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News for Sunday, 21 Aug 2011

Isolated showers to continue in provincial capital for next few days

Isolated showers may continue in the provincial capital for the next few days as there is no strong monsoon current in the country, the Met Office said on Sunday. The...

Punjab University to cancel ICS MPhil admissions

The Punjab University (PU) administration is likely to cancel the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) MPhil admissions as the admissions committee concerned was formed against the Doctorate Programme Coordination Committee...

Turkish air strike kills seven in Iraq

A Turkish air strike on a north Iraq village killed seven civilians on Sunday, an official from the area told AFP, during a bombing campaign against Kurdish separatists in the...

Jet crashes in Arctic, 12 killed

Twelve people were killed when a First Air jet crashed near Resolute Bay in the far north of the Canadian Arctic, but three people survived, the airline said on Saturday....

Arab League condemns Israel attacks on Gaza

The Arab League on Sunday condemned Israeli air assaults on the Gaza Strip and said the United Nations must take action to end the attacks, in which 15 people have...

Swiss divided on presence of foreigners: poll

Nearly one in two Swiss believes there are too many foreigners in the country, but 80 percent say Switzerland would not be as economically successful without them, according to a...

Afghan election body throws out nine lawmakers

Afghanistan’s election commission on Sunday threw nine lawmakers out of parliament in a bid to settle nearly a year of disputes over fraud-tainted elections that have paralysed the lower house. Although...

UN team arrives in Syria, Assad to speak on TV

President Bashar al-Assad will give an interview to Syrian television on Sunday, state media said, as a UN team arrived in Damascus to assess humanitarian needs after five months of...

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