The attack on Sri Lankan team last year deprived Pakistan of the privilege to host the Cricket World Cup 2011, also making the local playgrounds await holding of international games.
Even after lapse of a year, police is still clueless as neither anyone convicted nor any action has been taken in this regard. In the attack on the SL team a dozen gunmen attacked the team bus with rifles, grenades and pistols, wounding six players, a British coach and a Pakistani umpire and killing seven policemen.
Since the attack, two assailants have been arrested, one was shot and killed while one of the facilitators was identified and is in prison and four others are still at large. The attackers ambushed the Sri Lankan team’s convoy on Liberty Roundabout on March 3, 2009 and fired AK-47s and rockets and hurled grenades at the team’s bus. The attackers fled after a 25-minute crossfire with police. On the day of the attack, 1,500 policemen had been deputed on The Mall in front of the Punjab Assembly, the Governor’s House and the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.

A bomb planted on a bicycle killed seven people in the capital of Helmand and injured 14 others today.
The explosion, next one of Lashkar Gah’s two bus stations, came as thousands of Nato and Afghan forces continue to battle insurgents for control of densely populated farmland around 20km outside the city. A spokesman for Helmand’s Governor, Daoud Ahmadi, said a woman and one child were among the dead. “Most of them were shopkeepers and passengers,” he said. “We don’t know why they targeted here. There were no Afghan government convoys. No Nato convoys, just civilians.” The Deputy Governor Satar Mirzaqwal said that three of the wounded were “seriously hurt”. Nato forces are facing stiff resistance parts of Marjah as bands of die-hard militants fight to keep control of their largest central Helmand stronghold.

LANDI KOTAL, Pakistan News: Some 10 people were reported killed as a blast occurred in Akakhail area of Khyber Agency.

The blast reportedly took place in headquarter of banned Lashkar-e-Islam, the militants group headed by Mangal Bagh, at Teera valley. A key commander in also said to be killed in the explosion.

Nature of the blast has not so far been ascertained.

Rescue operations have been kicked off and those injured are being rushed to nearby hospitals.

BAGHDAD : A suicide car bomb exploded Thursday outside the gate the main government compound in the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, killing at least 12 people, including four police.

The province, where al-Qaida-backed Sunni insurgents once held sway, has seen a rise in attacks against security forces and government officials in recent months. The incident also comes amid fears that next month’s elections will stoke political violence.

The attacker blew up his explosive-packed car outside the gate of a compound housing the governor’s office, police headquarters and courts, the security official said.

The blast also wounded at least 20 people, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

Anbar is primarily made up of Sunnis, who enjoyed a privileged status under Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-led regime. It was the site of some of the war’s most intense fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents in the key cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.

The government compound in Ramadi was once the scene of daily attacks during the height of the insurgency in 2005 and 2006, with the governor hunkered down in his office protected by a platoon of U.S. Marines while insurgent mortar shells rained down.

In 2006, many former insurgents began to rebel against al-Qaida, and joined forces with the U.S. military, who paid fighters to participate in the pro-government Sons of Iraq program.

The decision by the Sons of Iraq to join forces with U.S. forces to combat al-Qaida is seen as one of the key reasons for the drop in violence in Iraq.

Insurgent attacks continue, however, and may even be on the rise. On Dec. 30 twin bombings in Ramadi killed 23 people and badly wounded the governor.

State of Delaware State of Emergency, For those of us located in the Mid-Atlantic Region, this should come as no surprise since we’re currently experiencing the second major snow storm in five days, but for those of you in the rest of the country we think it’s important to note that Governor Jack Markell has declared a State of Emergency in all three counties in the state of Delaware. What this means for the people snowed in in Delaware is that the roads are off-limits to all non-essential personnel, and anyone found driving unnecessarily can be ticketed. For those of you outside the state of Delaware, this means that if you need any searches, certificates, or copies from the Secretary of State, you’re out of luck for the time being. This State of Emergency, which was declared as of 12:01 a.m. on February 10th, will continue until terminated by the Governor.

Sarah Palin Captured With ‘Crib Notes’, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared before the National Tea Party Movement Convention in Nashville.
To effectively deliver the oratory, Former Governor Palin used what were once called ‘crib notes’ scribbled in the palm of her left hand. Thus, Sarah Palin used her hand as part of the job she was hired to do for the Tea Party Movement. The finding, noted in several blogs, took the Internet by storm on Monday. Sarah Palin wrote the words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” in that order in her left hand’s palm. It was Palin’s palm-up pose that allowed the photo capture of what she scribbled. All this from a person, Sarah Palin, who criticized President Obama for using a teleprompter, yet did so in the same Tea Party speech where she was using her left hand’s crib notes, and also used one at the Republican National Convention.

Republic Day of India 2010 26th January, Republic Day of India 2010 – Find Indian republicday speech and republic day parade. In 2009 it was the 60th Republic Day of 26th January and celebrations took place at Rajpath, New Delhi. The flag hosting and unfurling of tricolor flag of India by hon’ble President of India is held followed by a parade. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan was present as the chief guest on republic day 2009. In 2010 It will be the 61st Republic Day of India.

The Republic Day of India is a national holiday of India to mark the adoption of the Constitution of India and the transition of India from a British Dominion to a republic on January 26, 1950. It is one of the three national holidays in India.

Still India is a developing country when many countries have become developed countries or much more developed than India.

Activities of 26th January:

To mark the importance of this occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the capital, New Delhi, from the Raisina Hill near the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s Palace), along the Rajpath, past India Gate and on to the historic Red Fort.

The different regiments of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force march past in all their finery and official decorations. The President of India who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, takes the salute. Floats exhibiting the cultures of the various states and regions of India are in the grand parade, which is broadcast nationwide on television and radio. Also part of the parade are children who win the National Bravery Award for the year. The parade also includes other vibrant displays and floats and traditionally ends with a flypast by Indian Air Force jets.

People from different states display their identities and important culture. The President of India will address the natio

Celebrations

Celebrations are also held in state capitals, where the Governor of the state unfurls the national flag. If the Governor of the state is unwell, or is unavailable for some reason, the Chief Minister of the state assumes the honour of unfurling the National Flag of India.

Pakistan News: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he has made democracy so strong that neither he can arrest Nawaz Sharif nor Nawaz Sharif can ever arrest him.
Addressing the PPP Lahore Council meeting in Governor House, President Asif Ali Zardari said external challenges were faced by the government in initial two years and will now overcome the economic and political challenges internally. He also said that nothing can be so far said about forming coalition with PML-N for the local body elections. While on the other side President has also formed a core committee of PPP to resolve the political and administrative issues in Punjab which will directly report to the President.

LAHORE, Pakistan News: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that our survival is linked with the survival of democracy, which depends on smooth functioning of state intuitions.

Addressing a gathering here at the Governor House Thursday, he said he would deliver the speech in Punjabi language as he was presented a Punjabi turban by the Governor.

“I learnt Punjabi in the jail,” he asserted.

He further said Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto laid their lives for the sake of democracy. We will continue their mission.

“We have empowered women in accordance with the vision of Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is working for the poor class. We will continue the politics of reconciliation.”

President said Pakistan is dealing with a number of challenges and sincere efforts should be made to solve country’s issues.

He said water is the main reason behind Kashmir dispute that is why dams are being built across the country and loans worth $700 million have been taken for their construction.

He said he is aware of the issues of party workers. He said he will spend one week in Lahore to listen to party workers’ issues every month.

The Charleston Gazette is a newspaper in West Virginia. It is published Monday through Friday mornings. On Saturday and Sunday mornings the combined Gazette-Mail is published, however it is produced by the Gazette.

The Gazette was established in 1873. At the time, it was a weekly newspaper known as the Kanawha Chronicle. It had a couple of other owners and names—The Kanawha Gazette and the Daily Gazette—before its name was officially changed to The Charleston Gazette in 1907.

The Chilton family acquired formal interest in the paper in 1912. William E. Chilton, a U.S. senator, was publisher of The Gazette, as were his son, William E. Chilton II, and grandson, W. E. “Ned” Chilton III, Yale graduate and classmate/protegé of conservative columnist William F. Buckley, Jr.

In 1918 a fire destroyed the Gazette building at 909 Virginia St. The newspaper was moved to 227 Hale St., where it remained for 42 years.

Under a consolidation agreement with the Charleston Daily Mail, the newspaper merged its production and distribution with that newspaper from 1961-2004. The two newspapers had different ownership and writing staffs, jointly owned the production and distribution company.

A year later, following the death of Robert L. Smith, W.E. “Ned” Chilton III was named publisher of the Gazette. He served in that position until his death in 1987. During that time he earned a well-deserved reputation as a “firebrand liberal.” Ned Chilton used to say that the job of a newspaper was to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” However, in 1965, the newspaper fired all of its blue collar workers for joining a labor union.

Former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr., a staunch Republican who both won and lost an election to John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, derisively renamed The Charleston Gazette “The Morning Sick Call”. This was in reference to the Gazette{{‘]]s reporting of various graft and corruption allegations in Governor Moore’s administrations. (Moore was later convicted by the Republican United States Attorney of income tax evasion, perjury, election fraud and taking more than $500,000 from a coal operator for state favors).

Ned Chilton’s widow, Elizabeth Early “Betty” Chilton, is now president of the Daily Gazette Co. and publisher of The Charleston Gazette. It is still a family-owned newspaper, one of the few independents still operating. The paper’s editor, prize-winning journalist James A. Haught, has been with the paper for more than 50 years.

The paper has won numerous awards and received significant national recognition for a newspaper of its size. Recent efforts that have received such recognition include a series of stories that resulted in the resignation and criminal conviction of the state House of Delegates education chairman, a series on the environmental effects of mountaintop removal coal mining, a series on the state’s failed attempts to deal with its residents suffering from mental illness, and a series on the deaths nationwide from the widespread use of methadone.

The Gazette’s editorial page is usually left-of-center. It was one of the few daily newspapers in West Virginia not to endorse George W. Bush in the 2004 election.

The final Sunday Gazette-Mail issue of the year picks a “West Virginian of the Year” on a similar basis to the Time magazine “Person of the Year”.

In May 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the owners of The Charleston Gazette and the Charleston Daily Mail, alleging that the joint operating agreement between the two violates antitrust laws. The Justice Department said the JOA lost its antitrust protection in 2004, when the Daily Gazette Co. bought the controlling interest from MediaNews, the company that owned the Daily Mail. MediaNews is paid a fee to manage the editorial operations of the Daily Mail.

In their response to the lawsuit, the owners of the Gazette and Daily Mail asked that the lawsuit be dismissed. They noted that both Charleston newspapers remain editorially independent. They also noted that never before has the Justice Department sued the newspapers in an ongoing JOA.