By Jonaid Iqbal A man explains Chinese script writing to a woman at his stall during Chinese Cultural Week at the Pakistan National Council of Arts. Culture Killer sketches stir row in Brazil LIVE BLOGGING Reclaiming our pride ISLAMABAD: The China Cultural Week started at the National Arts Gallery on Friday with exhibitions of Shanghai Expo 2010 photographs and books on Chinese language. Minister for Culture Pir Aftab Shah Jilani and Chinese envoy Liu Jian jointly inaugurated the week to commemorate the 61st anniversary of founding of the Chinese republic. In their speeches the minister and the ambassador termed the … Continue reading Chinese cultural week opens in Pakistan

FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2010 file photo, US special envoy to Pakistan Richard Holbrooke visits Pakistani children who survived floods and live in a camp set up for displaced people in the Makli area of Sindh province, Pakistan. – AP Pakistan Pakistan floods hit more than 10,000 schools: UN CASH, NOT FOOD Aid for sale in Pakistan as refugees want cash ISLAMABAD: Concerned that US help to Pakistan is not getting enough recognition, Washington is making a new push to get international aid groups it funds to advertise the fact. But it is meeting resistance from partners worried … Continue reading US wants more aid recognition in Pakistan

Allah ki marzi amina.jilani@tribune.com.pk Amongst the incredible amount of topics that need to be written upon in these days of non-stop news on the smutty doings of our politicos and the establishment in general is one of the many ignored matters which is steadily dragging Pakistan backwards. In an account of visits to the many relief camps set up for the flood affectees was this alarming sentence: “Almost all women around 30 years of age are either pregnant or carrying an infant and have a minimum [yes, a minimum] of three offspring in tow.” But it is not so with … Continue reading

Revealed in every tiny detail: The secret life of harvest mice as never seen before By DAILY MAIL REPORTER A stunning and rare insight into the secret tiny lives of adorable harvest mice is revealed in incredible pictures captured painstakingly over 12 months. Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert, both from the Alsace, France, spent the year snapping the furry subjects in a project that ended with their release into the wild. Laying patiently in meadows and reed beds, the pair were able to capture the fascinating images. One shows a mouse being suspended in the air on the tails of … Continue reading Harvest Mice

The Arrivals: The sooner they depart the better The Arrivals: The sooner they depart the better 15 August, 2010 – 17:39 — Beast By: Irfan Jalil We love a good argument. We can debate the correct length of a beard with the best of them. We can rip into each other over whether Muslims are allowed to vote. We will accuse fellow Muslims of committing shirk and bid’ah and being kafir. We can tear ourselves apart over whether it’s OK to celebrate Milad. Argument is keeping us in a perpetual fight with each other. But nothing unites Muslims like a … Continue reading The Arrivals ! – Have You Seen It?

Older men like George Clooney stay attractive for a decade longer Older men go on being physically attractive to women for at least a decade longer than they used to, as study has shown. By Heidi Blake telegraph.co.uk George Clooney is 49 Photo: GETTY IMAGES The modern man is capable of turning a woman’s head up to the age of 55, while 30 years ago few women would have looked twice at a man over 45, the research showed. A greater emphasis on dressing well and keeping fit has dramatically improved the physical attractiveness of older men, according to the … Continue reading Older men stay attractive

Image credit: Anton Spangenberg Sealand skull photos released Columnist: Anton Spangenberg (for more cool stories go to:  http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com  ) An alien survivor from a prehistoric saucer crash? An unfortunate time traveler from the future? A tradesman from a parallel universe? A hitherto undiscovered species? Or a mere freak deformity of a human being? Nobody knows for sure, but no matter the explanation, the Sealand Skull has potential to change the view of the world we live in. The July 2007 discovery of the skull in Olstykke on the Danish island Sealand did however not make headlines and remained largely ignored … Continue reading Skull photos released

Israel seeks release of spy in exchange for extending settlement freeze Binyamin Netanyahu hopes release of spy will appease right wing but US intelligence likely to oppose the deal Chris McGreal in Washington and Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 September 2010 20.40 BST Article history Israelis demonstrating in 2004 for release of Jonathan Pollard, pictured in the poster, jailed by the US for spying for Israel. Photograph: Oded Balilty/APIsrael is seeking the release of an American jailed for life for spying for the Jewish state in return for concessions in the renewed peace process with the Palestinians, including the … Continue reading Free Jonathan Pollard and I will give you a kiss – Netanyahu

‘Muslim Plot to Kill Pope’: Express incites anti-Muslim bigotry again I have written previously about how Richard Desmond’s Daily Express has consistently over the years carried highly inflammatory anti-Muslim headlines. Today’s front page story based on yesterday’s arrests of six men thought to be mainly of North African origin is no different. The six men have not yet been charged with having committed any offences and it could be that they may have done nothing wrong and have been arrested due to mistaken or misleading information given to the police. We will just have to wait and see what the police investigation uncovers. But this … Continue reading Daily Express incites anti-Muslim bigotry again – Muslims and Friends silent!