New York, Dec 25: The attack on NATO supplies provided the latest evidence of how extensively militants now rule the critical region east of the Khyber Pass, the narrow cut through the mountains on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The area encompasses what is officially known as the Khyber Agency, which is adjacent to Peshawar and is one of a handful of lawless tribal districts on the border. But security in Khyber has deteriorated further in recent months with the emergence of a young Taliban commander, The New York Times reported.
Escalating violence on the Khyber road has paralleled the rise of Hakimullah Mehsud, a young Taliban commander and lieutenant of Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the main Pakistani Taliban faction.
New York, Dec 25 : Yoga classes are not just restricted to the affluent lot of the society as many people believe - and Karen Nourizadeh, an instructor of the practice, has proved it.
Nourizadeh goes through stress-relieving positions for a group of homeless people in Manhattan.
Nourizadeh offers yoga class at an East Side shelter for many homeless people, who come wearing tattered clothes and tired expressions to practice yoga and try to centre their topsy-turvy lives.
"I really want them to take all that pressure and stress and throw it out the window," The New York Daily News quoted Nourizadeh as saying.
Every Monday, Nourizadeh teaches yoga at the Mainchance Drop-in Center on 120 E. 32nd St. from 2 to 3 p. m.
New York (dpa) - Glitzy and glamorous Christmas cards are losing favour
this festive season as the global recession bites ever deeper.
Dire economic straits and rising unemployment have soured the mood
and some people are shying away from cards adorned by a jolly, round
Santa complete with a gift-laden sleigh. Instead, images of people
baking cookies, strolling in a winter wonderland and decorating
Christmas trees are in vogue this year.
Up to 85 per cent of Americans send each other Christmas cards
New York, December 24: Sam Mendes has revealed that directing wife Kate Winslet in steamy scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio for the movie `Revolutionary Road' had been "a profoundly weird experience".
The English filmmaker said that the entire experience had been so strange that he could not bear to watch it.
Mendes, instead, monitored the action on a video screen in another room, reports the New York Post.
The 43-year-old told Britain''s Observer that he would scream, "Leo, don''t bang her head so hard against the kitchen cabinets!" and "Could you not do it for so long this time?"
And when the `Titanic' actor asked him for specific details, Mendes replied, "About 45 seconds."
New York (dpa) - Glitzy and glamorous Christmas cards are losing favour
New York, Dec 24: Tina Fey has been named `Entertainer of the Year' by The Associated Press.
