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(CNN) -- When Tiffany Wilson noticed a small growth on her left hip, she didn't think much of it.

"It was bizarre," recalled the 41-year-old salon owner from Minneapolis, Minnesota. "I just thought it was a pimple."

Wilson, who is African-American, can't say exactly what prompted her to point out the bump to her physician, but she said she remembered thinking the diagnosis wouldn't be anything serious.

"It never occurred to me that it was skin cancer," she said. But it was. She had basal cell carcinoma, the most common skin cancer.

Wilson spent long hours as a child in the summer sun at Lake Nokomis in Minnesota and went to the tanning bed before visiting relatives in the Caribbean, she said. She also said she never wore sunscreen.

"Back then, I just don't think people were aware of the effects [of the sun]," she said.

Those may seem like obvious red flags to people who are sun-conscious, but they were foreign concepts to Wilson, which is why her diagnosis came as a shock.

"I just assumed, 'I'm a person of color, I'll be OK,' " she said.

Dermatologists say they are concerned because skin cancer rates are increasing among minority groups in the United States. Like Wilson, many people of color often mistakenly believe skin cancer is not something they should be worried about.

Soruce: edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH

According to details released by the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) during July-May period, the country exported 801,72 tons of Basmati and fetched $908 million and non-Basmati 1.782 million tons, thereby earning $920 million.

Abdul Rahim Janoo, Reap chairman, while appreciating exporters achievement of the target of $1.8 billion, said it was only possible because of business friendly policies of the government.

He said it is a remarkable achievement when looked at global recession and financial crisis.

Mr Janoo said last year (2007-08) the country exported 3.5 million tons of rice, valuing more than $2.2 billion but this was only possible when global prices of rice and other commodities were going higher every day.

He said Reap has sent trade delegations with the help of TDAP to Saudi Arabia and Republic of South Africa for further enhancing rice exports.

Mr Janoo said next month two other rice exporters’ delegations would be leaving for Qatar and EU countries to explore new rice markets and promote Pakistan rice which is the best in the world.

Similarly, the Reap is planning to send delegations in July and August to Kuwait, Iran, Senegal and Zambia which are also big markets for rice.

Source: dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/business

ISLAMABAD (AP) Batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq have resigned from the unauthorized Indian Cricket League to become eligible for Pakistan team selection, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said Friday.

"Both players have resigned from ICL and their resignations have been accepted," Wasim Bari, a PCB director, told the Associated Press.

"Now it's up to the (Pakistan) selection committee whether they consider these players for the forthcoming international matches."

Last month the International Cricket Council rejected an ICL application for official recognition at its board meeting in Dubai, but left it up to the individual cricket boards to decide what penalties to impose on players who decide to return to officially sanctioned cricket.

Consequently the PCB offered amnesty to players who resign from the ICL before May 31 and said it would deal with them on a "case to case basis."

Both Yousuf and Razzaq will miss the Twenty20 World Cup in England starting on June 5, but could return for the three tests and five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in July.

Yousuf, 34, last played a one-day international against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in Karachi last July before he was banned for his participation in the ICL.

The 29-year-old Razzaq last represented Pakistan in an ODI against Sri Lanka in 2007 before he too was barred from playing international cricket by the PCB.

Source: sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cricket