Pakistan News

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  Protecting the Protecters

  By Kendall Hunter | Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:50 AM ET

  November. At the time of his death he was the director of a $750 million humanitarian aid project — the largest single project of its kind for Pakistan. He left behind a wife and five children.Stephen's murder is still under investigation by the FBI but Vance explains on the Stephen D. Vanc Read More

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  Computer Program Targets Hidden Meaning of Lost Language

  By David Bois | Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:39 PM ET

  economic information, now finds use in cracking a language whose meaning has been lost for millennia. The Indus Valley region spans nearly all of Pakistan as well as portions of India, Afghanistan and Iran, and it has produced thousands of artifacts featuring a written script that include Read More

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  World's Biggest Solar Station to Light Up India

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  of Gujarat in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clinton Foundation to develop a massive solar station near the border with Pakistan. Slated to be the largest in the world, the station will generate more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity. But the Gujurati governmen Read More

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  Keep Your Pants On Lubna

  By Lisa Germinsky | Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:28 PM ET

  or niqab. The Mutawwa, Saudi Arabia's religious police, frequently challenge women over clothing although more women are ditching black for colours.Pakistan – Although the law does not require Islamic dress code, there is a large degree of social pressure. In tribal or Taliban controlled area Read More

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• Poll Power

  By Jimmy Langman | Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:08 PM ET

  perception of the US is rebounding under Barack Obama, especially in Western Europe. They have also recently done global polling on extremists in Pakistan, capitalism, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, plus global middle class views on democracy, religion, values and life satisfaction i Read More

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  A Very Bright Idea

  By Kendall Hunter | Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:00 AM ET

  to equip more clinics with the systems. They’ve also received interest from other states in Nigeria, as well as from Indonesia, Nepal, and from Pakistan.The Solar Suitcase is definitely a bright idea which has the potential to make a positive impact anywhere in th Read More

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• Peace Rags

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:58 PM ET

  into the fabric of her work – literally.Arnovitz, a Missouri native who lives in Israel, works in mixed fabric. She creates garments that are half Pakistani, half Jewish: the top half is made of the embroidered central square of a traditional Pakistani woman’s dress, while the bottom look Read More

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• Purifying Water in Pakistan

  By Marc Hertz | Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:39 AM ET

  their Live, Learn & Thrive corporate cause (through the Children's Safe Drinking Water program), P&G is joining with humanitarian groups in Pakistan, including Project HOPE, to provide a total of 25 million liters of purified water. Because the camps that people are going to are in nee Read More

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  Clean Water. Now!

  By John Casey | Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  for every $1 donated." And PUR has proven itself in some of the harshest conditions imaginable, including during the Southeast Asia tsunami, the Pakistan and Indonesian earthquakes, cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe, and floods in India, Bangladesh, Haiti, Kenya and Ethiopia. To date, the CSD Read More

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  John Kuner: Good News from Pakistan

  By Guest Blogger | Fri Dec 5, 2008 6:25 PM ET

  a big difference! Their first project, which was recently completed, was to build a healthcare center and mini-hospital about 110 miles north of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The hospital charges fees on a sliding scale, so those who can afford to pay subsidize those who can't, a grea Read More

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