Whistler Beauty Featured in Sports Lllustrated Swimsuit Edition

Whistler's Role in hosting the 2010 Winter Games ignited the idea for the photo shoot which was supported by Tourism Whistler, Tourism British Columbia, Whistler Blackcomb and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler.

The photo spread includes U.S. Skier Lindsey Vonn, who was featured on a recent cover of Sports Illustrated. In the Swimsuit Edition, she is F in Whistler Village and up on the mountain. Click here to see more photos of Whistler Vonn.

"Shooting the Lindsey, Hannah, Claire and Gretchen feature in Canada was a dream as the beauty of Whistler was a perfect backdrop and made every shot spectacular. The majesty of the mountains, the glacier lakes and the clearest blue sky in the world made Whistler One of the best locations I have ever experienced, "said Diane Smith, SI Swimsuit senior editor.Rad More Story,http://www.vancouversun.com/cars/American+Chopper+junior+partner+decides+solo/1742714/Canada+Motion+kicks+party+Richmond/2543101/Photos+Tuesday+before+Olympics/2542074/Photos+Monday+before+Olympics/2538155/Whistler+beauty+featured+Sports+Illustrated+swimsuit+edition/2541835/story.html

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Greg Chappell Turns Down Offer To Coach Pakistan

Chappell, Who is currently heading the Cricket Australia Center of Excellence, was in charge of the Indian cricket team for two years (2005-2007) before resigning amidst controversy.

Reports of the offer from PCBs were doing the rounds on Intikhab Alam, officially the current coach of the national team, was not given charge of coaching the side is a two-match series against England in Dubai.

Ijaz Ahmed, coach of the national under-19 side, has been made in charge for the two Twenty20 international matches to be played on February 19 and 20,Read More Story,http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/cricket/07-greg-chappell-turns-down-offer-to-coach-pakistan-reports-ha-04

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Valentine's Day

Teenaged Grace, Emma Roberts, Plans To Have Sex for the first time with her boyfriend, Alex, Carter Jenkins, while Estelle, Shirley MacLaine reveals a secret about her past to her long-time husband, Edgar, Hector Elizondo. This Americanised Love Actually sets itself up as the ultimate date movie for Valentine's Day, but the romantically-inclined will be a bit short-changed by veteran director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate.

The screenplay opts for the obvious throughout - "Daddy Does not juggle well?" Asks Patrick Dempsey's trophy wife about her two-timing husband. Some of the characters are given more weight than others, with Jennifer Garner's deceived teacher deservedly getting plenty of attention, while some members of the Stellar cast, such as TV producer Kathy Bates, do not get much of a look-in.http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2806902.htm

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Suicide Bomb Hits Pakistan Police, kills 13

Three Other Vehicles were heavily damaged by flying Shrapnel. The shoes and slippers of victims were scattered across the blood-spattered road, witnesses said.

"The death toll has Risen to 13 Seven are khasadar (Tribal Policemen) and we are trying to ascertain the identity of six others," Shafeerullah Wazir, the chief administration of Khyber, said.

Wazirdand is a small town near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and is The Edge of the tribal belt, Which lies outside direct government control and has been branded by U.S. officials as the headquarters of Al Qaeda.

There was no claim of responsibility, but Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants have killed around 3.000 people in bomb attacks across Pakistan since July 2007 to oppose the government's alliance with the U.S..

The suicide bomber struck hours after a Pakistani military helicopter crashed in Khyber while operating against militants, officials said.Read More Story,http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/11/2816162.htm?section=justin

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Meeting To Finalise Pakistan’s Strategy For Talks With India

The Meeting Thurs finalise the agenda for the Pak-India talks began under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, official sources said.

Representatives from the Defense and Interior Ministries were participating, sources said.

India had recently offered-secretary-level talks Thurs conditionalised Pakistan but the offer with a dialogue on terrorism alone as opposed to restarting the composite dialogue process.

Foreign Office sources told DawnNews that Pakistan is ing, Thurs utilize this opportunity Thurs Revive the Composite Dialogue process for resolution of all outstanding issues between the two countries.Read More Story,http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-fo-strategy-pakindia-talks-qs-04

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Official: Suicide Attack kills 10 in NW Pakistan

Hakimullah Pakistani Taliban chief Mehsud has died, the country's top civilian security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. It was the government's first Categorical confirmation of the death of the feared militants, Whose passing is Likely Thurs weaken, but not vanquish, the al-Qaida-linked insurgent network they led.

Reports of Mehsud's death emerged on a spate of U.S. Missiles hit his stronghold in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt in mid-January. Mehsud was said to have died of wounds suffered in one of the strikes in the Waziristan region - another big victory for the CIA-led missile campaign that killed Mehsud's predecessor just six months ago.

The Taliban have repeatedly denied his death, but backed off an initial promise Thurs prove the 28-year-old was still alive.

In a response to an AP query, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, wrote, "Yes, he is dead," while a senior intelligence official concurred separately. Neither gave details As to when or how the Militant died.

The intelligence official spoke condition of anonymity is "Because he was not authorized to speak on the record.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9DPAESO0

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Efforts are Being Made To Declare Pakistan a Failed State: Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has made it clear that the efforts are being made to declare Pakistan a failed state, adding that the involvement of foreign hands in the recent terrorism activities around the country especially in Karachi, especially can not be ruled out. "If anyone has information about the existence of Blackwater in any area of the country, then they must share it with the interior ministry," they said this while speaking in the National Assembly is a call to attention notices submitted by the Parliamentarians including Ch. Barjees Tahir, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Sheikh Aftab Asghar and suriya here on Tuesday. The federal interior ministry, he said, has completed the data about houses being used by foreigners including Americans in the Federal Capital. Under the report submitted by the intelligence agencies to his ministry, they said that there is no Blackwater agency operating in any area of the country and wrong information in this regard is being spread to the citizens. No visa has been issued to Any official of Black Water Agency, Mr Rehman told the National Assembly. The foreigners arrested from Gwadar, Islamabad and other areas of the country were not the personnel of Blackwater, he said. "I am ready to give an in-camera briefing to the House over the law and order situation of the country," he said. Under the constitution, he said, he is bound to reply to every question of the Parliamentarians. According to the survey, he said, there are 411 Americans residing in Islamabad out of which 289 are diplomats and they have 178 houses in the Federal Capital. Speaking at point of order in the upper house, he said, 194 Police have foiled terrorist activities around the country including 5 of Which were aimed at striking Parliament during one month alone. The country is in a state of war and efforts are being made to declare Pakistan a failed state, they added,Read More Story,http://www.regionaltimes.com/10feb2010/backpagenews/effort.htm

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Pakistani Officials: Taliban Chief is Dead

The Taliban have repeatedly denied his death, but backed off an initial promise Thurs prove the 28-year-old was still alive.

In a response to an AP query, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, wrote, "Yes, he is dead," while a senior intelligence official concurred separately. Neither gave details As to when or how the Militant died.

The intelligence official spoke condition of anonymity is "Because he was not authorized to speak on the record.

In late January, a tribal elder told the AP that they attended Mehsud's funeral Mamuzai in the area of the Orakzai tribal region on Mehsud died at his in-laws' home. Some local media reports, citing unnamed sources the Taliban, said Mehsud died more recently in the central area of Multan, Pakistan has his way to receive medical treatment in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi.

In the first few days after the mid-January missile strikes, the Taliban released a pair of audiotapes believed to carry Mehsud's voice, In which he insisted he was fine. They have stopped offering additional evidence, one reason U.S. Counterterrorism officials also are increasingly certain they died.

Still, Mehsud has been mistakenly reported dead before.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9DP9SVG0

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Shah Rukh Khan Cricket Row: More Than 1,000 Arrested

It follows its star Shah Rukh Khan, bemoaning the fact that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

Hard-line Hindu party Shiv Sena reacted angrily, vowing Thurs Disrupt screenings of My Name is Khan, is out Friday.

A police spokesman told AFP that most of the arrests had been "Preventative".

Khan, part-owner of an IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders, has Stood firm over his remarks but has apologised to his "My Name is Khan Collaborators.Read More Story,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8507853.stm

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