The Hindustan Times back issues from Sunday, March 23:
`I knew from day one I would not be Pak PM,' says Fahim
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- A heartbroken Makhdoom Amin Fahim revealed late on Saturday evening that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had quashed his hopes of becoming the Prime Minister of ...
PCB gives Rawalpindi Express a week to make his case
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, March 23 -- Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been given a week to present himself before a disciplinary committee investigating charges that he violated the players' code of conduct,Pakistan Cricket ...
PML-Q's Pervaiz Elahi may contest Pak PM polls
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- Former Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, is likely to contest as his party's candidate for the post of ...
Musharraf may send special plane for Gilani
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is reportedly considering a proposal to send a special plane to Karachi to fetch Pakistan People's Party (PPP) prime ministerial nominee Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
One out of three Pakistanis will face a water crisis by 2020
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- By 2020, one out of every three Pakistanis would face a water crisis, as the per capita water in Pakistan that was 5,000 m3 in 1947 has reduced to 1,200 m3 to date and would decrease to the ...
US alarmed over new Pak Govt's plans to negotiate with militants
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, March 23 -- The Bush Administration has expressed alarm and concern over leaders of Pakistan's new coalition government saying they will negotiate with militants behind a series of attacks across ...
PPP joyous over Gilani's selection as Pak PM designate
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- The rank and file of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) reacted with enthusiasm and joy after they were informed that Makhdoom Yousuf Raza Gilani would be the party's nominee for Prime Minister ...
CPI to discuss UPA policies at its 20th National Congress in Hyderabad
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, March 23 -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of India (CPI) to be held here from Sunday, is likely to discuss all thorny issues responsible for the Left's growing tensions with the ...
Owen Wilson's secret date with Kate Hudson
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have further fuelled speculation that they are back together, by going on a secret cinema date. The couple, who first got together in 2006 after filming You, Me ...
Sri Lanka ODI tour of Pakistan in doubt
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, March 23 -- The Sri Lankan cricket team's tour of Pakistan for a series of one-day internationals (ODIs) is in doubt because of a probable clash of dates with the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 ...
Pak to observe its National Day
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- Pakistan Day will be celebrated across the country with full zeal and fervor today to mark the 68th day of its founding. The day will dawn with a 31-gun salute in Islamabad and a 21-gun salute ...
Pak to take part in Asian Junior basketball qualifiers in Bangalore Home
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 23 -- Pakistan will take part in the qualifying round of the Asian Junior Men's Basketball Championship in Bangalore in July this year. The Pakistan Amateur Basketball Federation's (PABBF) general ...
Treating a stressed out wife may be indirect care for men with prostate cancer
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- When a couple is dealing with cancer, the psychological distress of a partner may have a negative impact on the well being of either person, says a new study of 168 married couples. The ...
Now, a 'persuasive mirror' that reveals how people will age based on lifestyle
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Want to know what your future holds? Well, then try the 'persuasive mirror', a technology that allows people a glimpse into the future, and it often isn't pretty. Accenture Technology ...
Scientists developing system to efficiently convert biomass to ethanol
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Researchers at Iowa State University are developing a system of thermochemical and catalytic technologies to produce ethanol from plant biomass. The Iowa State project is being led by Victor ...
Jello-like material could improve artificial joints, contact lenses
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- An unusual Jello-like material made mostly of water could have the potential to improve everything from artificial joints to contact lenses. Developed by scientists in the United States and ...
Exiled Tibetans tonsure their hair en masse to express solidarity with anti-China protestors
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Dharamshala, March 23 -- Several Tibetans-in-exile here have tonsured their hair en masse and expressed solidarity with the anti-China protestors in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. They also appealed to the world to mount ...
Pak Hindu community celebrates Holi in Karachi
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Karachi, March 23 -- The Hindu community in Karachi celebrated Holi at the Swami Narayan Temple here. Holi is a popular spring festival of colours that marks the burning of the demoness Holika, who paid the price for ...
Kumble confident of meeting Proteas' challenge
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, March 23 -- Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble is confident about his team meeting the challenge from the visiting South African team in the three-match series beginning from March 26. Addressing ...
Now, trace your mixed breed pet's ancestors with new DNA test
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- You may now be able to make out what breeds are present in the make-up of your lovely mixed breed pet, all thanks to a revolutionary new method which uses DNA markers that helps determine the ...
Saddam had Aussie aid worker killed
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, March 23 -- Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had an Australian aid worker killed as part of a state-sponsored terror program, and was also considering a plan to "eliminate" Australian-educated Martin Indyk, ...
A Kerala-based power company comes out to solve electrical pollution
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kochi, March 23 -- Kerala-based Hykon Power Electronics (P) Ltd, one of the leading players in the Indian power electronics, renewable energy and energy efficient products manufacturing sector, has launched the most ...
Pranab Mukherjee embarks on US visit
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 23 -- External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee left for the United States last night to hold bilateral talks with American leaders. The talks are likely to be dominated by the Indo-US civil nuclear ...
Most Muslims want to live under democracies: Gallup
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- A survey of Muslims around the world has found that most of them are in favour democratic rights and of being ruled by representative governments. According to the Galuup Inc. survey, ...
ICC announces Champions Trophy 2008 schedule
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, March 23 -- The International Cricket Council ICC) on Saturday announced the schedule and venues for this year's ICC Champions Trophy 2008 in Pakistan from September 11 to 28. According to the Daily ...
Zardari chose Fehmida because of Nancy Pelosi
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),chose Fehmida Mirza as the Speaker of the National Assembly because he was deeply influenced by his late wife Benazir ...
Ranatunga bats for `old enemy' Darrel Hair
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, March 23 -- Sri Lankan Cricket Board chairman Arjuna Ranatunga has said that controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair should be allowed to umpire all international matches. "At the ICC meeting (in ...
Greenfield airport on Hyderabad's outskirts commences operations
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, March 23 -- The new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad began its commercial operations on Sunday morning. A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt in Germany landed at the airport at ...
Writing could improve quality of life in cancer patients
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- A new US study has found that cancer patients who write down their deepest fears about the disease experience a higher quality of life. Nancy Morgan, a writing clinician, conducted an exercise with ...
JK Rowling contemplated suicide as a struggling single mother
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed that she contemplated suicide while suffering from depression as a struggling single mother. During her twenties, Rowling was a single mother struggling ...
'Organic' soaps, shampoos, cleaning products contain cancer-causing chemical
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Scientists at the Minnesota-based Organic Consumers Association have proved that the so-called organic and natural products contain a cancer-causing chemical. The research team has ...
Dementia will hit 1.2 million Brits by 2028
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- A Government forecast has shown that more than a million people in Britain will suffer from dementia within 20 years. According to experts, the number of patients diagnosed with diseases ...
Qatar Petroleum International, Sinopec agree to build ethylene plant in China
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Nicosia, March 23 -- Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's Sinopec concerning the construction in China of an ethylene plant with the capacity to produce ...
Britney buys £3million mansion with Irish pub
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Troubled singer Britney Spears has purchased a 3 million-pound mansion that comes with its own Irish pub, it has been revealed. The 'Toxic' singer is planning to shift to the property ...
iPhone could soon become a medical tool for doctors
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Version 2.0 of the popular iPhone's firmware, which is due to be launched in June this year, could turn the device into an indispensable medical tool in hospitals. Doctors are quite optimistic ...
Walia presents his fifth Delhi budget Monday
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 23 -- Finance and Planning Minister A.K. Walia Monday will unveil his fifth consecutive annual budget of the Delhi government, which is unlikely to see any new taxes. He held a final budget meeting ...
Brangelina donated more than $8m to charity in 2006
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, March 23 -- Hollywood's power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt doled out more than 8 million dollars in charity and donations in 2006, according to tax records. Fox News reported on its website, ...
Britney's brother files motion to confirm details of companies under her trust
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Britney Spears' brother and Ivan Taback, the attorney sharing cotrustee duties of Britney's SJB account, filed a motion on Mar.17 to confirm that the singer's living trust also owns the ...
Mahindras, Chrysler lock horns over 'jeep'
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Johannesburg, March 23 -- The South African arm of Chrysler has disputed an ad by Indian vehicle maker Mahindra and Mahindra, which uses its automobile marquee "jeep", saying it owns the trademark to the world's oldest ...
Metabolic syndrome boosts risk of other health issues for men
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- In a new study, a researcher has suggested that metabolic syndrome leads to an elevated risk of many other health issues in men. According to Stephen J. Freedland, metabolic syndrome is a ...
Gulf Capital to invest 1 bn dirhams a year
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, March 23 -- The Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Capital, one of the leading regional private equity firms, has announced investments of more than 1 billion dirhams on at least five transactions a year. "The annual ...
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may trigger autism in babies
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- A new study, led by an Indian researcher, has suggested that women who drink alcohol during pregnancy put their babies at risk of developing autism. Raja Mukherjee, a consultant ...
Aniston to make special appearance on Oprah's Big Give finale
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Jennifer Aniston will be making a special appearance on the season finale of Oprah Winfrey's ABC reality hit Big Give. On the episode, which airs on April 20, the contestants will be ...
Rogue elephant ostracised
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Dudhwa (Lakhimppur) Uttar Pradesh, March 23 -- Elephants at the Dudhwa National Park have punished an elephant with isolation who had turned a nuisance for all due to its rowdy behaviour. The pachyderm was causing ...
Study shows ALS aggregates are composed of only one protein
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- A new study has provided a big clue to help fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), by discovering that the dense protein aggregates that contribute to the nerve decay of ALS are composed of ...
Amy Winehouse goes back to her self-harming ways
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch is 'extremely distressed' over the fact that his troubled daughter has started self-harming again. The 'Rehab' star was snapped earlier this week with a number of cuts on ...
Timberlake makes it up to Biel with a £25,000 gold and emerald necklace
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- American pop singer Justin Timberlake spent 25,000 pounds on a necklace for his girlfriend Jessica Biel, to make up for all the time he spent with Madonna recently. The 'Sexy Back' singer ...
Kate Moss wins £50,000 in roulette
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- English supermodel Kate Moss seems to have lady luck smiling down on her, as she was seen walking out of a casino with an estimated 50,000 pounds in roulette winnings. Moss was seen with ...
4 security personnel, 1 LeT militant killed in Srinagar
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Srinagar, March 23 -- At least four security personnel and a top Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant were killed, and three others injured on Sunday in an attack triggered by the rebel group on a military search party near ...
Lindsay Lohan's sex tape a hoax
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, March 23 -- The video still making rounds on the net, which features Lindsay Lohan performing a sex act on ex-flame Calum Best, is fake. Blogs and internet forums have been buzzing with rumors of a ...
Shekhar Kapur to direct Anthony Minghella's film
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, March 23 -- Shekhar Kapur is in New York for an unexpected project. He is to direct a movie that the acclaimed British director, Anthony Minghella of "The English Patient" fame, was making before his death last ...
Sarah Harding felt 'quite sick' after Kit Kat ad
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding felt sick after scoffing chocolate while filming a recent Kit Kat advert. The 26-year-old singer revealed at the Capital Awards Help A London Child event, ...
Emma Watson thrashes Harry Potter lads at Ping Pong
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- English actress Emma Watson has proven herself worthy of yet another feat, thrashing her male co-stars at table tennis. The Harry Potter star is such an expert at the game that she scares ...
Chances of heart attack increases for men after prostate cancer diagnoses
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- A new study has suggested that men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP) are more likely to have a heart attack or what one calls cardio-vascular (CV) morbidity. It is known that ...
Britney's 'How I Met Your Mother' wardrobe to be sold for charity
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- American pop singer Britney Spears' cameo on hit US sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' is proving beneficial not only for her career, but also the environment. At least six items of ...
Battery driven autos, cars with Australian knowhow
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, March 23 -- Australia-based Farnow Technologies has tied up with Gujarat's FieldMarshal group to invest nearly Rs.10 billion ($250 million) for assembling battery-powered three-wheel rickshaws and cars in ...
Heather Mills hoping to star in George Harrison film
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- Heather Mills has now set her sights on Hollywood - and is hoping to star in Martin Scorsese's documentary on late Beatle George Harrison. The 40-year-old former model said she is one of ...
Hola Mohalla celebration at Amritsar's Golden Temple
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Amritsar, March 23 -- Tens of thousands of Sikh devotees converged at the Golden Temple here on Saturday to participate in the Hola Mohalla celebrations. It is held on the following day of Holi, the festival of ...
Supercontinent of Gondwana may have collapsed under its own weight
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- A new computer model of Gondwana - the southern hemisphere supercontinent that existed between 500 and 180 million years ago, has suggested that it simply cracked in two, collapsing under its own ...
Macca's 67 second meeting with Mills
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- It seems that Sir Paul McCartney is determined not to waste any more time on Heather Mills, for the legendary singer spent just 67 seconds on the first parental handover of daughter Beatrice since ...
Spaghetti Bolognese voted Worst First-Date Meal
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- If Spaghetti Bolognese is a something you relish, better restrict it to your home - and don't even think of ordering it on your first date - for the messy dish has bagged the Worst First-Date Meal ...
Dietary risk factors linked to incidence of prostate cancer
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- An oncologist at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has found that dietary risk factors are closely associated with incidence of prostate cancer (CaP). June Chan from ...
Rick Salomon claims 'fraud' in Pammie marriage
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 23 -- Hollywood hottie Pamela Anderson's estranged husband Rick Salomon has followed the actress' lead by filing legal papers to annul their two-month union. In February 2008 the former ...
Jamie Lee Curtis to pose topless to mark 50th year
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 23 -- American actress Jamie Lee Curtis has decided to mark her 50th birthday by posing topless. Jamie has plans of stripping off on the cover of a US mag for pensioners to mark her ...
No plan of Dalai Lama-Indian Vice President meeting: Chinese Foreign office
Mar 23, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 23 -- The Indian Government has clarified that the reports of meeting between its Vice President Hamid Ansari and the Dalai Lama were mere rumours, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has ...