Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said "urgent"

He was speaking after his last National People's Congress news conference.

He added that China's decision to cut its economic growth target to 7.5% for 2012 was essential to sustain growth.

He also spoke on US-China trade links, relations with Taiwan and said that China would step up currency reform. Read More go to bbc.co.uk

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Santorum sweeps South: wins Alabama and Mississippi

With most precincts reporting, Rick Santorum is the projected winner of the Republican presidential primaries in Alabama & Mississippi. Newt Gingrich appears to have placed second in both contests with narrow leads over Mitt Romney.
Both states allocate their delegates proportionally, so Mitt Romney will retain his wide lead in the race toward the one, 144 delegates needed to secure the party's nomination. But Santorum's victories are a immense blow to Romney's campaign, which was hoping to put a cease to the narrative that the former governor cannot win in the traditional South. The sweep will likely provide Santorum with a major boost of enthusiasm & financial support.
"I require saying first to the people of Alabama, you made a great difference," Santorum said from Lafayette, La. before the results of Mississippi were clear. "I don't think there was a single poll showing me anywhere close to winning Mississippi. Not," they added--a true statement, though only a small handful of polls were conducted.
Speaking from Birmingham, Ala., Gingrich sounded his usual defiant note amid speculation that they would drop out of the race after failing to win either state in what is thought about his strongest region of support.

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supreme court of pakistan - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) resumed today the hearing of Mehrangate scandal, need learning reported.

Justice Khilji Arif Hussain said to former chief of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Retired Asad Durrani that you require picking so you better hire a lawyer.

Attorney General for Pakistan Molvi Anwarul Haq informed the court that he's scrutinized the statements of people in this case and there was nothing to keep them classified.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the agencies are not working as per their mandate. 'We cannot comprise on the interests of the State.

While referring to Asad Durrani the CJ said you are accepting that you distributed money. 'You and Aslam Beg were generals when this happened and they don't know the consequences of this act.'

Later, the hearing was adjourned till March 30th.

Appearing before a three-Judge bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez, on a 1996 pending plea of retired air marshal Asghar Khan, he recorded his statement.

Asad Durrani on March 09 testified before the SC that he received instructions from the then chief of army staff Mirza Aslam Baig to make arrangements for disbursement of Rs140 million among the candidates contesting 1990 general elections to manipulate the results.

He said "I received instruction from the COAS, Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg, that a positive business community in Karachi had raised some contribution to support the election campaign of the IJI and if I could arrange it to be distributed as per the formulas that would be conveyed to me by the election cell in the President's office."

He said that it was his belief that former army chief was under the instructions from late president Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

However, denying existence of any political cell in ISI, he said the political work could be carried out by those who had been assigned the task.

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Beautiful Scrabble Concept

Scrabble
Last year Andrew Capered designed a stunning Scrabble set with a minimalist wooden board as well as a lovely use of fonts on the tiles which had even Gizmo do alum Rosa wishing it was a reality. Well comes August, it will be.
According to weblog, there was a lot positive feedback online for the set that Hasbro has teamed up with a high-end licensee called Winning Solutions to put the Scrabble Typography Edition in to production. Come August it will be obtainable in versions, a premiere set that looks identical to original creation for $US200, as well as a less expensive $US50 version which will still use the distinctive set of fonts on all the alphabet tiles. Congratulations web, you have completed it again. [Winning Solutions by Polaroid’s & Paragraphs]

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A new high definition iPad from Apple

San Francisco-- Apple rolled out a high-definition iPad on Wednesday with a faster processor, a better camera as well as a computer screen that promises to be dramatically sharper than the current model, the iPad two.
"It is amazing," Apple CEO Tim Cook said at a San Francisco unveiling. "We've taken it to a whole new level, & they are redefining the section that Apple created with the original iPad."
The new 9.7-inch computer screen will feature a "retina display" of 2047 by 1536 pixels, compared with the current model's 1024 by 768 pixels.
To break it down, that is a total of three.1 million pixels on the computer screen.
"Your retina in your eye cannot discern those individual pixels," said Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller. "The images on it look stunning."
Tim Cook explains why iPad wins market
The new iPad will be obtainable in the United States & 9 other countries March 16 & cost the same as the iPad two -- from $499 to $829 based on storage capacity & Wi-Fi capacity. Pre-orders were opened at Apple's online store on Wednesday.
New iPad poster kid of 'post PC world'
The new version will be obtainable in the U.S. on AT&T & Verizon & will be the first iPad to connect to 4G networks (a fact that, at least for now, remains academic in most cities). It also will go on sale Friday in Australia, Canada, France, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom & the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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The Supreme Court of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to write letter to Swiss authorities to reopen cases against President Asif Ali Zardari without seeking advice, Geo News reported. The SC in its verdict ordered the prime minister to tell the court on March 21 after writing letter. The proceedings of the contempt case to continue meanwhile, the order said.

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Thousand of Spiders on the move Australia

Spiders on the move in flood ravaged Australia

Wild plants are covered in spider webs, formed as spiders escape from water waters, in Wagga Wagga Reuters
WAGGA WAGGA: Thousands of spiders have cast eerie webs over giant areas of flood-hit Australia after being forced to seek shelter by the rising waters.
Specialists said the spiders may be spinning the sticky webs to help them survive the deluge, which has forced thousands of people to leave their homes over the past week.
What we have seen here is a kind of wolf spider, Owen Seaman, arachnid professional at Queensland Museum, told Reuters.
They are trying to hide away (from the waters).
The Australian Museums entomology collections manager Graham Mill edge said the spiders behavior was known as ballooning, & was typical after spiders are forced to run away from floods.
The spider webs were seen near the inland city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, where 8,000 people were forced from their homes before the water waters receded on Wednesday.
Sydney as Taranga Zoo said Australia’s spider population has boomed in the wet weather.
They often do it as a way of dispersing & getting in to a new area, Mill edge told the news.com.au net site. In an event like this, they are trying to escape the floods.

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Vidya Balan wins National Award for 'The Dirty Picture'

The official announcement of the awards came out on March 7 in the capital.
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has reportedly bagged the National Award in the Best Actress section for her performance in The Dirty Picture while Girish Kulkarni has won the Best Actor award. Director Onir's "I AM" was declared the best Hindi film at the 59th National Awards announced here, while Amitabh Bhattacharya won the best words award for the song "Agar Zindagi" in the film.
Shah Rukh Khan's superhero film "RA.One" was named for best special effects.

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Sindh Assembly session turns in to ruckus

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly session turned in to a complete ruckus when Information Minister Shazia Marri and PML-F lawmaker Marvi Rashdi exchanged harsh words over a resolution introduced by the latter, Geo News reported Tuesday.Sindh Assembly session turns in to ruckus, According to sources, Marvi Rashdi introduced a resolution regarding orphans who are adopted but it was strongly opposed by Shazia Marri. Assembly Speaker Nisar Khoro expressed his anger over Marria’s remarks and cautioned her that he cannot dictate any member. Later, he expelled her remarks from the proceedings. When interrupted by Marvi Rashdi, Marri passed critical remarks over her and said neither you know the English language, nor you have intellect.

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Pakistan test Abdali missile

Islamabad: Pakistan successfully test-fired ballistic missile Haft II on Monday.
According to a statement issued by Inter Services Public relations (ISPR), Pakistan has successfully tested surface to surface Haft II ballistic missile.
The missile has a range of about 180 km & can over conventional & non-conventional warhead.
The check is part of Islamic nation’s efforts to boost maximum deterrence against India.

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list of 780000 porn sites for PTA to ban in pakistan

Who knows pornography better than a teenage boy?

In a bid to aid the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its ongoing efforts to block online porn in Pakistan, fifteen-year-old Ghazi Muhammad Abdullah has compiled & sent forward a list of 780,000 adult sites which they thinks ought to be blocked in Pakistan.
Speaking to ProPakistani, Abdullah said that they sent this list to the PTA following a letter sent to him by Director General, Law & Regulations, which said:
If there is any specific net site that you require to bring in to the knowledge of PTA, it is requested that PTA may be informed of the same accordingly for further necessary action at our finish.
The teenager had historically in the past written letters to the PTA, Ministry of Knowledge Know-how & Chief Justice of Pakistan to get adult sites blocked in Pakistan.
Without revealing the specific choice method for the adult sites added to the list, Abdullah told ProPakistani that they was aided by his friends whose names they wished not to share.
In an ongoing clampdown on the net, the judiciary & PTA have taken action against porn sites by blocking or banning access to over 13,000 sites in the country.
Additionally, a government department has recently called for proposals for the development, deployment & operation of a national level URL Filtering & Blocking Method.
The advertisement had been placed in local papers by National ICT R&D Fund, a division of the Ministry of Knowledge Know-how, on February 22, 2012. The proposal request states that each box of the method should be able to handle a block list of up to 50 million URLs with a processing delay of not over one millisecond.

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Facebook

Facebook is the world’s largest social network site, with over 700 million users & Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. It was a physical paper book until Zuckerberg brought it to the net. With this success, Zuckerberg, Moskowitz & Hughes moved out to Palo Alto for the summer & rented a sublet. With millions more users, Friendster tried to acquire the company for $10 million in mid 2004. Based on these types of numbers, Microsoft invested $240 million in to Facebook for one.

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