Princess Diana, who died in a tragic car crash in 1997 at the age of 36, was madly in love with Hasnat Khan, a Pakistani heart surgeon, and wanted to marry him, even if that meant living in Pakistan, said Jemima Khan, a friend to the princess, of no relation to the surgeon told Vanity Fair. “And that’s one of the reasons why we became friends.” The Princess of Wales reportedly spent a lot of time trying to get to know members of the Khan family with the intent to quietly marry into it, which was not entirely acceptable. For a “son to marry an English girl is every conservative Pashtun mother’s worst nightmare,” said Jemima Khan. Even for Hasnat Khan, discussions of a secret wedding were thought to be &...
August 1, 2013 at 2:38 am | News Desk
CAIRO: Egypt’s cabinet Wednesday ordered a police crackdown on protests by ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s loyalists, as European envoys headed for Cairo to try to ease tensions between the army-installed government and Islamists. The order to the interior minister raised the prospect of a dangerous showdown just days after 82 people were killed at a pro-Morsi protest in Cairo. It came as diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful way out of Egypt’s crisis gathered pace, with the EU and Germany sending envoys to urge a peaceful resolution to the standoff. Adding to the tensions, however, judicial sources said prosecutors had referred the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide to trial for allegedly inciting the killing of ...
August 1, 2013 at 2:38 am | News Desk
MALMOE, Sweden: Attacks against Jews in Malmoe, Sweden’s third largest city, have left members of the community questioning their future in a place known for its multiculturalism. Jewish people have lived in Malmoe for over two centuries, often arriving in the south Swedish port city — a safe haven for generations — after fleeing persecution and intolerance in other parts of Europe. But though waves of immigration over the past two decades have made the area more diverse, hate crimes appear to be on the rise and many people — paradoxically — say they feel less secure. Highlighting a problem many Swedes had thought long relegated to history, the US special envoy for anti-Semitism even visited Malmoe last year....
August 1, 2013 at 1:51 am | News Desk
LONDON, England: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has withdrawn from next month’s athletics world championships because of injury, she said on Wednesday. Ennis-Hill was provisionally named in the Great Britain squad on Tuesday for the competition in Moscow from August 10-18, despite struggling with an Achilles problem for the last few months. But she said in a British Athletics statement: “Up until now, we have been focusing on managing the pain so I can train and get myself in shape to go out there to win in Moscow — which has meant not focusing on finding a cure for the injury. “The time has come now to stop chasing fitness and look to cure the problem.” Ennis-Hill, 27, was one of the stars of...
August 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | News Desk
NEW YORK: Social networking giant Facebook Wednesday breached its 2012 IPO price of $38 a share for the first time since the company’s May 2012 initial public offering. Facebook got as high as $38.31 Wednesday shortly after the market opened, before retreating. Shares recently traded at $37.68, up 5 cents or 0.1 percent. The company’s IPO was priced at $38 a share. Facebook has only closed above $38 one time: its first day on the markets. Facebook has been on an upward tear since releasing earnings a week ago that showed a big jump in mobile advertising revenue. Shares have rallied more than 40 percent since the earnings release. Facebook shares plummeted after the highly anticipated IPO last year and languished, primarily due...
August 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: The US economy grew 1.7 percent in the second quarter, picking up steam from the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The second quarter gross domestic product growth, while better than the 1.1 percent expected, showed the world’s largest economy remained stuck in the doldrums four years after exiting the Great Recession. But GDP revisions to prior quarters revealed a clear trend higher that some analysts said fits with the Federal Reserve’s view that growth will pick up in the second half of the year. The better-than-expected report came as the central bank’s policy-setting committee met for a second and final day in Washington. According to the revisions, GDP growth nearly stalled at 0...
August 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | News Desk
BRUSSELS: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators’ stated goal of reaching a comprehensive peace deal inside nine months is realistic, the European Union’s top diplomat said Wednesday, painting the bloc as a “reliable friend” to both sides. “I firmly believe that a final end to this conflict is within reach,” Catherine Ashton said in a statement. “I call on all those who wish to see a negotiated solution to support those now engaged in talks so that the opportunity for peace can be seized.” Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, who met in Washington this week for the first direct talks in three years, on Tuesday set an ambitious goal to reach an elusive peace deal within nine months. “Both ...
August 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | News Desk
BARCELONA: Olympic champion Chad le Clos of South Africa won the men’s 200m butterfly final at swimming’s world championships on Wednesday — exactly a year after his triumph in London. The 21-year-old, who beat legend Michael Phelps in the Olympic final, clocked 1min 54.32secs with Poland’s 2005 world champion Pawel Korzeniowski 0.29 behind and China’s Wu Peng third at 0.37 back. “It is the first time I have won a world title so it is a landmark moment for me,” beamed Le Clos. “Also, I wanted to win this title to mark the anniversary of my Olympic title a year on.” The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from U...
August 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to thwart terrorists’ plans of attacking processions on the occasion of Yaum-e-Ali, the government has decided to suspend mobile phone services in various cities across the country on Wednesday. Reports from various sources suggest that wireless services will also be banned in sensitive areas of the country including Lahore and Rawalpindi. The sources said that the mobile phone service to remains suspended in Lahore from 4am to 8pm, Rawalpindi from 4am to 6pm, Sheikhupura from 7am to 4pm, Kasur from 7am to 1pm and Sialkot from 7am to 3pm. Sources in Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that the directions pertaining to the closer of the service had been conveyed the mobile phon...
July 31, 2013 at 2:00 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways ministry has terminated another leave day for its staff and subsidiary departments for continuation of official tasks during six days a week instead of five. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) belonged federal minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has axed Saturday’s vacation for Pakistan Railways (PR) staff and its subordinate sections in order to accelerate daily work load. Sources closer to railway ministry said that the summary pertaining end of the Saturday’s leave has been approved by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Khawaja Saad Rafique thought his step will be helpful to counter increased workload due to Eid festival as well as increased efficiency will facilitate passengers willing to meet their r...
July 31, 2013 at 2:00 am | News Desk
Closer Brian Wilson, who played such an integral role in San Francisco Giants’ 2010 World Series win, has chosen to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, CBS Sports reported. Wilson will report to the Dodgers’ spring training facility in Arizona, then move along to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, the report quoted sources. Assuming all goes well, he is expected to join the Dodgers around mid-August. He signed a minor-league deal, running only through 2013. The Dodgers have been seeking bullpen help, specifically an eighth-inning man who can work as a bridge to closer Kenley Jansen. Wilson, described by one scout who watched him work out last week at UCLA as “getting close” to major-league ready, has plenty of late-inning ...
July 31, 2013 at 2:00 am | News Desk
Colombo: South Africa will face Sri Lanka in 5th and final One Day International (ODI) of five matches series.South Africa who had been out classed by the host in the forth ODI, chased down 239 with 8 wickets to spare. Now visitors South Africa will be playing for their pride in the series while hosts eyeing to maintain their winning run. Probable teams: Sri Lanka: Skipper Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Chaturanga de Silva, Tillaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Dimuth Karunaratne, Suranga Lakmal, Angelo Perera, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Vimukthi Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lahuri Thirimanne. South Africa: Skipper AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Rory ...
July 31, 2013 at 1:35 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: After a three-year stalemate, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Tuesday set themselves an ambitious goal to reach a long elusive peace deal within nine months. Standing side-by-side with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who has dragged them back to the negotiating table, officials from both sides said it was time to end their decades-old conflict. “I can assure you that in these negotiations, it’s not our intention to argue about the past, but to create solutions and make decisions for the future,” Israeli chief negotiator Tzipi Livni told her Palestinian counterpart Saeb Erakat. Both sides have agreed to meet again “within the next two weeks,” Kerry said, either in Israel or the Palestinian...
July 31, 2013 at 1:35 am | News Desk
She played Bindiya Naik, a role of an arrogant and rude lady in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De! India. But still didn’t get the right opportunities even after the successful film. She refuses to call herself a choosy actress. But has done some decent amount of work as an Actress. Shilpa Shukla who will be seen playing the Lead Role in this year’s most eye-grabbing movie B.A.Pass, goes candid with The News Tribe (TNT)’s Faisal Saif. You film B.A.Pass is also about relations, What is your personal take on relationships? Its is all the result of the time we are living in. I always say times are different. I don’t pass judgments, but it’s about being compassionate. Everyone has a tale and why they behave ...
July 31, 2013 at 1:14 am | News Desk
BERLIN, Germany: Prosecutors charged Bayern Munich’s powerful president Uli Hoeness with tax evasion Tuesday, a court said, after a months-long, high-profile probe that has rocked German sport and politics. The superior regional court in Munich said in a statement that it must now decide whether the case brought by the local prosecutor’s office against the chairman of Germany’s most successful football club will go to trial. “Due to the volume of the investigation files as well as the fact that a defence request to delay answering to the charges for one month was granted, a decision by the court on starting a trial is not to be expected before the end of September 2013,” court spokeswoman Andrea Titz said in ...
July 31, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
CAIRO: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Egypt’s ousted Islamist president on Tuesday, saying he was “well,” but the country’s political crisis seemed no closer to resolution despite her efforts. Neither the interim government nor supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi showed any indication that they had shifted their positions after talks with Ashton, who left Cairo on Tuesday. Morsi loyalists continued to rally throughout the day, despite stern warnings from the military and National Defence Council and the deaths of 82 people at a protest on Saturday. Ashton became the first person to officially visit Morsi since his July 3 ouster, holding two hours of talks with him at an undisclosed location ...
July 31, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
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