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Ron Paul on Iowa Caucus: Political Capital With Al Hunt
The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9
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Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital Conference - Part 1
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Capital talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 5
Gold: The Ultimate investment for capital preservation.
Capital - Rockapella
Michael Hudson on Capital Account w/Lauren Lyster Part 2

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Ron Paul on Iowa Caucus: Political Capital With Al Hunt
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  • Duration: 21:06
  • Updated: 14 Jul 2012
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- US Representative and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas talks about the outlook for the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus. Bloomberg's Lisa Lerer and John McCormick, J. Ann Selzer, president of West Des Moines-based Selzer & Co., and commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O'Beirne also discuss the Iowa caucus and the race for the Republican presidential nomination. (Source: Bloomberg)
  • published: 31 Dec 2011
  • views: 14048
  • author: Bloomberg
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The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9
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  • Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Nathan Eslinger has spent his career designing cutting-edge websites, like his extremely popular photo sharing platform Ripple. While advertising can produce revenue, Eslinger has found a far more profitable and immediate way to generate income: selling his users' data to oppressive governments. ONION DIGITAL STUDIOS Creative Director: Geoff Haggerty Head Writer: Sam West Writers: Dan Klein, Matt Klinman, Michael Pielocik, Chris Sartinsky Writers' Assistant: Matt Powers Subscribe to The Onion on YouTube: bit.ly Like The Onion on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow The Onion on Twitter: www.twitter.com Follow Onion Digital Studios on Twitter: www.twitter.com
  • published: 12 Dec 2012
  • views: 79017
  • author: TheOnion
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Doug Casey on how to Hedge Against Political Risk in the Greater Depression
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us @ twitter.com twitter.com Welcome to Capital Account. Tonight, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama meet for their final Presidential debate, amid tightening polls. While the candidates face off on foreign policy, we talk to our guest, Doug Casey of Casey Research, about his own foreign policy strategy: the strategy of "the international man." We talk to Doug Casey about the increasing number of Americans who are moving their money and property off-shore, and about a smaller, albeit growing number of Americans choosing to renounce their citizenship entirely. What are these people afraid of, and who or what are they trying to hide from? Plus, Caterpillar, an industrial economic bellwether, cut its forecast for 2012 for the second time this year. The world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment warned that the global economy was slowing faster than it had expected. Meanwhile Japan's exports fell the most since the aftermath of the earthquake last year, according to Bloomberg. We talk to Doug Casey, Chairman for Casey Research, about who will be hit hardest by this slowdown. We also ask him what countries he believes offer the best economic opportunities for young entrepreneurs and recent college graduates who may be looking not only to make money, but for an adventure as well. He mentions the continent of Africa, as a place that will see vast economic opportunity in the years to come. He also talks to us about Latin ...
http://web.archive.org./web/20121224034323/http://wn.com/Doug Casey on how to Hedge Against Political Risk in the Greater Depression
Economic and Political Lessons from 1775, a Good Time for Revolution w/Kevin Phillips
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us @ twitter.com twitter.com Welcome to Capital Account. When Timothy Geithner was asked if the administration is prepared to go over the Fiscal Cliff if Republicans do not agree to raise taxes on the wealthy (those earning 250000 dollars per year or more), he responded "Absolutely." But when it comes to the US economic problems, does the tax debate or the Fiscal Cliff debate begin to scratch the surface of the crisis? We talk to Former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, about lessons we can learn from 1775, the subject of his latest book. Our guest, Kevin Phillips, made a name for himself in the late 1960's as a GOP operative who wrote the book "The Emerging Republican Majority," where he accurately predicted the rise of the Republican Party by securing the South. Now he is writing about revolution: the American Revolution-- in particular 1775, a good year for revolution as he says. He delves into the economic factors that have not made it into the mainstream historical reference books as easily as catch phrases like "taxation without representation." Among them are the inability of colonists to manage their own monetary affairs because of British policies constraining the circulation of specie, over-indebtedness as a result of a lack of money and restrictions on trade, and the British control of trade which required certain commodities to pass through middlemen in London. We talk to Kevin Phillips, former White House ...
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Capital Talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 1
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  • Updated: 12 Aug 2012
Capital Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Special, Pakistani Politics, Pakistani Siasat, Siasi Videos, Pakistani Political Talk Shows, Geo News, Geo Pakistan
  • published: 27 Jan 2010
  • views: 38837
  • author: paktvinfo
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Algorithmic Trading to Algorithmic Campaigning, Behind the Political Scene w/Sasha Issenberg
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  • Updated: 06 Dec 2012
check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us @ twitter.com twitter.com Welcome to Capital Account. Last night was the US vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. If you pay attention to the message, the commentary, the fact-checking, the alternative analysis and criticism, or even the horse race coverage, there may still be much that you are missing. What about the stuff that goes on behind the curtains, deep within campaign war rooms? Well, campaigning has come a long way in the past twelve years. Specifically, technology and science has made available techniques and strategies to campaigns that were, until now, used far more extensively on Wall Street and other industries. The use of these technologies has enabled things like data mining, modeling and behavioral analysis of voters to target the electorate more efficiently, and with greater effect than ever before. These techniques have been particularly advantageous to "get out the vote" efforts, but much progress remains to be made. Our guest, the Victory Lab author Sasha Issenberg, says political campaigns have historically been resistant to innovation - he'll tell us how that has changed in recent years, particularly since the 2008 presidential cycle. Since we often cover the field of algorithmic trading, we thought: what about algorithmic campaigning? Just as in finance, when deploying technology to areas once governed by human beings, complexity becomes an issue, not just for those using ...
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Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital Conference - Part 1
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  • Duration: 9:54
  • Updated: 22 May 2012
Peter Schiff discusses politics, world economies, and investment strategies (Part 1 of 11).
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Capital talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 2.wmv
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  • Updated: 12 Aug 2012
Capital Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Special, Pakistani Politics, Pakistani Siasat, Siasi Videos, Pakistani Political Talk Shows, Geo News, Geo Pakistan
  • published: 27 Jan 2010
  • views: 19864
  • author: paktvinfo
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Capital talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 5
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  • Duration: 7:07
  • Updated: 30 Aug 2012
Capital Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Special, Pakistani Politics, Pakistani Siasat, Siasi Videos, Pakistani Political Talk Shows, Geo News, Geo Pakistan
  • published: 27 Jan 2010
  • views: 25324
  • author: paktvinfo
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Gold: The Ultimate investment for capital preservation.
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  • Updated: 06 Dec 2012
McAlvany ICA presents financial, political and geo-political information to aid investors in developing sound alternatives for their portfolios in uncertain times. Topics of discussion: US Real-Estate Market, China, Middle East and a declining US dollar. Call, 800.525.9556 or email: karis@mcalvany.com for a FREE copy of this entire DVD plus an exclusive Market Report. Or if you would like to listen to exclusive, weekly, economic commentary for FREE by economic expert, David McAlvany, be sure to go to: www.mcalvany.com and register where it says, "McAlvany Weekly Commentary."
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Capital - Rockapella
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  • Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Music and lyrics by Sean Altman Albany, Atlanta, Tallahassee, Oklamhoma City Trenton, Nashville, Concord, Dover, Little Rock, Des Moines Sacramento, Olympia, Montpelier, Jackson, Carson City Juneau, Denver, Raleigh, Austin, Boston! Capital! Just one city in every state Where the governor and legislators stay up late Got the name, got the fame, the political weight, hey! Capital! Providence, Topeka, Santa Fe, Indi(annapolis), Annapolis St. Paul, Jefferson City, Honolulu, Baton Rouge Harrisburg, Columbia, Augusta, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Salem Madison, Cheyenne, I'm thinkin' Lincoln! Capital! Just one city in every state Where the shiny politicians contemplate our fate Taking aim, making claims in the friendly debate, hey! Capital! Bismarck, Boise, Springfield Frankfurt, Richmond, Columbus Charleston, Helena, Capital Lansing, Hartford, Montgomery! Just one city in every state Turn the political machine on, watch it percolate Lots of Honest Abes kissing babes, making each state great! Capital! Just one city... Capital! (Oh, no! Oh, no! Pierre! Pierre! We forgot Pierre!)
  • published: 16 Dec 2007
  • views: 32578
  • author: bobrob2004
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Michael Hudson on Capital Account w/Lauren Lyster Part 2
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  • Updated: 12 Nov 2012
As a new census poverty gauge shows 2.5 million more people are in poverty than the standard gauge (more than 49 million and a 16% poverty rate). Meanwhile Americans are heavily indebted, with student debt as one example expected to surpass one trillion dollars. Do Americans have a solution to these economic conditions? On Capital Account with Lauren Lyster, Dr. Michael Hudson, author and economics professor, says they are certainly part of the reasons Occupy Wall Street is protesting, a movement he calls pre-revolutionary. Hudson characterizes OWS protesters as disillusioned with both political parties and says former President Bill Clinton is acting like a "slimeball " for suggesting OWS should work within the established political system. To see the first part please click on the link: www.youtube.com To see more of the Capital Account visit us @ www.youtube.com
  • published: 08 Nov 2011
  • views: 6492
  • author: RTAmerica
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Fault Lines - Politics of Death Row
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
With the US continuing to execute prisoners, Fault Lines looks at the politics driving capital punishment in the US. Follow on Twitter: twitter.com Follow on Facebook: facebook.com Follow on Instagram: www.instagram.com See all episodes of Fault Lines: www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines Team: aje.me
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Imran Khan in Capital Talk 19 April 2011 Geo News Talk Show
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  • published: 19 Apr 2011
  • views: 27344
  • author: tvhubb1
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  • Economic and Political Lessons from 1775, a Good Time for Revolution w/Kevin Phillips...28:05
  • Capital Talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 1...9:39
  • Algorithmic Trading to Algorithmic Campaigning, Behind the Political Scene w/Sasha Issenberg...28:02
  • Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital Conference - Part 1...9:54
  • Capital talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 2.wmv...5:52
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  • Michael Hudson on Capital Account w/Lauren Lyster Part 2...6:15
  • Fault Lines - Politics of Death Row...23:24
  • Imran Khan in Capital Talk 19 April 2011 Geo News Talk Show...14:59
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- US Representative and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas talks about the outlook for the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus. Bloomberg's Lisa Lerer and John McCormick, J. Ann Selzer, president of West Des Moines-based Selzer & Co., and commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O'Beirne also discuss the Iowa caucus and the race for the Republican presidential nomination. (Source: Bloomberg)
  • published: 31 Dec 2011
  • views: 14048
  • author: Bloomberg

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Ron Paul on Iowa Cau­cus: Po­lit­i­cal Cap­i­tal With Al Hunt
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- US Rep­re­sen­ta­tive and Re­pub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Ron Paul of...
pub­lished: 31 Dec 2011
au­thor: Bloomberg
3:46
The Power Of Sell­ing Out: Your Cus­tomers As Po­lit­i­cal Cap­i­tal - Onion Talks - Ep. 9
Nathan Es­linger has spent his ca­reer de­sign­ing cut­ting-edge web­sites, like his ex­treme­ly p...
pub­lished: 12 Dec 2012
au­thor: TheO­nion
28:03
Doug Casey on how to Hedge Against Po­lit­i­cal Risk in the Greater De­pres­sion
check us out on Face­book www.​facebook.​com Fol­low us @ twitter.​com twitter.​com Wel­come to C...
pub­lished: 22 Oct 2012
28:05
Eco­nom­ic and Po­lit­i­cal Lessons from 1775, a Good Time for Rev­o­lu­tion w/Kevin Phillips
check us out on Face­book www.​facebook.​com Fol­low us @ twitter.​com twitter.​com Wel­come to C...
pub­lished: 06 Dec 2012
9:39
Cap­i­tal Talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 1
Cap­i­tal Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Spe­cial, Pak­istani Poli­ti...
pub­lished: 27 Jan 2010
au­thor: pak­tv­in­fo
28:02
Al­go­rith­mic Trad­ing to Al­go­rith­mic Cam­paign­ing, Be­hind the Po­lit­i­cal Scene w/Sasha Is­senberg
check us out on Face­book www.​facebook.​com Fol­low us @ twitter.​com twitter.​com Wel­come to C...
pub­lished: 12 Oct 2012
9:54
Peter Schiff - Euro Pa­cif­ic Cap­i­tal Con­fer­ence - Part 1
Peter Schiff dis­cuss­es pol­i­tics, world economies, and in­vest­ment strate­gies (Part 1 of 11)...
pub­lished: 19 Oct 2009
5:52
Cap­i­tal talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 2.​wmv
Cap­i­tal Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Spe­cial, Pak­istani Poli­ti...
pub­lished: 27 Jan 2010
au­thor: pak­tv­in­fo
7:07
Cap­i­tal talk 27th Jan 2010 Imran Khan Part 5
Cap­i­tal Talk, Hamid Meer, Shaikh Rasheed, Imran Khan, Imran Khan Spe­cial, Pak­istani Poli­ti...
pub­lished: 27 Jan 2010
au­thor: pak­tv­in­fo
2:58
Gold: The Ul­ti­mate in­vest­ment for cap­i­tal preser­va­tion.
McAl­vany ICA pre­sents fi­nan­cial, po­lit­i­cal and geo-po­lit­i­cal in­for­ma­tion to aid in­vestors ...
pub­lished: 23 Oct 2007
3:23
Cap­i­tal - Rock­apel­la
Music and lyrics by Sean Alt­man Al­bany, At­lanta, Tal­la­has­see, Ok­lamhoma City Tren­ton, Nash...
pub­lished: 16 Dec 2007
au­thor: bo­brob2004
6:15
Michael Hud­son on Cap­i­tal Ac­count w/Lau­ren Lyster Part 2
As a new cen­sus pover­ty gauge shows 2.5 mil­lion more peo­ple are in pover­ty than the stan­da...
pub­lished: 08 Nov 2011
au­thor: RTAmer­i­ca
23:24
Fault Lines - Pol­i­tics of Death Row
With the US con­tin­u­ing to ex­e­cute pris­on­ers, Fault Lines looks at the pol­i­tics driv­ing cap...
pub­lished: 09 Sep 2010
14:59
Imran Khan in Cap­i­tal Talk 19 April 2011 Geo News Talk Show
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pub­lished: 19 Apr 2011
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Cap­i­tal Talk-5 May,2011 (Life of Osama Bin Laden) Part 1
Cap­i­tal Talk Cap­i­tal Talk looks at the chal­lenges, is­sues and con­cerns fac­ing Pak­istan on ...
pub­lished: 06 May 2011
au­thor: geotv
3:33
Pol­i­cy and Pol­i­tics: Broth­er­hood 2.0 Week Be­gins
In which John dis­cuss­es the tax pro­pos­als of the two major can­di­dates for Pres­i­dent while ...
pub­lished: 04 Nov 2012
6:26
Za­greb, cap­i­tal of Croa­t­ia
Wel­come to Za­greb, the cap­i­tal city of the Re­pub­lic of Croa­t­ia. Za­greb is an old Cen­tral E...
pub­lished: 21 Jun 2011
au­thor: Touris­tarTV
28:03
Doug Casey on Cri­sis In­vest­ing, Po­lit­i­cal Risk, and a Be­nign An­ar­chy!
Fol­low us @ twitter.​com twitter.​com Wel­come to Cap­i­tal Ac­count. The US econ­o­my slowed in t...
pub­lished: 27 Jul 2012
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, listens to his wife Asma Assad during their visit to the campus of Infosys Technologies Ltd., an Indian software services company, in Bangalore, India, Friday, June 20, 2008. Al-Assad is on five day official visit to India.
The Examiner
22 Dec 2012
In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics ... In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics. She is an icon of fashion in her country.In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics. She is an icon of fashion in her country.In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics ... Politics ....(size: 6.3Kb)
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In this released by the South Korean Defense Ministry on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, taken at unknown location in South Korea, an investigator examines a piece of debris from a rocket launched on Dec. 12, 2012, by North Korea, which was found by the South Korean navy in the Yellow Sea, off Gunsan, South Korea.
Al Jazeera
23 Dec 2012
North Korea's launching of a rocket into space last week amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-ton payload over 10,000km, the South Korean defence ministry says. "Based on our analysis and simulation, the missile is capable of flying more than 10,000km with a warhead of 500-600kg," a defence ministry official told reporters on Sunday ... 415 Source.. Agencies. Share. Send Feedback. Featured on Al Jazeera. Jaws....(size: 18.8Kb)
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena
Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Sri Lankan born Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, left, interact with the media as they arrive for a fashion show as part of the three-day long International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 3, 2010. Some of India's top movie stars converged in Sri Lanka on Thursday for Bollywood's annual roadshow despite calls to boycott the event because of the alleged killing of Tamil civilians during the final stages of the country's decades-long civil war.
IMDb
22 Dec 2012
Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 has broken the record for the biggest non-holiday opener ... "Biggest opener [holiday] #EkThaTiger 32.92 cr ... Biggest opener [non-holiday] #RowdyRathore 15.1 cr ... ....(size: 0.9Kb)
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri
Indian police officers baton charge protesters near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
Khaleej Times
23 Dec 2012
A commission will be set up to probe the gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi and measures to ensure such crimes do not recur while laws will be amended to enhance punishment for rape, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said . He also appealed the thousands of protesters on the capital’s streets, demanding justice for the victim, to withdraw ...The government is serious on the issue. ...  .  .   ....(size: 2.4Kb)
photo: AP / Virginie Nguyen Huang
In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria.
Newstrack India
23 Dec 2012
Tweet. Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chemical weapons in Syria are under the control of the government, which has consolidated them in one or two locations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "As of right now, the (Syrian) government is doing all it can to safeguard those weapons," he said. "We are following all leads concerning chemical weapons," Lavrov said ... "My answer is very simple. Why use us as a postman ... pm/ ... ) .. ). ... . ....(size: 3.2Kb)



Irish Times
24 Dec 2012
The brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old in the capital, Delhi, has provoked widespread anger, focused largely on the police, politicians and senior officials and has dominated news bulletins all week ... A number of fringe political groups appear to have joined the protests for the first time, to the dismay of some demonstrators....(size: 1.7Kb)
Seeking Alpha
24 Dec 2012
fiscal crisis differs from those seen in Iceland, Greece, Portugal, and Ireland is that it has not been triggered by a capital strike ... It is a political crisis. And that political crisis has prevented the untying of the Gordian Knot that Obama and Congress created to paper over the political crisis earlier ... Second, political uncertainty has not been lifted in Italy either....(size: 5.3Kb)
Deccan Chronicle
24 Dec 2012
New Delhi. The peaceful protest in the national capital over the gang-rape of a young woman turned violent on Sunday as hooligans and some political elements, while taking advantage of the facelessness of protesting people, entered the fray, the police said ... Singh, joined the protesters at different places in the national capital....(size: 2.3Kb)
New Straits/Business Times
24 Dec 2012
IT is rare, even by India's unpredictable political norms, that a provincial chieftain's electoral victory bears national impact, is noted in world capitals that matter and triggers a frenzied euphoria and unease at his likely march to the national capital to become the prime minister ... But it is not that simple or easy, with 16 months to go for the polls and uncertainties of likely realignments among the political parties....(size: 5.2Kb)
The Australian
24 Dec 2012
THE book of choice for Australian politicians this year is Anna Funder's novel about a tangle of relationships among political activists opposing the rise of Adolf Hitler in pre-war Germany ... 'There is plenty to bemoan about politics, but we can be pleased that many are reading good books this summer' ... 'Our fortunes are shaped by the broader political, economic and social forces at work beyond its shores' ... LATEST POLITICS VIDEO....(size: 7.3Kb)
The Siasat Daily
24 Dec 2012
"I am against the decision to give them capital punishment because it is not the right way to deal a crime with another crime. Capital punishment itself is a judicially assisted murder," he said. "It is my bus, It is my capital ... The protests took an ugly turn today in Delhi when hooligans and some political elements hijacked the peaceful protests, ......(size: 2.9Kb)
Scoop
24 Dec 2012
Edge Capital Markets ... By Bryn Griffiths (CEO, Edge Capital Markets) ... Global equities saw capital inflows this week despite the ... This week saw continued outflow of capital from the global bond markets as investor’s seemed to be looking through the political stalemate in the US and focussing on the improvements being made by the global economy....(size: 3.6Kb)
The New York Times
24 Dec 2012
Bilour’s political party, Awami National Party, gathered with hundreds of party workers ... Bilour and eight others were killed Saturday by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives after a political rally. The assassination, claimed by the Taliban, convulsed the country’s political circles, serving as a grim reminder of the Taliban’s lethal ability to strike their opponents....(size: 9.8Kb)
Scoop
24 Dec 2012
She has personally checked the credentials of Dr Lavery by talking to politicians from across the political spectrum with whom he has worked at the Cornwall Council and, prior to that, in Newcastle ... “Kevin’s career thus far shows he can work with people across the political spectrum and that his focus is on providing affordable and quality services in challenging local government environments....(size: 2.4Kb)
Star Telegram
24 Dec 2012
Although on occasion she yielded to political expediency and brandished the partisan flag, Hutchison earned a reputation throughout her long public service career as one willing to cross the aisle in search of common ground that would benefit the people of her state and the nation ... As a political pioneer in Texas, Hutchison, now 69, could easily have been a chapter in her own book, Leading Ladies....(size: 3.2Kb)
BBC News
24 Dec 2012
This was the year in which character assassination became the modus operandi of Australian politics, and when all-out attack became the default setting of parliamentary life ... All have been the target of withering assaults on their reputations, and subject to the kind of sustained ferocity seldom witnessed in Australian politics....(size: 8.2Kb)
The Australian
24 Dec 2012
Few know that they might be in the wrong Bethlehem ... Also in this story ... User Login Username * ... 'There is plenty to bemoan about politics, but we can be pleased that many are reading good books this summer' ... 'Our fortunes are shaped by the broader political, economic and social forces at work beyond its shores' ... LOCANTRO Capital sees the junior resource sector as being like John Farnham -- it always comes back when you least expect it ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
Jakarta Post
24 Dec 2012
The simultaneous bomb attacks targeting churches in a number of cities in Java and Sumatra on Christmas Eve in 2000 and an explosion at a McDonald’s fast food outlet in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar in December 2002 are still fresh in our memories ... Some will be easily duped by the “good old days”, when the government — obsessed with political stability — gave no room for the seeds of hatred to grow in religious communities....(size: 3.7Kb)

A capital city (or just, capital) is the area of a country, province, region, or state considered to enjoy primary status; although there are exceptions, a capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of the seat of government and is usually fixed by law or by the constitution. An alternative term is political capital, but this phrase has a second meaning based on an alternate sense of the word capital. The capital is often, but not necessarily, the largest city of its constituent area.

The word capital derives from the Latin caput meaning "head".

The seats of government in major sub-state jurisdictions are often called "capitals," but this is typically only the case in countries with some degree of federalism, where major sub-state legal jurisdictions have elements of sovereignty. In unitary states, an "administrative centre" or other similar term is typically used for such locations besides the national capital city. For example, the seat of government in a state of the United States is usually called its "capital", but the main city in a region of the United Kingdom is usually not called such, even though in Ireland, a county's main town is usually called its "capital". On the other hand, the four countries of the United Kingdom do have capital cities: ScotlandEdinburgh, WalesCardiff, Northern IrelandBelfast, and EnglandLondon. Counties in England, Wales and Scotland have historic county towns, which are often not the largest settlement within the county and often are no longer administrative centres, as many historical counties are now only ceremonial, and administrative boundaries are different.

In Canada, there is a federal capital, and the ten provinces and three territories all have capital cities. The states of such countries as Mexico, Brazil (including the famous cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, capitals of their respective states), and Australia all have capital cities. For example, the six state capitals of Australia are Adelaide, South Australia; Brisbane, Queensland; Hobart, Tasmania; Melbourne, Victoria; Perth, Western Australia; and Sydney, New South Wales. In Australia, the term "capital cities" is regularly used, to refer to the aforementioned state capitals plus the federal capital Canberra and Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, each of its constituent states (or Länder - plural of Land) has its own capital city, such as Wiesbaden, Mainz, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Munich. Likewise, each of the republics of the Russian Federation has its own capital city.

In the lower administrative subdivisions in various English-speaking countries, terms such as county town, county seat, and borough seat are usually used.

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Origins of capital cities[link]

Historically, the major economic center of a state or region often becomes the focal point of political power, and becomes a capital through conquest or federation. Examples are Ancient Baghdad, Berlin, Constantinople, London, Athens, Madrid, Moscow, Ancient Rome, Beijing, Stockholm, Tokyo, and Vienna. The capital city naturally attracts politically motivated people and those whose skills are needed for efficient administration of national or imperial governments, such as lawyers, political scientists, bankers, journalists, and public policy makers. Some of these cities are or were also religious centres, e.g. Constantinople (more than one religion), Rome (the Roman Catholic Church), Jerusalem (more than one religion), Ancient Baghdad, London (the Anglican Church), Moscow (the Russian Orthodox Church), Belgrade (the Serbian Orthodox Church), Paris, and Peking.

A capital city that is also the prime economic, cultural, or intellectual centre of a nation or an empire is sometimes referred to as a primate city. Examples are Athens, Beijing, Belgrade, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dublin, Lima, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manila, Montevideo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Paris, Prague, Rome, Seoul, Sofia, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Vilnius, and Warsaw.

The convergence of political and economic or cultural power is by no means universal. Traditional capitals may be economically eclipsed by provincial rivals, e.g. Nanking by Shanghai, Quebec City by Montreal, and numerous US state capitals. The decline of a dynasty or culture could also mean the extinction of its capital city, as occurred at Babylon and Cahokia.

Although many capitals are defined by constitution or legislation, many long-time capitals have no legal designation as such: for example Bern, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London, Melbourne, Paris, Toronto and Wellington. They are recognised as capitals as a matter of convention, and because all or almost all the country's central political institutions, such as government departments, supreme court, legislature, embassies, etc., are located in or near them.

Planned capital cities[link]

Many current capital cities were deliberately planned by government to house the seat of government of the nation or subdivision. Some planned capitals include Abuja, Nigeria (1991); Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil (1855); Ankara, Turkey (1923); Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (1897); Dhaka, Bangladesh (1971); Brasília, Brazil (1960); Canberra, Australia (1927); Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil (1933); Islamabad, Pakistan (1960); Frankfort, Kentucky (1792); Jefferson City, Missouri (1821); Jhongsing New Village, Taiwan, Republic of China (1955); New Delhi, India (1911); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1889); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1857); Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil (1989); Quezon City, Philippines (1948–1976); Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (1792); Washington D.C., USA (1800); and Wellington, New Zealand (1865).

These cities satisfy one or both of the following criteria:

  1. A deliberately planned city that was built expressly to house the seat of government, superseding a capital city that had been located in an established population center. There have been various reasons for this, including overcrowding in that major metropolitan area, and the desire to place the capital city in a location with a better climate (usually a less tropical one).
  2. A town that was chosen as a compromise among two or more cities (or other political divisions), none of which was willing to concede to the other(s) the privilege of being the capital city. Usually, the new capital is geographically located roughly equidistant between the competing population centers.

Some examples of the second situation include:

Changes in a nation's political regime sometimes result in the designation of a new capital. The newly independent Kazakhstan moved its capital to the existing city of Aqmola. Naypyidaw was founded in Burma's interior as the former capital, Rangoon, was claimed to be too overcrowded.[1]

Washington, DC, USA[link]

When the United States of America established its present constitution in 1787, the question of its capital city arose. Several cities wished to be the national capital, including Boston; New York City; Philadelphia; and Richmond, Virginia; but none of these was willing to concede this honor to any of the others. There was also rivalry between the proposed thirteen states as to which one would contain the capital city. A compromise was reached to establish a federal district separate from any of the states, which would contain a new capital city. The capital district was given the name District of Columbia, and the capital city of Washington was founded within it. In 1800, Washington was ready to house the federal government.

The District of Columbia was the first such district to be set aside for a capital city, and this arrangement has been followed by Australia (the Australian Capital Territory), Mexico (the Federal District), Pakistan (Islamabad Capital Territory) and Brazil (Distrito Federal).

Unusual capital city arrangements[link]

A number of cases exist where states have multiple capitals, and there are also several states that have no capital.

Capitals that are not the seat of government[link]

Countries in the world where capital and seat of government are currently separated:

International entities[link]

Capitals in military strategy[link]

The capital city is almost always a primary target in a war, as capturing it usually guarantees capture of much of the enemy government, victory for the attacking forces, or at the very least demoralization for the defeated forces.

In ancient China, where governments were massive centralized bureaucracies with little flexibility on the provincial level, a dynasty could easily be toppled with the fall of its capital. In the Three Kingdoms period, both Shu and Wu fell when their respective capitals of Chengdu and Jianye fell. The Ming dynasty relocated its capital from Nanjing to Beijing, where they could more effectively control the generals and troops guarding the borders from Mongols and Manchus. The Ming was destroyed when the Li Zicheng took their seat of power, and this pattern repeats itself in Chinese history, until the fall of the traditional Confucian monarchy in the 20th century. After the Qing Dynasty's collapse, decentralization of authority and improved transportation and communication technologies allowed both the Chinese Nationalists and Chinese Communists to rapidly relocate capitals and keep their leadership structures intact during the great crisis of Japanese invasion.

National capitals were arguably less important as military objectives in other parts of the world, including the West, because of socioeconomic trends toward localized authority, a strategic modus operandi especially popular after the development of feudalism and reaffirmed by the development of democratic and capitalistic philosophies. In 1204, after the Latin Crusaders captured the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, Byzantine forces were able to regroup in several provinces; provincial noblemen managed to reconquer the capital after 60 years and preserve the empire for another 200 years after that. The British forces sacked various American capitals repeatedly during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, but American forces could still carry on fighting from the countryside, where they enjoyed support from local governments and the traditionally independent civilian frontiersmen. Exceptions to these generalizations include highly centralized states such as France, whose centralized bureaucracies could effectively coordinate far-flung resources, giving the state a powerful advantage over less coherent rivals, but risking utter ruin if the capital were taken. In their military strategies, traditional enemies of France such as Prussia (in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871) focused on the capture of Paris.

Distances between capital cities (nearest and farthest)[link]

  • Nearest capital cities
The closest capital cities of two sovereign countries are Vatican City, Vatican, and Rome, Italy, one of which is inside the other (the distance between the middle points, St. Peter's Square/Piazza Venezia is about 2 km).
The two second closest capital cities between two sovereign countries are Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, which are about 1.6 km (0.99 mi) apart, one upstream from the other on different banks of the Congo River (the distance between the middle points is about 10 km).
Vienna and Bratislava, sometimes erroneously considered the two closest capitals, are 55 km (34 mi) apart.
  • Farthest away from each other
The capitals farthest away from each other are Wellington, New Zealand, and Madrid, Spain, which are 19,880 km (12,353 mi) apart. This is very nearly the maximum possible, since they are only 160 km (99 mi) away from being antipodes, or directly opposite each other on a globe.
  • Farthest away among two sovereign countries that share a border
The greatest distance between the capitals of two sovereign countries that share a border is 6,423 km (3,991 mi), between Pyongyang, North Korea and Moscow, Russia.
  • Farthest away from the closest other capital city (remoteness)
The longest distance from one capital of a sovereign country to the one closest to it is 2,330 km (1,448 mi) between Wellington, New Zealand, and Canberra, Australia. The relation is reciprocal - each one is nearer to the other than to the capital of any other sovereign country.

See also[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ Pedrosa, Veronica (20 November 2006). "Burma's 'seat of the kings'". Al Jazeera. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/80733C47-7F1C-45EB-BB8E-805DB15BFE67.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2006. 
  2. ^ Demey, Thierry (2007). Brussels, capital of Europe. S. Strange (trans.). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN 2-9600414-2-9. 

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Capital in architecture : ancient Corinthian capital in the Great Mosque of kairouan, Tunisia.

Capital may refer to:

  • Capital city, the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status, usually but not always the seat of the government
  • Capital (economics), a factor of production that is not wanted for itself but for its ability to help in producing other goods
  • Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a column or a pilaster
  • Capital letter, an upper-case letter in a writing system

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  • Capital requirement or "bank capital", the requirement that banks keep certain monetary reserves
  • Cultural capital, the advantage individuals can gain from mastering the cultural tastes of a privileged group
  • Financial capital, any form of wealth capable of being employed in the production of more wealth
  • Human capital, workers' skills and abilities as regards their contribution to an economy
  • Infrastructural capital, means of production other than natural capital.
  • Natural capital, the resources of an ecosystem that yields a flow of goods and services into the future
  • Physical capital, any non-human asset made by humans and then used in production
  • Political capital, means by which a politician or political party may gain support or popularity
  • Social capital, the value of social networks to individuals embedded in them
  • Working capital, short term capital needed by the company to finance its operations

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Al Hunt

Al Hunt checking his BlackBerry at the Verizon Center, February 3, 2007
Born (1942-12-04) December 4, 1942 (age 69)
Alma mater Wake Forest University
Occupation executive editor, news anchor
Notable credit(s) Bloomberg News's Washington editor, anchor of Political Capital on Bloomberg Television
Spouse Judy Woodruff
Children three

Albert R. Hunt Jr. (born December 4, 1942) is the executive Washington editor for Bloomberg News, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P. Hunt hosts the Sunday morning talk show Political Capital on Bloomberg Television, which airs on Friday night.

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Personal life[link]

Hunt graduated from The Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1960. He attended Wake Forest University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and worked for the Old Gold & Black. He is married to Judy Woodruff of PBS. He has three children, including a son born with severe spina bifida. He was first married to Margaret O'Toole of Pittsburgh.

Career[link]

Before graduating from Wake Forest University, Hunt worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Winston-Salem Journal. In 1965, he became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, before transferring to its Boston bureau in 1967, then to the Washington, D.C., bureau in 1969.

Prior to joining Bloomberg News in January 2005, Hunt worked for the Wall Street Journal. During his 35 years in the newspaper’s Washington bureau, he was a congressional and national political reporter, a bureau chief and, most recently, executive Washington editor. For 11 years, Hunt wrote the weekly column, "Politics & People." Hunt also directed the paper's political polls for 20 years and served as president of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and a board member of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., a Dow Jones subsidiary.

Appearances[link]

Hunt has also served as a periodic panelist on NBC's Meet the Press and PBS' Washington Week in Review, as well as a political analyst on CBS Morning News, and a weekly panelist on CNN's Capital Gang. He was also a panelist on Evans, Novak, Hunt, & Shields. He is co-author of a series of books published by the American Enterprise Institute, including The American Elections of 1980, The American Elections of 1982 and The American Elections of 1984. In 1987, he co-authored Elections American Style for the Brookings Institution. In 2002, he contributed an essay about campaign finance reform for Caroline Kennedy's Profiles in Courage for Our Time.

Awards[link]

In 1999, Hunt received the William Allen White Foundation's national citation, one of the highest honors in journalism. In 1995, he and his wife, then CNN anchor Judy Woodruff, received the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism from the University of South Dakota. In 1976, Hunt received a Raymond Clapper Award for Washington reporting.

Of Note[link]

Hunt is a member of the Wake Forest board of trustees; the board of the Children's Charities in Washington; and the advisory board of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. He teaches a course on the press and politics at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications.

On June 18, 2008, Hunt was one of 10 people chosen to remember journalist Tim Russert, who had died days before, at his memorial service at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Notes[link]

  1. ^ "1986: A Life-Changing Year", Washington Post, July 25, 1999 [1]

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Imran Khan Niazi
عمران خان نیازی
Personal details
Born (1952-11-25) 25 November 1952 (age 59)
Lahore, West Punjab, Pakistan Dominion of Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse(s) Jemima Khan (1995–2004)
Children Sulaiman
Qasim Khan
Residence Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater Keble College, Oxford
Occupation Politician
Philanthropist
Cricketer
Religion Islam
Website PTI

Imran Khan Niazi (Urdu: عمران خان نیازی; born 25 November 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a philanthropist, cricket commentator, Chancellor of the University of Bradford and Founder and Chairman Board of Governors of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.

Arguably Pakistan's most successful cricket captain, Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992.[1] After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.[2] On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]

In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of a political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice).[4] He represented Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007.[5] Foreign Policy magazine has described him as "Pakistan's Ron Paul".[6]

Through worldwide fundraising, he has also helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in 1996 and Mianwali's Namal College in 2008.

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Family, education, and personal life[link]

Imran Khan was born in Lahore, the only son of Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his wife Shaukat Khanum.[7] Although long settled in Mianwali in Punjab, the family were of Pashtun ethnicity and belonged to the Niazi Shermankhel tribe.[8] A quiet and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up with his four sisters in relatively affluent (upper middle-class) circumstances[9] and received a privileged education. He was educated the Cathedral School in Lahore, the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket, and at Aitchison College, Lahore. In 1972, he enrolled to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in Politics and a third in Economics.[10] Khan's mother hailed from the Burki family which had produced several successful hockey players,[7] as also cricketers such as Javed Burki and Majid Khan.[8] Early in life, Khan developed an interest in cricket, which is an extremely popular sport in Pakistan.

Marriage to Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith[link]

On 16 May 1995, Khan married Jemima Goldsmith, in an Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.[11] . The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan,[8] produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999).[12] As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".[13] The marriage ended amicably. Imran has regular access to his children and his relationship with his ex-wife is friendly. Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays.[8]

Cricket career[link]

Imran Khan
Personal information
Born (1952-11-25) 25 November 1952 (age 59)
Lahore, West Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side Pakistan
Test debut (cap 65) 3 June 1971 v England
Last Test 2 January 1992 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 12) 31 August 1974 v England
Last ODI 25 March 1992 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1977–1988 Sussex
1984/85 New South Wales
1975–1981 PIA
1971–1976 Worcestershire
1973–1975 Oxford University
1969–1971 Lahore
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 88 175 382 425
Runs scored 3,807 3,709 17,771 10,100
Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22
100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66
Top score 136 102* 170 114*
Balls bowled 19,458 7,461 65,224 19,122
Wickets 362 182 1,287 507
Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31
5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6
10 wickets in match 6 n/a 13 n/a
Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14
Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 24 December 2011
Pride of Performance Award Recipient

Imran Khan was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 1983
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Date 1983
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award Recipient
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Date 1992
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Khan made a lacklustre first-class cricket debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. By the start of the 1970s, he was playing for his home teams of Lahore A (1969–70), Lahore B (1969–70), Lahore Greens (1970–71) and, eventually, Lahore (1970–71).[14] Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973–75 seasons.[10] At Worcestershire, where he played county cricket from 1971 to 1976, he was regarded as only an average medium pace bowler. During this decade, other teams represented by Khan include Dawood Industries (1975–76) and Pakistan International Airlines (1975–76 to 1980–81). From 1983 to 1988, he played for Sussex.[2]

In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976–77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia.[14] Following the Australian series, he toured the West Indies, where he met Tony Greig, who signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.[2] His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding, but ahead of Dennis Lillee, Garth Le Roux and Andy Roberts.[2]

As a fast bowler, Khan reached the peak of his powers in 1982. In 9 Tests, he got 62 wickets at 13.29 each, the lowest average of any bowler in Test history with at least 50 wickets in a calendar year.[15] In January 1983, playing against India, he attained a Test bowling rating of 922 points. Although calculated retrospectively (ICC player ratings did not exist at the time), Khan's form and performance during this period ranks third in the ICC's All-Time Test Bowling Rankings.[16]

Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order.[17] He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, Australia.[18] He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so.[2] In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.

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At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year-old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team from Javed Miandad. Recalling his initial discomfort with this new role, he later said, "When I became the cricket captain, I couldn’t speak to the team directly I was so shy. I had to tell the manager, I said listen can you talk to them, this is what I want to convey to the team. I mean early team meetings I use to be so shy and embarrassed I couldn’t talk to the team."[19] As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, out of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the rest of 26 were drawn. He also played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.[2]

In the team's second match under his leadership, Khan led them to their first Test win on English soil for 28 years at Lord's.[20] Khan's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all-rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981–82.[2] He also topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three Test series in 1982, taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat. Later the same year, he put up a highly acknowledged performance in a home series against the formidable Indian team by taking 40 wickets in six Tests at an average of 13.95. By the end of this series in 1982–83, Khan had taken 88 wickets in 13 Test matches over a period of one year as captain.[14]

Imran Khan's test career bowling statistics

This same Test series against India, however, also resulted in a stress fracture in his shin that kept him out of cricket for more than two years. An experimental treatment funded by the Pakistani government helped him recover by the end of 1984 and he made a successful comeback to international cricket in the latter part of the 1984–85 season.[2]

In 1987, Khan led Pakistan to its first ever Test series win in India, which was followed by Pakistan's first series victory in England the same year.[20] During the 1980s, his team also recorded three creditable draws against the West Indies. India and Pakistan co-hosted the 1987 World Cup, but neither ventured beyond the semi-finals. Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. In 1988, he was asked to return to the captaincy by the President Of Pakistan, General Zia-Ul-Haq, and on 18 January, he announced his decision to rejoin the team.[2] Soon after returning to the captaincy, Khan led Pakistan to another winning tour in the West Indies, which he has recounted as "the last time I really bowled well".[8] He was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 tests.[2]

Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer came when he led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Playing with a brittle batting line-up, Khan promoted himself as a batsman to play in the top order along with Javed Miandad, but his contribution as a bowler was minimal. At the age of 39, Khan scored the highest runs of all the Pakistani batsmen and took the winning last wicket himself.[14]

Post-retirement[link]

In 1994, Khan had admitted that, during Test matches, he "occasionally scratched the side of the ball and lifted the seam." He had also added, "Only once did I use an object. When Sussex were playing Hampshire in 1981 the ball was not deviating at all. I got the 12th man to bring out a bottle top and it started to move around a lot."[21] In 1996, Khan successfully defended himself in a libel action brought forth by former English captain and all-rounder Ian Botham and batsman Allan Lamb over comments they alleged were made by Khan in two articles about the above-mentioned ball-tampering and another article published in an Indian magazine, India Today. They claimed that, in the latter publication, Khan had called the two cricketers "racist, ill-educated and lacking in class." Khan protested that he had been misquoted, saying that he was defending himself after having admitted that he tampered with a ball in a county match 18 years ago.[22] Khan won the libel case, which the judge labelled a "complete exercise in futility", with a 10–2 majority decision by the jury.[22]

Since retiring, Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers, especially regarding the Pakistani national team. His contributions have been published in India's Outlook magazine,[23] the Guardian,[24] the Independent, and the Telegraph. Khan also sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu[25] and the Star TV network.[26] In 2004, when the Indian cricket team toured Pakistan after 14 years, he was a commentator on TEN Sports' special live show, Straight Drive,[27] while he was also a columnist for sify.com for the 2005 India-Pakistan Test series.[28] He has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for BBC during the 1999 World Cup.[28]

In November 2009 Khan underwent emergency surgery at Lahore's Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital to remove an obstruction in his small intestine.[29]

Social work[link]

For more than four years after retiring from cricket in 1992, Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By 1991, he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organisation bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. As the Trust's maiden endeavour, Khan established Pakistan's first and only cancer hospital, constructed using donations and funds exceeding $25 million, raised by Khan from all over the world.[4] Inspired by the memory of his mother, who died of cancer, the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, a charitable cancer hospital with 75 percent free care, opened in Lahore on 29 December 1994.[8] Khan currently serves as the chairman of the hospital and continues to raise funds through charity and public donations.[30]

During the 1990s, Khan also served as UNICEF's Special Representative for Sports[31] and promoted health and immunisation programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[32]

On 27 April 2008, Khan's brainchild, a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College, was inaugurated. Namal College was built by the Mianwali Development Trust (MDT), as chaired by Khan, and was made an associate college of the University of Bradford (of which Khan is Chancellor) in December 2005.[33] Currently, Khan is building another cancer hospital in Karachi, using his successful Lahore institution as a model. While in London, he also works with the Lord’s Taverners, a cricket charity.[4]

Political work[link]

In 1996, Khan founded a political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which emphasized on anti-corruption policies.[8][34] The newly formed party was unable to win a seat during the 1997 Pakistani general election.[35] Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's military coup in 1999,[36] believing Musharraf would "end corruption, clear out the political mafias".[37] According to Khan, he was Musharraf's choice of prime minister in 2002 but turned down the offer.[38] The 2002 Pakistani general election were held in October across 272 constituencies. Khan anticipated doing well in the elections and was prepared to form a coalition if his party did not get a majority of the vote.[39] He was elected from the NA-71 constituency of Mianwali and being the only party member to have secured a seat, PTI won only 0.8% of the popular vote. Khan, who was sworn in as an MP on 16 November,[40] remained part of the Standing Committees on Kashmir and Public Accounts, and expressed legislative interest in Foreign Affairs, Education and Justice.[41]

On 6 May 2005, Khan became one of the first Muslim figures to criticise a 300-word Newsweek story about the alleged desecration of the Qur'an in a U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Khan held a press conference to denounce the article and demanded that Gen. Pervez Musharraf secure an apology from the American president George W. Bush for the incident.[42]. In June 2007, the federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr. Sher Afghan Khan Niazi and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party filed separate ineligibility references against Khan, asking for his disqualification as member of the National Assembly on grounds of immorality. Both references, filed on the basis of articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan, were rejected on 5 September.[43]

On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Khan joined 85 other MPs to resign from Parliament in protest of the Presidential election scheduled for 6 October, which General Musharraf was contesting without resigning as army chief.[5] On 3 November 2007, Khan was put under house arrest at his father's home hours after President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. Khan had demanded the death penalty for Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, which he equated to "committing treason". The next day, on 4 November, Khan escaped and went into peripatetic hiding.[44] He eventually came out of hiding on 14 November to join a student protest at the University of the Punjab.[45] At the rally, Khan was captured by students from the Jamaat-i-Islami political party, who claimed that Khan was an uninvited nuisance at the rally, and they handed him over to the police, who charged him under the Anti-terrorism act for allegedly inciting people to pick up arms, calling for civil disobedience, and for spreading hatred.[46].

On 30 October, 2011, Imran Khan changed the political picture of the country by addressing more than 100,000 supporters, challenging the policies of the current government, calling this new change a "tsunami" against the ruling parties,[47] followed by another successful public gathering in Karachi on 25 December, 2011.[48] Since then Imran Khan has become a real threat for the current ruling parties and future political prospect in Pakistan. According to International Republican Institute (IRI)'s survey, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tops the list of popular parties in Pakistan both at the national as well as provincial level, leaving Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peopleís Party (PPP) behind.[49]

Ideology[link]

Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the 1990s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and the implementation of anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.[18][26][50]

Khan told Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I want Pakistan to be a welfare state and a genuine democracy with a rule of law and an independent judiciary."[18] Other ideas he has presented include a requirement of all students to spend a year after graduation teaching in the countryside and cutting down the over-staffed bureaucracy in order to send them to teach too.[51] "We need decentralisation, empowering people at the grass roots," he has said.[52]

Criticism[link]

Khan had a child out of wedlock with Ana-Luisa White (Sita White).[53] This was confirmed by a judgement of paternity rendered by a Superior Court of the State of California for the county of Los Angeles in favour of White[54] wherein it was held that Khan was the father of a female child born on June 15, 1992.[55][56][not in citation given] Khan did not challenge that judgement and in 2004 accepted the child as his daughter. He and his wife Jemima became the girls guardians.[57][58] [59] [60] [61]

During the 1970s and 1980s, Khan became known as a socialite due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp, though he claims to have hated English pubs and to never drink alcohol.[4][8][26][42] He gained notoriety in London gossip columns for romancing young debutantes such as Susannah Constantine, Lady Liza Campbell and the artist Emma Sergeant.[8]

Khan is often dismissed as a political lightweight[45] and a celebrity outsider in Pakistan,[19] where national newspapers also refer to him as a "spoiler politician".[62] The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has asserted that Khan is "a sick person who has been a total failure in politics and is alive just because of the media coverage".[63] Political observers say the crowds he draws are attracted by his cricketing celebrity, and the public has been reported to view him as a figure of entertainment rather than a serious political authority.[51]

Declan Walsh in The Guardian newspaper in England in 2005 described Khan as a "miserable politician," observing that, "Khan's ideas and affiliations since entering politics in 1996 have swerved and skidded like a rickshaw in a rainshower... He preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next."[64] The charge constantly raised against Khan is that of hypocrisy and opportunism, including what has been called his life's "playboy to puritan U-turn."[19] Political commentator Najam Sethi, stated that, "A lot of the Imran Khan story is about backtracking on a lot of things he said earlier, which is why this doesn’t inspire people."[19]. He is also criticized for being a puppet of Pakistan's 'establishment'.[65]

Awards and honours[link]

Khan in Germany
  • Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College.[31]
  • In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket.
  • In 1983, he was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year
  • In 1983, he had received the President’s Pride of Performance Award
  • In 1985, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year
  • In 1990, Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year[14]
  • In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz
  • On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities.[66]
  • On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project.
  • On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.[67]
  • On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.[68]
  • In 2009, at International Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.[69]
  • In 2011 he was given Jinnah award.

Writings by Khan[link]

Khan has published six works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy. He periodically writes editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics in several leading Pakistani and British newspapers. It was revealed in 2008 that Khan's second book, Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan, had required heavy editing from the publisher. The publisher Jeremy Lewis revealed in a memoir that when he asked Khan to show his writing for publication, "he handed me a leatherbound notebook or diary containing a few jottings and autobiographical snippets. It took me, at most, five minutes to read them; and that, it soon became apparent, was all we had to go on."[70]

Books

  • Khan, Imran (1989). Imran Khan's cricket skills. London : Golden Press in association with Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-56349-9. 
  • Khan, Imran & Murphy, Patrick (1983). Imran: The autobiography of Imran Khan. Pelham Books. ISBN 0-7207-1489-3. 
  • Khan, Imran (1991). Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 0-7011-3527-1. 
  • Khan, Imran (1992). All Round View. Mandarin. ISBN 0-7493-1499-0. 
  • Khan, Imran (1993). Warrior Race: A Journey Through the Land of the Tribal Pathans. Chatto Windus. ISBN 0-7011-3890-4. 
  • Khan, Imran (2011). Pakistan: A Personal History. Bantam Press. ISBN 0-593-06774-6. 

Articles

In popular culture[link]

After the permission from him, Kaptaan is a biographical film about him.

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