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WASHINGTON - The United States called on Middle East leaders to heed popular unrest in the region, as key regional ally Israel on Wednesday sent Defense Minister Ehud Barak to Washington for top-level talks.
Despite a push by US officials on Egypt to begin enacting reforms and broaden dialogue with opposition groups, Vice President Omar Suleiman warned against such a "hasty" move that he said would lead to even more unrest. Barak was to arrive later on Wednesday for talks that

ISLAMABAD - Frustrated by the entire political leadership of the country, PML-N's Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Thursday warned the parliamentarians against a massive public reaction, asking them to rise and revolt against their party leaders to get Pakistan freed from their dynastic clutches and monopoly.
"Pakistani leaders say that situation in Pakistan and Egypt is not identical. Had it been true, I would have been happy, but it's not so. Uprising of the suppressed will not stop in

PARIS - The United Nations cultural organisation urged Egyptian authorities and protesters on Tuesday to protect the country's heritage and respect freedom of expression during the ongoing political crisis. There have been reports of a looting attempt at Cairo's renowned Egyptian Museum and other historal sites, as well as of citizens taking it upon themselves to set up a cordon to protect their nation's heritage.
"My compassion goes first to the victims of the civil unrest and

ISLAMABAD - Urging the government to mend its ways, the opposition on Monday warned the treasury benches of an uprising in Pakistan such as those in Tunisia and Egypt, anticipating that Pakistan was fast forwarding to a revolt.
Taking part in the debate on the price hike in the country, Humayoun Saifullah of the PML-Q urged the government to introduce reforms in the existing financial system to check the mounting inflation. Bahadur Khan Sihar said a constitutional amendment

LAUSANNE - Illegal betting is as big a threat to the integrity of sports as doping and could one day hit the Olympics, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said on Thursday.
Rogge, opening a symposium to discuss illegal betting in sport, announced that the IOC was calling a summit on March 1 with governments and sporting bodies to hammer out a joint approach to the problem. "Illegal and irregular betting is a major threat for sport, probably at the same level

WASHINGTON - A revitalized President Barack Obama bluntly told America to reinvent itself and unite to survive in a fast-changing global economy powered by rising giants like India and China.
Obama's confident State of the Union address Tuesday mixed straight talk with a patriotic call to action, as he rode a tide of improbable political momentum less than three months after a Republican mid-term election rout. The president spoke to a television audience of millions from the

GENEVA - Pakistan has warned that growing international support for India's nuclear programme will force Islamabad to bolster its deterrence, which will destabilise the region, AFP reported.
In the opening session of the 2011 Conference on Disarmament, Pakistan's Ambassador Zamir Akram sharply criticised reported moves to bring India into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and other bodies that allow trade in nuclear materials, including for weapons.
"These measures will

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), warning of risks related to e-banking components like Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), has urged banks to mitigate perils prudently.
"The rapid development of e-banking capabilities, in addition to benefits, carries risks of its own," State Bank Deputy Governor Muhammad Kamran Shehzad told participants of a discussion on 'Managing ATM Security and Risks in its Operations', organised by Messrs Phoenix Armor at a local hotel on

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Former cricketer Rameez Raja said though Pakistan may not go into the World Cup as one of the favourites but the other teams cannot afford to write them off.
"Pakistan has a fairly settled and a very good one-day side. They know the art of playing one-day cricket. They have struggled in Test cricket because some of the players simply don't have the temperament to graft out long innings but the 50-overs cricket format suits them," he said.
"I don't think Pakistan

MELBOURNE - Swiss tennis great Roger Federer Friday warned players not to get involved in match-fixing, as Italian media reported a new investigation.
The world number two said match-fixers angered him as much as dope cheats, as they threatened the sport's integrity and could turn off fans.
"I think it's just unacceptable when athletes, players, whatever you want to call it, try to do things like this or play with the integrity of the sport," he said.
"I don't know if I

ISLAMABAD - Warning the PPP-led government of a "Tunisia-like" rebellion, the PML-Q has presented a five-point agenda to take the country out of the present crises.
Briefing reporters after meeting the government's economic team on Wednesday, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Secretary General Mushahid Hussain said they had asked the government to control price hike, devise an energy plan, curb targeted killings in Karachi and Balochistan, eliminate corruption, and

ISLAMABAD - Although Pakistan gained ground against militant violence in 2010, but the 'urban terrorism' is a growing threat and military success will not bring stability unless a comprehensive strategy is developed, a think tank said.
A report prepared by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) to be released on Monday says the number of incidents of 'violence and terrorism' in Pakistan fell by 11 percent in 2010 compared with the previous year.
The number of suicide

ISLAMABAD - Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan on Friday warned the PPP-led government of severe reaction after lapse of 45 days deadline, in case it 'continued playing with words' on the issues of national importance.
Talking to reporters, Nisar said, "We want the government to proceed on the agenda put up by the PML-N on national issues."
He said he hoped the government would convince other political parties within 45 days that it was

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday cautioned the United States against beginning any "new great game" in the neighbouring war-torn country of Afghanistan, saying this would have serious ramifications for regional peace and stability.
During the meeting between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and visiting US Vice President Joseph Biden, Pakistan's concerns and apprehensions over "foreign intervention" in its tribal regions through Afghanistan were discussed in detail and the

RAWALPINDI - Leaders of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) on Tuesday warned the daughter of the slain Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer, for making statements against Taseer's murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, warning her that she should not forget what happened to her father.
The ST leaders warned the governor's daughter against giving statement in the media against Qadri and the blasphemy law.
Shadab Qadri, a leader of the ST said, "We read the statement of the slain governor's daughter in a

KARACHI - A lawyer for leg-spinner Danish Kaneria warned Saturday he may go to court if Pakistan's cricket authorities do not clear his client of suspicions of match-fixing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) omitted the 30-year-old Kaneria from 30-man squad for next month's World Cup and the Test series now under way in New Zealand, after his arrest in England on suspicion of corruption last year.
The leg-spinner was arrested in May on charges of spot-fixing during a Pro40

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation will take disciplinary action against the players who speak against the federation, says PHF Secretary Asif Bajwa. Talking to journalists here at the National Hockey Stadium, Bajwa said that all the players are bound to observe PHF's code of conduct and any player violating the law would face action.
He further stated that the grant announced by the Prime Minister will hopefully be released after procedural within a month.
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