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No music videos on MTV Arabia during Ramadan

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, World

Dubai, Aug 21 (DPA) MTV Arabia, the Middle East’s version of the international MTV entertainment and lifestyle channel, announced Wednesday it would refrain from playing music videos during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.



Afghan, coalition forces kill over 20 Taliban(Lead)

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, World

Kabul, Aug 20 (DPA) Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed more than 20 militants, including foreign fighters, in two incidents in southeast Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.



Google Starts Testing Ads on YouTube Mobile

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Focused, Technology

Google is always up to something. Recently, It announced that they are running tests of displaying advertising on mobile pages. The testing is primarily focused in U.S. and Japan. The company has been working on developing interface since one year.
According to blog post by Christine Tsai, Youtube product manager, “Our test advertisers will also have […]



Musharraf to seek refuge in London: report

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

London, Aug 19 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf could seek refuge in London, a British newspaper reported Tuesday.



BlackBerry Bold’s home launch this week

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Focused, World

Toronto, Aug 19 (IANS) Canadian telecom giant Research in Motion (RIM), which skipped its own backyard earlier this month to unveil its much-hyped BlackBerry Bold in Austria, Russia and Turkey, will reportedly launch the wonder smartphone here this week.



US thanks “friend” Musharraf, asks new regime to maintain war on terror

Aug 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Calling former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf “a friend to the US” and one of the world’s “most committed partners in the war against terrorism”, Washington Monday asked the new government in Islamabad to redouble its focus on stemming extremism.



Musharraf’s resignation accepted

Aug 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pervez Musharraf Monday evening formally sent his resignation as Pakistan’s president to National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza and she has accepted it with immediate effect, officials said.



Many in Pakistan opposed to safe passage for Musharraf

Aug 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Sports

Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) A large number of politicians, lawyers and civil rights leaders are opposed to the idea of Pervez Musharraf being given safe passage out of the country after his resignation as president, though there are reports his bete noire Nawaz Sharif has agreed to it after a meeting with an envoy from Saudi Arabia.