I am angry. And not only at the terrorists.
A massive truck bomb destroyed much of Islamabad’s most popular hotel this evening, killing at least 40 people, wounding at least 100 and leaving a crater more than 25 feet deep.
Officials feared the death toll would increase by dozens as rescue teams continue work at the scene.
At [...]
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Bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan’s 9/11?
Musharraf Resigns!
Musharraf Resigns
President Pervez Musharraf announced in a televised address to the nation Monday that he had decided to resign after nine years in power to avoid the threat of impeachment.
http://geo.tv/8-18-2008/22969.htm
Congratulations everyone, its already starting to look brighter!
Edit: The Karachi Stock Exchange jumped up 4% right after Musharraf announced he will resign.
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/08/18/afx5332045.html
Afia Siddiqui
Name: Doctor Afia Siddiqui
Age: 36
Occupation: Neuroscientist (MIT graduate)
Karachi, March 2003 Dr.Afia along with her 3 children mysteriously disappeared on her way to Karachi Airport. She was going to Rawalpindi, Punjab but never reached the Airport. According to press reports the mother of three (Dr. Afia) had been picked-up by Pakistani [...]
Bombing
Yesterday there was a suicide bomb attack in Islamabad near the Lal Masjid after the first anniversary gathering. The explosion took place after the people had left but the majority of the victims ended up being the local police. Who is responsible for this? The extremists? A significant amount of people hold Musharraf responsible for [...]
Firefox 3 Downloads Record
Recently Mozilla released version 3.0 of Firefox and they announced they were going to try and set a world record for the largest number of downloads of a software in 24 hours. Turns out they actually managed to do it (btw, this was the first record of its kind, no one had ever tried to [...]