prime minister of india:manmohan singh

prime minister of china:wen jiabo

prime minister of japan:shinzo abe
prime minister of russia:mikhail fradkov

world population
rank country population
1 china 1,322,909,900
2 india 1,131,043,000
3 united states 303,158,700
4 indonesia 231,627000
5 brazil 185,314,561
6 pakistan 162,159,500

as of july 1st 2007v,the total population of world was 6,671,226,000

important world capitals

country = capital
afghanistan =kabul
argentina =buenos aires
austrailia =canberra
bangladesh= dhaka
bolivia =la paz
brasil =brasiia
canada= ottawa,ontario
chad= n'djamena
china =beijing
cuba =havan
denmark= copenhegen
egypt =cairo
finland= helsinki
france =paris
germany= berlin
iceland =reykjavik
india= dehli
indonesia= jakarta
iran =tehran
iraq =baghdad
israel= tel aviv
italy= rome

the names of the new cabinet ministers, and their portfolios, are as follows:

� shahid khaqan abbasi, commerce;

� hameedullah jan afridi, environment;

� raja pervaiz ashraf, water and power;

� khwaja muhammad asif, petroleum and natural resources;

� ghulam ahmad bilour, local government;

� ishaq dar, finance and economic affairs;

� tehmina daultana, culture;

� nazar muhammad gondal, narcotics control;

� khawaja muhammad khan hoti, social welfare;

� rana tanveer hussain, defence production;

� ahsan iqbal, education;

� qamar-uz-zaman kaira, kashmir and northern areas;

� rehmatullah kakar, housing and public works;

� mehtab ahmed khan, railways;

� chaudhry nisar ali khan, communications;

� najmuddin khan, frontier regions;

� humayun aziz kurd, population welfare;

� chaudhry ahmed mukhtar, defence;

� farooq h. naek, law and justice;

� naveed qamar, ports and shipping;

� shah mehmood qureshi, foreign affairs;

� khwaja saad rafiq, science and technology;

� sherry rehman, information and broadcasting, and;

� syed khursheed ahmed shah, labour.

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gandhian peace activist---- nirmala deshpande
meezan bank, one of the islamic banks of pakistan, has posted 31 per cent growth
in its post-tax profit for the first quarter ended on march 31, 2008.
abkhazia -----a place in georgia
us defence secretary--- robert gates
israeli foreign minister---- tzipi livni
israeli defence minister ------ehud barak
1st ombudsman of pakistan, sardar muhammad iqbal
japan�s prime minister yasuo fukuda
un high commissioner for human rights---- louise arbour
secretary-general of the un---- ban ki-moon
the head of the un educational, scientific and cultural organisation (unesco),
koichiro matsuura
us deputy secretary of state john negroponte
dmitry medvedev�s new president of russia
senegalese president abdoulaye wade
two major european banks -- nordic investment bank (nib) and european investment
bank (eib) -- have agreed to provide adequate financial assistance to help
minimise the growing energy crisis in pakistan.
his highness sheikh nahyan bin mubarak al nahyan, chairman of the abu dhabi group

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dawn 6-5-2008

1-the ministry of finance has given a revenue collection target of rs1.2 trillion
to the federal bureau of revenue (fbr) for the fiscal year 2008-09.

2-maybank will buy 15 per cent stake in the mcb bank. it will 94.2m shares of mcb
bank at a per share price of rs470 resulting in into a transaction of $680 million
(rs44.3 billion).

3- pakistan's economy is worth $146 billion(plz confirm it).

4- switzerland contributes approx. 4.2% of fdi in pakistan as of first nine months

of current fiscal year

source dawn
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mogadishu---- a place in somalia
irish finance minister brian cowen is almost certain to replace ----ahern when
parliament votes in a new prime ministe
oman telecommunications co (omantel) has launched syndication of a $205 million
loan that backs its acquisition of pakistan�s worldcall telecom
asian development bank (adb) president -----haruhiko kuroda
finance minister of china---mr xie xuren
irish president ---------mary mcaleese
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world bank president..is robert zoellick

thailand prime inister.. sundaravej

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1. the largest museum in the world is the american museum of natural history.
2. the lowest mountain range in the world is the buena bhaile.
3. the country known as the land of cakes is scotland.
4. the place known as the garden of england is kent.
5. the tallest tower in the world is the c. n. tower, toronto, canada.
6. the country famous for its fish catch is japan.
7. the old name of taiwan was farmosa.
8. montreal is situated on the bank of river ottawa.
9. the city of bonn is situated in germany.
10. the literal meaning of renaissance is revival.
11. julius caesar was killed by brutus.
12. the title of desert fox was given to field marshal erwin rommel.
13. the largest airport in the world is the king khalid international airport,
saudi arabia.
14. the city in russia which faced an earthquake in the year 1998 was armenia.
15. the largest bay in the world is hudson bay, canada.
16. the largest church in the world is basilica of st. peter, vatican city, rome.
17. the largest peninsula in the world is arabia.
18. the largest gulf in the world is gulf of mexico.
19. the tallest statue in the world is the motherland, volgograd russia.
20. the largest railway tunnel in the world is the oshimizu tunnel, japan.
21. the world's loneliest island is the tristan da cunha.
22. the word 'quiz' was coined by jim daly irishman.
23. the original meaning of 'quiz' was trick.
24. the busiest shopping centre of london is oxford street.
25. the residence of the queen in london is buckingham palace.
26. adolf hitler was born in austria.
27. the country whose national anthem has only music but no words is bahrain.
28. the largest cinema in the world is the fox theatre, detroit, usa.
29. the country where there are no cinema theatres is saudi arabia.
30. the world's tallest office building is the sears tower, chicago
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31. in the year 1811, paraguay became independent from spain.
32. the cross word puzzle was invented by arthur wynne.
33. the city which was the capital of the ancient persian empire was persepolis.
34. who stands for world health organization.
35. who (world health organization) is located at geneva.
36. fao stands for food and agriculture organization.
37. fao is located at rome and london.
38. unido stands for united nations industrial development organization.
39. unido is located at vienna.
40. wmo stands for world meteorological organization.
41. wmo is located at geneva.
42. international civil aviation organization is located at montreal.
43. the angel falls is located in venezuela.
44. the victoria falls is located in rhodesia.
45. ice cream was discovered by gerald tisyum.
46. the number regarded as lucky number in italy is thirteen.
47. napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means fear of cats.
48. the aero planes were used in war for the first time by italians. (14 oct.1911)

49. slavery in america was abolished by abraham lincoln.

50. the headquarters of textile manufacturing in england is manchester.
51. the famous island located at the mouth of the hudson river is manhattan.
52. the founder of plastic industry was leo hendrik baekeland.
53. the country where military service is compulsory for women is israel.
54. the country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is usa.
55. the famous painting 'mona lisa' is displayed at louvre museum, paris.
56. the earlier name for tomato was love apple.
57. the first president of usa was george washington.
58. the famous words 'veni vidi vici' were said by julius caesar.
59. the practice of sterilization of surgical instruments was introduced by joseph
lister.
60. the number of countries which participated in the first olympic games held at
athens was nine.
61. mercury is also known as quick silver.
62. disneyland is located in california, usa.
63. the country which built the first powerful long
64. sewing machine was invented by isaac m. singer.
65. adding machine was invented by aldrin.
66. the national emblem of spain is eagle.
67. archimedes was born in sicily.
68. the total area of vatican city is 0.272 square kilometers.
69. the largest temple in the world is angkor wat in kampuchea.
70. the largest dome in the world is louisiana superdome, new orleans, usa.
71. the largest strait in the world is tartar strait.
72. the mohenjo-daro ruins are found in larkand district of sind, pakistan.
73. the largest city of africa is cairo.
74. the founder of kodak company was eastman.
75. the cape of good hope is located in south africa.
76. the heathrow airport is located in london.
77. the neon lamp was invented by georges claude.
78. the last letter of the greek alphabet is omega.
79. the place known as the land of lincoln is illinois.
80. the us state utah is also known as beehive state.
81. the kalahari desert is located in africa.
82. the patagonian desert is located in argentina.
83. the person known as the father of aeronautics is sir george cayley.
84. the most densely populated island in the world is honshu.
85. the two nations haiti and the dominion republic together form the island of
hispaniola.
86. the largest auto producer in the usa is general motors.
87. the largest auto producing nation is japan.
88. the famous �general motors� company was founded by william durant.
89. the country that brings out the fiat is italy.
90. the first actor to win an oscar was emil jannings.
91. the first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was snow white and
seven dwarfs.
92. the first demonstration of a motion picture was held at paris.
93. the first country to issue stamps was britain.
94. the actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is
tom mix.
95. the pentagon is located at washington dc.
96. the world's largest car manufacturing company is general motors, usa.
97. the world's biggest manufacturer of bicy
98. the world's oldest underground railway is at london.
99. the white house was painted white to hide fire damage.
100. the largest oil producing nation in africa is nigeria.
101. the longest river in russia and europe is volga river.
102. the first emperor of germany was wilhelm.
103. the last french monarch was louis napoleon iii.
104. "history is bunk" was said by henry ford.
105. the term 'astrology' literally means star speech.
106. togo is situated in africa.
107. coal is also known as black diamond.
108. the first boxer to win 3 gold medals in olympics was laszlo papp.
109. the first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was genghis khan.
110. the first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by london
sunday express.
111. the lightest known metal is lithium.
112. the atacama desert is located in north chile.
113. the oil used to preserve timber is creosote oil.
114. the founder of usa was george washington.
115. the first talkie feature film in usa was 'the jazz singer'.
116. the chemical name of laughing gas is nitrous oxide.
117. the us state mississippi is also known as tar heel state.
118. the us state indiana is also known as volunteer state.
119. the us state missouri is also known as hoosier state.
120. the us state west virginia is also known as blue grass state.
121. the us state known as 'pine free state' is vermont.
122. the us state known as 'mountain state' is pennsylvania.
123. the us state known as 'land of 1000 lakes' is arkansas.
124. the popular detective character created by agatha christie is hercule poirot.

125. the pakistani president who died in an air crash was zia-ul-huq.
126. yoghurt means fermented milk.
127. yankee is the nickname of american.
128. the international court of justice is located in hague, holland.
129. the headquarters of world bank is located at washington dc.
130. victoria falls was discovered by david livingstone.
131. the technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by patrick
steptoe and robert edwards.
132. the oldest residential university of britain is the oxford university.
133. the name of the large clock on the tower of the house of parliament in london
is called big ben.
134. prado museum is located in madrid.
135. the number of keys in an ordinary piano is eighty eight.
136. 'man is a tool making animal' was said by benjamin franklin.
137. the term 'anesthesia' was coined by oliver wendell holmes.
138. the first man to reach antarctica was fabian gottlieb.
139. the kilimanjaro volcano is situated in tanzania.
140. the invention that is considered to have built america is dynamite.
141. words that contains all the vowels: authentication, remuneration, education,
automobile, miscellaneous and many more.
142. words that contain all the vowels in order: facetious and abstemious.
143. words that contain all the vowels in reverse order: uncomplimentary,
unproprietary, unoriental and subcontinental.
144. words with no vowel in them: myth, fly, sky, dry, cry, rhythm, crypt.
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chongqing (china), may 12: china�s most devastating earthquake in three decades
killed nearly 9,000 people in western sichuan province on monday
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jaipur: more than 80 people were killed and 150 others injured in 7 bomb blasts in
different places of rajasthan�s city jaipur on tuesday evening.the state interior
minister gulab roy confirmed the death of 80 people and the hospital sources have
confirmed that more than 150 injured have been brought for the treatment
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addis ababa ethoppia's capital
imf expects the global economy to slow to 3.7 per cent in 2008
indian home minister shivraj patilhas
shamhuganj (a place in bangladesh
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indian foriegn minister - pranab mukherji

pakistan foreign minister - shah mahmood qureshi

sbp increases its discount rate 12%

oil prices hits 135 a barrel.. uptill now

dollar 69.76 approx 70

pound sterling 136.45

euro 110

curruent account deficit $11.586 billion ( july -april)

pakistan ambassedor to afghanistan mr tariq azizuddin

law and human rights minister mr farooq naik

foreign british secretry david milliband

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1. what programming language is google developed in?

2. what is the expansion of yahoo?
3. what is the expansion of adidas?
4. expansion of star as in star tv network?
5. what is expansion of "icici?"
6. what does "baker's dozen" signify?
7. the 1984-85 season. 2nd odi between india and pakistan at sialkot - india 210/3
with
vengsarkar 94*. match abandoned. why?
8. who is the only man to have written the national anthems for two different
countries?
9. from what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?
10. how was agnes gonxha bojaxhiu better known?
11. name the only other country to have got independence on aug 15th?
12. why was james bond associated with the number 007?
13. who faced the first ball in the first ever one day match?
14. which cricketer played for south africa before it was banned from
international
cricket and later represented zimbabwe ?
15. the faces of which four presidents are carved at mt.rushmore?
16. which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one
country
(other than vatican )?
17. which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

answers:

1. google is written in asynchronous java-script and xml, or its acronym ajax.

2. yet another hierarchy of officious oracle
3. adidas- all day i dream about sports
4. satellite television asian region
5. industrial credit and investments corporation of india
6. a baker�s dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal dozen
7. that match was abandoned after ppl heard the news of indira gandhi being
killed.
8. rabindranath tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one
is our �s national anthem and another one is for bangladesh-(amar sonar bangla)
9. goodbye comes from the ex-pression: �god be with you�.
10. agnes gonxha bojaxhiu is none other mother teresa.
11. south korea.
12. because 007 is the isd code for russia (or the ussr, as it was known during
the cold war)
13. geoffrey boycott
14. john traicos
15. george washington, thomas jefferson, theodore roosevelt, and abraham lincoln
16. lesotho surrounded from all sides by south africa.
17. polo.