Almost every child in Thar wants to become a teacher
KarachiAlmost every child in non-formal schools in Tharparkar wants to become a teacher, indicating they are inspired by their teachers and wa
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Talks to mull Pakistan ’sanctuaries’: Karzai (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai Tuesday said a White House summit with his Pakistani counterpart will discuss closing militant “sanctuaries” in Pakistan.
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Kolkata set Delhi 155-run target
DURBAN: Kolkata Knight Riders have set a winning target of 155 runs for Delhi Daredevils in the day-night match in the IPL here at Kingsmead on Tuesday.Winning the toss and batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders made 154 runs for the loss of only three wickets in the allotted 20 overs.Morne van Wyk top-scored with 74 from 48 balls. He struck eleven fours and opening the innings with his captain Brendon McCullum gave a sound start of 58 runs. McCullum smashed three sixes in his brief 29-ball stay and scored 35.Moises Henriques was unbeaten on 30. He faced 24 balls and hit one six and two fours.Kolkata made a couple of changes to the line-up that pushed Kings XI Punjab to the last ball in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Australian allrounder Moises Henriques took the place of Chris Gayle, who has left to join his West Indian team-mates in England, and Yashpal Singh replaced Laxmi Ratan Shukla. Delhi remained unchanged.
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Residents flee Pakistan’s Swat as clashes loom (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Thousands fled from the main town in Pakistan’s Swat valley on Tuesday fearing the approach of fighting between government troops and Taliban militants Washington says pose a threat to the region.
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Pakistan not a failed state: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON: The United States supports “unambiguously” President Asif Ali Zardari and rejects talk that Pakistan is becoming a failed state, US envoy Richard Holbrooke said Tuesday.”Pakistan’’s of such immense importance to the United States, strategically and politically, that our goal must be to support unambiguously and help stabilize a democratic Pakistan headed by its elected president, Asif Ali Zardari,” Holbrooke told US lawmakers. Rejecting US media reporting that President Barack Obama’’s administration is seeking a deal with Zardari’’s political rival Nawaz Sharif, the special envoy added: “We do not think Pakistan is a failed state.”We think it is a state that is under extreme test. We have the same common enemies,” said Holbrooke, who is Obama’’s special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan. His appearance before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs came a day before Obama was to host Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House. Holbrooke said: “Our most vital national security interests are at stake.”But the US administration had absolutely no interest in seeing the Pakistani military return to power in place of Zardari’’s shaky government.”We are strongly opposed to any such event. We have made that unambiguous and made it clear to all parties, publicly and privately,” Holbrooke said. “We think this would be a terrible event.”
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U.S. pressures Pakistan on militants, backs Zardari (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The United States on Tuesday pressured Pakistan to take on Taliban militants whose influence is spreading in the nuclear-armed country but said it solidly supports Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
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US’s Holbrooke: Pakistan not a failed state (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan is not a failed state but its government is facing tremendous challenges and needs U.S. help to counter Taliban advances, the Obama administration’s point man for the region said Tuesday.
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Civilians told to flee ahead of Pakistan offensive against Taliban (CNN)
Some 500,000 civilians are expected to flee Pakistan’s Swat Valley, heeding a government evacuation order issued Tuesday ahead of an expected military offensive in the Taliban-dominated region.
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W.H. to press Pakistan on Taliban (Politico via Yahoo! News)
The security crisis in Pakistan over the last month achieved what neither President Barack Obama nor George Bush could: It focused the Pakistani government and the Army on the internal threat they face from Taliban and other militants.
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Kolkata win toss and bat against Delhi
DURBAN: Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and decided to bat against Delhi Daredevils in the day-night match in the IPL here at Kingsmead on Tuesday.They made a couple of changes to the line-up that pushed Kings XI Punjab to the last ball in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Australian allrounder Moises Henriques took the place of Chris Gayle, who has left to join his West Indian team-mates in England, and Yashpal Singh replaced Laxmi Ratan Shukla. Delhi go in with an unchanged side. Delhi Daredevils: David Warner, Gautam Gambhir (captain), AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan, Dirk Nannes Kolkata Knight Riders: Brendon McCullum (captain), Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Wriddhiman Saha, Morne van Wyk (wk), Moises Henriques, Yashpal Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ashok Dinda, Ishant Sharma.
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