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Taliban says determined to cut off NATO supply lines

Peshawar, Dec. 9 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban and other warlords in Pakistan’s remote tribal regions have said that they are determined to cut off supply lines for NATO and US forces through Pakistan’s Khyber Pass by the end of 2008.

After Baitullah Mehsud, now a little known warlord, Mustafa Kamal Kamran ‘Hijrat’ from Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, has taken it upon himself to fulfill what Mehsud had promised almost two years back.

“I am interested in one thing and that is no supplies for NATO and American forces go through the Khyber Pass,” the Afghan warlord who served as a district governor during the Taliban rule told a group of journalists last week at an undisclosed location in the Khyber tribal region.

Youtube To Include More Music Than Sexual Content

Youtube To Include More Music Than Sexual Content  It has been informed by the most popular video sharing site, Youtube, that it will make sure to include more music and less sex content, a move which is being seen as the site’s makeover.

YouTube that belongs to search giant Google, has informed about its plans under which it is looking forward to revise its policies surrounding mature content, which would be put to effect immediately. Any content that shows video of people in minimal or revealing clothes will be tagged as sexually suggestive, under the new guidelines.

Greek rioting abates after three days; but protests to continue

Athens  - The situation in the Greek capital Athens calmed down early Tuesday after three days of heavy rioting, triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, media reports said, but unrest was likely to continue.

Violence was concentrated on the area around the Polytechnic University, where several dozen hooded youths were still holding out, but police remained on high alert.

A government spokesman denied reports that a country-wide state of emergency was to be declared.

Late Monday, Athens was ablaze and gripped by chaos while dozens of other cities were crippled for a third straight day by arson and looting in the worst riots in decades.

Meerabai Not Out: Movie Review!

Meerabai Not Out: Movie Review!The recent entry to cinema halls was Chandrakant Kulkarni’s Meerabai Not Out. The movie is about a simple girl Meerabai (Mandira Bedi), who has an immense deep crush for cricketer Anil Kumble.

The movie, which could have been better, simply revolves around Meerabai and the camera follows her like Mary’s little lamb in the entire film.

Moderate Wine Helps Heart – A Study

Moderate Wine Helps Heart – A StudyAccording to a European study, moderate wine intake may be good for the heart as it is associated with higher level of omega-3 fatty acids that are considered protective against the coronary disease and sudden cardiac arrest.

Men overspend to attract mates

Washington, December 9 : A study from the University of Michigan suggests that men overspend to attract mates.

Lead researcher Daniel Kruger, an assistant research scientist in the School of Public Health, involved in the study a community sample of adults aged 18-45.

He found that the degree of financial consumption was directly related to future mating intentions, and past mating success for men but not for women.

The researcher said that financial consumption was the only factor that predicted how many partners men wanted in the next five years, and also predicted the number of

partners they had in the previous five years.

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