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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Qorvis Communications today announced that Heather Hopkins, an expert in a wide array of national security communications and legislative issues, has joined its team as a managing director. Qorvis, one of the fastest-growing integrated communications agencies in the country, hired Hopkins for her exceptional background and skills working with senior leaders and decision makers on major foreign policy and defense issues. Her experience...

MCLEAN, Va., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NCL Security has learned from the Afghan Government's March 15, 2011 "Bridging Strategy for Implementation of Presidential Decree 62" that it is among a series of private security companies whose licenses are to be discontinued within 90 days from a date yet to be specified "because of having ties with the GIRoA" (the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). While NCL Security keenly supports the anti-corruption policies which it...

DUBAI, UAE, October 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the unprecedented flood disaster that devastated Pakistan, ZAFCO through its chosen charitable institution - Imran Khan Flood Relief Fund donated more than AED 30,000 enough to feed approximately 250 affected victims of the massive floods for 30 days. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101025/415874 ) Imran Khan a sports super star - former Pakistan Cricket Captain turned into a philanthropist,...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Musicians and performers gathered from around the world in Hamburg, Germany on December 5, 2009 at the historic Kehrwieder Theatre for Ariana Television Network's (ATN) 4th Annual Awards to recognize and celebrate Afghan musical and performance talent while encouraging unity among the Afghan community around the world and preservation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage. (Photo:...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On November 12th, Samasource will host the first annual GiveWork Charity Gala at the University Club of San Francisco, bringing together writers, luminaries, and some of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The event will feature a live auction, with items for bid including a conversation with Nobel Prize laureates George Akerlof and Myron Scholes, a secret challenge with "The 4-Hour Workweek" author Tim Ferriss,...

OCTOBER 18 to 20, 2009 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) will hold its Fifth U.S.- Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference in Washington, D.C. on October 18th to 20th. The conference will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and the new "W" Hotel nearby and close to the White House. "There is tremendous interest in Afghanistan these days and people need to know that despite a war being fought...

Shah Rukh Khan, one of Bollywood's biggest stars, said Saturday he believes he was held by security at a New York-area airport because of his Muslim name. Khan, who recently completed a movie about a Muslim man being mistaken for a terrorist in the United States, said he was detained for two hours at Newark International Airport, the New York Daily News reported. I was really being hassled, perhaps because of my name being Khan, he said. These guys wouldn't let me through. Khan has signed a...

Back-to-form Shahid Afridi's brilliant 54 steered Pakistan to an 8-wicket win over Sri Lanka Sunday in the Twenty20 World Cup cricket final at London's Lords. The victory helped the team regain its international cricket stature after years in a slump. Pakistan faces growing political instability brought on brought on by the Taliban insurgency and severe economic problems. The all-rounder Afridi, who had been out of form in recent months, has been the main architect of his team's comeback in...

Bollywood actor and filmmaker Feroz Khan died of cancer Monday at his home in India's Karnataka region. He was 69. The BBC said a funeral for Khan, who battled the disease for a year, will be held in Bangalore. The British broadcaster did not say when the service would take place. Khan was an actor, producer and director who appeared in more than 50 films. He made his big-screen debut in 1960 with a role in Didi and is perhaps best known for his 1980 movie Qurbani. His other hits include...

At least 40 Afghan civilians were killed and 28 more injured in a U.S.-led airstrike that hit a wedding gathering in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Xinhua reported Wednesday that U.S.-led coalition forces called in gunship helicopters Monday afternoon to retaliate against militants who had attacked them at Wech Baghtu village in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar. Officials said the attack hit a wedding party in an area where the Taliban insurgents' firing came from earlier in...