2004 hurries out in a rush amidst the usual hoopla! The Murree hills received their first snowfall with the Capital in the first throes of winter cold. The days are passing at a break neck

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Happy new year! Thanks! The year 2004 has ended! Ya! On a tragic note! R u referring to democratic waves in the offing? No! Then u must b referring to the latest amendment? What? R

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Three considerations prevented me from fleeing from Beirut hardship, I liked the adventure of living under the shadows of gunfire and moving about undaunted by the situation. I enjoyed moving out any time when any

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At the end of Musharraf's 5-year rule, Pakistan is at political crossroads. Prior to October 1999, not many knew the general by name or by face, while internationally he was a non-entity. Clinton took a

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The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets). ============================================================== December

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The weather report on Friday (December 31) and the forecast for Saturday (January 01, 2005). ============================================== Cities Max Min Humidity Rain ============================================== Islamabad 15.0 08.0 85% 12 Rawalpindi 15.0 08.0 80% 05 Lahore 18.0 11.0

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LME official prices on Thursday. =============================================================================================== Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin Zinc Nasaac Alloy =============================================================================================== Cash buyer 1,705.00 1,947.00 3,213.00 991.00 15,190.00 7,665.00 1,226.00 1,725.00 Cash seller 1,710.00 1,948.00 3,214.00 991.50 15,200.00 7,670.00 1,226.50

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LME official prices on Thursday. =============================================================================================== Aluminium Aluminium Copper Lead Nickel Tin Zinc Nasaac Alloy =============================================================================================== Cash buyer 1,705.00 1,947.00 3,213.00 991.00 15,190.00 7,665.00 1,226.00 1,725.00 Cash seller 1,710.00 1,948.00 3,214.00 991.50 15,200.00 7,670.00 1,226.50

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Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Friday (December 31, 2004). ===================== USD 1.9145/1.9151 SFR 2.1838/2.1852 YEN 196.29/196.41 NKR 11.6221/11.6488 EURO 1.4139/1.4146 CAN 2.2979/2.2997 DKR 10.5110/10.5296 SKR 12.7315/12.7451 ===================== Copyright Reuters, 2005

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights (SDR). ====================================================================================== December 31, 2004 ====================================================================================== Currency units per SDR SDR per Currency unit ====================================================================================== Currency 30/12/2004 29/12/2004 28/12/2004 27/12/2004

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