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News for Friday, 25 Mar 2011

Elizabeth Taylor late at her own funeral

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after...

Pakistani stocks end down; rupee firms

KARACHI - Thin trade and cautious investors pushed Pakistani stocks down on Friday as traders awaited the monetary policy announcement, due the next day, dealers said.
Analysts expect the State...

Gilani for greater Pak-Uzbek parliamentary cooperation

TASHKENT - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani urging greater inter-parliamentary interaction between Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Said stronger "bilateral ties would benefit both countries' peoples."
Talking to Dilarom Tashmukhamedova, Speaker...

Disciplined Proteas restrict Kiwis to 221

DHAKA - Jesse Ryder struck his maiden World Cup half-century as New Zealand struggled to 221 for eight from their 50 overs in the quarter-final against South Africa.
Batting under...

Western planes hit ground targets

TRIPOLI - Western warplanes hit Libyan forces at a strategically important eastern town, trying to land a crippling blow on Muammar Gaddafi's tanks in a nearly week-old campaign that NATO...

Strauss ‘very disasspointed’ by Boycott’s Yardy comments

COLOMBO - England skipper Andrew Strauss on Friday hit out at former Test star Geoffrey Boycott for his stinging criticism over Michael Yardy's exit from the World Cup because of...

Yemen leader willing to step down

SANAA - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of supporters in Sanaa on Friday that he was prepared to hand over power to save bloodshed but only to what...

Pakistan palm oil import to pick up in April

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan may import up to 150,000 tonnes of palm oil in April because of less carry over stock, but buying will slow down during the peak summer months...

Central Bank expected to keep 14 percent policy rate

Central bank expected to leave its key policy rate unchanged at 14 percent when it meets on Saturday for the subsequent two months because of an improving external current account...

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