Sattar Buksh cafe vs Star Bucks

Karachi cafe leans on international branding to sell local tea and snacks to consumers The black, twisted moustache - a symbol of command and power of manhood in this region - replaces the siren with her crown in the original Starbucks logo. Even the name Sattar Buksh sounds...

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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Georgia skull may prove early humans were single species

  David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgian National Museum, holding a well-preserved skull from 1.8 million years ago found found in the remains of a medieval hilltop city in Dmanisi on October 18, 2013 (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) A 1.8 million-year-old skull found in Georgia could turn...

On Monday, November 25, 2013

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Hundreds strip at football stadium in Australia

Some 1,800 people have stripped naked at an Austrian football stadium for US photographer Spencer Tunick. ...

On Sunday, November 24, 2013

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Abbottabad Commission Report

 Read Full Commission Report here in PDF On the night of May 1, 2011, US special forces launched a raid deep into Pakistani territory to capture or kill al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. On President Barack Obama’s orders, US soldiers flew via helicopter to the Pakistani army garrison...

On Sunday, November 24, 2013

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Shakeel Afridi charged with murder

Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been charged with murder and fraud three months after his conviction for treason was overturned. Shakeel Afridi's defence lawyer and a senior government official told the AFP news agency on Saturday that the new charges...

On Sunday, November 24, 2013

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The best pictures of the week

The most impressive pictures from the last seven days, including snail massage, the biggest homemade telescope, and a Rocket Science    You’ve got snail A slimy "snail massage" in Russia. Optimistic proponents believe it eliminates wrinkles. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)   Doctor flew A remote-control TARDIS, created by inventor Otto...

On Sunday, November 24, 2013

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Beirut Bombing: A Gift from Saudia

Most people expected Saudi Arabia to go far in its mission to destroy Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, but few expected it would be so quick to move the confrontation to a new level, deploying its soldiers of death on the doorsteps of the Iranian embassy in Beirut. The...

On Thursday, November 21, 2013

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Muslim Brotherhood 'stole' Egypt's revolution: John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday accused the Muslim Brotherhood of stealing Egypt's revolution, in some of his toughest comments yet about the party that took power in the nation's first democratic election. In a speech to a forum on enhancing links between private sector businesses...

On Thursday, November 21, 2013

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Interview of an Egyptian atheist

Cairo, Egypt - As Gabr sat in a seafront cafe in his hometown of Alexandria, he spoke about his past opinion of atheists. "I used to think that they should be killed," he said matter-of-factly. Gabr - not his real name - was brought up in a moderate Muslim...

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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How does the body fight off a virus?

How do our bodies defend us from viruses? When our bodies come under attack from a viral infection they launch a sophisticated defence known as 'the immune response'. Our immune system is designed to recognise the cells that make up our bodies and repel any foreign invaders such...

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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