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WASHINGTON - At the age of 14, Laba Kamana was captured by rebel soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They took her from her home, and for two years, raped her nearly every day. She finally escaped into the Congolese jungle; one of the world's most dense, then discovered she was pregnant with the child of one of her captors.
Tuesday the actor Ben Affleck used the nightmare of the young woman - now 22 years old, studying law and advocating for women's rights - to

LAHORE - Aziz Ahmed Bilour, Federal Secretary Sports gave a comprehensive briefing to Engr. Shaukat Ullah, Federal Minister for Sports on Tuesday at Islamabad. The secretary apprised the minister about the working and functions of the Sports Ministry and its attached departments. The briefing included thorough details of the 47 on-going development projects across the country. Director General PSB, senior officers of ministry and PSB were also present during the meeting.
Talking

LAHORE - Women judges should have a fixed ratio in all superior courts including the Lahore High Court (LHC) where all judges are men, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir said on Tuesday. She was addressing a seminar at the Lahore High Court Bar Association's (LHCBA) Karachi Hall in connection with International Women's Day. LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Supreme Court (SC) Justice Saqib Nisar were also present on the occasion. Speakers said

ISLAMABAD - The special committee of the Public Accounts Committee on Monday directed senior officials of the Federal Board of Revenue to lodge criminal FIRs against corrupt officials and present a report before the committee within 15 days.
The committee, which met with Riaz Hussain Pirzada in the chair, reviewed audit objections of the ministries of Defence, Defence Production, Science and Technology and the FBR.
While settling an audit objection of the Ministry of

PALLEKELE - Misbah-ul-Haq on Monday urged his team-mates to take the pressure off high-flying skipper Shahid Afridi who has single-handedly won matches for Pakistan in this World Cup. Afridi took 5-16 -- the best bowling figures by any Pakistani in all World Cups -- against Kenya and followed that with 4-34 against Sri Lanka and 5-23 against Canada, giving him a tournament-high of 14 wickets. His efforts have given Pakistan a perfect six points from three matches and top spot in Group

PALLEKELE - Pakistan coach Waqar Younis Saturday warned under-performing opening pair Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shahzad to start delivering World Cup runs. "We have to show real improvement in our batting, especially our openers who have not done well," said Waqar. Pakistan defeated Canada by 46 runs in their last match, after being bowled out for a disappointing 184 against the Group A minnows.
Hafeez and Shahzad, who both showed good pre-tournament form, have managed

KARACHI - The breaches in the Torhi Dyke are lo longer left to provincial ministers: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday flew from Karachi to Kashmore to inspect the plugging of breaches in the dyke, and after inspecting the state of affairs, ordered Irrigation Minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo to submit a weekly progress report to him.
Dharejo had informed President Zardari that repair works on the Torhi Dyke would take another two months more, according to a press release

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court neither wanted to block any foreign investment nor was it against it in any way, however, it wanted foreign investment to be subject to local laws.
A three-member bench comprising the CJ, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a case against the leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan - worth over $260 billion - against the

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani condemned the assassination of Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti' on Wednesday and told the National Assembly (NA) that terrorism and extremism were tarnishing the image of Islam as well as Pakistan. Members of the NA stood in silence for two minutes to mourn the slain minister. Gilani sought a debate in the NA to devise a national strategy to rid the country of terrorism. He proposed a meeting of the heads of parliamentary

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that the conceptual master planning of the Zulfikarabad along with the identification of the new mega city's first phase should be completed within this year so that year 2011 could rightly be termed as the 'Year of Zulfikarabad'. The president also instructed that a meeting of the Pak-China Joint Energy Working Group should be held soon so the proposal for the financing of another mega project in the province - the Thar Coal Project

BANGALORE - Ireland captain William Porterfield has urged his side to be "cricket-smart" when they face England in a World Cup clash here Wednesday. The Irish, who knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup, were on course for another victory over a Test nation when they held Bangladesh to 205 runs in their opening match of this tournament.
But a batting collapse saw a side featuring several players with English county sides, of whom opener Porterfield is one, lose by 27 runs.

Charlie Sheen is demanding to be paid £1.8 million per episode to return to work on 'Two And A Half Men,' accusing the producers of putting him through "psychological distress". Bosses of the hit series pulled the plug on the current season after Sheen's headline-grabbing personal issues and his public rants against writer Chuck Lorre.
Sheen sat down for several TV interviews to give his side of the story and has explained to NBC host Jeff Rosen that he wouldn't go back to the

ISLAMABAD - Backed by the Obama administration, India is strongly urging Pakistan for the inclusion of Afghanistan as an issue in the agenda of Indo-Pak peace dialogue that was resumed recently after months of suspension in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008.
Pakistan and India resumed the peace process after the talks between their foreign secretaries early this month in Thimphu (Bhutan). A statement released simultaneously in Islamabad and New Delhi after the

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution demanding the federal government to ensure the share of the province in federal services, including autonomous bodies and corporations.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s senior member Dr Sikander Mandhro moved the resolution, and all parliamentary parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, supported it.
The PPP ministers

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that gas connections throughout the country be provided to the consumers according to the rules and constitutional provisions and not through discretionary powers. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a suo motu case against the supply of gas connections on political basis and discretionary powers, taken on the letter of one female

HAMBANTOTA - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes his team still have shortcomings to overcome ahead of their crunch World Cup clash against Sri Lanka. Pakistan overcame early hiccups to post a challenging 317-7 against Kenya before Afridi took centre stage with 5-16 to bundle out their out-classed opponents for 112 to record a 205-victory in Wednesday's opener. "It's a good start but we shouldn't be 100 percent satisfied, there is a lot of work ahead of us still," said the

NAGPUR - Graeme Swann wants to silence the passionate home crowd when England face World Cup co-hosts India in Bangalore on Sunday. The Ashes-winning off-spinner returned to international action for the first time since the birth of his son with an impressive two for 35 during England's tournament-opening six-wicket win over the Netherlands on Tuesday.
But the 31-year-old's bowling was one of the few highlights in a lacklustre display in the field littered with dropped catches