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FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.


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The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has expressed its reservation over the strategy of PTCL converting regular employees’ jobs into contract.
committee also asked PTCL to improve its standard of service.
The Committee which met at the Parliament House on Monday directed the IT Ministry and its attached departments particularly the PTA to take [...]

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By Chand
Warid has revised Crazy Nights and Crazy Hours, where pricing has been hiked with some other changes in the configuration as well.
First let’s talk about Crazy Nites:

Daily rental has been increased from 20 plus tax to 25 plus tax – per day
Earlier package hours were from 10 PM to 8 AM as per our [...]

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Gen Fonseka was defeated by incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa last month by six million votes to four million.
Gen Fonseka rejected the results and vowed to challenge them in court.
The government has been seeking legal advice to bring a court martial against the general on charges of plotting to overthrow the administration.
Sri Lanka’s election loser Gen Fonseka [...]

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan News: Awami Muslim League’s chief Shiekh Rasheed escaped unhurt in an apparent attempt on his life here Monday in which two others were killed and three wounded.
Rasheed, who is contesting the bye-polls at NA-55 scheduled to be held later this month, was visiting one of his election offices in downtown city when unknown [...]

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ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan allrounder Wasim Akram has been appointed to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s inquiry committee looking into the national team’s poor performance on its just completed tour of Australia.

Akram replaces ex test batsman and PCB director of cricket development Haroon Rasheed, who resigned from the inquiry committee last week, the PCB said in a [...]

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Saints Win Super Bowl, The NFL’s New Orleans Saints wrapped up an impressive 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts to clinch their first ever Super Bowl, and thus, causing Bourbon Street to explode in pandemonium. But thousands of miles away here on the left coast in Los Angeles, many USC football fans joined the “Who [...]

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About two weeks ago we asked our readers about their opinion on the “limited time offers” by telecom companies. You can view that post here.  An overwhelming majority of 92% responded with dissatisfaction over how companies handle these offers. I think this presents a good opportunity for these companies to improve how these offers are [...]

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Virender Sehwag, Follow on in Cricket, India South Africa, NAGPUR, India: Virender Sehwag cracked a fine century under pressure before South Africa hit back to reduce India to 221-4 at tea on the third day of the first Test on Monday.
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The explosive opener hit 15 fours in his 109-run knock and shared 136 [...]