this video shows brotherhood in eastern culture,where one tyrannic brother had to do submission...and later in life they all lived happy life.
Dil Ka Rishta [Full Song] _ Yuvvraaj by pappuchilka
Confident NY Fashion Week kicks off
NEW YORK: New York's Autumn-Winter Fashion Week kicked off Thursday in New York with designer clothing houses and the luxury sector feeling well heeled in a resurgent economy.Putting the threadbare days of the global recession behind them, global fashionistas began gathering at Manhattan catwalks as earnings reports pointed to renewed good times.Italy's Prada announced turnover of 2.04 billion euros in 2010, up 31 percent on the previous year. He .... Full Story
PIA suffers loss of Rs810m in three days
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suffered an estimated loss of Rs810 million in three days due to strike of the workers, Geo News reported on Friday.It may be mentioned here that PIA has shown a loss of Rs11.69 billion from January to December 2010.
Davis not acted in self-defence: police
LAHORE: The police investigations into the Lahore incident have been completed and it has now been confirmed that Raymond Davis did not acted in self-defence, Geo News reported.
CCPO Lahore Aslam Tarin told media that Davis shot at the fleeing boy and the motorcyclists did not point guns at him adding that the gun recovered from the deceased was not loaded.
He rejected the self-defence claim made by Davis who shot dead two men last month, saying it was a clear case of murder.
"The police investigation and forensic report show it was not self-defence," he told a news conference.
"His plea has been rejected by police investigators," he said. "He gave no chance to them to survive. That is why we consider it was not self-defence. We have proof it was not self-defence. It was clear murder."
CCPO Lahore Aslam Tarin told media that Davis shot at the fleeing boy and the motorcyclists did not point guns at him adding that the gun recovered from the deceased was not loaded.
He rejected the self-defence claim made by Davis who shot dead two men last month, saying it was a clear case of murder.
"The police investigation and forensic report show it was not self-defence," he told a news conference.
"His plea has been rejected by police investigators," he said. "He gave no chance to them to survive. That is why we consider it was not self-defence. We have proof it was not self-defence. It was clear murder."
Davis case; US threatens to snap diplomatic ties with Pakistan
| WASHINGTON: President Obama's national security advisor summoned Pakistan's ambassador to the White House Monday evening to deliver a threat from the president: Release Raymond Davis, an American being held in Lahore for killing two Pakistanis, or face the consequences, US media quoted Pakistani officials as saying. According to the reported published in ABC News, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon told Ambassador Husain Haqqani th ... Full Story | ||
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Scientists grow blood vessels for human surgery
WASHINGTON: Scientists can grow blood vessels in a lab for use in coronary bypass or dialysis, a promising alternative to harvesting from the patient, said a study published on Wednesday.
The process involves taking smooth muscle cells from a human cadaver and grafting them onto tubes made of the material used in making dissolvable stitches, called polyglycolic acid.
Within eight to 10 weeks, the tubes degrade and a "fully formed vascular graft" remains, said the research by scientists from Duke University, East Carolina University and Yale University.
The veins have been tested in baboons and dogs. They were not rejected by the animals' bodies and functioned well for six months, said the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The bio-engineered vessels could also be stored in saline solution for up to a year, suggesting that one day surgeons could pluck a vein "off the shelf" for use in a sick patient, the study said.
"These can be made ahead of time and then are ready to go whenever they are needed," the paper said.
Clinical trials in humans are expected to begin soon, according to a spokeswoman from Humacyte, a regenerative medicine company based in North Carolina that also contributed to the study and funded the research.
"Currently, grafting using the patient's own veins remains the gold standard," said co-author Alan Kypson of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
"But, harvesting a vein from the patient's leg can lead to complications, and for patients who don't have suitable veins, the bio-engineered veins could serve as an important new way to provide a coronary bypass."
The engineered vessels also have "decreased potential for infection, obstruction or clotting," the study noted.
Shannon Dahl, senior director of Scientific Operations at Humacyte, said veins can be made in a variety of sizes for use in different operations.
"We can make the bio-engineered veins in large and small diameter which means they can be used for procedures ranging from hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure and for coronary by-pass," she said.
The National Kidney Foundation says that 320,000 patients require dialysis, and "more than half of dialysis patients lack the healthy veins necessary and must undergo an arteriovenous graft (AV graft) placement" for the procedure.
Around 400,000 coronary bypass procedures are performed annually in the United States, according to the American Heart Association.
The process involves taking smooth muscle cells from a human cadaver and grafting them onto tubes made of the material used in making dissolvable stitches, called polyglycolic acid.
Within eight to 10 weeks, the tubes degrade and a "fully formed vascular graft" remains, said the research by scientists from Duke University, East Carolina University and Yale University.
The veins have been tested in baboons and dogs. They were not rejected by the animals' bodies and functioned well for six months, said the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The bio-engineered vessels could also be stored in saline solution for up to a year, suggesting that one day surgeons could pluck a vein "off the shelf" for use in a sick patient, the study said.
"These can be made ahead of time and then are ready to go whenever they are needed," the paper said.
Clinical trials in humans are expected to begin soon, according to a spokeswoman from Humacyte, a regenerative medicine company based in North Carolina that also contributed to the study and funded the research.
"Currently, grafting using the patient's own veins remains the gold standard," said co-author Alan Kypson of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.
"But, harvesting a vein from the patient's leg can lead to complications, and for patients who don't have suitable veins, the bio-engineered veins could serve as an important new way to provide a coronary bypass."
The engineered vessels also have "decreased potential for infection, obstruction or clotting," the study noted.
Shannon Dahl, senior director of Scientific Operations at Humacyte, said veins can be made in a variety of sizes for use in different operations.
"We can make the bio-engineered veins in large and small diameter which means they can be used for procedures ranging from hemodialysis for patients with kidney failure and for coronary by-pass," she said.
The National Kidney Foundation says that 320,000 patients require dialysis, and "more than half of dialysis patients lack the healthy veins necessary and must undergo an arteriovenous graft (AV graft) placement" for the procedure.
Around 400,000 coronary bypass procedures are performed annually in the United States, according to the American Heart Association.
Pakistan beat NZ, win first series in two years
AUCKLAND: Pakistan won their first one-day series since November 2008 when they beat New Zealand by 41 runs in the fifth game of their six-match series at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday.
The victory, courtesy of Ahmed Shehzad's 115 and a polished bowling performance gave Pakistan an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series, with only the final match to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
Pakistan made a below-par 268 for nine, but New Zealand wasted a golden opportunity to level the series with only Martin Guptill (65) and stand-in captain Ross Taylor (69) posting any scores of substance in their 227 all out in 46.5 overs.
The hosts had looked well set to push for victory when Taylor was batting with James Franklin in the 42nd over, but when Taylor, who had survived a confident leg before appeal by Shahid Afridi, was given out in the same over their run chase disappeared.
New Zealand have now lost 14 of their last 15 completed one-day internationals.
Pakistan's innings had been anchored by Shehzad's first one-day international century, which he brought up with a push to square leg after he wandered across his stumps to well outside off to give himself some room.
His century came off 101 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, and the 19-year-old looked to increase the scoring rate even further once he reached the milestone but was caught in the deep by Franklin off Scott Styris in the 38th over.
The visitors had looked well set to push on to 300-plus on a good pitch with short boundaries and while several batsmen got starts, New Zealand's bowlers varied their pace and length to restrict the scoring in the final few overs.
Completed scoreboard in the fifth one-day international between New Zealand and Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton Thursday.
Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez c N. McCullum b Mills 14
Ahmed Shehzad c Franklin b Styris 115
Kamran Akmal run out (Mills) 17
Younis Khan c Styris b N. McCullum 21
Misbah-ul-Haq c Oram b Styris 25
Umar Akmal run out (B.McCullum) 32
Shahid Afridi c Guptill b Oram 24
Abdul Razzaq c How b Mills 3
Wahab Riaz not out 2
Umar Gul c Ryder b Oram 1
Extras (b 7, 1b 2, w 4, nb 1) 14
Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 268
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mohammad Hafeez), 2-73 (Kamran Akmal), 3-120 (Younis Khan), 4-197 (Ahmed Shehzad), 5-205 (Misbah-ul-Haq), 6-248 (Shahid Afridi), 7-252 (Abdul Razzaq), 8-265 (Umar Akmal), 9-268 (Umar Gul)
Did not bat: Shoaib Akhtar
Bowling: Mills 10-2-42-2, Bennett 8-0-56-0, Oram 10-0-49-2 (1w), N. McCullum 10-0-40-1, Styris 9-0-51-2 (2w), Franklin 3-0-21-0 (1nb, 1w)
New Zealand
M. Guptill c Umar Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 65
J. Ryder run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 0
J. How c Mohammad Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 12
R. Taylor lbw b Shahid Afridi 69
B. McCullum c sub (Rehman) b Shahid Afridi 9
S. Styris run out (Younis Khan) 9
J. Franklin b Wahab Riaz 16
N. McCullum b Umar Gul 14
J. Oram c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul 10
K. Mills not out 4
H. Bennett b Wahab Riaz 3
Extras (lb 8, w 7, nb 1) 16
Total (all out; 46.5 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryder), 2-53 (How), 3-112 (Guptill), 4-131 (B. McCullum), 5-150 (Styris), 6-192 (Taylor), 7-194 (Franklin), 8-207 (Oram), 9-222 (N. McCullum), 10-227 (Bennett)
Bowling: Abdul Razzaq 4-1-19-0, Shoaib Akhtar 8-0-32-1 (1w), Wahab Riaz 8.5-0-51-3 (1nb, 5w), Umar Gul 7-0-28-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-55-2, Mohammad Hafeez 9-0-34-0 (1w)
Toss: New Zealand
Result: Pakistan won by 41 runs
Man-of-the-match: Ahmed Shehzad
Series: Pakistan 3-1
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Steve Davis (AUS)
TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
The victory, courtesy of Ahmed Shehzad's 115 and a polished bowling performance gave Pakistan an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series, with only the final match to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
Pakistan made a below-par 268 for nine, but New Zealand wasted a golden opportunity to level the series with only Martin Guptill (65) and stand-in captain Ross Taylor (69) posting any scores of substance in their 227 all out in 46.5 overs.
The hosts had looked well set to push for victory when Taylor was batting with James Franklin in the 42nd over, but when Taylor, who had survived a confident leg before appeal by Shahid Afridi, was given out in the same over their run chase disappeared.
New Zealand have now lost 14 of their last 15 completed one-day internationals.
Pakistan's innings had been anchored by Shehzad's first one-day international century, which he brought up with a push to square leg after he wandered across his stumps to well outside off to give himself some room.
His century came off 101 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, and the 19-year-old looked to increase the scoring rate even further once he reached the milestone but was caught in the deep by Franklin off Scott Styris in the 38th over.
The visitors had looked well set to push on to 300-plus on a good pitch with short boundaries and while several batsmen got starts, New Zealand's bowlers varied their pace and length to restrict the scoring in the final few overs.
Completed scoreboard in the fifth one-day international between New Zealand and Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton Thursday.
Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez c N. McCullum b Mills 14
Ahmed Shehzad c Franklin b Styris 115
Kamran Akmal run out (Mills) 17
Younis Khan c Styris b N. McCullum 21
Misbah-ul-Haq c Oram b Styris 25
Umar Akmal run out (B.McCullum) 32
Shahid Afridi c Guptill b Oram 24
Abdul Razzaq c How b Mills 3
Wahab Riaz not out 2
Umar Gul c Ryder b Oram 1
Extras (b 7, 1b 2, w 4, nb 1) 14
Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 268
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mohammad Hafeez), 2-73 (Kamran Akmal), 3-120 (Younis Khan), 4-197 (Ahmed Shehzad), 5-205 (Misbah-ul-Haq), 6-248 (Shahid Afridi), 7-252 (Abdul Razzaq), 8-265 (Umar Akmal), 9-268 (Umar Gul)
Did not bat: Shoaib Akhtar
Bowling: Mills 10-2-42-2, Bennett 8-0-56-0, Oram 10-0-49-2 (1w), N. McCullum 10-0-40-1, Styris 9-0-51-2 (2w), Franklin 3-0-21-0 (1nb, 1w)
New Zealand
M. Guptill c Umar Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 65
J. Ryder run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 0
J. How c Mohammad Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 12
R. Taylor lbw b Shahid Afridi 69
B. McCullum c sub (Rehman) b Shahid Afridi 9
S. Styris run out (Younis Khan) 9
J. Franklin b Wahab Riaz 16
N. McCullum b Umar Gul 14
J. Oram c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul 10
K. Mills not out 4
H. Bennett b Wahab Riaz 3
Extras (lb 8, w 7, nb 1) 16
Total (all out; 46.5 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryder), 2-53 (How), 3-112 (Guptill), 4-131 (B. McCullum), 5-150 (Styris), 6-192 (Taylor), 7-194 (Franklin), 8-207 (Oram), 9-222 (N. McCullum), 10-227 (Bennett)
Bowling: Abdul Razzaq 4-1-19-0, Shoaib Akhtar 8-0-32-1 (1w), Wahab Riaz 8.5-0-51-3 (1nb, 5w), Umar Gul 7-0-28-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-55-2, Mohammad Hafeez 9-0-34-0 (1w)
Toss: New Zealand
Result: Pakistan won by 41 runs
Man-of-the-match: Ahmed Shehzad
Series: Pakistan 3-1
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Steve Davis (AUS)
TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
Egypt's PM apologises for violence
CAIRO: Egypt's new Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq apologised Thursday for violence in central Cairo that protesters demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak say was instigated by the government.
"As officials and a state which must protect its sons, I thought it was necessary for me to apologise and to say that this matter will not be repeated," the prime minister told reporters, describing the violence as "a disaster."
He promised an investigation to find out "whether this was planned, was it spontaneous, did someone direct it, (or) did a certain party encourage it?"
He warned of the economic damage caused by the protests, now entering their 10th day. "I call on the protesters in these demonstrations to feel that with every passing hour there is destruction. Our work is frozen.
"There is very, very great destruction and we will suffer from it a great deal."
"As officials and a state which must protect its sons, I thought it was necessary for me to apologise and to say that this matter will not be repeated," the prime minister told reporters, describing the violence as "a disaster."
He promised an investigation to find out "whether this was planned, was it spontaneous, did someone direct it, (or) did a certain party encourage it?"
He warned of the economic damage caused by the protests, now entering their 10th day. "I call on the protesters in these demonstrations to feel that with every passing hour there is destruction. Our work is frozen.
"There is very, very great destruction and we will suffer from it a great deal."
Preparations for 68th Golden Globe Award in full swing
LOS ANGELES: The countdown to Sunday's 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards is on, and the British comedian Rickey Gervais is set to front the ceremony -- which takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on Sunday -- for the second time and jokingly claimed he doesn't want to mock anyone during the show who will want retribution.
He said: "I only go for the weak and the feeble. I'm not going to have a go at Russell Crowe or Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rooney maybe. Betty White, I'm not scared of her. You've gotta to choose your targets wisely."
Ricky, 49, also admitted he plans to poke fun at Charlie Sheen -- who has recently hit the headlines for wild partying with porn stars -- and Mel Gibson, whose angry rants were exposed in a series of leaked voicemail messages to former lover Oksana Grigorieva last year.
The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards is set for Sunday in Beverly Hills.
He said: "I only go for the weak and the feeble. I'm not going to have a go at Russell Crowe or Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rooney maybe. Betty White, I'm not scared of her. You've gotta to choose your targets wisely."
Ricky, 49, also admitted he plans to poke fun at Charlie Sheen -- who has recently hit the headlines for wild partying with porn stars -- and Mel Gibson, whose angry rants were exposed in a series of leaked voicemail messages to former lover Oksana Grigorieva last year.
The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards is set for Sunday in Beverly Hills.
Shah Rukh, Katrina in KJo’s next
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan has scores of reasons to rejoice for. The actor, who bagged the prestigious Zee Cine Award in the Best Popular Actor category, will soon be seen romancing the dazzling Katrina Kaif onscreen. With the duo not having a single movie together to their credit, many top movie directors are now gearing up to bring the dishy pair together for a film.
And even though the infamous fight between SRK and Salman at Katrina’s birthday party had made her averse to sharing screen space with SRK, the fact that all leading ladies have romanced SRK is now persuading Kat to follow suit.
And that’s not all. As per reports, even Shah Rukh is keen to work with Katrina. Sources have revealed, "At Hrithik Roshan’s birthday bash, Katrina was seen enjoying SRK’s company.
The two talked for a long time and there was hardly any sign of animosity between the two. Not only that, Shah Rukh even escorted Kat back to her car. She left the party with Karan Johar.”
As for the director that is working hard to bring the two together onscreen, it’s none other than Karan Johar. Well, here’s looking forward to this jinxed pair coming together.
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