By Shaheen Buneri PESHAWAR: In wake of the MMA government’s ban on music in public places, most of the Pakhto folk singers have decided to migrate to the capitals of the Punjab and Sindh provinces. "We are the representatives of the rich and glorious cultural history of the Pakhtuns. There is no vulgarity and obscenity […]
March Snows, April Mud Slinging, May Battles for Poll Position
As snow blanketed Dobbs Ferry in late March, it looked like nature was unfairly siding with the Democratic Committee. The very elements were mocking the nonpartisan idea (Republican) of an election in March. In February, the good Commissioner LaFayette (Democrat) had wisely canceled the referendum in March to move the election to March and spared […]
Cross border activities of Taliban extremists
“Paktia province of Afghanistan is comparatively a peaceful province, Khost, Paktia and Ningarhar provinces of Afghanistan are sharing border with Waziristan and Kurram Agency of Pakistan, in Jaji area of Paktia Province four schools a hospital and numerous roads and bridges are built by Afghan government of Mr. Hamid Karazai with help of USA and […]
More than 20 Software Company CEOs attending Second Annual Open Source Think Tank March 8 – 10 in Ca
Premier event for open source, community and business draws leaders from Covalent, db4objects, EnterpriseDB, Funambol, Groundwork Open Source, HelmiTech, Intalio, JasperSoft, KnowledgeTree, Laszlo, Mulesource, MySQL, Ohloh, OpenLogic, rSmart, and SugarCRM PALO ALTO, Calif. – February 8, 2007 – Organizers of Open Source Think Tank 2007: The Future of Commercial Open Source, today announced […]
THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNET AND VIRTUAL WORLDS ON WRITTEN TEXT AND THEATRE
Internet and virtual worlds (defined both as communication tools – email, messenger, chat rooms, electronic libraries, electronic audio-visual libraries – and artistic media of expression) represent the trademark of the contemporary times, molding implicitly the cultural and social practices as we speak. Since the feminism revolution and the post structuralism movement, there has not […]
The Dobbs Ferry (Pharmacy) Party Strikes Back !
Dobbs Ferry, January 28, 2007 – Smarting from its surprise defeat in the November election to the Democratic ticket, the Dobbs Ferry (Pharmacy) Party struck back with the only weapon left in their quiver – a referendum to move the election date back to March. By way of background, the Dobbs Ferry Party had dominated […]