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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Number of displaced in Mosul passes 125,000: UN

    More than 125,000 Iraqis have been displaced since the start in October of an offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, the United Nations said Wednesday. "Following the intensification of military operations in Mosul city on

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Milky Way: glimpses of a ‘star factory’ at work

    The European Space Agency on Wednesday released stunning images of baby stars taking shape inside the Milky Way's Orion nebula. The massive Orion A molecular cloud is the "star factory" closest to Earth, and has

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Gambia army chief reaffirms loyalty to President Jammeh

    The Gambia's army chief on Wednesday reaffirmed his loyalty to President Yahya Jammeh despite the threat of a regional military intervention if the strongman refuses to step down. Lieutenant General Ousman Badjie used a New

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Chinese official shoots two, kills self at party meeting

    A high-ranking city official in China burst into a government meeting Wednesday and shot the mayor and city party secretary before killing himself, state media reported. Suspect Chen Zhongshu, 54, was secretary of the land

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on 300 tonnes of oil spills after Malaysia ship collision

    Almost 300 tonnes of oil spilled into Malaysian and Singaporean waters after two container ships collided in a Malaysian port, officials said Wednesday. "The oil spill has been contained," a local maritime official told AFP

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on 300 tonnes of oil spills after Malaysia ship collision

    Almost 300 tonnes of oil spilled into Malaysian and Singaporean waters after two container ships collided in a Malaysian port, officials said Wednesday. "The oil spill has been contained," a local maritime official told AFP

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on 592 seizures at Jinnah Airport in six months

    592 seizures worth Rs 325 million were made by the staff of Preventive Collectorate at Jinnah International Airport during the last six months. According to official details currency worth Rs 84 millions equivalent to US

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on DGI&I IR convenes Directors’ Conference today

    Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue (IR), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), has convened Directors' Conference today (Thursday) to review performance of the intelligence agency in detection of mega scams, tax fraud cases

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Loan arranged for Tarbela extension project, Dar told

    Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday chaired a meeting regarding the Tarbela Dam 5th Extension Hydropower Project. Country Director World Bank Patchamuthu Illangovan informed the Finance Minister that loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction

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    • Jan 5th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Loan arranged for Tarbela extension project, Dar told

    Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday chaired a meeting regarding the Tarbela Dam 5th Extension Hydropower Project. Country Director World Bank Patchamuthu Illangovan informed the Finance Minister that loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction

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