UN Sec-Gen appreciates efforts of Pakistani peacekeepers

Exhibition displays photographs celebrating more than 50 years of Pakistan’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations

NEW YORK:United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday paid high tributes to Pakistani peacekeepers for their service under the UN flag in hot spots around the world,saying they had made ‘remarkable contribution’ in maintaining peace coupled with helping . . . →Read More:UN Sec-Gen appreciates efforts of Pakistani peacekeepers

World’s most expensive foods

1,2 &3. The most expensive burgers

Where You Can Find It:Serendipity 3,New York

Price:$295

What Makes It So Expensive:Le Burger Extravagant is made with white truffle butter-infused Japanese Wagyu beef,topped with James Montgomery cheddar cheese,black truffles and a fried quail egg. It’s served on . . . →Read More:World’s most expensive foods

NewsCorp to Split into two

NEW YORK — The board of directors at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has approved a plan that calls for splitting the global media conglomerate into two separate companies,one holding its newspaper business and another its entertainment operations,according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

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Facebook aims for $15 billion profit by Increasing Public Offering

New York: Facebook Inc will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 per cent to raise about $15 billion,a source familiar with the matter said,as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumped ongoing debate about the company’s long-term potential to make money.

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Kissinger makes a shocking prediction on current geo-politics

NEW YORK –USA –In a remarkable admission by former Nixon era Secretary of State,Henry Kissinger,reveals what is happening at the moment in the world and particularly the Middle East.

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Occupying Wallstreet for the 99% downtrodden

Protesters at the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York say they are fighting for America’s downtrodden 99 percent. Now some of the hated one percent want it known that they are people too.

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Mubarak family fortune could reach $70bn,say experts

Egyptian president has cash in British and Swiss banks plus UK and US property

President Hosni Mubarak‘s family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East experts,with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London,New York,Los Angeles and along . . . →Read More:Mubarak family fortune could reach $70bn,say experts

Facebook tops Google as most visited site in U.S.

Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010.

The social network site edged out Google.com with 8.9 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2010,while Google.com ranked second with about 7.2 percent of all visits,according to online measurement service . . . →Read More:Facebook tops Google as most visited site in U.S.

Baani D launches in Lahore

“Hip Traditionalism” is how Salma and Aneeka Cheema describe their label,Baani D. The name is an unusual coinage of the Urdu word baani (founder) and D for design.

The banker and academic/textile graduate/biochemist sisters Salma and Aneeka began the label earlier this year to address their own wardrobe issues. “We wanted something that . . . →Read More:Baani D launches in Lahore