**JP** News Letter (English)

Ban Ki-moon condemns burning of Holy Quran

United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned recent act of burning of the holy Quran in Florida, by a US priest Terry Jones, triggering fierce protest in the Muslim world. Ben met a group of ambassadors representing Member States of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)...  No Comment

Pakistan

DG FIA resigns

Islamabad:Director General Federal Investigation Agency Waseem Ahmed  sent his resignation to the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday. Sources said that Inspector General (IG) Balochistan... 

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• Blast kills four children in Kohat
• Two Nato tankers set ablaze in Balochistan

S-Asia

India: hundreds ill after eating adulterated flour

Rajasthan: Around 400 people have been admitted to hospitals after consuming adulterated flour, police say. All the patients had consumed snacks made from buckwheat flour. A mill in the northern... 

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• India fake pilot scam: police arrest two DGCA officials
• Nobel laureate Yunus' final appeal rejected

World

Fukushima nuke plant: radioactive leak into ocean 'stopped'

Tokyo: Engineers said a leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been stopped. Tepco said it had injected chemical agents to solidify soil... 

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• US lifts sanctions on Moussa Koussa
• Pro-Gaddafi forces push into east of Brega

Uncensored

Karachi: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi, the southern city of Pakistan, Saud Mirza has claimed to arrest three target killers and recovered illegal weapons and drugs from their... 

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• World Cup 2011: Bookies transfer Rs23 bn
• 51% Pakistanis believe progress possible for the poor

Business

Gas supply suspended to Faisalabad industrial units

Faisalabad: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL)on Wednesday suspended gas supply to 450 industrial units of Faisalabad region. According to the SNGPL the gas supply to Punjab was reduced... 

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• PAC orders action against officials involved in misuse of vehicles
• Business, trade centers close against Bhatta mafia

Sports

Pakistani squad announced for West Indies tour

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced squad for the upcoming tour of West Indies.  Read More →

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• PCB likely to announce team for WI tour today
• Warne wishes to coach Indian team

Style

Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp in Tunisian-Libyan border

Tunis: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Choucha camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR). She was warmly greeted... 

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• In the memory of Elizabeth Taylor
• Deepika refuses Rs 35 million offer

Science

Facebook launches page for journalists

Facebook has launched a media resource page to help journalists use the social network as a reporting tool and better connect with their audience. The "Journalists on Facebook" page... 

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• Karachi youngster invents bike tracker system
• Study says China 'to overtake US on science' by 2013

Health

Meditation can reduce pain

Meditation can have pain relieving effects, said a study released in the Journal of Neuroscience. For... 

• Microchip to power first bionic eye
• Headache the enormous disease

Amazing

2000 years old 70 books found in Jordan

Amman: Some 70 books, made of lead and dating back to over 2,000 years, have been found in a cave... 

• 12 years young girl becomes Pakistan's first lady pilot
• Moon reaches shortest distance from earth

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