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News for Saturday, 28 Jul 2012

Syria gunships hit rebels amid massacre fears

Syrian gunships pounded rebels and troops clashed with insurgents in Aleppo on Friday as world powers voiced fears of an all-out assault and called for "maximum pressure" to prevent a...

NEPRA raises KESC tariff by Rs 1.60

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a notification for an increase in power tariff of KESC by Rs 1.60 per unit on account of fuel price adjustment...

Libya’s poor mark Ramadan in rubble of Kadhafi base

ozens of Libya's poor are celebrating the country's first free Ramadan since the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi in the shattered remains of the late dictator's infamous Bab Al-Aziziya military compound. "We...

Violence continues unabated as 10 more perish

At least eight people were killed in firing incidents in different parts of the metropolis while two tortured bodies were also recovered, police sources said on Friday. According to media reports,...

Pollution protestors clash with police in China

Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police Saturday, an AFP photographer said. The protestors overturned two cars and invaded the local...

ADB peers into crystal ball

Growth in the Pacific region is expected to run at 6 per cent in 2012, but slow to 4.2 per cent in 2013 due to lower growth in resource exporting...

Nepal jeep plunge kills 14 pilgrims: police

At least 14 pilgrims were killed when a jeep carrying them to a sacred Hindu site in southern Nepal swerved off a highway and fell 100 metres (330 feet) into...

Bears are macroeconomic connoisseurs

Pakistan Stocks closed lower amid thin trade on investor concerns for uncertain macroeconomic situation, security concerns regarding Nato supply routes and limited foreign interest ahead of release of pending US...

Justice, with chutney on the side

Pakistan’ new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim made a very valid point when he asked, July 26, the officials of the Election Commission to end their...

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