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Friday, September 17, 2010

Canadian universities post strong showings in annual world rating

Canada had the fifth best showing worldwide in the annual university rating by London-based Times Higher Education, a weekly British publication based in London. Canada had nine schools in the Top 200, including the three largest universities in British Columbia. The U.S. was first with 72, followed by the U.K. with 29, Germany with 14 and The Netherlands with 10. Times Higher Education, which specializes in education reporting was established in 1971 and has been publishing annual rankings since 2004.
The rankings use 13 performance indicators -- grouped into categories of teaching, research, citations of its research in literature, industry income and innovation, and international mix of staff and students.

Rankings
A selected look at the best Canadian and international universities Rank Name
1 Harvard, Mass.
2 Calif. Inst. of Technology
3 Mass. Inst. of Technology
4 Stanford, Conn.
5 Princeton, N.J.
17 University of Toronto
30 University of B.C.
35 McGill, Montreal
93 McMaster, Hamilton
127 Univ of Alta., Edmonton
130 University of Victoria
138 University of Montreal
193 Dalhousie, Halifax
199 Simon Fraser University

Israel attack several targets in Gaza


‎Israeli jetfighters conducted number of air raids targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip. In Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, jetfighters targeted a factory, due to the bombardment the main building of the factory was destroyed. No injuries were reported. The other raid targeted open areas in the city of Rafah, also southern Gaza. Local sources reported damage but no injuries. On the other hand US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has said the legitimate national aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians can both be met through the newly relaunched peace negotiations.

Pakistan Flood: Water from new breaches floods airport, villages


At least eight breaches developed in the Manchhar lake’s embankment near Zero Point of the Main Nara Valley (MNV) drain on Thursday, inundating 75 villages, the runway and portions of the Shahbaz Airport’s building in Sehwan and major parts of Bubak town. Bubak and Dal areas of Sehwan Sharif and Johi talukas were the worst affected by waters gushing from the breaches. The waters breached an eight-foot high embankment around the airport. The Sehwan Sharif-Bhan Syedabad Indus Highway was inundated and the main station of the Pak Arab Refinery (Parco) in Bubak town was under threat.  The water level in Manchhar lake rose to 121.6RL (reduced level) on Thursday morning.  The water pressure caused breaches at six places in the lake’s embankment between Zero Point of the MNV drain and 100RD (reduced distance) of Manchhar. The breaches widened from about 50 feet each to 200 feet by the evening. Two more breaches of 100 feet developed in the evening between RD99 and RD100.  About 100,000 cusecs of water was flowing through the breaches towards populated areas of Dal and Bubak union councils. In addition to local people, irrigation officials also fled from the embankment and moved their machines to Sehwan Sharif.  The high flow of water was also eroding the embankment and several other places.  A large number of people were marooned in the flooded villages, including Safi Thalho, Haji Rajib Jamali, Shir Mohammad, Haji Ali Murad Jamali, Ali Hassan Shahni, Meer Mohammad, Seeharo, Theaba, Kando, Bozdar, Nangar Khan Birohi, Sono Khan Rodhnani, Koor Ji Miani and Sobho Khan Lund. 

MQM leader Imran Farooq assassinated in London


Senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and the organisation’s first secretary general, Dr Imran Farooq was assassinated in a knife attack in London. The Pakistan High Commission in London confirmed that the Imran Farooq killed by the man when he was returning back to his home from the nearby park. An emergency sitting of the MQM Rabita Committee had been called late in the night simultaneously in London in Karachi, following which senior leaders of the MQM, including Farooq Sattar, visited Imran Farooq’s residence in Karachi to express solidarity and comfort his family. MQM has announced a 10-day mourning following the death. Meetings in different cities to mark the 57th birthday of the party’s founding leader, Altaf Hussain, were also cancelled following the news of the murder. It is pertinent to mention here that no one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far and no arrests have been made.