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Fake news story prompts Pakistan to issue nuclear warning to Israel

Defence minister reminds Israel on Twitter that ‘Pakistan is a nuclear state too’ after fake story says Israel had threatened to destroy Pakistan

A fake news story has touched off a Twitter confrontation between nuclear powers Pakistan and Israel.

The exchange took place following the publication of a fake story headlined “Israeli Defense Minister: If Pakistan send ground troops to Syria on any pretext, we will destroy this country with a nuclear attack”.

Now think about Donald Trump and what his reaction would be given his proclivities to be reactionary.   

Sixth grader sues President House officials over plagiarism

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Eleven-year-old Mohammad Sabeel Haider, who studies in Islamabad Model College for Boys, told DawnNews on Friday that he was chosen to deliver a speech at the President House in Islamabad on Dec 22.

The ceremony was recorded and is supposed to be aired on Pakistan Television on Dec 25, marking the 141st birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

In future you'll think twice about allowing the original author to read their work Rather than being embarrassed and being taken to court

'Santas' march against South Korea's impeached president

Thousands of protesters, including some dressed as Santa Claus, took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday to urge South Korea's Constitutional Court to rule quickly in the case of impeached President Park Geun-hye.

This is what happens when you're really naughty Santa through his surrogates will always strike back and that lump of coal will provide you some measure of comfort

India to build giant statue of medieval king Shivaji

At 192 metres and costing $530m, the memorial off Mumbai's coast will be twice the size of the Statue of Liberty.

What a fine way to not only waste public funds Not only will it insure that Prime Minister Modi's legacy will survive but scorned for all eternity  

Activity logs of Japanese peacekeepers in South Sudan discarded

Daily activity logs compiled by Japanese troops deployed to South Sudan as U.N. peacekeepers have been discarded, Defense Ministry officials said, likely making it hard to examine some of their activities, including those around the time of a large-scale clash in the fledgling nation in July.

Why keep official government records of military activity when they can just be binned.  I'm sure no one would ever want to examine them for  historical  purposes