Tag: Worlds

TOKYO - After a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, the risk of uncontrolled radiation is very high.
Many shops in Tokyo have run out of bottled water after radiation from a damaged nuclear plant makes tap water unsafe for babies.
Chiba prefecture, adjacent to the capital, has detected radioactive substances in its water purification system in amounts above what is considered safe for infants.
Singapore and

LAHORE - The international used car market offers great value for money and choice but when it comes to purchasing a car in Pakistan the vehicle import duty structure forces consumers to choose among cars that are assembled locally. There is absolutely no room for any creativity. If you have always wanted to enjoy a brute force and raw sound of an American muscle car or wanted to cruise around in a convertible coup or wanted to own a BMW or a Benz you could do so without having to pay

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has bagged the 20th spot among the top 100 businesses of the Muslim world, published in the seventh Annual Dinar Standard survey. "It is an honour for our company to be ranked amongst the top 100 companies in the Muslim world and the honour has only added to expectations of continuing with the remarkable performance in future," company's MD Irfan Qureshi said.
Dinar Standard is a specialised research, advisory and business media firm

PESHAWAR - Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has urged the international community to support the government for eradication of terrorism, calling it not only a problem of this region but also a threat to the global peace. He said that fighting terrorism required the support of the world community and warned if the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government was not helped against terrorists the world would never find committed people like them who were sacrificing their

LONDON - England will go on from their Ashes 'annihilation' of Australia to overtake India and South Africa and become the world's top-ranked test nation within 18 months, according to former captain Alec Stewart.
The 47-year-old, who played in a record 133 tests and led his country 15 times, said third-ranked England would carry on improving after the recent 3-1 Ashes victory in Australia. "England are on the right road because the players are going to stay together for a

WASHINGTON - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged an end to a 'zero sum' Cold War relationship with the United States and proposed new cooperation, but resisted US arguments about why China should let its currency strengthen. Indeed, in a sign that the future of the US currency continues to concern the most senior levels of the Chinese government, he said the dollar-based international currency system is a "product of the past". Overall though, the president, who will visit Washington

NEW YORK: Forty-two journalists were killed around the world this year and Pakistan was the deadliest country of all, a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday.
Pakistan led the list of fatalities with eight, followed by Iraq with four and three each in Honduras and Mexico, the New York-based CPJ said.
The total number of reporters killed in connection with their profession was much lower than in 2009, when the record figure of 72 worldwide was skewed

MOSCOW: Russia announced on Wednesday that it had created the world's first international atomic fuel bank as part of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms.
The Rosatom state atomic energy corporation said the Siberian fuel reserve - which will operate under the auspices of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog - will have enough material to refuel two civilian nuclear power plants.
The Angarsk facility now stores 120

ROME: One of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's best known ministers said on Sunday she will resign after confidence votes next month that could trigger elections.
Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna told Il Mattino newspaper that she would back the government in the December 14 votes but resign the next day from the cabinet and also from 74-year-old Berlusconi's party.
She said she had been sidelined in the government and criticised Berlusconi for losing control of

It is an exact replica of a normal skateboard but is 12 times longer, wider and taller.
The world record-breaking skateboard is so big it has to be fitted with racing tyres from a car and transported on a flat bed truck.
It cost over £12,600 to make, weighs 260 stones and can be ridden by up to ten people at a time.
Three people spent one month making the board from steel, wood and grip tape in California, United States.
Joe Ciaglia, a director of California

Being a 22-inch-tall adult makes it hard to buy clothes, drive a car and do many other things, but it's not without advantages.
Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal turned 18 on Thursday and is now eligible to be the Guinness World Records title holder as the world's shortest man.
Magar is five full inches shorter than 27-inch-high Colombian Edward Nino Hernandez, who held the record for only a few weeks.
Magar weighs only 11 pounds and loves to show off his dancing and

DUBAI: The Chief Restructuring Officer of Dubai World, Aidan Birkett, is stepping down after the debt-laden group reached a deal to restructure its debt, stated an official statement released on Wednesday.
"Birkett has now successfully completed his work at Dubai World and will be stepping down on 14th October 2010," said the Dubai government statement.
The group, which announced last month reaching an agreement with 99 percent of its creditor banks on its proposal to