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News for Tuesday, 17 Jul 2012

Change linked with general elections: Rana Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that conducting local bodies elections could cause delay in general elections. Talking to media persons outside the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, Rana Sanaullah said...

Punjab Govt to set up 8 schools in backward districts

The Punjab Government has planned to set up 8 Daanish Schools in districts where poverty holds back the noble cause of education. The endeavor will decrease the dropout ratio...

UN doctor, driver shot in Karachi: officials

Gunmen opened fire on a UN vehicle in Karachi Tuesday, wounding a foreign doctor working on a polio immunisation campaign and a local driver, officials said. The shooting happened in Soharb...

Deep Purple co-founder Lord dies aged 71

Jon Lord, keyboardist with legendary British rock band Deep Purple and co-author of their most famous hit Smoke On The Water has died aged 71, his family announced on Monday. Lord,...

Ford announces sacking of 440 workers in Australia

Car manufacturer Ford announced Tuesday that it would sack 440 Australian workers as it scaled back production due to muted demand, despite a multimillion-dollar government bailout earlier this year. Ford said...

India calls on UAE to probe fatal US navy shooting

India called on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to investigate the fatal shooting of an Indian fisherman by a US navy ship in waters off Dubai. Indian Foreign Minister S.M....

Greece pays slightly less at three-month debt auction

Greece raised 1.625 billion euros ($2.0 billion) in an auction of three-month debt on Tuesday, the public debt management agency said, at slightly reduced rates as the country tries to...

One year since famine, 2.5 million at risk in Somalia: UN

Over 2.5 million people in war-torn Somalia remain in crisis despite huge global aid efforts and the situation may worsen, the UN warned Tuesday, one year after famine zones were...

Anti-NATO activists shout ‘death to America’

Thousands of activists shouted "death to America" on Tuesday at the latest rally protesting the lifting of a seven-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan. The march was organised by the...

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