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UNSC did not notify before imposing ban on LeT: Pak envoy

New York, Dec. 11 : Pakistan''s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon has charged a United Nations Security Council committee with failure to contact the Pakistani mission before going ahead with the imposition of sanctions on three Pakistani citizens, labelled as terrorists and organizations allegedly linked to militant activities.

Haroon told GEO News that UN's committee had reviewed many names even before he assumed ambassadorship.

Pakistan, he said, would abide by committee's decisions, he said, but under protest. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has reportedly banned the political wing of the banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

Drawings revealing Nazi plans to bomb Britain with Kamikaze plane up for grabs

London, December 11: Carefully drawn plans to bomb Britain using a Nazi aerial weapon that worked like a Kamikaze plane, but did not kill the pilot, have been discovered and are to be sold at auction.

The plans for the so-called Silent Dart involved a glider shaped like a pub dart, a bomb, a balloon, and a brave Luftwaffe pilot at the controls.

A perusal of the plans suggests that the glider would have been released from a larger aircraft before diving at its target at speeds of up to 700mph.

As per the plans, the pilot would have released a 1,000-kilo bomb and inflated a big balloon attached to the craft at the last second.

Marisa Tomei goes topless in ‘The Wrestler’

Marisa Tomei goes topless in ‘The Wrestler’London, Dec 11: American actress Marisa Tomei goes topless in what has been said to be her most sizzling movie scenes to date.

Tomei, 44, who plays a stripper in the Oscar-touted new movie `The Wrestler', and has proved that she still has the looks and body for the part even at her age.

The `My Cousin Vinny' star, sporting two nipple rings, can be seen gyrating through a strip show, and she revealed that she spent hours watching rocker Bret Michaels' raunchy reality show and pole dancing with a pal to get the role right.

In US, buy one car and get one free!

New York, Dec. 11: Desperate for sales of their cars in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, car dealerships in the Apple City, are offering huge and deep discounts.

According to the New York Daily News, the dealerships have come up with options like "Buy one get one free!", and the deal is reported as being offered across the country.

"We''ve heard about the buy-one-get-one-free ads in Florida, Ohio and Texas," the NYDN quoted Richard Arca, a senior analyst at Edmunds. com, as saying.

"The first thing people think when they come in is ''It''s a fake ad. It''s a normal car dealer ad. It''s a gimmick.'' But it''s not," said Ali Ahmed, a Dodge dealer in Miami who offered a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

''W2M satellite'' to be launched on December 20

Bangalore, Dec 11 : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set itself one more milestone to achieve, that of launching the ''W2M satellite'', a communication satellite developed by the agency, from French Guyana on December 20.

Built over a period of 26 months, this 3462-kilogram spacecraft is the heaviest developed by ISRO.

K. R. Sridhara Murthy, Managing Director, Antrix Corporation (ISRO''s commercial arm) said the communication satellite has been built for European EADS Astrium, a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), and is currently undergoing launch preparations.

Jennifer Aniston bares all for GQ Cover

Jennifer Aniston bares all for GQ CoverWashington, Dec 11 : Wearing just a necktie, Jennifer Aniston has bared all for the latest cover of GQ magazine.

And accompanying the saucy January cover is a rather sassy interview of the `Friends' star, where she addresses rumours about John Mayer.

"I am not having his baby. And I have not popped the question," People quoted her as saying.

In the interview, the 39-year-old star has even poked fun at her recent swipe at Angelina Jolie

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