Shia Sunni Fasadat…..Fateh Kon? (II) By Orya Maqbool Jan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="orya maqbool jan columns Andleeb e Bagh e Hijaz by Orya Maqbool Jan" height="173" src="http://ladiespk.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/orya-maqbool-jan-columns.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 560px; padding: 0px 5px 3px 0px;" title="Andleeb e Bagh e Hijaz by Orya Maqbool Jan" width="243" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span id="more-108248" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Orya Maqbool Jan" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9890" height="3084" src="http://ladiespk.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/orya-maqbool-jan7.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 560px; padding: 0px 5px 3px 0px;" width="512" /></div> </div>

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NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <img height="384" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/NASA-mars_11-19-2013_126929_l.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 269px; width: 447px;" title="NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere" width="640" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <fb:like action="recommend" class="fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" font="arial" href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-126929-NASA-launches-spacecraft-to-study-Mars-atmosphere" show_faces="false" style="display: inline-block; position: relative;" width="400px"><span style="display: inline-block; height: 24px; position: relative; text-align: justify; width: 400px;"><br /></span></fb:like></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblNewsDetailMain"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <b>CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planets atmosphere for clues as to why Earths neighbor lost its warmth and water over time.</b></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The white Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter blasted off on schedule at 1:28 pm (1828 GMT).</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The liftoff of the $671 million spacecraft, followed by a successful separation from the rocket less than an hour later, kicked off the 10-month journey to the Red Planet.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> "This day has been picture perfect from beginning to end," said the missions principal investigator, Bruce Jakosky.NASA flight director Omar Baez described the liftoff and separation as "flawless."</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Arrival at Mars after a 440-million-mile (700 million kilometer) journey is scheduled for September 2014, with the science mission of the solar-wing paneled orbiter set to begin two months later.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The probe is different from past NASA missions because it focuses not on the dry surface but on the mysteries of the never-before-studied upper atmosphere.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Much of MAVENs year-long mission will be spent circling the planet 6,000 kilometers (3,800 miles) above the surface.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> During that time, it will execute five deep dips to a distance of just 125 kilometers (78 miles) above the Martian landscape to get readings of the atmosphere at various levels.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Researchers have described the mission as a search for a missing piece to the puzzle of what happened to Mars atmosphere, perhaps billions of years ago, to transform Earths neighbor from a water-bearing planet that might have been favorable for life to a dry, barren desert.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> One of its three scientific tools is a solar wind and ionosphere gauge called the Particles and Fields Package, built by the University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> A second tool, called the Remote Sensing Package, was built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado and will determine global characteristics of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The third instrument, the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, was built by NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> It will measure the composition and isotopes of neutrals and ions.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> NASA has sent a series of rovers to explore the surface of the Red Planet, including its latest, Curiosity, which arrived last year.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Earlier this month, India launched its own deep space orbiter to find traces of methane from Mars.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> That spacecraft, the Mars Orbiter Mission, is expected to arrive two days later than MAVEN.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The science goals of the two do not overlap much. The Indian probe will be searching for methane which could prove the existence of some ancient life form, while the US probe seeks answers about the planets climate change in the distant past.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> In 2016, another orbiter is on track for launch by the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency Roscosmos.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter will measure methane and other atmospheric gases that could signal the presence of life.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Together, the orbiters findings, along with the US rovers on the surface, are expected to help pave the way for a future visit by humans to the Red Planet, perhaps as early as 2030, NASA has said.</div> </span></div> </div>

NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planets atmosphere for clues as t...

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Singer Adam Levine named People's sexiest man alive

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <img height="384" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Singer-Adam-Levine-named-People-sexiest-man-alive_11-20-2013_127193_l.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 269px; width: 447px;" title="Singer Adam Levine named People's sexiest man alive" width="640" /></div> <br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <fb:like action="recommend" class="fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" font="arial" href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-127193-Singer-Adam-Levine-named-Peoples-sexiest-man-alive" show_faces="false" style="display: inline-block; position: relative;" width="400px"><span style="display: inline-block; height: 24px; position: relative; text-align: justify; width: 400px;"><br /></span></fb:like></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblNewsDetailMain"></span><br /> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblNewsDetailMain"><b>NEW YORK CITY: Singer Adam Levine, the frontman of the Grammy Award-winning rock group Maroon 5 and a judge on the hit NBC singing show "The Voice," was named People magazine's sexiest man alive, the magazine announced on Tuesday.</b></span></div> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblNewsDetailMain"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The 34-year-old singer-songwriter, who is engaged to Victoria's Secrets model Behati Prinsloo, told People magazine he was taken aback by the announcement.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on the table," Levine said.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> "I was just amazed and stunned and it almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool."</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Levine joins an illustrious list of prior winners of the award including Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds, George Clooney and Matt Damon.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The singer branched into acting last year with his debut role on the television series "American Horror Story." He also appears in the 2013 film "Can A Song Save Your Life?" with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> "This is just a really interesting time where everything seems to be heading in a certain direction," he said. "And I'm not taking any of it for granted."</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> Levine and Maroon 5 launched their fourth studio album "Overexposed" last year, which received mixed reviews from critics. The group shot to fame in 2002 with their debut album, "Songs About Jane."</div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="padding: 0px;"> The group's hit singles include "This Love," "She Will be Loved" and "Moves Like Jagger," which features Christina Aguilera. (Reuters)</div> </span></div> </div>

Singer Adam Levine named People's sexiest man alive

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South Africa make 153-7 against Pakistan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/sports-cricket-PakvsSA_11-20-2013_127189_l.jpg" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <b>JOHANNESBURG: South Africa set a target of 154 runs for Pakistan in the first Twenty20 International of the two-match home series here at the New Wanderers Stadium on Wednesday.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and put South Africa into bat who could make 153 for seven despite an aggressive start of 72 provided by Quiton de Kock (43) and Hashim Amla (31).</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> Later, Pakistan bowlers led by spinners Hafeez and Shahid Afridi dismissed three South African batsmen for just 15 runs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> However, the latter batsmen continued the assault but then seamers Junaid Khan and debutant Bilawal Bhatti claimed three more wickets besides a run-out.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> Hafeez and Junaid captured two wickets each for 25 and 24, respectively while Afridi and Bhatti took one wicket each.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> Earlier, match delayed due to rain but there was no over reduction.</div> </div>

South Africa make 153-7 against Pakistan

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4 dead, others missing in 3 Mexican plane crashes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="386" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/plancecrash-us-maxico_11-20-2013_127090_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="4 dead, others missing in 3 Mexican plane crashes" width="640"></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <br> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <b><br></b> <b><br></b> <b><br></b> </div></div>

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PM orders action against hate speech

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/NawazSharif-Pakistan-HateSpeech_11-20-2013_127146_l.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <b>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered a ban on all wall chalkings with hate speech as well as the use of loud speakers for hate speech.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> During a high-level meeting to review the law and order situation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed the police and administration to take immediate action against the use of wall chalking and loud speakers for spreading hate speech.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> The prime minister termed the Rawalpindi tragedy as a result of the negligence and incompetence of police and administration. “The criminal silence of the police and administration will not be tolerated.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> The prime minister also called the use of social media to spread propaganda based on hate regrettable.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> The meeting was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Information Minister Pervez Rasheed, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam, Punjab Home Secretary, IG Punjab. The meeting was briefed by DG ISI on the internal and external security of the country.</div> </div>

PM orders action against hate speech

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered a ban on all wall chalkings with hate speech as well as the use of loud speakers fo...

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