Sports:Mashrafe Bin Mortaza worth $ 600,000

Kolkata Knight Riders has recruited Bangladesh pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for $ 600,000.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will take part in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) as the member of Kolkata Knight Riders.

At the closing round of the auction made for an intriguing duel between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders finally got success and then, Kolkata Knight Riders collected medium pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for $ 600,000.

Mashrafe's starting price was $ 50,000 but later his price raise 1100 per cent.

Meanwhile, skipper of Bangladesh team remained unsold during the auction. Later, Mumbai Indians has recruited him for $ 75,000,

Shakib Al Hasan, the number one ODI all-rounder of the world according to the ICC ranking was not bid for.

It may be mentioned that Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff became the costliest cricketers in Indian Premier League history as the two players were each bought for $ 1.55 million at the IPL auction held on Friday.

Bangalore Royal Challengers successfully bought Pieterson at the auction while Chennai Super Kings, the runners-up team of the last years IPL, the official Twenty20 League of India, bid the highest for Andrew Flintoff.

Source:The New Nation

Two Afghans encounter death over modifying the Quran

No one knows who brought the book to the mosque, or at least no one dares say.

The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison in Afghanistan and left two of them begging judges to spare their lives. They're accused of modifying the Quran and their fate could be decided Sunday in court. The trial illustrates what critics call the undue influence of hardline clerics in Afghanistan, a major hurdle as the country tries to establish a lawful society amid war and militant violence.

The book appeared among gifts left for the cleric at a major Kabul mosque after Friday prayers in September 2007. It was a translation of the Quran into one of Afghanistan's languages, with a note giving permission to reprint the text as long as it was distributed for free.

Some of the men of the mosque said the book would be useful to Afghans who didn't know Arabic, so they took up a collection for printing. The mosque's cleric asked Ahmad Ghaws Zalmai, a longtime friend, to get the books printed.

But as some of the 1,000 copies made their way to conservative Muslim clerics in Kabul, whispers began, then an outcry.

Many clerics rejected the book because it did not include the original Arabic verses alongside the translation. It's a particularly sensitive detail for Muslims, who regard the Arabic Quran as words given directly by God. A translation is not considered a Quran itself, and a mistranslation could warp God's word.

Pretty odd things going around with particular religions these days.

Source:AP-Kabul

ShOuLd OpRaH wInFrEy rE-iNvEnT hErSeLf?

Recently, Oprah's ratings have been talked about, due to the fact that they've dramatically dropped. Some speculate that maybe her topics aren't as interesting anymore, and others say Tyra Banks' new TV show is taking over. But even so, Tyra's show comes on three hours before Oprah's, so that's not an excuse.

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5 year old boy smoking-he wants to be in the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS

A COMPLETE INDIAN FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A crazy family in India has a crazy five year old boy who has started smoking since he was only three years old as told by his parents.His parents also said that the boy's smoking skills are quite dazzling and they have been encouraging him to do so.

Both the parents and the boy himself wants to enter the Guinness World Records as the youngest smoker ever but bad luck for him because a spokesman for Guinness World Records told Ananova they do not have records for smoking and avoid youngest person achievements. . .

Ahhh!!! Put that cigarette down now boy,you got young blood and there's no chance now you can enter the Guinness.Anybody seeing the pictures would say that he is been smoking for 20 years....LOL....but the fact is that if he continues to smoke this way then definitely it's confirmed that his life is not going to stay long when he reaches twenty.