Egypt's late President Gamal Abdel Nasser inspired millions of Arabs but the party that champions his pan-Arab ideals looks unlikely to win a single seat in Egyptian parliamentary elections starting this week. The Nasserite Democratic

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In your editorial "Onward with alternative energy" {November 3, 2005) the facts have not been spelled out clearly. The Alternative Energy Development Board, since its inception in July 2003, has not been able to establish

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As Liberia counts the votes in the final round of its first post-war presidential election, many officials in the West African state are indulging in a final round of their own. A final round of

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The devastating earthquake of October 8 that caused horrible and widespread death and destruction of unprecedented proportions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hazara division and parts of Swat valley in the NWFP will be remembered

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Just days ahead of the SAARC summit in Dhaka, the Indian Foreign Minister, Natwar Singh has surrendered his portfolio to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as allegations of wrong doing or complicity with the Saddam Hussein

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Last month's devastating earthquake has not only wrought havoc on the people in the affected areas but has also greatly added to the difficulties of policy makers responsible for managing finances of the country. The

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Four criminals, arrested a week earlier by the Khurrianwala Police, escaped from the police custody near Makuana, when they were locked up after interrogation. The criminals were involved in a number of crimes, including murder

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The European Commission (EU) delegation in Islamabad is organising a seminar to introduce Pakistani exporters and importers to the trade developments taking place after the end of the textile quota regime in 2005 and the

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The development work is briskly under way to convert 37-km-long Sialkot-Wazirabad Road into dual carriageway costing Rs 880 million and the project would be completed in a stipulated period of one year. Official sources told

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Nostalgia for place of birth or longing for the place where one has spent his or her childhood is a gift that is bestowed upon those who have sensitive nature and delicate minds. The superb

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