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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God. Under a splendid Roman sun, the German pope presided at a colourful celebration where tens of thousands of people waved palm and olive branches to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified.
The pope, who turned 84 on Saturday, wove his sermon

ISLAMABAD - Without taking prior approval of the Council of Common Interest (CCI), which, according to senior officials of the Higher Education Commission, is mandatory, Senator Raza Rabbani-led implementation commission has been working on a draft to set up a new body for running the affairs of higher education in place of the HEC, it was learnt on Friday.
A source said the commission had been working on a draft to be presented in the National Assembly during its ongoing

NEW DELHI - India's Tata Chief Ratan Tata has confirmed for the first time that his half-brother Noel Tata is in the running to replace him as head of the giant steel-to-telecom conglomerate. Ratan Tata, one of India's most powerful industrialists who has propelled the group's global expansion, is to step down in December 2012 at age 75 and the question of who will succeed him has been a subject of intense speculation. Noel Tata, a senior Tata executive, "is one of the candidates that

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) declined the government's request to replace its counsel in the review petition against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdict on Monday and ordered him to take instructions from the government and appear in court today (Tuesday).
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was heading the 17-member full court hearing of the government's review petition against the NRO verdict, stated that the court could dismiss the review

ISLAMABAD - The federal government has decided to constitute an institution for higher studies which has been named as Standard for Higher Education Commission (SHEC).
According to a private TV, SHEC will function in place of Higher Education Commission (HEC).
Also, the Ministry of Finance has withheld HEC's last quarter's grant of Rs. 7.7 billion of the current fiscal year.
HEC's officials said that the finance ministry was requested to release this grant but,

LAHORE - Uncapped Sadaf Hussain, who was in the reserve players list, will replace Aizaz Cheema in the Pakistan's Twenty20 and ODI squad announced on Wednesday for Pakistan's tour of the West Indies.
According to a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement issued here on Thursday, Cheema has been declared unfit by doctors. Hussain is 21-year-old and is a left-arm medium fast from Rawalpindi.
In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11, he captured 64 wickets, with a best performance of

PALLEKELE - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi admitted on Wednesday that calamity-hit wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal could be replaced behind the stumps by younger brother Umar at the World Cup. Kamran has come under fire from fans, media and a host of former players for his sloppy glovework which allowed Ross Taylor to escape on nought and eight to smash a breath-taking 131 in New Zealand's 110-run win on Tuesday. "Keeping with Umar is very much an option and we might try it in the next

Rob Lowe is in talks to replace Charlie Sheen in 'Two And A Half Men.' Sheen was fired from the sitcom on Monday following a 10-day media blitz, during which he blasted show producers and show creator/writer Chuck Lorre for cancelling the remaining episodes of the current eighth season of the programme. And Lorre is already lining up the star's replacement following speculation TV veteran John Stamos would be the man for the job.
Sources report Lorre's team has been talking to

JAKARTA - A senior Indonesian government official said about $10 billion is needed to halve the country's oil use, replacing it with gas, local media reported here on Thursday. The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) energy and natural resources chief Monti Giriana said that the money would be used to build basic infrastructure such as pipelines, gas stations and gas receiving terminals.
"We estimate that gas consumption in Java, the island with the highest fuel

LAHORE - In a dramatic development, the Punjab government has abolished the project of a new district jail and decided to revive the mega project of a sports city, renaming it as Lahore Stadium, which was dumped by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif despite the fact that former chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi had inked a deal in 2004 with UAE sports icon Abdul Rehman Bukhatir, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The political rivalry cost derailment of the project worth around Rs

LOS ANGELES - Google co-founder Larry Page is to regain full-control of the internet phenomenon he created as a student in 1996, after Eric Schmidt announced he is to step down as chief executive more than a decade after he was brought in to provide "adult supervision".
The shock management shake-up, which will see Page become chief executive on April 4, came as the company reported a better-than-expected 29pc increase in full-year pre-tax profits to $10.8bn. Schmidt, who was

LOS ANGELES - Robert Downey Jr. has fallen out of "Oz, the Great and Powerful," Disney's prequel-ish take on the "Wizard of Oz" tale, and the studio is in talks with Johnny Depp to don the great wizard's robe. The story revolves around a showy young illusionist who is forced to flee a traveling circus. His hot air balloon is swept up by a tornado to the land of Oz, which is run by two magical wicked witches. While it doesn't have a start or release date, the project is a high priority

KARACHI - As the political scenario has been turned upside down, the ruling party has to decide a new prime minister in case a no-confidence vote against Yousaf Raza Gilani succeeds in the parliament.
Sources told Pakistan Today that Makhdoom Shahabuddin is likely to be nominated by the PPP as the new prime minister of the country. The sources said the former federal finance minister and close aide of PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Shahab would be nominated the new prime

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
The Awami National Party (ANP) has shelved a proposal to elevate party President Asfandyar Wali Khan to the post of Rahbar and appoint a new leader in his place - just to keep the party intact and avoid any internal divide and breach of the party constitution.
The ANP is now set to follow PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who had got himself elected for a third term in violation of party constitution. As per the decision, Asfandyar will be elected the party