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Pak kids taught 'A' for Allah, 'B' for 'bandook'

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Citing stark examples from school curriculum, a prominent Islamabad-based scholar has said that extreme religious and anti-India views fed into children in schools reinforced the cycle of extremism th

IOC to use testosterone levels to test if athletes can compete as women

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The International Olympic Committee has adopted new regulations for determining whether an athlete should or should not be allowed to compete as a woman.

South African runner Caster Semenya was accu

Mao considered me his son: Dalai Lama

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Recalling his ‘very good’ relations with Chairman Mao Zedong, the Dalai Lama on Sunday said that he considered him ‘as a father’ and that the late Chinese leader considered him ‘as a son’.

The Dalai

'Legless' climber Spencer West conquers Kilimanjaro using only hands

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Famous climber Spencer West has reached the top of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, with just the help of his hands.

Despite having no legs, the 31-year-old climbed to the summit of 19,3

Karl lagerfeld designs collar worth $45,000

Chanel boss Karl Lagerfeld has designed a $45,000 collar, featuring 40 carats of black diamonds with a 22.33 carat emerald as the centrepiece.

You can forget sore memories?

People struggling to forget painful past memories can be trained to do so, claims a new study that may offer new potential for the tre-atment of disorders like depression and post-traumatic stress dis

Pataudi plaque unveiled at Oxford

A plaque in the honour of late India cricket legend Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was unveiled at the Oxford University pavilion here in the presence of his family.

The plaque was installed on the wall of

Olympics: Syrian chief denied London Games visa - Reports

Britain has refused to grant the head of the Syrian Olympic Committee a visa to travel to London for the Games, the BBC reported on Friday.

General Mowaffak Joumaa's application was refused due to hi

Spot-fixing: Danish Kaneria given life ban from English cricket

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Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was given a life ban from English cricket on Friday for his involvement in the Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) s

Cambridge professor endorses Indian jugaad for driving innovation

Jugaad, or the Indian way of innovation and of creating a flexible solution to problems, is the right path to economic growth, says Indian-born Prof.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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