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Twice as nice ? Barbra Streisand cloned beloved dog

Streisand with Miss Scarlett, Miss Violet and Miss Fanny. Photo: Variety  LOS ANGELES: ?If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me would we, could we?? Barbra Streisand had a hit singing this question in ?The Way We Were,? but when it comes to getting a new pet she does not have to wonder. The ?Funny Girl? singer and actress had her beloved 14- year-old Coton de Tulear dog Samantha cloned after her death in 2017, and now has two new pups. Streisand told Hollywood trade publication Variet
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Trump discusses Iran in calls with Saudi, UAE leaders: White House

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters file WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump discussed Iran?s ?destabilizing activities? and other security and economic issues in separate telephone calls with senior Saudi and Emirati leaders on Tuesday, the White House said. In calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, Trump thanked them for highlighting ways that Gulf Arab states ?can better counter Ira
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N. Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas: sources

A scan obtained by Reuters shows an authentic Brazilian passport issued to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (L) and late leader Kim Jong-il (R). Handout via REUTERS  LONDON: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources told Reuters. While North Korea?s ruling family is known to have used travel documents obtained under fals
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Three taken to hospital after letter opened at Virginia military base

Image: REUTERS Video/Screenshot WASHINGTON: Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a US military base in Arlington, Virginia, the fire department and a base spokeswoman said. ?Someone opened a letter and everyone at the office started feeling badly,? Leah Rubalcaba ? a spokeswoman for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall ? said. The three people taken to a hospital were in stable condition, Arlington
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Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources

US President Donald Trump passes his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House in Washington, US, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump?s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued US intelligence report, the President?s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secrets, two US officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Kushner, who has been operating under
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'Indian and Pakistani peasants': Top Australian cop quits over inappropriate posts

Victoria state?s Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin, who was also an ethics chief and one of Australia?s top police officers. Image courtesy: The Australian via News Corp.  MELBOURNE: One of Australia?s top police officers has quit after being linked to crude racist, sexist, and pornographic online posts that his boss described Tuesday as "shocking". Victoria state?s Assistant Commissioner Brett Guerin, who was also an ethics chief, resigned late Monday after an explosive report in Melbourne
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Russia 'both arsonist and firefighter' in Syria: US general

Commander of the US Central Command General Joseph Votel waits for the start of a round-table meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Virginia Mayo/Pool/Files  WASHINGTON: A senior US general accused Russia on Tuesday of playing a destabilizing role in Syria and acting as ?both arsonist and firefighter?, as a brief truce unilaterally declared by Moscow in the eastern Ghouta region collapsed. The United States and Russia have been on different sides of the
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NSC for refocusing Pakistan foreign policy on regional states

Photo: PID FILE ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) on Tuesday held a meeting, wherein the top civil-military brass reviewed the current regional and international situation, read a press statement issued late Tuesday. The meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, was attended by ministers of foreign affairs, defence, interior, PM's aide on finance, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and chiefs of the three armed forces. The forum was briefed on
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Russian truce plan fails to halt bombing of Syria's Ghouta

Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 27, 2018. ? Reuters  BEIRUT/GENEVA: A Russian call for a five-hour truce on Tuesday failed to halt one of the most devastating campaigns of the Syrian war, where residents said government warplanes resumed striking the eastern Ghouta region on Tuesday after a brief lull. Moscow and Damascus blamed rebels for the collapse of the truce, saying fighters had shelled a safe route intended for civilians to leave the enclave. T
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Facebook launches new feature to help increase blood donations in Pakistan

According to the social media giant, there are thousands of posts each month in Pakistan seeking blood donors on Facebook, and over 100,000 people in blood donation groups-Photo: AFP Facebook has launched a blood donations feature in Pakistan to make it easier for people to sign up to be blood donors, and to help connect donors with people and organisations in need, a press release said. ?People using Facebook in Pakistan will be able to sign up to be blood donors either on their profiles or b
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Facebook says page of firebrand anti-Rohingya Myanmar monk removed

Wirathu, a prominent face of Myanmar´s Buddhist ultra-nationalist movement, had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on the network, using it as a platform to attack Muslims, singling out the stateless Rohingya minority-AFP YANGON: Facebook has removed the page of a Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his incendiary posts about Muslims, the company confirmed, as it faces pressure to clamp down on hate speech. Wirathu, a prominent face of Myanmar´s Buddhist ultra-nationa
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US seeing some positive indicators from Pakistan: Votel

WASHINGTON: Commander US Central Command General Joseph Votel said on Tuesday that the US military is seeing some ?positive indicators? from Pakistan. ?We are now beginning to see very positive indicators ... that they are moving in the right direction,? said Votel. In January, the United States announced that it was suspending the transfer of military equipment and security-related funds to Pakistan. ?It does not yet equal the decisive action that we would like to see them take in terms of
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Shakira pays 20 mn euros to Spain taxman: report

n a relationship since 2011 with FC Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique, with whom she has two sons, the 41-year-old transferred her official residency to the Catalan city in 2015 MADRID: Superstar Shakira has handed over more than 20 million euros ($24.6 million) to tax authorities in Spain, a report said Tuesday, accused of not paying taxes despite being a resident between 2011 and 2014. Catalan daily El Periodico reported that the Colombian award-winning singer had paid the money "to settle
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London saw 40pc increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in a year

Anti-crime hate crimes went up from 1,204 the year before to 1,678 reported in the year up to January 2018-Photo: File (Reuters) Hate crimes against Muslims in London went up by 40 percent in a year, British media reported, citing figures from the Mayor?s Office for Policing and Crime. Anti-Muslim hate crimes went up from 1,204 the year before to 1,678 reported in the year up to January 2018. US anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016: report The report found a 57 percent incr
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Canada gravely concerned by Myanmar's jailing of journalists

Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police while arriving for a court hearing after lunch break in Yangon, Myanmar February 14, 2018   GENEVA: Canada is gravely concerned by the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding that ethnic cleansing had taken place in Myanmar?s Rakhine state. ?For true democracy to flourish, fundamental freedoms such as freedom of the pres
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KP bill suggests end to shackles for prisoners

The home ministry has sent the draft of Prison Rules 2018 Amendment Bill to the provincial cabinet for approval-Photo: File (Reuters) PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has prepared a draft bill to introduce various changes to the prisons in the province, including an end to the requirement by prisoners to wear shackles. The home ministry has sent the draft of Prison Rules 2018 Amendment Bill to the provincial cabinet for approval. The bill also recommends an end to whipping prisoners
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Facebook launches effort to help boost newspaper subscriptions

WASHINGTON: Facebook on Tuesday announced a $3 million pilot project aimed at helping US newspapers boost paid digital subscriptions. The move was the latest by the huge social network to respond to concerns that it and other online platforms have hurt news organisations by dominating internet advertising. The "local news subscriptions accelerator," part of the Facebook Journalism Project, will work with a small group of metro news organisations "to unlock strategies that help publishers buil
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Seven wheelchair-bound passengers injured in Islamabad airport accident

ISLAMABAD: Seven wheelchair-bound passengers were injured at Benazir International Airport after an ambulift tipped over after suffering hydraulic jack failure.  The incident also damaged an engine of the aircraft, which belongs to an international airline. The engine's cowl suffered visible damage after being hit by the ambulift.  The injured passengers were shifted to a local hospital for medical treatment after the incident, said airport sources.  The aircraft was inbound from Dubai. 
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Memogate: SC seeks report of case registration against Husain Haqqani

Husain Haqqani. ? Geo News FILE ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Tuesday sought a report pertaining to registration of a case against former Pakistan ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani in the Memogate case. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by the chief justice, Tuesday conducted hearing of the case. During the hearing, the additional attorney general informed the court that the Interpol sent some questions to the Government of Pakistan on February 22, and the authorities
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Ogra sends summary for raise in petroleum prices from March

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary seeking an increase in the price of petroleum products to the federal government, it emerged on Tuesday. An increase of Rs3.56 for petrol has been recommended by OGRA, while kerosene oil has a suggested increase of Rs6.28 and an increase of Rs6.94 has been recommended for light-speed diesel. The new price of petrol will be raised to Rs88.7 per litre, whereas, the price of diesel will be Rs102.77 per litre. The price of
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PML-N loses MNA, MPA from Gujranwala to PTI

GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Member of National Assembly Mian Tariq Mahmood and Member Provincial Assembly Mian Mazhar from Gujranwala left the party on Monday to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. According to sources, the two lawmakers met former PTI general secretary Jahangir Tareen at his residence. Sources said that the two former PML-N leaders will set for Bani Gala along with Tareen. The lawmakers will formally announce their decision to join the PTI. This year has seen a seri
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Google not obligated to vet websites, German court rules

The German Federal Court of Justice said, however, that a search engine operator need only take action if it is notified of a clearly recognisable violation of individuals? rights, rather than checking ahead of time whether the content complies with the rules FRANKFURT: Google is not obligated to ensure websites are free from defamatory content before displaying links to them in search results, Germany?s highest court ruled on Tuesday. The case, which comes in the context of debate about the so
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Forget about elections 2018 with five individuals heading party: Sattar

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar has said the party cannot perform in the upcoming general elections with the existing Rabita Committee. Holding a press conference, Sattar said it is better to forget about the forthcoming general elections in the presence of five individuals heading the party. He said that there is more than one head of the Bahadurabad faction. "One head of Bahadurabad party is Amir Khan, while the other is Khalid Maqbool. It is not po
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Parliament house infested with ?50,000 rats?

A 'survey' found out the rats live and roam around without any fear in the Parliament lodges, cafeteria, Prime Minister House and President House-Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The number of rats in parliament house has forced authorities to devise a ?strategy? to contain the infestation, with the number of rodents jumping to a whopping 50,000. A ?survey? found out the rats live and roam around without any fear in the Parliament lodges, cafeteria, Prime Minister House and President House, chairman of t
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Politicians are a soft target: Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that politicians are a soft target, adding that the sanctity of vote is nowhere to be seen. The former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president was addressing a session here of the Central Working Committee?s (CWC) session. He said that his party was the first one to initiate a case against dictators who introduced martial law in the country and lamented that not even a single case was lodged against dictators. ?Where is your vote?s dig
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