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LONDON: Two players with an English non-league club were charged Thursday with conspiracy to defraud as part of the National Crime Agency’s match fixing probe. Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun play for Brighton-based Whitehawk FC in the Conference South — effectively the sixth tier of English football. They are the third and fourth people charged in connection with the investigation into an alleged international illegal betting syndicate. Boateng and Adelakun have been bailed to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court in central England on December 11. An NCA spokesman said: “The Crown Prosecution Service’s Organised Crime Division found sufficient evidence and was satisfied it was in the public interest to ...

December 6, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk

Paul Walker, the fast and the furious actor, died in a fatal accident at the age of 40 on Saturday November 30. His friend, Roger Rodas — who was driving the car in which Walker was passenger in — also lost his life in the crash. This year we have lost many US celebrities, actors and directors. Here is the list of the other celebrities, actors & directors we lost this year: Cartoon producer Lou Scheimer Actress Marcia Wallace Actor Ed Lauter ‘MasterChef’ runner-up Josh Marks ‘Star Wars’ cinematographer Gilbert Taylor Disney actor Lee Thompson Young Stuntman Mark Sutton Actress Lisa Robin Kelly ‘Bachelor’ contestant Gia Allemand ‘Five Easy Pieces’ actress Karen Black ‘Re...

December 5, 2013 at 1:46 am | News Desk

Bill Beckwith, a co-host of of HGTV home-improvement show “Curb Appeal”, passed away in a motorcycle crash in San Francisco. He was 38. “The HGTV family is deeply saddened by Bill’s tragic death and we mourn his loss along with his many family and friends who will miss his creativity, adventurous spirit and general love of life,” the show said Wednesday in an e-mail. “Bill was truly a beloved and respected member of our Curb Appeal family and this loss is devastating to us,” HGTV said on the show’s official Facebook page Tuesday. “We send our deepest and most sincere condolences to Bill’s family.” Beckwith was killed Monday night when his motorcycle collided with a...

December 5, 2013 at 1:21 am | News Desk

MUMBAI: The famous porn star turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has been seen in an extremely seductive pose in her upcoming movie ‘Jackpot’. Regardless of detailing the experiences of the actress’ came from the adult industry, Sunny Leone offered full generosity with her given task via ‘special’ poses for seizing mind-power of the audience. The Bollywood’s upcoming comedy thriller starring famous cast of the industry including Naseeruddin Shah, Sachiin Joshi and the sizzling Indo-Canadian actress Sunny Leone while it is directed by Kaizad Gustad. (Click Here to view Sunny Leone’s latest poster) The release date of the movie has been unveiled as on December 13 of this year while the first...

December 5, 2013 at 1:10 am | News Desk

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday spoke approvingly of an “eloquent” argument by Pope Francis on rising inequality in societies split between the very poor and the super rich. Obama referred to the Pontiff’s remarks in his first Apostolic Exhortation as part of the president’s own prolonged meditation on poverty in a speech on inequality and politics in America. “Some of you may have seen just last week, the pope himself spoke about this at eloquent length,” Obama said in a speech to the Center for American Progress think-tank in Washington. “How could it be, he wrote, that it’s not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock mar...

December 5, 2013 at 1:10 am | News Desk

KARACHI: Globally famous Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal seemed very confident and equally restless for winning the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s ‘Best ODI Player of the Year’ 2013 award after being nominated in the shortlisted players. Saeed Ajmal expressed his extreme disappointment after being neglected in the 2012’s shortlisted players for the ICC award despite triggering outstanding performance in the previous year by getting 72 wickets, Express Tribune reported. However, Cricketer Ajmal has been shortlisted by the ICC’s higher authorities over his consecutive performance by collecting 41 wickets during 21 One Day International (ODI) matches between the duration of 2012 till 25 August 2013. Sae...

December 5, 2013 at 1:10 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government has announced launching date for Prime Minister’s ‘Youth Business Loans’ for young entrepreneurs to collect loans from one hundred thousand to two million rupees in accordance to the eligibility. The Pakistan’s government administered Prime Minister’s ‘Youth Business Loans’ is going to be launched for helping youths for starting their own businesses while the federal government allocated five billion rupees for the scheme for the current financial year. It is designed to provide subsidised financing at eight percent mark-up per annum for one hundred thousand beneficiaries through National Bank of Pakistan and First Women Bank. Those falling in the age group of 21 and...

December 4, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development informed the upper house that the federal government is currently in talks with higher authorities of Italy, Ecuador and Ukraine for export of manpower. Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Pir Syed Sadaruddin Shah Rashidi told the house during question hour that the government is exploring employment opportunities for its skilled and unskilled workers abroad and MOUs in this regard have already been signed with Qatar and Libya. He said over 2.6 million people went abroad for employment through overseas employment promoters or on self arrangement during the last five and a half years. Minister of State for Health Serv...

December 4, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain held his inaugural meeting with the newly appointed top military official, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, in the President House Islamabad on Tuesday (today). According to sources, the President congratulated the army chief on becoming Pakistan’s 15th Chief of Army Staff. Issues pertaining to the national and regional security and military’s professional matters were discussed in the meeting. Earlier on Tuesday, the army chief was called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed with him the security situation of the country besides issue of missing persons. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was also present in the meeting. The News Tribe – UK-b...

December 4, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk

British Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed in a YouTube video that he is in a relationship with a man. The 19-year-old London 2012 bronze medallist said: “In spring this year my life changed massively when I met someone, and they make me feel so happy, so safe and everything just feels great.” “That someone is a guy.” Edward Lord, chairman of the Amateur Swimming Association, said: “To be one of the first British Olympic athletes to come out is very brave.” Daley, from Plymouth in Devon, said: “It did take me by surprise a little bit. It was always in the back of my head that something like that could happen.” “But it wasn’t until spring this year that something just clicked. It...

December 3, 2013 at 1:46 am | News Desk