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Food crisis may lead to wars, riots: experts
WASHINGTON, April 13: The world is moving towards a food crisis that may lead to wars and riots, warn financial experts meeting at the World Bank headquarters in Washington....
Pakistan, 35 other states face shortage
WASHINGTON: The world’s financial experts, now meeting in Washington, have placed Pakistan on a list of 36 countries that face a serious food crisis, warning that if the situation worsens people may raid storage facilities for food....
MQM’s power-sharing talks with PPP fail: Suddle’s appointment as IG opposed
KARACHI, April 13: Blaming Pakistan People’s Party for what it called lack of seriousness in talks, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement announced on Sunday that it would sit in the opposition in the National Assembly and the Sindh assembly....
MQM urged to review decision
KARACHI, April 13: Pakistan People’s Party leader and Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri on Sunday appealed to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leadership to review its decision of sitting in the opposition....
Pakistan, China working on transit trade accord
BEIJING, April 13: Pakistan and China have made substantial progress in their talks to work out a transit trade agreement and expand the scope of a free trade agreement, besides identifying new areas of cooperation to strengthen their multi-faceted ties....
Govt to sell $1bn bonds to tide over deficit
WASHINGTON, April 13: Pakistan plans to sell one billion dollars worth of bonds exchangeable into shares of a state-owned company as the government seeks to finance its budget deficit, says Finance Minister Ishaq Dar....
Pakistan help sought to curb violence in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, April 13: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kou-chner said on Sunday that Taliban violence in Afghanistan could only be stopped with the help of Pakistan....
Factions in Kurram Agency agree to cease fire
ISLAMABAD, April 13: The government on Sunday expressed the hope that the law and order situation would improve in the Kurram Agency by Monday after tribal elders of the two rival...
Protest against MQM held in London
LONDON, April 13: A group of about 50 Britons of Pakistani origin, including Pakistani students of the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies, held an...
Global support sought for Benazir’s plan to curb extremism
CAPE TOWN, April 13: Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has called upon the world’s powerful countries to support Benazir Bhutto’s plan, modelled on the Marshall Plan that rebuilt...
Rs655m irregularities found in Erra accounts
ISLAMABAD, April 13: Accounts of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority’s (Erra) show financial irregularities of more than Rs655 million, according to an audit report....
Britain sees clerics’ role in fighting extremism
LONDON, April 13: Britain’s interior secretary told a Sunday newspaper that the security services were investigating 30 active terror plots as she made the case for giving them extended powers to combat extremists....
Australia gets its first woman governor-general
SYDNEY, April 13: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday named Queensland governor Quentin Bryce as Australia’s next governor-general, the first woman to act as the British queen’s representative in the country....
Maoists grab more seats as vote count continues in Nepal
KATMANDU, April 13: Nepal’s former communist rebels picked up more seats on Sunday as they extended their lead in early returns from elections that will shape the Himalayan nation’s political future....
India’s warning over Safta
NEW DELHI, April 13: Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said that his country may be compelled to withdraw concessions given to Pakistan under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) if Islamabad fails to reciprocate....
Zimbabwe poll recount rejected
HARARE, April 13: Zimbabwe’s opposition challenged on Sunday a recount of votes it said was loaded towards Robert Mugabe’s party, as rigging allegations were traded and regional leaders failed to stem the deepening post-election crisis....
48.9 per cent turnout in Italian election
ROME, April 13: Turnout in Italy’s general election stood at 48.9 per cent halfway through the two-day polls, down more than three per cent from the same juncture two years ago, the interior ministry said....
Myanmar enjoys rare freedom
YANGON, April 13: Young women in miniskirts walked down the street, catching the eye of punks with red and blue hair, as Myanmar let loose for an annual festival on Sunday when the military allowed a tiny breath of freedom....
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WASHINGTON, April 13: The world is moving towards a food crisis that may lead to wars and riots, warn financial experts meeting at the World Bank headquarters in Washington....
SYDNEY, April 13: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday named Queensland governor Quentin Bryce as Australia’s next governor-general, the first woman to act as the British queen’s representative in the country....
YANGON, April 13: Young women in miniskirts walked down the street, catching the eye of punks with red and blue hair, as Myanmar let loose for an annual festival on Sunday when the military allowed a tiny breath of freedom....
