| Oscar voting closes after fierce studio campaigns | | Feb 20, 2013 10:28:57 AM | | LOS ANGELES: Voting for Sunday's Oscars, the highest honours in the movie industry, closed on Tuesday evening after a big spending campaign by Hollywood studios and the first online balloting system in the 85-year history of the Academy Awards. More than 5,800 m.... |  | | | Taylor scores century as NZ make 269 against England | | Feb 20, 2013 10:19:30 AM | | NAPIER, New Zealand: Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum provided some late-innings power hitting to guide New Zealand to 269 all out in the second one-day international against England at McLean Park on Wednesday. Taylor anchored the innings with a well-crafted 10.... | | | | Quetta tragedy: Normalcy returns to Karachi, Lahore as protests end | | Feb 20, 2013 10:06:02 AM | | Staff Report KARACHI/LAHORE: Normal life was restored in Karachi, Sindh interior, parts of Punjab and Balochistan after country-wide protest of shia community ended late on Tuesday following talks with the government, SAMAA reported. Protests in support of the .... | | | | Indian trade unions on strike to protest inflation, fuel prices | | Feb 20, 2013 10:03:11 AM | | NEW DELHI: Major trade unions on Wednesday began a two-day strike, as the beleaguered government prepares to present an austerity budget to parliament and weather a corruption scandal in a big arms deal. Financial services, mining and transport are likely to be .... | | | | Quetta: Few grieving families refuse to bury their kin | | Feb 20, 2013 09:32:45 AM | | Staff Report QUETTA: As Shia leaders announced to call off their country-wide protest after talks with the government, few of the families of Quetta blast victims have refused to bury their beloved ones demanding army action in the city, SAMAA reported. Placing.... | | | | |
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