Iqbal Latif

Osama widow lived in Karachi for months

The information about Osama crossing over into Pakistan and staying in different cities and towns before moving to Abbottabad came in the testimony given by his widow Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah during interrogation by a joint investigation team (JIT) comprising civilian and military  …

Jordanian Protesters Accuse Queen of Corruption

Jordan Next? May be Libya

"I, Pencil" is an essay by Leonard Read.

I, Pencil- "I, Pencil" is written in the first person from the point of view of a pencil.

The shrinking slick: Red faces at the White House as staff admit BP oil spill is 75% disappeared

Media hypes for nothing, live goes on as world media tries to find another disaster to instil fear and horror! Fear and destruction appeals to mass consumption, happiness is a routine matter.

Moamer Qadhafi 100 young Italian women hired by the Hostessweb agency and urged them to convert to Islam. Each were paid 50 and 60 euros !

Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi gave a speech to 100 young Italian women recruited by a model agency and urged them to convert to Islam, newspapers reported on Monday.

Latif Day out - The Wimbledon Men Final

Villagers in North attack Talibans - People finally get even with Taliban

The people of Hayagay Sharqi held the Taliban responsible for the deadly suicide blast in a mosque that killed 49 worshippers on Friday and launched the action to kill or evict them.PESHAWAR: Hundreds of armed people of Hayagay Sharqi, Kilot, Doon and Man Doog attacked six villag …

Under the same roof, three different views..

Interesting debate on Indian democracy on Rayhan's 'Face book led to this article that Zack and Rayhan separately published today.

Taliban- enforcing morality through caning is like life in the gutters! Shame

Brazen and pitiless attitude of Taliban will go down as most despicable act. Man in modern day and age cannot carry out such humiliation to another human being.

Indian Startup Wants to Sell Cow Urine Cola

Cabinet chief: Obama team 'unreachable'

Sir Gus O'Donnell, Britain's most senior civil servant, exposed transatlantic tension when he protested that Downing Street was finding it "unbelievably difficult" to plan for next month's G20 summit in London because of problems tracking down senior figures in the US administrat …

Hey, that's not Obama! Prom queen Michelle poses with her first love

She has established herself as the First Lady of fashion and has graced the cover of Vogue. But years before taking up residence in the White House Michelle Obama was displaying a style of her own.

Russian Man Dies After Swallowing Bottle Of Viagra

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

Here's what killed your 401(k) David X. Li's Gaussian copula function as first published in 2000. Investors exploited it as a quick—and fatally flawed—way to assess risk. A shorter version appears on this month's cover of Wired.

Slumdog Millionaire – "If it wasn't for Ram or Allah, we'd still have a mother"

The US President, Barack Obama, wants to watch Slumdog Millionaire. White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told reporters during the course of his daily press briefing.

It must be love

Bruni told the recently divorced French president that she knew about his reputation for womanising, Sarkozy replied: "My reputation is no worse than yours. I know you well without ever meeting you. I understand everything about you . . .

'Why it is different this time'

Morgan Stanley Global Economic team today has come out with a report on comparisons with ' The Great Depression....' I thought to re run my article 'Why it is different this time' would be appropriate..

Dubai real estate collapse

The cancelled projects in Dubai include $1.3 billion Nad El Sheeba race course which was being built by Mayden LLC. The $680 million Falcon City of Wonders undertaken by ETA Star has also been scrapped. The Dubai Exhibition City project worth $450 million has also been cancelled.

The new fashion of suicide bombing and Islam!

"Whoever shall kill a man or a believer without right the punishment is hell forever."

If the world could vote

The trends of voting are heavily in favour of Obama in US Presidential elections if the world is allowed to vote. Interesting note, Afghanistan, Iran lean 90/10 predominantly toward Obama, Iraq and Pakistan are favouring Obama but with a 60/40 margin.

Somali pirates celeberate eid on Hijack Boat

Holy celebrations by unholy pirates. These unholy people have past links with Alqaeda. They are sitting on a ship that has in its cargo its cargo T-72 tanks, rifles and ammunition.

Pope Benedict to Visit Arabia?

The mere prospect seems impossible: Pope Benedict XVI as the first modern-day pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula.

The Oil Bubble Will Meet the Same Fate as Tech, Housing

Over the last ten years the S&P 500 has returned a meager 2.88%. Why? Because in the long run the market doesn't like bubbles.

The Only Guide to Happiness You'll Ever Need

For some of us, the ultimate goal in life is happiness. Whether we see fulfillment in our work, contentment in our relationships, passion in our hobbies … we strive to find happiness.

IBM's Answer to the Food Crisis

By tapping a cluster of nearly 1 million PCs scattered around the world, the researchers hope to develop more nutritious, robust strains of rice sooner by completing complex genetic calculations in just one or two years.

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