#Gingerbottabad. Pakistan demolished the Abbottabad compound where Osama Bin Laden hid out in 2012, but the structure is going back up in gingerbread form on Twitter. You can follow the construction via tweets and photos shared by @CombatCavScout whose bio says he is a US Army officer. It’s almost done:
Preliminary #Gingerbottabad construction complete. Should be finished tomorrow. @DoHoBOB @AnniesPerson pic.twitter.com/mPfFnV4n78
— Roy Cav (@CombatCavScout) December 31, 2013
David Beckham’s “holiday from hell.” English football star David Beckham and family traveled to the Maldives for the holidays, and NDTV reports that they’re staying at an exclusive island resort. Given recent events — fireworks intended for New Year’s going off on Sunday, and a body washing up at the resort, The Sun calls the “nightmare” vacation a “holiday from hell.” [The Sun, NDTV]
Take a Bollywood tour in Maharashtra. Mumbai, home to one of the world’s largest entertainment industries, will have organized Bollywood tours starting Jan. 20. Tourists will get to visit film and TV sets in the Film City at Goregaon and possibly interact with stars. State government agency Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation will offer three packages, at different prices and lengths: Hit, Super Hit and Blockbuster. [Skift]
India’s efforts to aid poor worry drug makers. In a series on how breast cancer treatment is shaped by wealth and poverty, culture and values, the New York Times examines the struggle to make drugs more affordable to the world’s poorest people. India is one of the world’s leading producers of generic pharmaceuticals, and it has already ruled invalid patents protecting exclusive sales of some cancer medicines. [NYT]
More Pakistani women enter male-dominated workforce. The proportion of women at work in Pakistan has increased from 16.3 to 24.4 percent in a decade. But many women still find it difficult to be accepted in the workforce. In a BBC video, 32-year-old Aliya Bibi tells of how she dreamed of learning to drive a car and became a qualified driver. “But I’m struggling to find a job in this male-dominated sector,” she says. “I’m hoping one day their attitudes will change, and I will get a job as a driver.” [BBC]
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