QUETTA: Earth Quake in Balochistan 180 Peoples Killed , while hundreds of people have been reported wounded. The state television quoting government officials reported that 180 people have been killed in the early Wednesday morning temblor in the southwestern province of Pakistan. The U.S. Geological Survey reports [...]
Continue reading...28. October 2008
KARACHI: The Selection Committee of PHF released the names of 36 players from which Pakistan Junior team for the five match test series against India will be formed. The names of the players were finalized by committee headed by Olympian Hasan Sardar with fellow Olympians Rana Mujahid Ali, Farhat Khan, Khalid Bashir, international Muhammad Shafique as [...]
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LONDON: Oil prices going low and low as under 60 dollars a barrel in London on Monday, it is the lowest price in last 17-months and low point on worries that a global recession would sap energy demand, and as the currency of United States strengthened against the euro.
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We know, from now on every time a celebrity says, “please respect my family’s privacy in this difficult time” when they have done something like cheat on their spouse or get arrested for drunk driving, we’re going to remember this awful, undeserved tragedy. After the gruesome shooting of Sex and the City actress Jennifer Hudson’s [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
World oil prices plunged to the lowest points for more than 17 months today, despite news that the OPEC cartel will cut oil output by 1.5 million barrels per day. Moments after the OPEC decision was announced, Brent North Sea crude for December delivery slumped to USD 61.08 per barrel, the lowest point since March 2007. [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
Naresh Goyal-led Jet Airways on Saturday (October 25) said that it suffered a net loss of Rs 384.5 crore in this fiscal’s second quarter ended September 30, as against a net profit of Rs 28.3 crore in the year-ago period. The airline said its revenue in the latest quarter was below expectations, primarily due to [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
World’s most wanted fugitive, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is reportedly writing a book on the struggle of his terrorist network that dispenses money, logistical support and training to radical groups in over 50 countries. The book, being written in Arabic, will later be translated into English. Bin Laden decided to write the book [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today (Oct 24) described the steep fall in stock markets as a “serious” situation in unusual circumstances and said it needed to be addressed in an unconventional manner. Talking to reporters, Kamal Nath said, “This is a serious situation and we require to seriously address it. These are unusual circumstances and [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
Making a strong pitch for total elimination of nuclear weapons, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has mooted a multi-prong strategy to achieve the goal, including steps to bring CTBT into force and assurance to non-nuclear states that they would not be subjected to an atomic attack. He asked the nuclear weapon states to move towards [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
Excessive levels of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese eggs might be traced to fertilizerfed to chickens, the Hong Kong government said. In a statement yesterday (October 25), the government said it found 4.7 parts per million of melamine in the eggs produced by a division of China’s Dalian Hanwei Enterprise Group based in the northeastern [...]
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29. October 2008
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