitter rivals — was on the verge of tears as he described his ticket travails

The Government is giving serious consideration to opt for ‘two holidays a week’ as a part of energy conservation plan being implemented by mid April.

The government had earlir annuled the decision of ‘two holidays a week’ on November 27,2010.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will announce specific measures for nationwide energy conservation during energy summit scheduled to be held by mid April, official sources said.

Ricky Ponting quit as Australia’s Test and one-day captain Tuesday, just days after the champions were knocked out of the World Cup, but said he remained available for selection.

The 36-year-old, who led Australia in more than 300 Test and one-day matches, insisted he was “not tapped on the shoulder” to give up the captaincy, and endorsed deputy Michael Clarke as his successor

A mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the spotlight on Twitter, which now ropes in a billion tweets every week.

That means only 0.05% of the social network’s user base attracts attention, according to a new Yahoo Research study titled, “Who Says What to Whom on Twitter.”

Of the 260 million tweets with URLs that the study’s authors analyzed, nearly 50% of the tweets consumed were created by what they called “elite” users who fall into four categories: media, celebrities, organizations and bloggers. “Ordinary” users encompass everyone else.

Like findings in previous studies, the researchers for this one conclude Twitter resembles an information-sharing hub rather than a social network, with the top generators garnering huge follower tallies but not following their content consumers in return.

Some of you might remember when we reported on the Misa Digital Kitara, a guitar that has no strings. As I recall, it exchanged the literal guitar strings for a touchscreen. I’m not certain what this Hyper Touch Guitar has replaced the strings with a touchscreen, and it is also the guitar without any strings, just like Pinocchio. The design of the Hyper Touch Guitar is one that enables the user to change the setup of the instrument at the touch of a button, so one can go from six-string to twelve-string. I’m sure you all remember those guitars from seventies and eighties bands with the two necks, and it Hyper Touch makes certain you can have that sound and still travel light.
Of course, this Hyper Touch Guitar merely a concept for now. This is one of those times where I would love

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