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Pak girl commits suicide after parents held in India

KARACHI: A teenaged Pakistani girl committed suicide after her parents were arrested and held in an Indian jail for nearly six months, police officials in Karachi said. Mohammad Hussain, his wife Yasmeen and eight-year-old son Abdul Karim went to see a family in the city of Jodphur in March but were arrested two months later on visa forgery charges. “One of Hussain's six daughters he left at home, 17-year-old college student Saba, became so distressed at her parents' continued detention that she took her own life,” police official Sajjad Hassan said. "On Saturday, she was found unconscious in her house in the evening and was brought to a hospital where doctors found a heavy quantity of poison in her stomach," he added. The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission said in a statement that the girl committed suicide out of desperation and also because the family had little resources to support themselves. "The girl committed suicide to protest against the incr...

Ocean’s Thirteen (Movie Review)

Danny Ocean and his gang are coming back with a big bang, redeeming their initial Ocean’s Eleven high rank after it had been somewhat shaken with Ocean’s Twelve. This time however, the group isn’t in it for the money or the fun, but revenge. When Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) gets betrayed out of a business venture in the latest hotel in Las Vegas by the multi-hotel owner and Vegas mogul Willie Bank, and the old team decides to reunite once again to get back at him, and ruin him for good. But this is no walk in the park, as Bank is running a tight ship, and follows up on the smallest details at his hotel, which he conceitedly called The Bank. And he’s so proud of it, that he’s aiming for earning the 5 diamond rank for it, and if he does, it will be the fifth of his hotels to make that status. Danny (George Clooney), Rusty (Brad Pitt), Linus (Matt Damon), Basher (Don Cheadle) and the rest of the party will have to be seamlessly synchronized in their heist, and they will definitely nee...

The funeral

It’s been almost ten days since the Academy Awards winner Jennifer Hudson has had the shock of having her mother and brother killed back in their Chicago home and her nephew abducted, only to learn a couple of days later that he was found shot in her late brother’s stolen SUV. Yesterday, Hudson has bid farewell to her slain relatives in a very emotional funeral that included rousing gospel performances by her former “American Idol” competitors. Held at Apostolic Church of God on the South Side, the funeral was a closed, invitation-only event where guests had their names on a list and a light blue ticket with "Hudson Family Funeral" printed on it. Celebrity guests included Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot, who were all arriving through a private entrance. No media coverage was allowed on the premises as the police blocked the side-streets all around the church in order to keep all media reporters, photographers, and fans away. The celebration-like gathering got so...

Keanu Reeves is cleared

Almost a week ago, Keanu Reeves’ trial for hitting a paparazzo with his car has begun. Alison Silva, a paparazzo has brought a lawsuit against the “Matrix” star, stating that in March of last year, and as he was trying to get a picture of Reeves in his Porsche as he was leaving his house in Los Angeles, he has hit him with his car. According to Silva, the alleged accident and the resulting injuries has caused him a lot of damages, as he couldn’t work ever since he hurt his wrist in the incident. He was seeking damages of about $640,800 for medical bills, lost wages and punitive damages. In the civil case, Reeves has told the jurors through his hour-long testimony that he kept edging his Porsche forward very slowly in order to get Silva who jumped before his Porsche trying to get a better photo, out of his way, but at no point has he ever hit the paparazzo who wouldn’t move with the car. Keanu also added that as he was moving with his car trying to convince Silva that he had the right ...