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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said with the government’s commitment, important economic targets within a period of two years had been achieved and the economy was back on the path of stability and progress. In his opening remarks while chairing the meeting of Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC)...
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Prudential in Talks to Buy AIG Unit, Sky News Says : 28February (AFP) – Prudential, the largest insurance company in the United Kingdom, in talks to buy Asian life insurance unit of American International Group in transactions that would be worth about $ 25 billion, he told Sky News, citing people anonymous. There is a...
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Lethal bombing in south Afghanistan : Police said a roadside bomb killed 11 civilians in Afghanistan in the southern province of Helmand, according to officials of local government. Dawood Ahmadi, spokesman for the Governor, told reporters on Sunday that “a civilian vehicle hit a roadside bomb along a road in Now Zad,” in the north of...
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Rescuers Search For Survivors After Chile Quake  : A woman sitting in front of a house affected by the earthquake in Talca, Chile, and after the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the country, February 27, 2010 Rescue workers are tearing through the rubble looking for survivors in Chile on Sunday, a day after a massive...
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Cuba’s world-famous cigar festival closes in Havana : HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba’s annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany...
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Rashid to boycott by-polls in Lahore, Jhang : LAHORE: Chief of Awami Muslim League Sheigh Rashid Ahmed has announced that his party would boycott by-elections in NA-123 Lahore and PP-82 Jhang. Addressing a press conference he said, “the actual face of Punjab government has come into light following the rigging and coercion exercised by it...
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NEW DELHI: India will test a nuclear-capable missile with a range of over 5,000 kilometres within a year, its top military scientist said Wednesday, risking a rise in regional tensions. “The next series of missiles is Agni-V, which has left the drawing board and is moving toward the first flight trial within the year,” the...
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SALANG, Afghanistan: Rescuers recovered the bodies of 165 people killed by a series of avalanches on a treacherous Afghan mountain pass in one of the country’s worst such disasters, an official said Wednesday. A heavy blizzard struck the busy road connecting the capital Kabul to the north of the country Monday, triggering avalanches that buried...
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday sacked the national parliament and cleared the way for a national election two months ahead of schedule, his spokesman said. Rajapakse, who won re-election in presidential polls last month, signed a decree dissolving the national assembly with effect from midnight Tuesday, spokesman Lucien Rajakarunanayake said. “It is now...
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Larry o Donnell | USsPost:You’ve seen him on the Daily Show, Oprah, and in US Magazine, but only Greenopolis TV takes you inside the office of Waste Management’s Larry O’Donnell, The star of “Undercover Boss.” O’Donnell shares behind-the-scenes stories on the making of his show and gives insider information about what it was like to...
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