Researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft have come to the conclusion that free applications charges a lot more battery life on mobile than the extra applications on the phone. The reason ids simple: the application seeks location of the owner to authenticate appropriate publicity knowing their geographical location and user profile. The researchers analyzed Eprof; six of the ten most downloaded […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Hillary Clinton to announce Water Partnership on World Water day Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a new U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) in Washington D.C. on today, March 22 at 10:30 a.m. The USWP is a public-private partnership formed to share U.S. knowledge, leverage and mobilize resources, and facilitate cross-sector partnerships to find solutions […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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UNHRC votes in favour of Sri Lanka to support the reconciliation process Today’s action by the UN Human Rights Council encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue on the path toward reconciliation following 27 years of civil war. The United States, together with the international community, sent a strong signal that Sri Lanka will […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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The Green-shirts held their nerve to win a thrilling Asia Cup final against Bangladesh by two runs, denying the hosts their first major trophy. The host team’s hope of winning their maiden Asia Cup title was spoiled by the Pakistani bowlers who restricted hosts two short of the winning target. Chasing 237, The Bengali tigers […]
BoP Scam – NAB rejects Sheikh Afzal’s Rs. 3bn Plea-Bargain deal Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau today rejected the plea bargain deal of around Rs. 3 billion proposed by Sheikh Muhammad Afzal over his involvement in the Bank of Punjab scam. According to the official statement released by the NAB Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Munter calls upon Khar; discusses Pak-US relations Islamabad: (Thursday, March 22, 2012) US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter called upon Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar here today. According to the sources, issues related to Pakistan-US relations and mutual interests came under discussion. Sources claimed that the meeting also embarked upon the recent developments like the […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Investigation of Mumbai terror attacks – Pakistani Judicial Commission returns disappointed from India Lahore: A Pakistan Judicial commission, comprised of eight legal experts, which was visiting India to investigate the Mumbai terror attacks, has returned to Pakistan disappointed today. Expressing their thoughts while talking to the media personnel at the Lahore airport, one of the […]
At least 943 Pakistani women and girls were murdered last year for allegedly defaming their family’s honour, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. The statistics highlight the growing scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-class citizens and there is no law against domestic […]
Scientists have discovered an Emerald-Cut Dwarf Galaxy which is located 70 million light-years away from Earth. The rare rectangular-shaped galaxy is located almost 70 million light-years away from us in the Eridanus Group, in the Eridanus constellation. LEDA 074886 is called the emerald-cut galaxy and was recently located by an international team of astronomers of […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Looking for real happiness Every man in this world is in pursuit of happiness and he adopts several ways to achieve it. Nevertheless, a huge majority of people misunderstand real meaning of happiness and thus spend their whole life by proceeding in the wrong direction. Many people think that money is the only way to […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox ‘The Lion’ Lewis, is not happy with the current situation of the heavyweight division, as he thinks heavyweight boxing lacks excitement. Lewis insisted that heavyweight division is ‘dead’ and the fights of the all-conquering Klitschko brothers are boring. Boxing’s great, Lewis, who ruled the heavyweight division (off […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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This article is a continuation of ‘Slaves in the Amazon – Part 2’. Valdimar do Nascimento is 29 and recently fled the farm where he worked. This man Marabá account that the accumulated debt to his employer cut his salary 56 euros a month for spraying fields from sunrise to sunset. Prolonged contact with the […]
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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