Octopus Paul honored by Spanish town
July 22, 2010 by Trend PK
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BERLIN: Psychic octopus Paul may have retired but he’s still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions.
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List of highest runscorers in test cricket
July 22, 2010 by Trend PK
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GALLE, Sri Lanka: Leading runscorers in test cricket (x-active):13,539_x-Sachin Tendulkar, India (167 tests)11,954_x-Ricky Ponting, Australia (145)11,953_Brian Lara, West Indies (131)11,457_x-Rahul Dravid, India (140)11,174_Allan Border, Australia (156)11,126_x-Jacques Kallis, South Africa (140)10,927_Steve Waugh, Australia (168)10,122_Sunil Gavaskar, India (125)9,168_x-Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka (111)8,969_x-Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies (126)8,900_Graham Gooch, England (118)8,832_Javed Miandad, Pakistan (124)8,830_Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan (120)8,625_Matthew Hayden, Australia (103)8,540_Sir Vivian Richards, West Indies (121)8,463_Alec Stewart, England (133)8,231_David Gower, England (117)8,114_Geoff Boycott, England (108)8,032_Sir Garfield Sobers, West Indies (93)8,029_Mark Waugh, Australia (128)
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List of highest wicket-takers in test cricket
July 22, 2010 by Trend PK
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GALLE, Sri Lanka: Leading wicket-takers in test cricket (x-active):800_x-Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka (133 matches)708_Shane Warne, Australia (145)619_Anil Kumble, India (132)563_Glenn McGrath, Australia (124)519_Courtney Walsh, West Indies (132)434_Kapil Dev, India (131)431_Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand (86)421_Shaun Pollock, South Africa (108)414_Wasim Akram, Pakistan (104)405_Curtly Ambrose, West Indies (98)
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Holbrooke calls on COAS
ISLAMABAD: Richard Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan called on Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday.
The visiting dignitary remained with him for some time and discussed matters of mutual interest.
No military solution to Afghan war: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressing dissatisfaction over deteriorating Afghan situation FM Qureshi said that the talks are the only solution to Afghan problem and no military means can bring peace in the country.
Addressing a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Dr. Zalmai Rasoul, FM Qureshi said they had very useful and constructive meeting today and mutually agreed to find ways and means in different fields to further enhance the cooperation in these fields.
Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul who held bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Qureshi here at Foreign Office discussed different aspects for strengthening the bilateral relations including enhanced leadership interaction.
FM Qureshi said they discussed security situation in the region and especially the efforts of Afghan government to ensure stability in Afghanistan through reconciliation and reviewed bilateral relations in this regard.
He said both the countries agreed to enhance bilateral relations in politics, trade and economic and other fields.
The foreign minister said peace and security in Afghanistan is important for Pakistan therefore, Pakistan has sincerely offered assistance, cooperation and training facilities to Afghanistan in all the fields.
He said Pakistan has offered training to Afghan military so that a well trained Afghan Army can take over the responsibility of the security in their country.
The minister said both the countries have also proposed to have more cooperation for border security.
He said the economic and trade cooperation can increase the present level of 1.5 dollars trade to 5 billion dollars trade by 2015.
He said Pakistan also proposed to set up reconstruction commission to improve construction in Afghanistan.
The minister said both the countries also agreed to have direct road and rail link between Peshawar and Jalalabad and international community is ready to provide necessary funds for this projects.
Qureshi said both the countries also discussed Turkmanistan- Afhganistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.
The issue of three million Afghan refugees was also discussed during the meeting with Afghan foreign minister.
He said the issue of smuggling from Afghanistan was also discussed and both the countries also agreed for early finalization of the agreement under discussion between the two countries on Afghan-Transit Trade.
The foreign minister of Afghanistan said the relations between the two countries have been improving. He said he discussed with his counterpart to take measures for real implementation of the past agreements.
Replying to a question about the policy of reconciliation and integration for peace process, the Afghan foreign minister said those Taliban who did not have any link with Al-Qaeda, will lay their arms and follow the Afghan constitution can be contact so that they could become a part of the peaceful society in the country.
He, however said peace and security in both Pakistan and Afghanistan are interlinked and both the countries have to cooperation each other to achieve the goals.
Answering a question about drone attacks, he said, Afghan is against any attack in which innocent people died.
richard burton
June 2, 2010 by Trend PK
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Elizabeth Taylor Unveils Intense Love Letters From Richard Burton
LONDON – Elizabeth Taylor has made public a series of never-before-seen love letters she received from Richard Burton which gives new insight into their passionate but turbulent romance.
In the letters, Burton bared his soul, and even suggested committing suicide if she leaves him, saying he is infatuated and cannot live without her, reports The Telegraph.
“If you leave me I shall have to kill myself. There is no life without you,” Burton wrote.
The letters revealed that the Welsh star used a series of pet names to describe Taylor including “My Lumps,” “Dearest Scrupelshrumpilstilskin,” and “Twit Twaddle.” He signed himself “Husbs.”
In one letter he praises Taylor’s acting while describing the profession as “sissified and ridiculous” for a “really proper man.”
The 78-year old actress apparently read her collection of love letters to the authors of “Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century,” which is a book that looks back on the couple’s love affair.
In one note, Burton explained how he really couldn’t live without Taylor, writing: “If you leave me I shall have to kill myself. There is no life without you.” In another letter he says: “You must know, of course, how much I love you. You must know, of course, how badly I treat you.”
n another, he explains, “You must know, of course, how much I love you. You must know, of course, how badly I treat you. But the fundamental and most vicious, swinish, murderous, and unchangeable fact is that we totally misunderstand each other.”
“We operate on alien wavelengths. You are as distant as Venus – planet, I mean – and I am tone-deaf to the music of the spheres. I love you and I always will. Come back to me as soon as you can.” Extracts from the tome have been published in June’s Vanity Fair, and show that the fiery romance also had a playful side – with Burton calling Taylor by a number of silly nicknames, including ‘My Lumps’, ‘Dearest Scrupelshrumpilstilskin’, and ‘Twit Twaddle’.
Elizabeth Taylor is offering glimpses into her passionate, often painful life with Richard Burton through his love letters to her.
In the letters, excerpted in the July issue of Vanity Fair, Burton, who died in 1984 at age 58, teases and cajoles, threatens and confesses – and tries to come to terms with his infatuation, love and need for Taylor.
Pakistan protests to US over blasphemous contest
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has formally conveyed its protest to the US over the blasphemous caricatures.
Pakistani Ambassador in the US Hussain Haqqani contacted the US special envoy Richard Holbrooke and formally communicated to him Pakistan’s protest over the sacrilegious contest on Facebook.
Holbrooke acknowledged the sentiments of the Pakistani people and Muslims on the issue.
US embassy catches fire
ISLAMABAD: The premises of US embassy in Islamabad caught fire in its residential area, Geo News reported Sunday.
Rescue teams have been dispatched towards the Embassy. Fire Brigade squad has also been sent.
The fire is not intense.
Power crisis still raging; Balochistan worst hit
LAHORE: The power shortfall could not dwindle out despite it being a weekend with spans of 8 to 10 hours of load shedding being carried out in cities and 14-hour duration in the rural areas, Geo News reported Sunday.
The government’s failure is out and out conspicuous in Balochistan where the span of power outages swelled to 20 hours, which triggered the problem of water shortage.
Despite the tall claims by the government to cut down the power shortfall with the help of two weekly holidays, shortfall persisted itself with the power production standing at 10,500 Megawatts and demand still rising at 13,900 MWs, according to statistics provided by Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO).
No proper load shedding schedule has been hammered out, as unequal spans of affliction are being carried out in the cities of the country.
The power outage span in Karachi, Islamabad and Faisalabad is three hours; however, this span is ballooned to 12 hours in other cities including Lahore.
In 14 districts of Balochistan, people are being bedeviled for 20 hours a day for ten days now. Water supply is badly affected, which has adversely impacted on agriculture. The problem has forced citizens to run around all day for potable water.
Sindh’s urban areas including Larkana, Qambar Shahdadkot, Nawab Shah, Qazi Ahmed, Jakobabad, Shikarpur, Obaro and Ghotki do not receive power for 12 to 14 hours; while, the rural areas are affected with 14 to 16-hour of load shedding.
Hyderabad is suffering from 8 to 10 hours of load shedding.
The urban areas of Bahawalpur are hit with 12 to 14 hours of load shedding and the span widens 14 to 16 hours in rural areas. It is cotton-sowing season and farmers are in hot waters, as the power crisis made them unable to run their tube wells.
Several hours of load shedding are being carried out in Punjab cities including Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Muzzargarh AND Faisalabad.
The people are facing great problems in hot weather in Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, where 12 to 14 hours of load shedding has made the life miserable in urban areas and 16 hours in rural areas.
The power crisis also sapped the blood from trade life.
Small fire breaks out at U.S. embassy in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A small fire broke out at the U.S. embassy in Islamabad on Sunday, a spokesman said.
The cause of the fire, which erupted in the chancery building, was still not known, said embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire. He said fire trucks had arrived at the scene.
