Tornadohit US city amid storms mourns and rebuilds
Posted by admin on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment
MOORE: Relief workers and clean-up crews defied thunderstorms Thursday while families and friends gathered for the funeral of one of the Oklahoma tornado’s youngest victims.
Heavy rain and lightning at dawn threatened to upset Moore’s long trail back to normality, with police at one point closing flash-flooded streets in the residential city of 56,000 struggling to get back on its feet.
The tornado, one of...
WHO calls on France to stay calm amid SARSlike virus scare
Posted by admin on May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Monday called on people in France, where two confirmed cases of the new SARS-like virus were recorded at the weekend, to stay calm and not overburden hospitals for fear of the deadly virus to allow for proper treatment of those actually infected.
“We need the health system to be able to take care of those (infected) patients and people who legitimately have this disease…...
Reshma A ray of hope for Bangladesh amid ruins
Posted by admin on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
SAVAR, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi rescuers pulled a woman alive from the ruins of a collapsed garment factory complex on Friday after she spent 17 days trapped in a basement under the rubble.
Hours after officials had announced the death toll had surged past the 1,000 mark, recovery teams who had long given up any hope of finding more survivors were stunned to hear the voice of a woman calling for help.
They managed to extract...
LOWER DIR Four women amid five killed in firing on wedding party
Posted by admin on Apr 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LOWER DIR: Some unknown persons opened fire on a wedding party on board a vehicle, killing five persons including four women and injuring two others at Jandol Samarbagh here, Geo News reported.
Sources said that the vehicle carrying wedding party was on way from Samarbagh to Tetar, when some unidentified persons targeting the vehicle sprayed it with bullet fires, which resulted in the death of five persons including four...
Indian FM to visit China amid border spat
Posted by admin on Apr 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday he would visit China on May 9 amid high tensions between the neighbours due to a flare-up at their disputed border.
“I believe we have a mutual interest and we should not destroy years of contribution we have put together,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a business event. “I think it is a good thing that we are having a dialogue.”
It...
London Marathon marks Boston attack amid beefedup security
Posted by admin on Apr 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LONDON (AP) — A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday at the London Marathon despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago.
Thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston on a glorious spring day in London. The race began after a moment of silence for the victims in Boston, and many here wore black armbands as a sign of solidarity.
“It means...
North Korea warns foreigners to leave South amid new threats of war
Posted by admin on Apr 09, 2013 | Leave a Comment
SEOUL: North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuate South Korea to avoid being dragged into “thermonuclear war”.
The North’s latest message belied an atmosphere free of anxiety in the South Korean capital, where the city centre was bustling with traffic and offices operated normally.
Pyongyang has shown no sign...
Most wanted accused Hanif amid 14 arrested in Landhi police operation
Posted by admin on Apr 03, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: Fourteen accused including one most wanted were arrested in a police search operation in Landhi area on Wednesday here, Geo News reported.
Police said that a search operation was launched on the information that some suspected persons were present in their hideouts at Landhi 89, which on raids resulted in the arrest of 14 accused from whom weapons were also recovered.
A strong contingent of 500 police commandos...
US vows to defend South amid N Korea threats
Posted by admin on Apr 02, 2013 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON: The United States will defend itself and its “treaty ally” South Korea amid increasingly bellicose threats from the North, US Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Tuesday.
In a show of solidarity, standing side-by-side with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se after talks in Washington, Kerry denounced “unacceptable rhetoric from the North Korean government in the past days.” (AFP)
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Karachi Stock Exchange stays afloat amid low volumes
Posted by admin on Mar 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) made modest gains amid thin trade with trade here on Thursday, Geo News reported.
The benchmark KSE-100 Index accumulated 0.28 percent, or 49.86 points, to close higher at 17,947.76 points before the closing bell rang.
According to market reports aviation and telecom stocks were the drawing cards of the day, which saw the trading volumes plunge to a 10-week low.
Supreme Court of Pakistan’s...
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