'The greatest war photographer in the world'
Robert Capa's vintage prints on show To mark what would have been the 100th birthday of photographer Robert Capa, the Atlas gallery in London is holding an exhibition of his work. It comprises a wide...
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Lina Sinjab (right) and her BBC colleagues in the city of Deraa The BBC's Lina Sinjab explains her deep emotion as she leaves her ruined home city of Damascus, where she has been reporting on the...
View ArticlePakistan cabinet led by PM Nawaz Sharif sworn in - bbc.com
Pakistanis are hoping that Mr Sharif (right) and new finance minister Ishaq Dar will be able to revive the economyTwenty-five members of the cabinet of new Pakistani Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif have...
View ArticleObama and Xi: Meeting of minds
By Celia Hatton & Tara McKelveyBBC NewsWhat will Barack Obama and China's new President Xi Jinping find to talk about at a special summit in California on Friday?During their two days together at...
View ArticleKarachi murder: Shahzeb Khan's killer gets death sentence
Shahrukh Jatoi and his fellow defendant Nawab Siraj Talpur are expected to appeal against the sentencesA young man from an influential family has been sentenced to death over a high-profile murder...
View ArticleXbox One: Microsoft defends pre-owned games rules
More will be known about the Xbox One at E3 in Los Angeles next week Microsoft has clarified its position on selling and buying pre-owned titles for its new Xbox One console.Confusion arose after it...
View ArticleRanil Can Try His Luck Later, Six Months Later
By Kumar David -Kumar David Colombo TelegraphProf Kumar DavidUNP Returns To Liberal-Democracy: More Than A Whiff Of DonoughmoreIn political science, keep the mind razor sharp and tongue as piercing as...
View ArticleIn Indian Ocean, threat is from U.S., not China, says Gayoom Sandeep Dikshit
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View ArticleDisembowelling The 13th Amendment?
By Tisaranee Gunasekara -“Nemesis, the goddess of measure and not of revenge, keeps watch. All those who overstep the limits are pitilessly punished by her”. -Albert Camus (Helen’s Exile)One of the...
View ArticleShake-up at top Jet management as CEO Kardassis quits
10inShare Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3Shake-up at top Jet management as CEO Kardassis quitsWithin two months of Jet Airways clinching a deal to sell 24...
View ArticleChina’s new Premier leaves behind an aura of goodwill but border tensions...
On May 19, at the 7 Race Course Road private dinner hosted by Manmohan Singh for visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, the dignitary told his host how much he had enjoyed Amir Khan’s ‘Three Idiots’...
View ArticleSayur Masak Lemak (Curry vegetables) Singapore
IngredientsServes : 4 1 large yellow onion, roughly chopped1/2 teaspoon belacan (shrimp paste)1 fresh red chilli50g small prawns, shelled1/2 teaspoon sugar2 tablespoons vegetable oilsalt1 small...
View ArticleMalay Spicy Tomato Chicken( Ayam Masak Merah)
About this recipe: This is known as Ayam Masak Merah in Malaysia and Indonesia. It is spicy and sweet at the same time using a wide range of fresh herbs and spices. phoenixfyre IngredientsServes : 4 1...
View ArticleBetting against the house
| by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka( June 7, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) As the Sinhalese and Tamils, or more precisely the Sinhala and Tamil nationalists, will eventually learn, there were rather good...
View ArticleWhy we need 202-story skyscrapers
In 10 years, 221 cities in China will hold a million or more residents. We need to be smart about building urban real estate.By Brian Dumaine, senior editor-at-largeMovin' on up.FORTUNE -- Today, for...
View ArticleThis is the suburb of the future
Panasonic is on course to finish a "smart town" from scratch this year.By Michael FitzpatrickFORTUNE -- Despite its high-tech reputation, Japan has some of the dumbest homes and communities among rich...
View ArticleAmerica's Best-Paid Banker Last Year Wasn't Jamie Dimon
Wells Fargo WFC+1.3% Chief Executive John Stumpf is the best-paid U.S. banking CEO, according to an analysis of 2012 regulatory filings by SNL Financial.Stumpf brought home $22.9 million in...
View ArticleHigh profile killings after Thimpu fiasco
*RAW hand in TELO killings alleged*War on terror revisitedJune 11, 2013, 7:51 pmPart-144Various demands submitted by the TULF and Tamil groups were meant to cause suspicious and angst among the...
View ArticleEditorial - Island.lk
Guarding the guardsJune 11, 2013, 8:07 pmRoman poet of the Satires fame, Juvenal, asked circa 2nd Century AD: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will guard the guards?) This is the question most...
View ArticleArunima Sinha: Indian is first woman amputee to climb Everest
By Vineet KhareBBC HindiArunima Sinha has achieved what is unthinkable to manyIn 2011, 26-year-old Arunima Sinha lost one of her legs after she said she was thrown off a moving train when she resisted...
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