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LOS ANGELES - Why do most Indian films that tackle the horror genre don't really succeed in their endeavour of scaring the viewer? I mean, real stories concerning supernatural forces continue to make the rounds to this date and make us break into a cold sweat, especially when you listen to them in rapt attention at nights.
So why don't these stories succeed in their motive of scaring us in the dark confines of a cineplex? Stories about ghosts, spirits, haunted mansions and

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels the national side's preparations
for the 2011 World Cup are not on the right track and it is high time the selectors picked the preliminary squad to give enough time to the players to gel as a unit.
Akram's statement echoed the views of Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis who have stated that Pakistan needs to step up its preparations for the World Cup starting February 19.
"It is good they (Afridi and Younis) have spoken

LAHORE: Students studying in four-year BS honours program at Islamia College Civil Lines criticized the government and the college administration on starting semester exams without completing the due credit hours and course.
Students said that college administration did not even issue a date sheet and started exams without informing students who were avoiding coming to college because of IJT activists' torture. They said that without completing course sitting in exams will

Gwyneth Paltrow has confirmed she's been left out of 'The Avengers' movie, insisting studio bosses "would have asked by now" if they wanted her to take part.
The upcoming superhero blockbuster, written and directed by Joss Whedon, will feature a star-studded cast with Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk and Chris Hemsworth as Thor, while Samuel L Jackson will reprise his role as Nick Fury.
Paltrow has played Iron Man's

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Tuesday directed the Punjab government not to take any disciplinary action against teachers of public-sector colleges who protested against establishing board of governors (BoG) in educational institutions on December 9 and were tortured by police. The LHC CJ issued these orders while proceeding on a suo motu notice against police torture of protesting teachers and students outside the Punjab Assembly. The

ISLAMABAD - Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira denied reports of differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani over the removal of Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Azam Swati from the federal cabinet, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Talking to journalists, the minister defended the sacking of Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Azam Swati as federal ministers, saying that it was the demand of the judiciary and the media. He quoted the

LONDON: Freida Pinto may have become globally famous with her role in `Slumdog Millionaire` but she was surprised to find out that no one recognised her when she visited the slums of Mumbai recently. The Mumbai-born actress visited the slums with an NGO and was surprised to find that no-one knew her, an Indian magazine reported. "People in the city recognise me as the girl from `Slumdog Millionaire`, and inevitably they stare. But when I visited the slums with an NGO, nobody

ALGIERS: The African Union does not favour sanctions for now over a disputed presidential election in Ivory Coast and will instead stick to quiet diplomacy, the Union's top security official said on Sunday.
A row over who won an election on November 28 has left Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, in a state of paralysis with the president and his rival running parallel administrations, and many people fear an outbreak of violence. Asked in an interview with Reuters if

ISLAMABAD: Religious Affairs Secretary Agha Sarwar Qazilbash on Saturday told the special committee of the Public Accounts Committee that his ministry had not yet received any directions from the prime minister regarding the role of the Foreign Ministry in Haj affairs.
The special committee of the PAC met with Riaz Hussain Pirzada in the chair to review audit reports of the Ministry of Religious Affairs for the year 1996-97. Qazilbash told the committee that investigations into

UNITED NATIONS: India has not abandoned the $7.3-billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project and is seriously looking for courageous insurance companies to underwrite the project, a senior diplomat attached to the Permanent Mission of India to the UN said on Saturday.
As the natural gas comes via Pakistan from Iran, there are some serious security concerns. "Apart from what we see is happening in the world today, we need Lloyds or other major global insurance giants setting

LAHORE: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would not allow privatisation of educational institutions, Federal Law Minister Senator Dr Babar Awan said on Saturday. He made these remarks while talking to journalists after meeting members of teacher's Joint Action Committee (JAC).
Awan said that the board of governors (BoG) was a corrupt body and the law did not allow its establishment. He said that baton-charging had become the Punjab Police's custom and condemned police torture of

BRUSSELS: India and the European Union are seeking a compromise on a controversial EU plan to offer flood-devastated Pakistan trade concessions as relief, both sides said at a summit on Friday.
Prompted by Britain, leaders of the 27-nation bloc have approved a scheme to offer two years of trade concessions to Pakistan - essentially on textiles - to ease its recovery from the floods, but need a waiver from the WTO in Geneva to kickstart the aid.
India however has expressed

BEIJING: China will not yield to outside pressure on jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, striking a combative tone the day before the award is due to be formally bestowed.
Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu denounced what she said were "double standards" applied to China's legal system, and criticised the US House of Representatives for calling on China to release Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, who is under house arrest.
China

GARDEZ: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 18 Afghan deminers on Thursday in southeastern Khost province, the provincial police chief said, the second abduction of a mine clearing team this month.
The group from the Kabul-based Mine Detection Centre were travelling in Musa Khel district when they were stopped by a group of gunmen and then seized, said Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai. "They had gone to the area on the request of the elders to clear mines from their village," Ishaqzai told

CHICHAWATNI: PPP MNA Zahid Iqbal has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had announced that 2011 would be the year of local government elections, adding the party would participate in these elections without allying with any party.
Zahid said that he was available for the people of his constituency and they could access him for any problem. He was talking to media men at Central Anjuman-e-Tajran Chief Patron Abdul Salam's house here during a party meeting.
The

BEIJING: China does not want to "replace" the United States from its dominant role in the world, and the world should not fear China's rise, the country's top diplomat wrote in an essay.
State Councillor Dai Bingguo said that China would not engage in an arms race, as the country's resources were better spent on development and ensuring its people had enough to eat. "The notion that China wants to replace the United States and dominate the world is a myth," Dai wrote in the

ISLAMABAD: In what appeared to be a major set back to the devolution process, the Senate Standing Committee on Culture and Tourism on Monday passed a unanimous resolution demanding the government not devolve the ministry to the provinces under the 18th Amendment.
The committee also decided to approach the president, prime minister and chairman implementation commission on the issue. The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Culture and Tourism was presided over by Senator