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The first injunction specifically banning the publication of information on Facebook and Twitter was issued yesterday amid growing fears about the culture of secrecy...

STATS CORNER - The first-ever twenty20 match between West Indies and Pakistan will be played at Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, St Lucia, on Thursday (April 21).
Pakistan have won 27, lost 17 and tied one in 45 matches played so far while West Indies have won 11, lost 15 and tied two in 28 T20 matches they played. Though Pakistan and the West Indies never faced each other in T20 matches but Pakistan have played six Twenty-20 matches in West Indies. They have won two and

LONDON - Gold rose above $1,500 an ounce for the first time ever as the dollar wilted, oil rose, worries over the U.S. economic outlook boosted demand for the metal as a haven and rising inflation lifted Asian demand.
Spot gold hit a high of $1,505.40 an ounce and was bid at $1,501.10 an ounce at 1403 GMT, against $1,493.90 late in New York on Tuesday. U.S. gold futures for June delivery rose $6.70 an ounce to $1,501.80.
Silver tracked gold higher, extending a stellar

LAHORE - Young Leaders' Conference (YLC) is celebrating its first decade of changing lives for the better. The theme for this year is Faith, Unity, Discipline. Preparations are at their peak as the big conference is just two months away. 350 youth from all over the country and other parts of the world will participate in the six-day event lead by Malik Khashkilly from Khairpur and Bilal Nazar from Nawabshah. The participants will interact and network with each other and leading

SAN ANTONIO - Rookie Brendan Steele battled strong winds and tenacious rival Kevin Chappell to win the Texas Open Sunday, firing a final-round 71 to seize his first US PGA Tour title. Steele, who led by one stroke going into the round, delivered a one-under final round for an eight-under total of 280.
He finished one stroke in front of fellow rookie Chappell, who carded a 70, and Charley Hoffman, who made a push up the leader board with a 68 for 281.
It was a further stroke

KARACHI - The first 'Youth Theatre Festival' would be organised from April 27, Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Subzwari announced on Monday. Presiding over a meeting held at his office, the minister said that the two-day event would be organised in collaboration with the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi.
He further pointed out that the festival would help provide a platform to youngsters to display their talents and abilities. Sindh Youth Affairs Secretary Shoaib

TOKYO - Japanese nuclear regulators said that robots have obtained the first radiation readings from inside the stricken Fukushima power plant's tsunami-damaged reactor buildings.
The officials at Japan's nuclear safety agency said Monday that readings from inside the plant's number one and number three reactors show repair crews can go inside the buildings, but only for short periods of time.
The finding improves the chances that the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which owns

WASHINGTON - The first round of talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the release of the next instalment of monetary aid had come to a close, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
According to the TV channel's sources, the Pakistani delegation, headed by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh discussed the release of the next tranche with the IMF. During the first round of talks, Pakistan had faced difficult questions because of a bad economic

MADRID - Football fans are in for a treat as bitter rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid gear up to face each other four times in 18 crucial days, beginning with Saturday's league 'El Clasico' at the Santiago Bernabeu. Barcelona and Real will lock horns in the league, Kings Cup final and then over two legs in the Champions League semi-final in a crucial period that could make or break their respective seasons.
Champions Barcelona hold a commanding eight point lead over Real in the

KARACHI - Inflow of Portfolio Investment has compensated for a decline in the inflow of Foreign Direct Investment to Pakistan during the first nine months of FY11.
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) underwent a 28 percent decline and stood at $1.08 billion in the aforementioned period of FY11 compared to $1.50 billion received in the same period of FY10.
However, Portfolio Investment (PI) recorded an inflow of $235 million from July-March FY11 compared with an outflow of

SHANGHAI - China said Sunday it had posted its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years, despite a narrow surplus in March, as rising commodity prices pushed manufacturers' costs higher.
China recorded a small trade deficit of $1.02 billion for the first quarter, its first since the beginning of 2004. But analysts said a large trade surplus was expected for the full year as its exports tend to grow later in the year.
"China's demand is strong and the prices of bulk

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will have its first on-grid solar system soon as the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is going to install an on-grid solar electricity generation system in less than a year at its building in Islamabad. This solar system, first of its kind in Pakistan, will convert six-storied PEC building on solar energy by February 2012.
PEC Chairperson Senator Rukhsana Zuberi said in a press conference on Saturday that the government of Japan extended a grant of 480

LOS ANGELES - Robbie Robertson has just released his first album in 13 years, but the former guitarist/songwriter for 'The Band' was far from a gentleman at leisure in that time.
The 67-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer worked as an executive at the now-defunct DreamWorks Records, composed movie soundtracks for his friend director Martin Scorsese, and oversaw various Band reissue projects. For "How To Become a Clairvoyant," his fourth solo album since 1987, Robertson

ROME - World food prices fell for the first time in eight months in March after record highs largely due to oil prices, though the situation remains volatile, the UN's food agency said on Thursday.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation's Food Price Index dropped to an average 230 points in March, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March 2010, the Rome-based agency said.
"The decrease in the overall index this month brings some welcome

LONDON - Britain's first official royal app was launched on Tuesday, and with the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton just weeks away, unsurprisingly it focuses on royal weddings.
The "Royal App", launched by the Royal Collection, will feature details of seven previous weddings, including Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert in 1840 and the 1981 wedding of William's father Prince Charles to Princess Diana.
It culminates with Charles's wedding to second wife

GUWAHATI - Tens of thousands of Indians in the insurgency-racked state of Assam cast votes on Monday for a state assembly, with the ruling Congress party seen as the early favourite in its first big test since it became embroiled in several corruption scandals.
Five states, from which come just over a fifth of members of the 545-member lower house of the national parliament, are holding elections for state assemblies that run until mid-May, and a good showing by Congress will

GUWAHATI - Tens of thousands of Indians in the insurgency-racked state of Assam cast votes on Monday for a state assembly, with the ruling Congress party seen as the early favourite in its first big test since it became embroiled in several corruption scandals.
Five states, from which come just over a fifth of members of the 545-member lower house of the national parliament, are holding elections for state assemblies that run until mid-May, and a good showing by Congress will