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By  Ariba  -   Apr 25, 2016 Pakistan is a country of life which is suffused with immense beauty and colors! With so much to do, and so much to see – this place will never leave anyone disappointed. A country full of laughter and smiles is all someone wishes to see when they’re travelling to a new place. Here’s why every foreigner needs to visit this beautiful land: 1. Tempting food (yes, we’ll ALWAYS start with food) wedmegood Pakistani food is the BOMB! Food that will put an end to your cravings. And, food is all that you will smell where ever you go. Pakistani cuisines are always bursting with aromatic flavors – which one would never want to stop devouring it! 2. Humble and charismatic people zameen flickr The most welcoming, humble people belong to Pakistan are known for their great hospitality. Pure at heart and always there to put a smile on your face. Their nature, and soft-spoken words will melt your heart right away! Not...

A worker supervises a copper pipe spool at NEC's OCC's plant in Kitakyushu, Japan, where cable for the Google-backed FASTER transpacific Internet cable is being manufactured.  Credit:  Tim Hornyak By  Tim Hornyak   IDG News Service   |   Jul 14, 2015  Undersea cables carry virtually all transoceanic Internet data these days, replacing satellites as the preferred medium. Google and some telecom companies have invested in one of them, called FASTER, that will stretch 9,000 kilometers (5,592 miles) between the U.S. and Japan and is due to go into operation next year. With six fiber-pairs in the cable, each carrying 100 wavelengths at 100 gigabits per second, it will have a peak capacity of 60 terabits per second (Tbps). That's about  10 million times faster than a standard cable modem . Here are some facts about undersea cables -- and about the FASTER system in particular. 1. About 99% of all transoceanic Int...

TOMAS HIRST   MAY 13 2015, Elite special forces are some of the best-trained and formidable units that a country can boast. They go where other soldiers fear to tread, scoping out potential threats, taking out strategic targets, and conducting daring rescue missions. These really are the best of the best. Although it’s extremely difficult to rank these forces relative to each other, there are some units that rise above the rest in terms of their track record and the fear they instill in their adversaries. These soldiers have been through weeks of rigorous training exercises explicitly designed to weed out those who can’t hit their exacting standards. In a world where the importance of the sheer size of a country’s military forces is no longer a guide to their effectiveness, these soldiers are the ones state’s look to in order to get the job done. 9) US Marines are pretty hardcore in their own right. Below, a US Marine drinks the blood of a cobra during a jung...