Archive for  December 2012
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Federal prosecutors on Friday lost one opportunity to build a case against hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen when a grand jury indicted one of Cohen's former employees on charges related to an insider trading
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Pope Benedict made a surprise pre-Christmas visit to the jail holding his former butler on Saturday and pardoned him for stealing and leaking documents that alleged corruption in the Holy See. The pope and Paolo
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China has banned senior military officers from holding alcohol- fuelled banquets or from staying in luxury hotels when on work trips in the latest move by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping to fight corruption, state
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Pakistan's 2013 elections will shape the direction the country will take in the years ahead. An assessment mission by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) found cautious optimism among Pakistanis that progress toward democratic governance will
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After 3-day's visit to Indian Punjab, 17-member delegation led by Punjab Minister for Agriculture, Malik Ahmed Ali, returned to Pakistan through Wagha Border. The delegation included renowned cultivators and officers of Agriculture Department. While declaring
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif will announce his party's manifesto for the forthcoming general elections on January 5, 2013 here at Convention Centre. The PML-N's Central Media Office, while quoting the party's
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Calling the Tehreek Minhaj-ul-Quran International leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri as a 'foreign actor', the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) central spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan on Saturday said that Tahir-ul-Qadri is working on a foreign agenda and never
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Speakers at workshop from North Waziristan Agency, Dera Ismail Khan, Swabi, Swat, Haripur, Mansehra, Charssada and Peshawar vowed to jointly work for establishment of peace and shun path of violence. They expressed these views while
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf underlined the need for an interfaith dialogue for promotion of peace and harmony in society, saying that some misguided elements tried to sow seeds of suspicion by targeting religions and
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Manchester City closed the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United in dramatic fashion as Gareth Barry's stoppage-time winner clinched a crucial 1-0 victory over Reading on Saturday. With United not in action until Sunday's
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