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Samsung Nexus Prime smartphone launch on hold – because of Steve Jobs
Samsung’s Nexus Prime, unlike its Wave, seen here, will stay shrouded for at least another week. Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP Samsung, the biggest rival to Apple in the smartphone business and which is involved in a number of bitter courtroom battles with the US company, has abruptly postponed its scheduled launch of a new top-end phone…
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ICC warns Sri Lanka over Galle’s ‘poor’ pitch
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket board (SLC) has been officially warned for the “poor” quality of the pitch at Galle, which hosted the first test in their recent series against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday. The SLC was in line for a sanction after the pitch was criticised as “too dry” by…
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Parties with ‘militant wings’ must be banned, says Nawaz
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday said all political parties with militant wings must be banned, DawnNews reported. Speaking to media representatives in Daulatpur village, Mr Sharif said everyone was fully aware of those political parties that have military wings. “Parties involved in extortion have been revealed now…Karachi was…
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Pakistan seeks update on Raymond Davis
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s embassy in Washington has asked the Justice Department for an update on its promised investigation into Raymond Davis’s last brush with the law, when he shot and killed two Pakistanis in January. Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor, whose arrest in Pakistan caused an international incident, had flown under the radar for the past…
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