Karzai's Audacity & Lack of Leadership

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Pakistan | 5 comments Hamid Karzai is probably the only President of a country whose powers do not extend beyond the borders of his capital, Kabul. Yet, he is brave enough to threaten his nuclear-armed neighbor with an attack. Not once or twice, but he has repeatedly blamed Pakistan over the past years for terrorism in his own country. His recent remarks have been more than those trite blames we’re so used to....
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Booked For Road Crossing Violation

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Personal Rants | 3 comments Yes folks! We’ve been slapped with a 150 Dirham fine for a road-crossing violation, in Abu Dhabi!! We (four of us) crossed this road as usual from a mid-road zebra crossing, along with many others, who were waiting for the traffic to thin down. When we reached the other end of the road, I noticed a crowd gathered around one man (a rare spectacle here!). Before I could think about the crowd,...
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Speech Recognition in YouTube Search

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Geek Speak | 1 comment This is huge. Google has added speech recognition capability in some YouTube videos that enables you to search for text spoken in these videos. To try speech recognition in YouTube yourself, add this gadget to your Google homepage. The search is currently limited to some political videos only but a good hint of what is yet to come in Google search. If your search query match some YouTube video,...
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Asif Should Be Banned For Life, NOW!

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Sports | 2 comments The third drug case of Asif within 2 years is enough to prove the habits of our talented druggie (no more an accusation). While he has expressed shock over the outcome of IPL tests, the PCB has distanced itself from the scene  this time by saying that Asif will have to defend himself. Why? Because this matter would be handled by ICC/BCCI and they wouldn’t be overturning appeals on public...
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Parliament House Should Be Shifted To Dubai

Posted by anas on Jul 10, 2008 in Politics | 21 comments With the economy nosediving, the PM and his 52 member (!!!) delegation that traveled to Malaysia for a futile conference were convened by His Highness Asif Zardari in Dubai to discuss the economic woes, judicial crisis and other aspects of the dysfunctional and paralyzed government. From there on, some of them will move to London (oh, please, not again!). So, instead of calling the cabinet...
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