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US Pastor Launches Anti-Islam Demonstration in Michigan

U.S. pastor Terry Jones' anti-Islam rally in the state of Michigan was cut short by loud counter-demonstrators, who heavily outnumbered his supporters. The controversial pastor...

Senators slam Malik over Terry Jones issue

ISLAMABAD - Exposing Interior Minister Rehman Malik's attempt to dupe the Upper House, senators ridiculed him on Monday, saying the letter of the government against US priest Terry Jones was a mockery of the sentiments of the Muslims. Immediately after commenting on the unanimous resolution against the burning of the holy Quran by US pastor Terry Jones, Malik circulated a letter which the government had written to Interpol against the priest, among the members of the House.
After

US urged to register cases against Terry Jones

LAHORE - Speakers at an interfaith relations dialogue seminar demanded that the United States (US) administration and international powers should register cases against Terry Jones and his disciple Wayne Sapp under terror clauses for violating the UN charter and basic human rights to stop extremists in the future. They also demanded that the United Nations Organisation (UNO), US, human rights organizations and other international powers take immediate measures for necessary law making

LHCBA holds rally against Terry Jones

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Friday took out a rally to condemn the desecration of the Quran by Pastor Terry Jones. The protestors marched from the LHCBA to the Mall at GPO Chowk, where they raised slogans condemning the incident. Earlier the bar held a meeting in which they decided to take out this rally. In the general house meeting, they demanded the government approach the International Court of Justice for Jones's trial.
They demanded that Jones

Religious parties vent ire on US, Terry Jones

LAHORE - The Jamaat e Islami (JI) and Tehreek-e Hurmat-e-Rasool(THR) took out separate rallies in the city on Wednesday to condemn the desecration of the Holy Quran by an American pastor. The JI organized its rally at Wahdat Road Park where hundreds of men, women and children turned up to condemn the sacrilegious act. The participants of the rally marched from Wahdat Road Park up to Muslim Town Mor. They were carrying placards condemning the devilish pastor's blasphemous act. Holding

Dow Jones removes two Pakistani firms from SAFE Index

KARACHI - Dow Jones Indexes (DJI), a leading international global index provider, has decided to remove two Pakistani firms listed at the country's stock exchanges from its international indexes.
The total free-float market capitalisation of the reconstituted Dow Jones SAFE Pakistan Titans 15 Index has increased by 2.1 percent or $17 million to $ 8.12 billion from the previous level of $7.95 billion while the total free-float market capitalisation increased to $370.88 billion

A minute with Rashida Jones and Chris Messina

LOS ANGELES - Rashida Jones and Chris Messina are both actors currently at the top of their game. In addition to her role on the NBC comedy 'Parks and Recreation,' Jones has appeared in films as varied as 'The Social Network' and 'I Love You, Man.' After making his mark on 'Six Feet Under,' Messina has enjoyed breakthrough roles as devoted husbands in 'Julie & Julia' and 'Away We Go.'
Now the two star as an engaged couple put to the test in the gritty indie 'Monogamy,' in which

Bashed but not broken, Jones dreams of England

BIRMINGHAM - Simon Jones, a fast bowler whose England test career was halted in its prime by one debilitating injury after another, wakes to a daily routine of strengthening exercises and icing his battle-weary limbs. He is the virtually forgotten spearhead of his country's glorious 2005 Ashes triumph over a previously dominant Australian team but at 32 refuses to believe his days representing England are over.
True, Jones has accepted that the rigours of five-day test cricket

Jones wary of X-Men role

January Jones was reluctant to sign up to play a sexy mutant in 'X-Men: First Class', because the film is set in the same era as her TV show 'Mad Men'. The actress has become one of Hollywood's hottest properties since landing her role as Betty Draper in the retro series,
which is set in the world of 1960s advertising. And Jones admits she was fearful about heading back to the past again to play telepathic Emma Frost in the comic book prequel, because the X-Men role is set in

Marie Jones : Third woman to win nine CWG gold medals

Leisel Marie Jones became the only third woman to win nine gold medals in the Commonwealth Games history. The Australian swimmer achieved this feat by winning the women's 100m Breaststroke at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex, Talkatora Gardens on Friday, October 8. She has now won this event three times in a row at the Commonwealth Games. Australian Susie O'Neill and Petria Thomas are the other two women to have won nine or more gold medals in the Commonwealth Games.