0 Tahirul Qadri's long march sets positive traditions

PESHAWAR: While the Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran’s sit-in at Islamabad has raised the political temperature in the country and forced the political friends and foes on joining hands, the historical long march and sit-in have also set some positive traditions of holding protests in a civilised way. The track record of protests and long marches in the country has not been so pleasant in the past. Not only the protesters often turn violent but the law enforcing agencies lose patience on such occasions and resort to baton-charge and teargassing. In the mid-1990s, participants of the PPP long march were severely baton-charged by the Nawaz Sharif...

0 Long march ends: Tahirul Qadri, govt agree on terms for electoral reforms

ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has signed the agreement reached between the government’s delegation, and Dr Tahirul Qadri, bringing to an end the “million-man” march Express News reported on Thursday. Ashraf signed on the Islamabad declaration with the agreed terms. President Asif Ali Zardari also approved the document. Qadri and Naek then read out the terms of the Islamabad Long March Declaration in Urdu and in English respectively. It states that assemblies will be dissolved at any time before March 16, 2013 and elections will be held within 90 days thereafter. The terms agreed to unanimously include...

0 Was Manti Te'o a schemer or prey?

Serial liar Lance Armstrong will supposedly bare part of his soul on Thursday evening. Eventually, Manti Te'o will be asked to do the same. Television cameras will become their separate confessionals and, once both have spoken, they'll have told their versions of the truth. Armstrong, the disgraced cyclist and career cheater, we were prepared for. His deceit was decades in the making. But until the mushroom cloud of a Deadspin report enveloped his life Wednesday, Te'o was considered to be all that was right and good about college football. He was more than an All-American linebacker from Notre Dame; he was an ideal, a template...

0 Poisoned Lottery Winner's Kin Were Suspicious

Urooj Khan had just brought home his $425,000 lottery check when he unexpectedly died the following day. Now, certain members of Khan's family are speaking publicly about the mystery -- and his nephew told ABC News they knew something was not right. "He was a healthy guy, you know?" said the nephew, Minhaj Khan. "He worked so hard. He was always going about his business and, the thing is: After he won the lottery and the next day later he passes away -- it's awkward. It raises some eyebrows." The medical examiner initially ruled Urooj Khan, 46, an immigrant from India who owned dry-cleaning businesses in Chicago, died July 20, 2012,...

0 Evan Rachel Wood, Jamie Bell expecting first child

NEW YORK (AP) — Evan Rachel Wood is going to be a mom. Wood's publicist, Amanda Silverman, said Friday the 25-year-old actress and her husband, Jamie Bell, are expecting their first child later this year. She said Wood and Bell are "thrilled." The couple married last year. They first dated in 2005 but broke up the following year. Wood's breakout role was in 2003's gritty film "Thirteen." In 2011, she co-starred with Kate Winslet in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce." Both roles earned her Golden Globe nominations. Bell, 26, is best known for his starring role in "Billy Elliott." His film credits also include "King Kong" and "The Adventures...

0 6 Superfoods You're Not Eating

by SHAPE Diet Doctor Mike Roussell, phD Power through your workout, boost your health, and lose weight with these common, yet oft-overlooked foods. Seaweed Perhaps most commonly eaten wrapped around a sushi roll, nori is loaded with iodine, a mineral essential for proper thyroid function. While iodized salt was introduced in 1924 to prevent goiter, the increased emphasis on low-sodium diets and the popularity of sea salt, which often doesn't contain iodine, have recently resurfaced concerns about getting enough iodine. This trace mineral isn't the only benefit of sea vegetables. Nori contains high levels of vitamin K and...