Tag: Surprise

For the second time in two years, Mike Tyson said “I do” to the same woman in Las Vegas but this time, the wedding...

Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week to meet refugees in the war-torn country. The Hollywood actress, who is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, skipped the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night and instead flew to the city of Kabul on Monday. Jolie, who last visited the nation back in 2008, spent two days there, meeting with children at the girls' school she has helped fund, as well as displaced locals who have returned to the country since

KARACHI - Political parties have taken a U-turn after chief of the premier intelligence agency met with President Asif Ali Zardari, sources told Pakistan Today.
The political situation of the country suddenly changed after a surprise visit of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to Karachi on Saturday night. Upon his arrival in the city, the ISI chief met twice with the president. "Had there been any scheduled high-profile visit, security agencies would have been informed

What do you get Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris to congratulate them on their Christmas Eve engagement? Something naughty? Something nice? Well, one of Hef's former Girls Next Door girlfriends decided to give them quite a mouthful tweet. Bridget Marquardt sent the Playboy boss, 84 and Harris, 24, a box of yummy treats. "Crystal & I received a sweet note of congratulations on our engagement from Bridget Marquardt with a box of Sprinkles, Hefner tweeted last night, later posting that

LAHORE - Commissioner Lahore Khusro Pervaiz paid a surprise visit to General Bus Stand Badami Bagh (lari adda) and gave executive powers to the administrator to deal with the encroachment problem at the adda.
Khusro met various transporters and discussed their problems, adding that they will be taken into confidence before any action is taken to solve the encroachment problem.
Earlier, the proposal suggesting the shifting of the lari adda to the outskirts of the city as a

SYDNEY: Sidelined Australian opener Simon Katich says his Achilles injury is recovering quicker than expected, putting him on track for a possible surprise comeback in the final Ashes Test. Katich, 35, said he was "really happy" at how the partial tear was reacting to rehab and physio after he hobbled through the second Test in Adelaide and was ruled out for the rest of the series. "It's hard to say when I will come back but it's tracking quicker than we thought it would at this

SRINAGAR - Hurriyat Conference leaders in Indian-held Kashmir said on Saturday that reports in leaked US diplomatic cables that Indian armed forces used torture in the disputed state came as no surprise.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided US diplomats in 2005 with evidence of systematic use of torture by Indian security forces in IHK, the cables released by WikiLeaks said.
"There was nothing new. I, too, was subjected to third-degree torture in

KARACHI: Former cricketers and officials voiced mixed reactions on Sunday after the ICC rejected the appeals of Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer against suspensions over spot-fixing claims. The International Cricket Council code of conduct commissioner heard appeals on Saturday and Sunday before announcing the verdict.
Former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal said the decision was no surprise. "It may be disappointing, but it was expected because the ICC upholding the suspension proves

NEW DELHI: Unfancied China should not be underestimated when cricket makes its debut at the Asian Games next month, according to Pakistan great Javed Miandad.
China will play cricket on the world stage for the first time during the November 12-27 Games in Guangzhou, having qualified for the Twenty20 competition by virtue of being the hosts. But Miandad, one of the mentors of the fledging sport in China, said the country's cricketers could prove to be the surprise of the