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Gaza: Father holds dead baby after 18 days of continous shelling

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The heart-touching photo goes viral over the different social media websites.</div>
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It is reported that the death toll has been increased to 850 in past four weeks. The image of tot is one of around 800 Palestinians, mainly civilians and 120 of them children that were killed in 18 days of bitter bloodshed, filling the region’s graveyards almost to capacity.</div>
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I love to take Sonam Kapoor to Pakistan: Fawad Khan

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The 32 year old actor said that his experience of working in India was very good and he credits his Khoobsurat co-star Sonam Kapoor for it.</div>
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“She is a great person and I enjoyed working with her. The environment on the sets was very homely and I didn’t face any problem at any stage,” Fawad said here Sunday on the sets of Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.</div>
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“I didn’t face any problem in communicating with the people on the sets and a lot of credit goes to her (Sonam) for that,” he added.</div>
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Fawad would love to take Sonam on a tour of Pakistan; especially the Sind region Sonam’s family belongs to.</div>
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“I have heard she is interested in the Sind region, so I can show her that area. Besides that, I can show her around Lahore the best as I belong to that city,” Fawad said.</div>
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“It would be a pleasure to show her around Pakistan. I think this is a good chance for us to connect as it is not often you get to visit the other’s country,” added the actor.</div>
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The movie ‘Khoobsurat’ is being directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Sonam’s sister Rhea Kapoor. It also features Kirron Kher and Ratna Pathak Shah. The movie will hit the cinemas on 19 September, this year.</div>

I love to take Sonam Kapoor to Pakistan: Fawad Khan

MUMBAI: Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, who is making his debut in Bollywood with Shashanka Ghosh’s upcoming movie ‘Khoobsurat’ opposite So...

Drinking too much soda could affect adolescent memory, ability to learn

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 11.99995231628418px; text-align: left;">FILE - This Feb. 13, 2014 file photo shows sugary sodas in Sacramento, Calif. Since 2005, carbonated soft drinks have been in decline in the U.S. overall, said John Sicher, editor and publisher of the news and data service Beverage Digest. The overall volume has decreased from 10.2 billion cases to 9.2 billion cases. In terms of individual consumption, there's been a corresponding decline. Much of that consumption decline is due to a migration to other categories, primarily bottled water. Between 1999 and 2010, daily calories from soda consumed by 2- to 5-year-olds decreased on average from 106 to 69, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press</span></td></tr>
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If former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg had waited just a bit longer to wage his public health battle against soda drinks, he could have had more ammunition.</div>
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Bloomberg had cited the well-known risks of obesity and diabetes that are associated with excess consumption of sugary drinks when he tried to ban oversized soda pop from being sold at some venues in the city. </div>
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But new research indicates drinking too much soda could also negatively affect the brain, especially for teenagers.</div>
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Researchers at the University of Southern California found that drinking beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose (that is, soda) every day can impair the ability to learn and remember information.</div>
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The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior in Seattle this week. </div>
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"It's no secret that refined carbohydrates, particularly when consumed in soft drinks and other beverages, can lead to metabolic disturbances," said Dr. Scott Kanoski, the lead author of the study, in a release.</div>
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"However, our findings reveal that consuming sugar-sweetened drinks is also interfering with our brain's ability to function normally and remember critical information about our environment, at least when consumed in excess before adulthood."</div>
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The researchers gave adult and adolescent rats daily access to sweetened beverages that matched the sugar content found in common soda drinks for 30 days.</div>
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At the end of the month, the researchers tested the rats on their cognitive functions using mazes.</div>
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They noticed that the adolescent rats had trouble with their spatial learning, which has to do with navigating the surrounding environment. The drinks also led to a glucose intolerance.</div>
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Adult rats, on the other hand, performed the tests normally.</div>
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Researchers discovered that when the teen rats drank those sugary beverages every day, it led to inflammation of the hippocampus part of their brains. The hippocampus controls memory and spatial sense. The inflammation is seen to be the reason behind the rats' learning impairment, according to the researchers.</div>
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"In many ways this region is a canary in the coal mine, as it is particularly sensitive to insult by various environmental factors, including eating foods that are high in saturated fat and processed sugar," said Kanoski.</div>

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‘Kick’ becomes top Bollywood hit of the year

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<span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">LONDON: Producer-director Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Kick,” starring Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, has emerged as Bollywood’s highest grossing film of the year, reported variety.com.</span><br style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">The recently-released movie enjoyed an estimated $13.9 million opening weekend in India, placing the film 6th in the list of all time openers, which is still led by Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Aamir Khan starrer “Dhoom 3” that dominated the Christmas 2013 frame with $17.8 million.</span><br style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Buoyed by the Eid holidays, “Kick” added a mighty $7.2 million to its India box office.</span><br style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Internationally, the film collected some $5.5 million, including more than $1 million each from the US and UK and $1.6 million in the UAE. The film’s worldwide 5 day total of $26.6 million takes it past Bollywood’s top 2014 grosser, A.R. Murugadoss’ “Holiday: A Solder is Never off Duty”, starring Akshay Kumar, that took in $22 million.</span><br style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">The movie is about a young man perennially in search of an adrenaline rush, is a remake of Surender Reddy’s 2009 Telugu-language film of the same name, starring Ravi Teja.</span><br style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">“Dhoom 3” also remains Bollywood’s all time grosser with $88 million.</span>

‘Kick’ becomes top Bollywood hit of the year

LONDON: Producer-director Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Kick,” starring Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, has emerged as Bollywood’s highest grossin...

Shahbaz Sharif says 2000 houses will be built in North Waziristan

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<strong style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); border: 0px; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">BANNU: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while terming Zarb-e-Azb a battle for Pakistan’s security said 2000 houses and a hospital will be constructed in North Waziristan Agency.</strong><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Addressing the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) during his visit to the NWA affectees camp in Bakakhel, Shahbaz Sharif said a hospital will be built at a cost of Rs 1 billion in NWA besides a Danish school.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Flanked by Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehtab Ahmed Khan, the Punjab CM said he was himself monitoring the disbursement of cash among the IDPs. “Cash has been distributed among forty-thousand affected families while 14000 more families will be given Rs7000 each,” he added.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">He said the sacrifices of the NWA victims will not go in vain and that the entire nation stood with the affectees at the time of their trial.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #363635; font-family: 'Fanwood Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">On the occasion, a briefing was given to the CM on the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb and steps being taken to facilitate the IDPs.</span>

Shahbaz Sharif says 2000 houses will be built in North Waziristan

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England vs India third Test: Moeen Ali banned from wearing 'Save Gaza' and 'Free Palestine' wristbands by the ICC

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The International Cricket Council has banned England cricketer Moeen Ali from wearing any wristbands with political messages on them after he was seen wearing <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-heaviest-night-of-strikes-hits-hamas-leaders-house-and-tv-headquarters-9634403.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important; outline: none;" title="“Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine”">“Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine”</a>inscribed wristbands during his first innings in the third Test between England and India.</div>
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Former Australia batsman David Boon, who is the ICC’s match referee for the encounter at Southampton’s Aegas Bowl, has made the ruling after conflicting statements on Monday night left a state of confusion around the incident.</div>
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The ECB had cleared Moeen to wear the wristbands because he was making a humanitarian statement as opposed to a political one, but the ICC have taken a different approach.</div>
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A statement released by the ICC on Tuesday morning – ahead of the third day’s play began – read: “The ICC equipment and clothing regulations do not permit the display of messages that relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes during an international match.</div>
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<b>“Moeen Ali was told by the match referee that while he is free to express his views on such causes away from the cricket field, he is not permitted to wear the wristbands on the field of play and warned not to wear the bands again during an international match.”</b></div>
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The act of support is in relation to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East as conflict between Israel and Palestine continues in Gaza, where the death toll has reportedly surpassed the 1,000 mark.</div>
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The entire England team will also wear the logo of the Help for Heroes charity on their shirts today in a commemorative gesture on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.</div>
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Moeen made just 12 runs from 28 balls on Monday before Bhuvneshwar Kumar had him caught by Ajinkya Rahane, but it didn’t cost the hosts as centuries from Gary Balance and Ian Bell helped them to a total of 569-7d before leaving India on 25-1.</div>
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England vs India third Test: Moeen Ali banned from wearing 'Save Gaza' and 'Free Palestine' wristbands by the ICC

The International Cricket Council has banned England cricketer Moeen Ali from wearing any wristbands with political messages on the...

South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis retires from International cricket ANI

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South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis, who retired from Test cricket last December, has decided to end his one-day international career.</div>
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Kallis, 38, made his decision after scoring only five runs from his final three ODIs in <span style="color: blue;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">Sri Lanka</span></span> this month, reports the BBC.</div>
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However, he intends to continue playing Twenty20 cricket for Sydney Thunder and <span style="color: blue;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">Kolkata</span></span> Knight Riders.</div>
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Kallis said that he had hoped to play for South <span style="color: blue;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">Africa</span></span> in next year's cricket World Cup, but realized after his performance in Sri Lanka, that it was a "bridge too far" to cross.</div>
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He also said that he felt that the Proteas were in a good space to bring the World Cup back home next year with the squad that they had at present.</div>
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Kallis played 166 Tests during which he scored 13,289 runs at an average 55.37. It included 45 centuries and 58 fifties. As a Test bowler, he claimed 292 wickets at an average of 32.65, and had five 5-wicket hauls</div>
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He played 328 one-day internationals for <span style="color: blue;"><span style="cursor: pointer;">South Africa</span></span> during which he scored 11,579 runs at an average of 44. 36. It included 17 centuries, 86 fifties, 273 wickets (average 31.79) and two 5-wicket hauls</div>
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In Twenty20 internationals for South Africa, he appeared 25 times, scored 666 runs (average 35.05), five fifties 12 wickets (average 27.75).</div>
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Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat was quoted, as saying: "South Africa has been blessed with one of the world's greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis. He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas' standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades.</div>

South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis retires from International cricket ANI

South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis, who retired from Test cricket last December, has decided to end his one-day international car...