Month: September 2013

Likening interview to `phone sex` gets call centre recruit sacked!

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A newly recruited call centre employee was fired even before his first day started at work, after he claimed in his Facebook post that his interview felt like ‘having phone sex’.

John Gibbs, who was hired by West Sussex county council contact centre in Bognor Regis, was asked not to come to the office after the council bosses spotted a series of posts about immigrants and sex on his social networking page, Metro.co.uk reported.

In his post, Gibbs said that the interviewer’s voice was the sexiest and he was aroused by her.

Did Kate take gap year from studies just to be with William at same Uni?

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A new book, titled ‘Kate: The Future Queen’, has claimed that Kate Middleton had knowingly strategized to study with Prince William after learning which university he had chosen.

According to the book, which has been penned by journalist Katie Nichol, the Duchess of Cambridge had rejected her first choice of university so she could be at St Andrews University at the same time as William, the Mirror reported.

SRK starts filming for `Happy New Year` in Dubai

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Shahrukh Khan has started shooting for his upcoming flick ‘Happy New Year’ in Dubai, mere weeks after celebrating the huge success of his last flick ‘Chennai Express’.

According to GulfNews.com, the Bollywood star landed in the city at 11.15am to be on the set of the movie, which is a UAE project led by his director-friend Farah Khan.

The publication asserted that the actor will spend all of September filming the Dubai-based tale.

Documents reveal Al-Qaeda operatives applied for NSA jobs

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The documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reveal that members of the terrorist network al-Qaeda reportedly applied for jobs at the US intelligence agency.

According to the documents, the US government reinvestigates thousands of employees a year to reduce the threat that one of its own may be trying to compromise closely held secrets.

The CIA found that among a subset of job seekers, one out of five had ‘significant terrorist or hostile intelligence connections’, Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Afghan Taliban attacks coalition U.S forces’ base in bordering area with Pakistan

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Afghan Taliban insurgent group early Monday morning launched a complex attack on a U.S. forces” base in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, sources said.

“Militants numbered six or seven use suicide jackets, RPG ( rocket propelled grenade) and heavily weapons in the attack which took place in bordering town of Torkhan in border area with Pakistan,” the source said.

No casualty reports were immediately available, he said, adding the attack took place at around 5:30 a.m. local time, Xinhua reports.

Even short bouts of ”brisk” activity can help cut the flab

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A new research has revealed that for preventing weight gain, the intensity of the activity matters more than duration.

University of Utah researchers found that even brief episodes of physical activity that exceed a certain level of intensity can have as positive an effect on weight as does the current recommendation of 10 or more minutes at a time.

It was suggested that taking the stairs, parking at the far end of the lot, and walking to the store or between errands are choices that can add up and can make a positive health difference.

Kanye West earns $3M for singing at Kazakh prez’s grandson’s wedding

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Rapper Kanye West reportedly banked an estimated 3 million dollars after he was invited to perform at the president of Kazakhstan’s grandson’s wedding.

West flew into Almaty for the gig and hit the stage at the Hotel Royal Tulip to celebrate the new addition to President Nursultan Nazarbayev”s family, Contactmusic reported.

In a video clip of the show, which surfaced online on Instagram.com, the ‘Stronger’ hitmaker can be seen belting out his song ‘Can”t Tell Me Nothing’. (ANI)

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Women more clumsy than men!

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Although females are considered to be the gentler sex, a majority of women have admitted that they are clumsier than men, a new study has revealed.

The research conducted by Brighton and Sussex Medical School found that four in ten females described themselves as butterfingers compared with just one in four men, Metro.co.uk reported.

It was found that spilling food or drink was the most common mishap, followed by bumping into someone.

Egypt deports three members of Al-Jazeera crew

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Egyptian authorities have announced deportation of three television crew members of the Qatar-based English news broadcaster Al-Jazeera, who were detained for nearly a week for working illegally.

Al-Jazeera English correspondent Wayne Hay, cameraman Adil Bradlow and producer Russ Finn, who were detained since Tuesday, had left Cairo for London on Sunday, Politico reports.

An official, on condition of anonymity, told that Al-Jazeera crew members were detained for working in Egypt without a permit to use satellite transmitters.

John Kerry likens ‘dictator’ Assad to Hitler, Saddam over chemical weapons use

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has compared Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to “Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein”.

The comments from Kerry came as lab tests proved the sarin nerve agent was used to kill nearly 1,500 civilians. Kerry told NBC’s ‘Face the Nation’ that Assad has joined the list of Hitler and Hussein, who have used these weapons in time of war, the New York Post reports. Kerry called the attack an ‘affront against the decency and sensibilities of the world’. (ANI)

U.S. mission in Lahore closed indefinitely over insufficient security setup

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The United States mission in Lahore has been closed for an indefinite period for being susceptible to potential security threat and inability of Pakistani government in providing sufficient security.

All non-emergency staff from the U.S. Consulate in Lahore has been shifted to the Islamabad Embassy, while a few have been called back to the U.S., The Nation reports.

According to the report, there was currently no indication on re-opening the Lahore mission.

Pak might further delay YouTube ban upliftment amid reports of change in IT ministry

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Pakistan might reportedly delay uplifting the YouTube ban, even as it gets the missing filters to block offensive content online, after the Information Technology (IT) secretary was changed last week.

New IT secretary, Akhlaq Ahmed Tarar, who will chair the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) meeting on whether to remove or not remove the ban on YouTube, has said that he needs little time to get acquainted with the issue, The Express Tribune reports.

2,332 Indian fishermen detained in last five years in Pakistan

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A recent document has revealed that over 2,332 Indian fishermen have been detained by Pakistan in the last five years over the violation of maritime boundary.

According to the documents placed in Parliament, Pakistan has also released 1,959 Indian fishermen between 2008 and 2013, the Daily Times reports.

The report revealed that some 229 Indian fishermen were released in 2008, 100 in 2009, 454 in 2010, 103 in 2011, 680 in 2012 and 393 in 2013.

PTV fails to bid for cricket rights of SA, Sri Lanka series

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State-run Pakistan Television (PTV) will miss out on cricket rights for the South Africa and Sri Lanka series to be played in Dubai in the next six months, after failing to bid for them.

According to The Daily Times, it is yet to be determined that whether it was a deliberate miss out by PTV to benefit the other parties in the competition or it was due to the sheer negligence and incompetence of the PTV management.

`Protein loaded` crickets are new future food!

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Nutritious, protein-packed and sustainable insects are apparently the next big thing in food.

The crunchy and nutty flavoured crickets are increasingly coming up as a sustainable snack, the New York Daily News reported.

Aruna Antonella Handa, an advocate of eating bugs, said that insects seem like a really good solution to the future of food, but also the most toxic in terms of resistance from the public.

India agrees to handover Jinnah’s 1947 Independence speech recordings to Pakistan

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India has agreed to hand over two important recordings of Pakistan’s famous Independence Day speech given by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1947.

In an interview, All India Radio Director General Leeladhar Mandloi revealed that the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given a green signal for handing over the recordings to Pakistan, the Daily Times reports.

The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation had earlier requested India for the recordings.

US ambassador to Brazil summoned over new spying allegations

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The American ambassador to Brazil was summoned by authorities today over new allegations that the US National Security Agency spied on President Dilma Rousseff, an official said.

Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper who obtained secret files
from NSA leaker Edward Snowden, told Brazil’s Globo television yesterday of the alleged security breaches, which also
involved Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

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13/7 blasts: MCOCA court issues transfer warrant against Yasin

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A special MCOCA court today issued a transfer warrant to obtain custody of top Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar in connection with the 2011 triple blasts that killed 27 people.

The court has issued transfer warrant against Bhatkal and Akhtar alias Haddi alias Tabrez in connection with the 13/7 blasts case,” said Sharif Sheikh, one of the defence lawyers in the case.

During the hearing, ATS told the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court that interrogation of Bhatkal and

Pak Govt. denies initiating peace talks with Taliban

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Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected as false reports that the government has initiated a dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Nisar said the government has finalised a policy and strategy against terrorism and would implement it after consulting key political parties of the country, the Daily Times reports.

Nisar said that it would be “premature” to say that the government has initiated the dialogue process with the Talban, citing the sensitivity and complexity of the issue. (ANI)

Saudi princess dishes out USD 62 million for Geneva estate

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A Saudi princess has bought a historical Geneva estate that once belonged to a former Swiss president for 57.5 million Swiss francs (USD 62 million, 47 million euros), media reported today.

Princess Latifa Bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is 54 and a daughter of former king Fahd, bought the 18,800-square-metre (202,362-square-foot) estate from the wealthy Nordmann family that co-owns upscale department store
chain Manor and the maker of Lacoste clothing.

The purchase price for the property, which once belonged to Gustave Ador who served as Swiss president early in the

Murder case registered against Musharraf over Lal Masjid operation

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A case has been registered against former president Pervez Musharraf for the murder of Abdul Rashid and his mother during the Lal Masjid operation.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) stopped Station House Officer (SHO) Aabpara Police Station, Qasim Niazi from leaving the courtroom, asking him to leave only after registering a case against Musharraf. According to the Express Tribune, after the case was registered, he left the courtroom.

Pak Taliban ransacks house of sacked Punjabi Taliban chief

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The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has allegedly raided the house of sacked Punjabi Taliban chief Asmatullah Muavia in North Waziristan Agency ‘to punish’ him for his readiness to talk to the government.

The TTP had removed Muavia from his position as ‘punishment’ for accepting the government’s recent offer to hold peace talks. According to the Express Tribune, Muavia had said that the Punjabi Taliban had its own shura, decision-making council, and the TTP had no authority to remove him.