Libyan TV shows footage of Khamis Gaddafi

BERLIN: Libyan state television showed what it said was footage of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis, who rebels said last week had been killed, visiting Libyans wounded in an air attack east of Tripoli.

The Libyan government has denied rebel claims that Khamis, commander of one of Gaddafi’s most loyal and best-equipped units, had been killed by a NATO air strike near Zlitan.

Libyan TV said the footage was recorded on Tuesday. If genuine, it would be the first visual proof by Gaddafi’s government that Khamis Gaddafi was still alive.

Wearing a military uniform and an orange beret and bearing a striking resemblance to Khamis, a man was heard chatting to people the network said were wounded earlier on Tuesday in a NATO air strike on farmhouses near Zlitan.

The government said dozens of civilians were killed in the attack. NATO said it hit a legitimate military target and was investigating the incident.

“They bombed the house. You mean you did not expect to be bombed,” Khamis could be heard asking a woman lying in a hospital bed. AGENCIES

ICC probing Rainas alleged links with bookies

After a turbulent time for Pakistan, now its India being caught in whirls of match fixing, with the news that ace Indian cricketer Suresh Raina has been allegedly seen with a bookies female friend in Sri Lanka.
The International Cricket Committees Anti-corruption department has initiated the probe.
The Sri-Lankan cricket board has released the footage of the video which displayed Raina with the girl, who allegedly is a bookies female friend. Though BCCI has rejected the claims and affirmed that they dont, have such footage at present.

Special show reel on Big B’s life and epic films to be shown before KBC 4

At a celebration party at the Marriott on Monday evening, the Big B would be cutting a 68-kilo cake, 1 kilo for each year of his life.

While the world sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to the Big B, Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan sing together for the first time in a song composed by the Big B himself! Find that hard to believe? But it’s the truth.

The Big B is a huge aficionado of music and singing. He in fact intends to learn to play the piano soon. But for now he has turned composer for a song that has been sung by the Big B and Abhishek Bachchan.

The song would be part of a comprehensive bio-documentary showcasing the 68-year life-span of Amitabh Bachchan which will be telecast on his birthday on Monday. The Big B has not only taken active and complete interest in the material going into the audio-visual show reel–going so far as to provide never-before pictures, advising on the footage to be used and making suggestions on chronological data relating to his life story– the mega-star has also taken time off from his cluttered schedule to compose the theme song.

While the Big B himself is characteristically dismissive of what could be seen as his first decisive step into direction and filmmaking, Ajit Thakur CEO of Sony Entertainment, the channel which will be telecasting the historic bio-documentary sheds startling light on the project. “Mr. Bachchan has indeed composed a song for the show reel and also sung for it along with Abhishek and composers Vishal-Shekhar.”

The show reel introducing the new season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has virgin footage and rare pictures of the Big B beginning with his birth in 1942 to present-day.

Informs a source from the channel, “The show reel contains never-before pictures episodes, incidents, scenes and dialogues from Mr. Bachchan’s life and films. For instance he will be reciting a poem by his father poet Harivanshrai Bachchan that he has never recited publicly before. There will be pictures of the Big B and his family that have been brought out into the open for the first time.”

In fact the Big B has personally supervised every aspect of the showreel, lent pictures and footage from his own private library, selected the footage that has grown into the show reel, and zeroed-in on the relevant sequences from his films which he has re-enacted for the first time.

Says the source, “Some of the most famous sequences and dialogues such as the temple scene in Yash Chopra’s Deewaar from Mr. Bachchan’s films have been handpicked by him and re-enacted specially for this show reel on specially erected sets representing the original.”

And in the inaugural episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the first contestant from a small village will be told that the optimum prize money is not Rs. 1 crore but 5 crores.

The surprise on the contestant’s face is the Big B’s biggest birthday gift.

Special show reel on Big B’s life and epic films to be shown before KBC 4

At a celebration party at the Marriott on Monday evening, the Big B would be cutting a 68-kilo cake, 1 kilo for each year of his life.

While the world sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to the Big B, Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan sing together for the first time in a song composed by the Big B himself! Find that hard to believe? But it’s the truth.

The Big B is a huge aficionado of music and singing. He in fact intends to learn to play the piano soon. But for now he has turned composer for a song that has been sung by the Big B and Abhishek Bachchan.

The song would be part of a comprehensive bio-documentary showcasing the 68-year life-span of Amitabh Bachchan which will be telecast on his birthday on Monday. The Big B has not only taken active and complete interest in the material going into the audio-visual show reel–going so far as to provide never-before pictures, advising on the footage to be used and making suggestions on chronological data relating to his life story– the mega-star has also taken time off from his cluttered schedule to compose the theme song.

While the Big B himself is characteristically dismissive of what could be seen as his first decisive step into direction and filmmaking, Ajit Thakur CEO of Sony Entertainment, the channel which will be telecasting the historic bio-documentary sheds startling light on the project. “Mr. Bachchan has indeed composed a song for the show reel and also sung for it along with Abhishek and composers Vishal-Shekhar.”

The show reel introducing the new season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has virgin footage and rare pictures of the Big B beginning with his birth in 1942 to present-day.

Informs a source from the channel, “The show reel contains never-before pictures episodes, incidents, scenes and dialogues from Mr. Bachchan’s life and films. For instance he will be reciting a poem by his father poet Harivanshrai Bachchan that he has never recited publicly before. There will be pictures of the Big B and his family that have been brought out into the open for the first time.”

In fact the Big B has personally supervised every aspect of the showreel, lent pictures and footage from his own private library, selected the footage that has grown into the show reel, and zeroed-in on the relevant sequences from his films which he has re-enacted for the first time.

Says the source, “Some of the most famous sequences and dialogues such as the temple scene in Yash Chopra’s Deewaar from Mr. Bachchan’s films have been handpicked by him and re-enacted specially for this show reel on specially erected sets representing the original.”

And in the inaugural episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the first contestant from a small village will be told that the optimum prize money is not Rs. 1 crore but 5 crores.

The surprise on the contestant’s face is the Big B’s biggest birthday gift.

Video shows Taliban stoning woman

A Dubai-based television station which released the footage said the stoning was carried out in northwest Pakistan, apparently by Taliban militants, incensed because she was seen out with a man.
Turbaned men in Pakistan gather around a woman with a black hood over her head, pick up large rocks and repeatedly throw them at her until she lies motionless, a video purports.
Al Aan TV, which focuses on womens issues in the Arab world, said it got the tape from its sources and that it took place in Orakzai agency. It said it had other footage of a man who was executed by shooting, possibly the one the woman was seen with.

Video shows Taliban stoning woman

A Dubai-based television station which released the footage said the stoning was carried out in northwest Pakistan, apparently by Taliban militants, incensed because she was seen out with a man.
Turbaned men in Pakistan gather around a woman with a black hood over her head, pick up large rocks and repeatedly throw them at her until she lies motionless, a video purports.
Al Aan TV, which focuses on womens issues in the Arab world, said it got the tape from its sources and that it took place in Orakzai agency. It said it had other footage of a man who was executed by shooting, possibly the one the woman was seen with.

Video shows Taliban allegedly stoning woman in Orakzai

ISLAMABAD: Turbaned men in Pakistan gather around a woman with a black hood over her head, pick up large rocks and repeatedly throw them at her until she lies motionless, stretched along the ground, a video purports.

A Dubai-based television station which released the footage said the stoning was carried out in northwest Pakistan, apparently by Taliban militants, incensed because she was seen out with a man.

The footage is a stark reminder that despite a series of military offensives the army said had weakened insurgents, militants still control areas of the northwest and impose their harsh version of Islam at will.

Dubai’s Al Aan television, which focuses on women’s issues in the Arab world, said it got the tape from its sources and that it took place in Orakzai agency in northwest Pakistan. It said it had other footage of a man who was executed by shooting,

CCTV footage of Jinnah Hospital attack issued

LAHORE: A CCTV footage of yesterdays” attack on Jinnah Hospital has been released to media by the hospital authorities.

According to the footage attackers used backdoor to enter the hospital at 11:31pm.

Five persons including three policemen were gunned down when at least four terrorists clad in police uniforms stormed into the ”well-guarded” emergency ward late night, in a futile bid to rescue or kill an under-treatment terrorist injured in the attack on an Ahmedi worship place in Model Town on May 28.

Attackers open indiscriminate fire as they entered into ward and patients were seen running towards Surgical Unit to save their lives, footage of camera installed at Surgical Unit 4 showed.

A police officer tried to hide behind a door and later ran out of the area. Injured can also be seen crying for help

Today Is World Kidney Day

KARACHI PAKISTAN : World Kidney Day (WKD) 2010 is being observed on Thursday with the theme ‘Protect Your Kidney, Control Diabetes’.

The day holds particular relevance for Pakistan where one in three citizens over 40 has some form of Kidney disease.

According to available studies diabetes and high blood pressure are the two most common causes of chronic kidney disease and, if left unchecked, patients may ultimately need to undergo dialysis up to three times a week to stay alive.

“The scenario demands widespread screening of those sections of society that are at risk of kidney disease,” said Dr. Fatima Jawad.

Talking to APP on Wednesday she said it is essential to create awareness amongst physicians as well as the public about the factors causing kidney diseases and its ultimate failure.

Studies have shown that early detection and treatment can delay and possibly prevent kidney failure in most patients, said Dr. Ahmer Raza.

Diabetes, the doctors said has emerged to be a global epidemic which currently affects an estimated 171 million people worldwide and is estimated to affect over 246 million people living with diabetes.

Surge in the disease was attributed to population growth, aging, urbanization, and the increasing prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity.

Diabetes, a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life, is registered in almost all age groups of people in Pakistan.

The diseases is categorized into two different types – type 1 diabetes results from the body’s failure to produce insulin, the hormone that “unlocks” the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them.

Type One Diabetes is usually a congenital condition found among children and Insulin is required to treat type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most patients with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

Experts agreed that Type Two diabetes can be prevented and, to a certain extent, controlled through lifestyle interventions such as increased physical activity, weight loss (in patients who are overweight) and proper nutrition.

When lifestyle interventions are insufficient to control diabetes, anti-diabetic medications and insulin may be required, said Dr. Fatima Jawad.

The diabetologist and the nephrologist answering a question to control the situation also recommended strict control of blood pressure and blood glucose levels.

“Use of certain classes of blood pressure medicines can also be a risk,” said Dr. Jawad and urged for medication under proper supervision.

She also suggested need to avoid drugs that may cause further kidney damage (especially some pain killers), a low salt diet and cardiovascular risk reduction.

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