Sri Lankans display solidarity with Pakistan against NATO attack

Dec 09, Colombo: Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in Colombo on Friday after the Jumma prayers to condemn the actions of NATO/US-ISAF coalition and to denounce the unprovoked attacks of last month that resulted in the deaths of over two-dozen Pakistani soldiers.

The Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association along with Pakistani community in Sri Lanka organized a peaceful demonstration today outside the Devatagagha Mosque in Town Hall, Colombo to protest against the recent NATO attack on Pakistan's military check posts on Afghanistan border.
The Governor of Western Province Alevi Maulana, several Sri Lankan government ministers including Minister Mervyn De Silva, Deputy Mayor of Colombo Municipal Council and several high profile personalities participated in the peaceful protest against the attack, which Pakistan says a blatant violation of its air and ground space.

Protesters including journalists, government employees, lawyers and members of civil society gathered near the Colombo Municipal Council building complex and asked the US and NATO to "Stop terrorizing Pakistan".

A heavy contingent of police was present to provide security to the protesters and to ensure peaceful demonstration. No unwanted incidents took place throughout the protest.

The organizers of the demonstration, Pakistan Sri Lanka Friendship Association, ministers and representatives of political parties addressed protesters and called for a resolute stand against the aggression. They termed the NATO attack as blatant aggression and terrorism, and appealed to the international community to stop such violations.

Pakistan says the attack was unprovoked and officials call it an act of blatant aggression. The United States, which considers Pakistan is critical to bring a settlement to Afghanistan before their planned combat troops pull out in 2014, rejects the accusation.

The speakers of the rally expressed the opinion that the US had begun an undeclared war on Pakistan and accused that its drones had killed thousands of innocent citizens in tribal areas in the name of collateral damages.

The demonstrators pointed out that West displays double standard strategy in targeting Muslim nations while showing a blind eye to their own perpetrations.

They also highlighted that US is pressing Sri Lanka to inquire into the just ended 30 year old civil war, where the Sri Lankan government justifiably used its resources to crush and eliminate the terrorist group LTTE, while killing the innocent people in the name of democracy and peace in other countries.

The demonstrators accused that the Channel 4 documentaries were a pseudo production of LTTE and its western backers seems to have tacit support of the United States.

The protesters said that on one hand the West is bullying Sri Lanka over its ambitious and successful war against terror, while on the other hand the US itself is covertly and overtly killing innocent people throughout the world by concocting 'terrorism theory� for their blatant violation of sovereign nations.

Pakistan outraged by the NATO attack has suspended supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The US-Pakistani relationship has deteriorated following the US raid in May that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

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Brain (computer virus) World's First DOS Virus Made By Pakistani.

©Brain was written by two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who lived in Chahmiran near Lahore Railway Stattion, Lahore, Pakistan. The brothers told TIME magazine they had written it to protect their medical software from piracy and it... was supposed to target copyright infringers only.
The virus came complete with the brothers' address and three phone numbers, and a message that told the user that their machine was infected and for inoculation the user should call them:
"Welcome to the Dungeon © 1986 Basit * Amjad (pvt) Ltd. BRAIN COMPUTER SERVICES 730 NIZAM BLOCK ALLAMA IQBAL TOWN LAHORE-PAKISTAN PHONE: 430791,443248,280530. Beware of this VIRUS.... Contact us for vaccination..."

When the brothers began to receive a large number of phone calls from people in United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere, demanding them to disinfect their machines, the brothers were stunned and tried to explain to the outraged callers that their motivation had not been malicious. They ended up having to get their phone lines cut off and regretted that they had revealed their contact info in the first place. The brothers are still in business in Pakistan as Brain NET Internet service providers with a company called Brain Telecommunication LimitedSee More

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Scientists confirm discovery of Earth 'twin'

Scientists have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet orbiting a star similar to the sun 600 light years away.

 

Kepler-22b is the planet most akin to our own ever discovered and has a radius that is roughly 2.4 times that of Earth.

The planet is positioned in the "habitable zone" of a star - in a 290-day orbit - which means water could exist on its surface. If the atmosphere of Kepler-22b is similar to that of Earth, its temperature would be about 22C.

Scientists do not yet know if Kepler-22b is predominantly made up of rock, liquid or gas, but say its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets.

"This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at Nasa headquarters in Washington.

"Kepler's results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASA's science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about our place in the universe."

Nasa's Kepler mission has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, ten of which are near Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. These discoveries need to be observed further to determine if they are actual planets.

Natalie Batalha, Kepler deputy science team lead at San Jose State University in California, said: "The tremendous growth in the number of Earth-size candidates tells us that we're honing in on the planets Kepler was designed to detect: those that are not only Earth-size, but also are potentially habitable."

"The more data we collect, the keener our eye for finding the smallest planets out at longer orbital periods."

The Kepler telescope discovers planet candidates by measuring dips in the brightness of more than 150,000 stars, which is seen as an indication of a planet transiting in front of a host star. It requires at least three transits to verify a candidate as a planet.

Fortune smiled upon us with the detection of this planet," said William Borucki, who led the team that discovered Kepler-22b.

"The first transit was captured just three days after we declared the spacecraft operationally ready. We witnessed the defining third transit over the 2010 holiday season."

This diagram compares our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first "habitable zone" planet discovered.

Courtesy: BBC.CO.UK

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Walking to mosques is a wonderful sport

After many studies on athletics, scientists have found that people who used to practice jogging or walking, have muscles and knees in a good condition as long as they keep practicing without a stop. Also they found that people who stop practicing are exposed to knees problems.

So they made a result that daily walking strengthen knees, also regular and continuous walking helps the Knee’s cartilage to be used for movement and loading ,sothe knees become used on walking and running for decades without being hurt.



Here, we remember what happened between the prophet peace be upon him and the blind man who asked the prophet to pray at home , but the prophet refused and ordered him to pray at the mosque even in “Fajr prayer” because if he stayed at home , he will be ill by many diseases because of staying without practicing walking.

This is an indication that all orders of this religion are good for us even if we don’t understand what behind the order. The prophet said to his companion (do you want to know what erase sins and raise Muslims to the upper levels in heaven , they said yes, then the prophet said that you must make the ablution perfectly and to walk to mosques and to wait the prayers .)[Narrated by Muslim].

Don’t we have to be proud with this marvelous religion?

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Pakistani Youth Ready For Cyber War

The youth of Pakistan as get blame that a time wasters on social networking and other platforms are now ready for Cyber War against NATO and other Anti-Pakistani elements. The youth named this war as "Operation Green Fog" and the war is already started as the youth attacked on Official fan page of NATO on Facebook & recorded protest by flooding comments on their posts & started sending E-Mails to NATO officials on the giving Email Ids on their website.

The future of Pakistan doing their job greatly without any help of those coward politicians who just want to solve this matter on the conference meeting tables as they did in 1965 war.



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Islam will spread in all places

Researchers say that there are more than 4200 religions in the world and recent statistics illustrate that Islam is the fastest spreading among all religions in the world .Islam is spreading in all continents of the world, as the number of Muslims in 1997 in the six continents was: 780 million in Asia, 308 million in Africa, 32 million in Europe, 7 million in America and 385 thousand in Australia. Now they are about 1.57 billion Muslims, comprising about 21-23% of the world's population so this is the highest rate of growth in the world.

In 1900, number of Muslims all over the world was less than half the number of Christians but in 2025, the number of Muslims will become greater than the number of Christians because of the significant growth of Islamic religion.

Prophet Mohamed peace be upon him talked about an amazing prophetic miracle that Islam will spread in all parts of the earth, He peace be upon him says: (The Islam will spread in all places that have day and night){narrated by Ibn-hiban}. And this means that Islam will reach any area of land that has day and night and this is what really happened as nowadays there are Muslims all over the world.

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Broadcast of 'anti-Pakistan' foreign news channels to be shut: Cable operators

The operators named BBC News as one of the channels to be closed down.

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Cable Operators Association declared Tuesday that they will shut down all foreign news channels airing “anti-Pakistan” content from tomorrow. The decision to shut the channels comes after a media uproar both locally and abroad following a Nato air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border.
During a media conference in Lahore, the operators named BBC News as one of the channels to be closed down, citing their documentary “Secret Pakistan” as one of the reasons for the decision.
The two part documentary series which aired in Pakistan explored accusations by CIA officials and western diplomats that Pakistan was failing to live up to its alliances in the war on terror.
President of the All Pakistan Cable Operators Association Khalid Arain also demanded that Pemra revoke the landing rights of any foreign news channel that was running “anti-Pakistan propaganda”.
“We want to send them a strong message to stop this. If they
don’t stop this, then it is our right to stop them,” Arain said.
The cable operators declared that no foreign anti-Pakistan channel will “ever” be broadcast in the country.
They called on local media to tackle the ongoing negative propaganda by foreign news channels by presenting Pakistan’s viewpoint.

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Pakistan Created World's Smallest Nuclear Weapon

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Pakistan has developed smartest nuclear bombs: report

Islamabad: Pakistan has developed one of the world’s smartest nuclear bombs, Pakistani newspaper The News International reported on Wednesday.

Quoting diplomatic sources, The News said  country’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, during one of his meetings with US officials, had deemed it proper to convey it to the Americans what Pakistan possessed and how the country’s nuclear scientists had secured the defence of Pakistan.

the paper says New Delhi also knows what Pakistan has produced and what is really unmatched. The Indians got and believed that Musharraf intentionally conveyed this to the Americans so that the country is not treated by the US like Afghanistan and Iraq Pakistan is neither a signatory to NPT nor CTBT, however, it has unilaterally decided to use its nuclear programme only as deterrence against any foreign aggression, the newspaper said.

According to the report Islamabad has developed one of the most credible and foolproof command and control systems for its nuclear programme. The US authorities have acknowledged the credibility and security of Pakistan’s nukes, it added.

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Almost 40 Websites Hacked By Pak Cyber Force/Pak Falcons

http://www.galleryspace.in/
http://atwebgraphics.com/
http://ayurvedaneo.com/
http://creativesquare.co.in/
http://drasraohospital.org/
http://enjoyindiatour.com/
http://facingindia.org/
http://hastagallery.com/
http://hyderabadkalibari.org/
http://iapro.org/
http://induritsolutions.com/

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Nokia to Offer Additional 12 Months Warranty

Nokia has introduced Care Protect, an extended warranty offer that was launched yesterday in Karachi.
Nokia Care Protect is an extended warranty offer that can be purchased for nominal charges and offers mobile phone warranty service for additional 12-months after the original Nokia warranty expires.
In other words, with Nokia Care Protect, a Nokia phone will have 24 months warranty in Pakistan.
Nokia says that average phone life for a consumer in Pakistan ranges from eighteen months to twenty four months. The first 12 months are covered by original warranty but after the expiry of the warranty the consumers did not had an option for warranty claims.
Nokia Care Protect is going to resolve this issue, by offering its customers peace of mind and freedom to make the most of their mobile device.
There is no hidden or additional fee involved – with a single, upfront fee, consumers can avail all their mobile phone support and repair needs for another 12 more months after the expiry of the original warranty. Nokia customers have to simply select the plan to match their Nokia mobile device:

• Nokia 1000 to 2000 range &C1, C2, X1, X2, E1, E2 devices
• Nokia 3000 to 7000 range & C3, C5, C6, X3, X5, X6, E5, E6 devices
• Nokia Eseries and Nokia Nseries & C7, X7, E7, N8, N9 devices

There are three easy ways to receive support: online, in-person at any Nokia Care Centre or by phone. Nokia Care Protect gives easy access to Nokia device experts who are available to guide consumers through all their queries and repair needs.
Speaking about the launch of Nokia Care Protect in Pakistan, Reza Burney, Country Care Manager, Nokia Pakistan & Afghanistan said, “Nokia Care Protect is yet another initiative by Nokia Pakistan to delight its consumers. With its extended 12-month warranty, Nokia Care Protect brings greater peace of mind and added convenience to end users. Nokia Care Protect can be purchased for any Nokia Device pertaining to the three pre-defined categories giving consumers easy access to Nokia after-sales service.”
Nokia Care Protect is meant to add a new dimension of facility and ease to Nokia warranty service. For a reasonable charges, Nokia Care Protects gives additional security to let consumers maximize their mobile phone life and stay connected to what matters the most to them.


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Prime Minister Approves 3G Policy in Pakistan

Long awaited approval 3G policy has reportedly been approved by Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, reported Express Tribune.
After PM’s approval the policy will now be forwarded to Cabinet Committee for the final approval from cabinet, before it’s handed over to Ministry of Information Technology for execution.
According to reports, Mr. Gilani chaired this meeting today on 3G, Grey traffic and Additional Spectrum auction for Wireless Local Loop here at Prime Minister’s House where it was agreed that new international players as well as existing operators would also be invited for Instaphone license auction being the sixth licensee in the country.
Ministry of Information Technology gave a presentation on recommendations formulated by Cabinet Committee comprising Dr. Hafeez Sheikh, Minister for Finance, Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Water and Power, and Ghos Baksh Mehr, Minister for Privatization and Dr Asim Hussain, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources.
It was decided that three blocks of 10 MHZs each out of available 3G spectrums would be immediately offered for auction and existing operators can participate in this round as well. New players will also be invited but with provision that if new player is successful in bid then they would be eligible to start operation only after March 2013 when moratorium on new licensing, as per Government’s agreement with Etisalat, would expire.
More spectrums would be made available for 3/4 G services and offered for auction with the provision that winners of such auction will receive amended licenses and allocated frequencies by March 2013 and as such will be able to start their services thereafter.
In order to ensure professionalism and transparency, it was also decided that a committee of Public Sector stakeholders including representatives from Ministries of Finance, Information Technology, PTA and representative of Frequency Allocation Board would supervise auction process. PTA would devise an appropriate methodology to conduct varying component of this auction as decided under the supervision of the Committee.

Via Express Tribune


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New Research on A'ABE ZAM ZAM

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Download Album Of Rare Photos Of The Great Migration Of 1947

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Waheed Murad's Death Anniversary.

Born	Waheed Murad October 2, 1938 Sialkot, British Punjab
Died	November 23, 1983 (aged 45) Karachi, Pakistan

Watch His Films Online Below :

Waheed Murad (Urdu: وحید مراد) (October 2, 1938 – November 23, 1983) was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Waheed is considered to be one of the most famous and influential actors of subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he was the only child of well-off film distributor Mr. Nisar Murad. He got early education from Karachi Grammar School, Karachi, did graduation from S.M. Arts College Karachi, and then masters in English literature from University of Karachi.
He is well-known for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting in films. His romantic style of acting made him popular amongst the young cinema viewers of south asia. One of his blockbuster films is Armaan, which was produced by him, made a pivotal impact on the sub-continental film industry such that the Pakistani film industry was considered as the rising sun and this film made him a superstar overnight. Once, in an interview in 1967, he said that Dilip Kumar, too, was not an immortal actor. Waheed was known as a cheque which could be cashed any where in the country and is the only actor of film industry to secure the highest number of platinum, diamond, golden and silver jubilees.
In November 2010, 27 years after his death, Pakistani president Asif Zardari awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the "star of excellence," an honour given for distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science
 Remembering Waheed Murad - watch movies of Waheed Murad

• Aadmi (1977)
• Afsana (1970)
• Afshan (1971)
• Aahat (1982)
• Andleeb (1969)
• Anjuman (1970)
• Apnay huay paraye (1977)
• Armaan (1966)
• Aulad (1962)
• Awaz (1978)
• Baharo Phool barsao (1972)
• Bandgi (1972)
• Dil mera dharkan teri (1968)
• Chand Suraj (1970)
• Dever Bhabhi (1967)
• Dilruba (1975)
• Doraha (1967)
• Ehsan (1967)
• Eid Mubarak (1965)
• Heera aur Pathar (1964)

• Ik Nageena (1969)
• Ishq mera naa (1974)
• Jab jab Phool khilay (1975)
• Kaneez (1965)
• Khawab aur Zindgi (1973)

• Khlaish (1972)
• Ladla (1969)
• Laila Majnu (1974)
• Jaag utha Insaan (1966)
• Jehan tum wahan ham (1968)
• Mastna Mahi (1971)
• Mulaqat (1972)
• Naag Munni (1972)
• Naseeb apna apna (1969)
• Neend hamari khawab tumharay (1971)
• Nishani (1978)
• Parkh (1978)
• Salgirah (1968)
• Samundar (1968)
• Surayya Bhoopali (1976)
• Tum salamat raho (1974)
• Yehan say wahan tak (1978)
• Zubaida (1976)
• Zalzala (1987)

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Malala Yousufzai to be nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2011.

SWAT: 
Malala Yousufzai, 13, beat 93 contestants from 42 countries to be nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2011. The class 8 student became the first Pakistani to be nominated for the prize, and if selected, she will be given the award by Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu.

The prize is presented to a child with exceptional capabilities whose remarkable acts and thoughts have made a difference in countering problems that affect children around the world. The prize was first launched at the Nobel Peace Laureates’ Summit 2005 and was initiated by the Dutch Organisation KidsRights.

The other four nominated for the award are: Liza (17) from Palestine, Michaela (17) from South Africa, Nikolay (17) from Armenia and Winfred (14) from Uganda. One of the five nominees will be rewarded with the prize on November 21 (today) and will become the seventh child to get the prize.

Malala’s was nominated because she alone raised her voice for girls’ education during the mayhem in Swat, in which girls were not only banned from attaining schools and colleges, but their schools were destroyed as well. She successfully used national and international media to let the world know about violations of their rights. She fought bravely for girls’ rights in the militancy-hit Swat, focusing on their right to education.

Desmond Tutu, in a press release announcing the nominees, stated, “The five nominated children are very brave since they are fighting for children’s rights in their country every day, sometimes even in dangerous situations. Children are the future, but often they are not heard, the Children’s Peace Prize gives a voice to these unheard voices.”

Malala said, “I am very happy to be nominated along with four other great girls. I am particularly inspired by Michaela who, despite her physical disability, fights for the rights of children with disabilities.”

She added that her nomination in the top five has “doubled her courage” as her cause is of great importance, “Irrespective of whether I win the prize I will continue my struggle. I hope to set up a vocational institute for the marginalised girls of this area so they can stand on their feet in the future.”

When asked why she started her campaign for girls’ rights, she said that the mayhem in Swat had “a huge impact on my mind”.

“I could not stand such exploitations; I started my campaign with the help of media and forums, which, with the help of God, was successfully completed.” Malala said she wanted the rest of the world to stop terming the people of Swat as terrorists as they were very peaceful and loving people.

Malala credited her father Ziauddin Yousufzai and her teachers for supporting her in her cause.

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Pakistan, Sri Lanka qualify for ICC Women World Cup 2013

Dhaka,  Pakistan and Sri Lanka Tuesday won their vital cross-over matches in International Cricket Council ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2011 WWCQ in Dhaka, Bangladesh and by virtue of doing so have qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013.

Pakistan Women Cricket Team during Training Session - Reuters File

The two sides will join West Indies & South Africa at the event in 2013 which also features current world champions England, along with Australia, India & New Zealand. Pakistan & South Africa also qualified for ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 by finishing in top four of event. West Indies & Sri Lanka are already qualified for the tournament which will be played in September next year.

Bangladesh & Netherlands will now head to play-offs for ODI status. Hosts will face USA in a bid to gain ODI recognition while The Netherlands will play fellow European ODI side Ireland in a bid to retain ODI status – win or lose, Europe will finish this event with only one ODI women’s side. In ninth/10th play-off, Japan defeated Zimbabwe by six runs in a high scoring match at BKSP 2, securing Ema Kuribayashi’s side ninth place in ICC WWCQ 2011 and its only win of the tournament.

At Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, watched by another fantastic crowd of local support, Sri Lanka took to the field as Bangladesh elected to bat first under bright sunshine. Of most recent meetings between two sides, five in total, Sri Lanka have come out on top all five times and today looked to be no different in showdown between two sides. Sri Lanka’s opening bowler Udeshika Prabhodani had hosts reeling at 13 for three, with departure of key players Ayesha Akhter, Fargana Pinky & Suktara Rahaman.

It was then up to Salma Khatun to lead with captain striking 32 before she was caught by Sherina Ravikumar. Things didn’t get much better for hosts as they managed to make just 100 in less than 50 overs as once again Lanka bowlers continued to hit target.

In reply, Dilani Manodara’s side stumbled in beginning and struggled to secure runs thanks to some tight bowling by hosts. Yashoda Mendis departed early but Inoka Galagedara & Sandamali Dolawatte ensured runs were on board and after their departure it was up to Shashikala Siriwardene to hit side’s winning runs and secure ICC Women’s World Cup qualification for 2013.

At Khanshaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS), Sana Mir’s Pakistan made sure runs went on the board to make it a tough task for Helmien Rambaldo’s side when it came to chasing down the target. Dutch were set a mammoth total of 278 after Sana, along with Bismah Maroof, Nida Dar & Javeria Wadood piled on runs for Pakistan to help on their way to qualification for ICC Women’s World Cup 2013.

Javeria’s 67 along with Nida’s half-century were helped by in-form all-rounder Bismah who finished game 66 not out as side displayed some masterstrokes against Dutch pace and spin attack. In reply, The Netherlands were once again undone by spin, with Bismah & Nida combining to take three wickets each while Sadia Yousuf claimed two wickets. Qanita Jalil’s pace took  early wickets of Rambaldo & Miranda Veringmeier. Dutch batting line-up collapsed for 84, with only Denise Hannema & Kerry Anne Tomlinson managing double figures.

In final fixture of day, Japan took on Zimbabwe in 9th/10th play-off at BKSP 2. Neither side had secured a win in tournament ahead of fixture today but it was Japan’s chance with Kuribayashi’s side finishing victors over their African opponents in a tight contest.

Having won toss, Sharne Mayers elected to field first for Zimbabweans and side’s bowling attack took its time to get going, with Japan not losing its first wicket till it had posted 42 runs on board after Mariko Yamamoto made a patient 38. However, Yamamoto departed after she was bowled by Sinikwe Mpofu. Kuribayashi took 98 balls to reach 47, her highest score of tournament. Zimbabwe’s bowlers did a good job with Japan’s lower order, dismissing last five wickets for 27 runs but not before Japan had posted its highest total of the tournament, 153.

In reply, Zimbabwe’s batters were undone by quickness of Japanese and good bowling from Kuribayashi. Captain took one wicket but also caught both Christabel Chatonzwa & Privilledge Charumbira and ran out her counterpart Mayers. Yamamoto also showed her agility by snaffling key middle-order batter Nonhlanhla Nyathi caught and bowled.

As was case against USA, Zimbabwe fell short of its target, although in this case by six runs and succumbed to fifth and final loss in event. Audrey Mazvishaya & Sarah Dambanevana were well placed to score remaining runs but side ran out of overs after losing key wickets early on and victory was there for Japan.

Tomorrow is a rest day, with play resuming on Thursday. Fixtures: Nov. 24
ODI – South Africa v Pakistan (Winner to 1st/2nd play-off, loser to 3rd/4th play-off) – SBNCS
ODI – West Indies v Sri Lanka (Winner to 1st/2nd play-off, loser to 3rd/4th play-off) – KSOAS
ODI – Ireland v Netherlands (winner qualifies for 5th/6th play-off & retains ODI status, loser to 7th/8th play-off) – BKSP 3
Bangladesh v USA (winner qualifies for 5th/6th play-off and gains ODI status, loser to 7th/8th play-off) – BKSP 2

Nov. 26
1st/2nd play-off – SBNCS
3rd/4th play-off – KSOAS
5th/6th play-off – BKSP 2
7th/8th play-off – BKSP 3

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Warid Restarts SMS Delivery Reports [for Free]

Warid customers reported last Wednesday that they have been receiving delivery reports for SMS messages, a feature that was previously switched-off. However, company didn’t confirm us then about the service or any of its associated charges.

But today, we have got this confirmation that Warid is restarting SMS delivery reports for it’s customers and that too for free (at least for now).

It won’t be out of place to mention that SMS delivery reports offer users an instant notification of the SMS message being delivered to the recipient, adding reliability and dependability in communication.

SMS delivery reports were once free for all operators. However, all of them stopped offering the service back in 2009 in order to balance the load on network.

Currently almost all operators offer SMS delivery reports to their customers as a paid service.

How to subscribe to SMS Delivery Reports?

The SMS Delivery Report Service is available to all subscribers by default. However, the subscriber needs to ensure that they have this feature enabled in their mobile handset.

Price:

The service is currently being promoted free-of-cost, but we know for a fact that service will be charged in future.

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Original Source of SMS Ban Lists Revealed

The whole world has ridiculed the list of over 1,500 banned keywords that was allegedly prepared by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, to be filtered by mobile phone companies for SMS communication before it got leaked last week.

PTA hasn’t denied the list so far, so we are assuming that the list was indeed issued by the authority for SMS filtration.

ProPakistani has now got hands over the original source of English and Urdu lists, which were apparently copied as they were to produce this list of banned keywords to be sent out to operators for the filtration.

Before we go into details here are lists of banned keywords issued by PTA:

• English Language (1159 words/phrases)
• Urdu Language (586 words/phrases)

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Mobile Companies to Filter SMS Content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is reportedly working on a mechanism under which mobile phone operators will filter SMS content for black listed keywords to make sure that SMS messages with bad language aren’t delivered to (intended or un-intended) mobile phone users, told us sources at PTA headquarters.
Though the information we have got is of preliminary nature but we can confirm that a list of almost 1,500 keywords (from both Urdu and English language) has been prepared and sent out to telecom companies to be filtered for any communication over SMS.
For the purpose a letter titled: “Implementation – Content Filtering through SMS” is reportedly on it’s way for telecom companies.
From what it looks like, each and every SMS message will be filtered by mobile companies and will be delivered to other party only if it passes the filter list.

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EU bans 'naked' airport security scanners over cancer fears

Controversial ‘naked’ body scanners, already in use at Manchester Airport, could be withdrawn after EU chiefs warned that they could pose a health risk due to the radiation they emit.
The £80,000 security scanners, introduced to detect suspicious items hidden on passengers, have already been criticised as an invasion of privacy due to the apparent ‘naked’ image that they produce of travellers.
But the new information from the European Commission raises fears that the radiation from the machines could cause long-term health damage such as cancer.

Going through: The scanners are used widely in the U.S. and at Manchester Airport in the UK, where the machines were trialled

The EC has halted all new trials of the machines while a safety report is compiled. A final decision about rolling out the scanners across Britain and the Continent will be made next year.

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Toads can 'predict earthquakes'

 Toads can 'predict earthquakes' and seismic activity

Common toads appear to be able to sense an impending earthquake and will flee their colony days before the seismic activity strikes.

The evidence comes from a population of toads which left their breeding colony three days before an earthquake that struck L'Aquila in Italy in 2009.

How toads sensed the quake is unclear, but most breeding pairs and males fled.

They reacted despite the colony being 74km from the quake's epicentre, say biologists in the Journal of Zoology.

It is hard to objectively and quantifiably study how animals respond to seismic activity, in part because earthquakes are rare and unpredictable.

Some studies have been done on how domestic animals respond, but measuring the response of wild animals is more difficult.

Even those that have been shown to react, such as fish, rodents and snakes tend to do so shortly before an earthquakes strikes, rather than days ahead of the event.

However, biologist Dr Rachel Grant of the Open University, in Milton Keynes, UK, was routinely studying the behaviour of various colonies of common toads on a daily basis in Italy around the time a massive earthquake struck.

Her studies included a 29-day period gathering data before, during and after the earthquake that hit Italy on 6 April 2009.

The quake, a 6.3-magnitude event, struck close to L'Aquila city, about 95km (60 miles) north-east of Rome.

Dr Grant was studying toads 74km away in San Ruffino Lake in central Italy, when she recorded the toads behaving oddly.

Five days before the earthquake, the number of male common toads in the breeding colony fell by 96%.

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That is highly unusual for male toads: once they have bred, they normally remain active in large numbers at breeding sites until spawning has finished.

Yet spawning had barely begun at the San Ruffino Lake site before the earthquake struck.

Also, no weather event could be linked to the toads' disappearance.

Three days before the earthquake, the number of breeding pairs also suddenly dropped to zero.

While spawn was found at the site up to six days before the earthquake, and again six days after it, no spawn was laid during the so-called earthquake period - the time from the first main shock to the last aftershock.

"Our study is one of the first to document animal behaviour before, during and after an earthquake," says Dr Grant.

She believes the toads fled to higher ground, possibly where they would be at less risk from rock falls, landslides and flooding.

Sensing danger

Exactly how the toads sense impending seismic activity is unclear.

The shift in the toads' behaviour coincided with disruptions in the ionosphere, the uppermost electromagnetic layer of the earth's atmosphere, which researchers detected around the time of the L'Aquila quake using a technique known as very low frequency (VLF) radio sounding.

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Such changes to the atmosphere have in turn been linked by some scientists to the release of radon gas, or gravity waves, prior to an earthquake.

In the case of the L'Aquila quake, Dr Grant could not determine what caused the disruptions in the ionosphere.

However, her findings do suggest that the toads can detect something.

"Our findings suggest that toads are able to detect pre-seismic cues such as the release of gases and charged particles, and use these as a form of earthquake early warning system," she says.

Ants ignore quakes

One other study has quantified an animal's response to a major earthquake.

Researchers had the serendipitous opportunity to measure how the behaviour of the desert harvester ant (Messor pergandei) changed as the ground began to tremble in the Mojave Desert, California, on 28 June 1992.

The largest quake to hit the US in four decades struck during the middle of an ongoing study, which measured how many ants walked the trails to and from the colony, the distributions of worker ants and even how much carbon dioxide the ants produced.

However, in response to that 7.4 magnitude quake, the ants did not appear to alter their behaviour at all.

Courtesy: BBC: Earth News

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