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Friday, July 10, 2009 , SAN FRANCISCO: General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command in charge of the wars in the Middle East, and architect of the troop "surge" was target of a protest here for his part in torture and killing civilians, Geo News reported Friday. A major demonstration was held when Petraeus spoke here at the Marines Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter St., 2nd floor. "Afghanistan is not the 'good war,'" said a spokesperson for World Can't Wait, an organizer of the demonstration. "General Petraeus should answer for his criminal role in the 'war on terror' and the huge escalation in Afghanistan." Peace activists said that under Petraeus' command, pilotless drones have resulted in "mass murder" of civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "No amount of slick PR packaging can render Petraeus anything better than a war criminal. There is a huge blanket of lies and ignorance surrounding the killing in Afg...

Friday, July 10, 2009 NEW DELHI: Town’s hottest hunk John Abraham may have impressed us in ‘New York’ but the actor may land in serious trouble soon because of an obscene photograph published in a newspaper.Reportedly an NGO had approached the Moti Nagar police station in Delhi to register a case against the actor, publisher and editor of the daily in which the photo was published. Later the NGO knocked the doors of the city’s court for justice. Resulting this, the magistrate has ordered the police to submit the report within two weeks after which the actor may land in jail.According to the NGO, the photograph which is available in public could corrupt young minds which can be dangerous.Advocate Ramesh Chabbra who is representing the NGO says, “In the photograph, the actor is covering his private parts with his hands while his trousers are below his knees.” “The photo is in very bad taste and the complaint was filed under Sections 292 and 294 of the Indian Penal Code.”The hearing of t...

Friday, July 10, 2009 , ISTANBUL: Sajjadah 1426 (Sajjadah means "prayer rug" in persian/turkish and 1426 stands for 2005 in Islamic calendar) is a high tech carpet for Muslims who have to turn to the Mecca and pray five times a day. The rug indicates the right direction via the data coming from a compass module embedded inside the prayer mat. The closer to the direction of the Makkah the rug is turned, the brighter the Electro Luminescent panel. A prayer rug is a small and portable carpet that Muslims put on the floor when they perform their prayers. Its main function is to provide a clean and isolated platform for the prayer. With the specific patterns on its surface, it also aims to bring the atmosphere of a mosque to wherever they take it. Muslims pray five times a day. The only product they need to perform their prayers is a prayer rug. And there is one thing they need to be careful about: the holy city of Makkah, the direction towards which they should perform their pr...

Friday, July 10, 2009 , LONDON: A new television advertisement featuring infants, which stirs you to smile, is among the most watched clips over the webscape, Geo News reported Friday. If Evian's latest advertisement is anything to go by, mothers should forget about milk and start feeding their babies water. The commercial shows a group of acrobatic babies getting the power to move like the late King of Pop Michael Jackson - apparently thanks to the mineral water's health-giving properties. In the film, a troupe of 96 roller-skating babies grooves to a remix of the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight, all thanks to some nifty special effects. One child presses play on a giant ghetto blaster and then starts performing a series of flips and somersaults. At least 3.5 million have watched this ad over Internet at youtube during one week.

Friday, July 10, 2009 L'AQUILA: The G8 group of rich nations and 19 partner countries agreed Friday to put together a package worth at least 15 billion dollars to boost agriculture and food security in the developing world. "There is an urgent need for decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty," G8 leaders said in a statement issued on the last day of their summit in Italy, at which they were joined by African heads of state.

Friday, July 10, 2009 , HYDERABAD: Sania Mirza's days of singledom come to an end tonight with the Indian tennis ace all set to get engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza in a private ceremony. Sohrab is an MBA student and son of a city-based businessman. The 22-year-old Sania and Sohrab (23) will exchange rings at 8.30pm at a posh city hotel tonight. With two cupid-struck youth creating nuisance outside Sania's Banjara Hills residence in the last two days, the city police have made tight security arrangements to ward off any trouble at the function. The Mirza family have gone to great lengths to keep the function a private affair, away from media glare. "This is a private affair and we request the media to cooperate with us," Sania's father Imran Mirza told mediapersons who gathered outside their residence. Sohrab is pursuing MBA in Britain and his father owns a chain of bakeries in the city. The groom's family, who migrated from Iran many years ago, lives...