Chief of Pakistan's top intelligence agency, Inter-service Intelligence (ISI), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, said Thursday that the western powers are involved in the terror activities in the country, according to a local TV Channel Samaa report.
During a briefing at the National Security Committee session chaired by Senator Raza Rabbani, the chief said "foreign powers are involved in terrorism and destabilization of the country."
The policy against terrorism should be co-related with the national interest, said Pasha, adding that "the U.S. policy against terrorism is under consideration and the changes will be brought with time in accordance with the national interest."
According to the report, the committee members have demanded the clear changes in the policies against terrorism in the country.
The 2nd Paul?
SINGAPORE — A crowd of soccer fans leans forward as Mani, Singapore's World Cup-forecasting parakeet, creeps out of his small wooden cage and chooses between two white cards — one hiding the flag of the Netherlands, the other Spain.
If the bird's many new believers are right, Holland will win its first World Cup championship Sunday. Mani grabbed a card in his beak Friday and flipped it over to reveal the Dutch flag.
The 13-year-old parakeet has become a local celebrity after its owner, M. Muniyappan, claimed Mani accurately forecast the World Cup's four quarterfinal games and Spain's semifinal victory over Germany.
"He's a special bird," Muniyappan said.
Mani joins Paul the octopus, who has correctly predicted the winner of every World Cup match played by Germany, as overnight stars as interest in soccer's biggest tournament peaks and gamblers look for any edge to pick winners.
Busy Social Life Is Key to Beating Cancer
An active social life may help patients fight cancer, according to a new study that links the stress of relationships to reductions in the size of cancerous growths, The London Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
Experiments found that moving cancer-stricken mice from private lodgings into more spacious shared accommodations led to an average reduction in the size of tumors by 77 percent.
After three weeks, 5 percent of mice in the experiments showed no evidence of cancer.
Matthew During, of Ohio State University, told the newspaper the findings suggest cancer treatments should focus on living a "richer life, socially and physically" rather than minimizing stress.
"This paper really suggests if we look at people more in terms of their perceptions of disease, their social interactions and environment, we could realize a profound influence on cancer," he said.
The study was published in the medical journal Cell.
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Twitter Takes You Shopping with @Earlybird
Twitter recently announced a new service that will deliver information on exclusive offers, previews, and events from select advertising partners to Twitter users. Called, @earlybird, the advertising project is simply a Twitter stream operated by the microblog that will send out exclusive, limited-time offers and deals every day.
At launch, it appears @earlybird will only be offering deals to users in the U.S., but Twitter says it intends to expand the service to other locations in the coming months. The company is also hinting that it may take advantage of the microblog's geolocation features to offer location-based deals in the future, but right now it will only be offering deals from national companies. Twitter may also look at creating other @earlybird accounts for specific categories such as fashion or music.
1 pound = Rs. 70
The British economy, which, along with that of the Euro had drastically detoriated in the past few months has gained momentum in the past few days.
While the Euro is still struggling to keep up, the British currency, Pound Sterling, finally reached a landmark of 70 rupees per pound. Until last week, the pound was only around 65-67 rupees.
Happy English, sad Indians.
Muralidharan riding off into the horizon
Sri Lanka's legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs, will retire from international cricket after the first Test against India in Galle starting July 18.
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He has played 132 Tests and taken a staggering 792 wickets from the format, taking his international cricket tally to over a thousand wickets, the most by any cricketer in the history of the game. Hats off!
Muralidharan's profile
Muttiah Muralitharan 's Player Profile
Born: Apr 17 , 1972, M Muralitharan
Team: Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings
Batting Style: RHS
Bowling Style: RHS
Test Debut: vs Australia - Aug 28-Sep 2, 1992
ODI Debut: vs India - Aug 12, 1993
Twenty20 Debut: vs New Zealand - Dec 22, 2006
Muttiah Muralitharan 's Batting Average
| Class | Mat | Inns | No | Runs | Hs | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
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| IPL | 37 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 69.23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| ODIs | 336 | 159 | 60 | 663 | 33* | 6.77 | 76.83 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11 | 128 | 0 |
| TEST | 132 | 163 | 55 | 1256 | 67 | 11.63 | 70.4 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 29 | 72 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan 's Bowling Averages | |||||||||||||
| Class | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Bbi | Bbm | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 | ||
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| IPL | 37 | 936 | 994 | 42 | 2/39 | 2/39 | 23.67 | 6.37 | 22.29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ODIs | 336 | 18169 | 11885 | 515 | 7/30 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.92 | 35.28 | 10 | 0 | ||
| TEST | 132 | 43669 | 17989 | 792 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 22.71 | 2.47 | 55.14 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 11 | 258 | 266 | 13 | 3/29 | 3/29 | 20.46 | 6.19 | 19.85 | 0 | 0 | ||
