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The culprits started chatting to the 13-year-old six months ago.
Ed Joyce cracked a century for the underdog Irish against the former One Day world champions.
The blaze was apparently caused by a spark when the driver of the dual-fuel van switched from gas to petrol.
Stirling and O’Brien were the heroes for the home team.
In their last result against a Full Member nation, Ireland lost to Australia by seven wickets at the T20 World Cup.
Nawaz Sharif’s party is set to dominate Pakistan’s assembly but it will have no overall majority following a campaign dominated by the economy and US policy in the region.
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The former Sunday Business Post journalist has been Pakistan bureau chief for the New York Times since January 2012.
More than 86 million people are eligible to vote as the elections marks the first transition from one civilian government to another in the country’s 66 year history.
The former cricketer took a tumble from platform in the city of Lahore just days before the election.
Malala Yousufzai grabbed worldwide headlines last year when she survived an attempted assassination in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.
The 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 65 kilometres, close to the Pakistani border.
He appeared before an anti-terrorism court for the first time over the murder of the former prime minister.
He was arrested yesterday ahead of key elections – the arrest was due to Musharraf’s decision to sack judges when he imposed emergency rule in November 2007.
A court in Peshawar disqualified Musharraf from running in the parliamentary election scheduled for 11 May.
It was the fourth deadly attack on politicians or political parties in three days as the country prepares to hold historic polls on 11 May.
The retired general is on bail over the 2007 killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the 2006 death of a rebel leader from the region of Baluchistan, and for sacking judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.
The massive earthquake, close to the Pakistani border, was felt as far away as Abu Dhabi and New Delhi.
“We believe in attacking [the] US and its allies but we are not involved in this attack.”
Eight militants also died in the attack and six women were injured.
The shoe was thrown at the ex-dictator as he walked to a courtroom to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges.
A crowd of hundreds turned out to welcome the former military ruler at Karachi Airport as he ended his four years of exile ahead of elections in May.
The Pakistani government brought in tough new penalties in a bid to stop the dozens of acid attacks which take place every year.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of drone use, has openly cited a number that exceeds some independent estimates of the total death toll.
The bomb exploded in Hazara town, an area dominated by Shiites on the outskirts of Quetta.
The 15-year-old schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban said she is “getting better day by day”.
Suicide bombers attacked a military checkpost in Pakistan’s troubled northwest today, killing 13 soldiers and 11 civilians.
Police fired tear gas in clashes with protesters throwing stones and brandishing sticks.
An Sunni extremist group has claimed responsibility for the attack – one of the most deadly in Pakistan’s history and the worst single attack ever against Shiites in the country.
An earlier attack saw 11 people lose their lives.
Paramilitary personnel were targeted in the attack, which killed 11 people and injured a further 27.
Each side has blamed the other for the flare-up and Pakistan has said one of its soldiers was killed in the exchange.
The teenage activist is recovering after being shot in the head by the Taliban.
Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir was among nine people killed in the drone strike.
Malala Yousufzai has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham and her father has now been offered a role as Pakistan’s education attache in the city.
Pakistan have not hosted an official international cricket tour since a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in March 2009.
The deaths have all come in the last four days, with most of the fatalities thought to be drug addicts seeking a fix.