The News Tribe (English)

55 FC officials among 87 killed in Charsadda twin blasts

Peshawar: At least 87 people, including 55 Frontier Corps personnel  were killed and more than 115 were injured on Friday when a suicide and bomb attack targeted a FC training site in the Shabqadar Tehsil of Charsadda, police said.

Police said that the incident occurred when new recruits were about to be bussed home on leave from the training centre..

Police and security forces rushed to the spot and shifted the dead and injured to Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar and District Headquarter Hospital. FC Commander Akbar Hoti told media that 20 civilians were among dead.

Pakistan

Osama Operation: Strict security in Islamabad ahead of military briefing

Islamabad: Massive security arrangements have been made ahead of Joint session of the Parliament where the top military brass will brief lawmakers on how Osama bin Laden lived in hiding in Abbottabad... 

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• Court rejects Kazmi's bail plea
• Karachi: Students being sent to SW for militant training

S-Asia

Grameen Bank: Muhammad Yunus quits top post

Dhaka: The founder of the pioneering Bangladeshi micro-lending Grameen Bank is standing down as its head after a long-running row with the government. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said he was... 

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• India wants probe into Osama's presence in Pakistan
• India: Court lifts gag on MP Amar Singh tapes

World

Hosni Mubarak's detention extended for 15 days

Cairo: Egypt's authorities have extended the detention of ousted President Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days. It comes after the 83-year-old was questioned in a hospital in a Red Sea resort... 

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• Security fears for US Navy Seal team after Osama's death
• Opposition says Bashar al-Assad vows not to fire on rally

Uncensored

UN report warns of unsound use of natural resources

New York: A United Nations research revealed that 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted each year in the world.  Read More →

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• Pak-focused online media got 700% extra traffic on Osama's killing
• 'ISI decides to go after Mullah Omar to avert Abbottabad like operation'

Business

Pakistan, Russia sign agreement on investment

Moscow: Pakistan and Russia have singed an agreement on promotion of investment.  Read More →

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• Iran, Iraq, Syria agree on gas deal
• KSE closes 52 points higher

Sports

Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey: Pakistan, Britain & Kiwis eyeing to reach final

Ipoh, Malaysia: Pakistan hockey team along with two others contestants is in a race to secure position in the 20th Sultan Azlaan Shah Hockey Tournament final on Saturday.  Read More →

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• West Indies scored 209 for 9
• Afridi responds to PCB notice

Style

The Black Swan a tremendous movie of the year

Black Swan is a very weird and wonderful film and breaks all records of 2011. This blockbuster film is based on the ballet High Art but it's also a lurid psycho-sexual horror movie, to how... 

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• Shaan vows to fight against tobacco
• Mom is prettier than me

Science

Overall subscription grow by 5.96 million in Ju-Feb

Karachi: The cellular phone subscription witnessed constant growth in the country amid stiff price war and services by operators, crossing 105 million mark in February with addition of 2.37 million... 

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• Report says Microsoft in talks to buy Skype
• NASA to launch next-to-last shuttle on May 16

Health

Anti-retroviral drugs 'help reduce' HIV transmission

An HIV-positive person who takes anti-retroviral drugs after diagnosis, rather than when their health... 

• 48 women raped every hour in Congo
• 15-minute workout can keep you fit

Amazing

UN report warns of unsound use of natural resources

New York: A United Nations research revealed that 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted each year... 

• Pakistani mountaineer hoists national flag on Mount Everest
• Osama's death: US teacher shaves for first time since 2001

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