| Saudi Arabia's "Mr. Deep Pockets" buys UK's Manchester City club |
| London, Sept.2 (ANI): A multi-billionaire Arab consortium has reportedly purchased the Manchester City football club and launched audacious transfer bids for Real Madrid Brazil ace Robinho and for the Spurs' star Dimitar Berbatov.City also revealed they had lodged bids for Valencia striker D |
2008-09-02
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| Pak govt to scrap all Constitutional amendments by Musharraf |
| Islamabad, Aug 19 (ANI): A senior PML-N leader has said that all controversial amendments made to the constitution by former President Pervez Musharraf will be scrapped soon.PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal said that the 1973 Constitution would be restored in its original form, and th |
2008-08-19
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| Musharraf's resignation turns Pak stock market bullish, pushes rupee value up |
| Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's announcement on Monday that he was resigning from his office, has strengthened the country's currency and turned the stock market bullish.According to The News, the Pakistani rupee witnessed an improvement of Rs.1.40 against the d |
2008-08-18
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| Beijing Olympic telecast hits outbound tourism by over 30 pc |
| Beijing, Aug 12 (ANI): Even as the Chinese are keeping themselves to home watching the Olympics' live telecast, the outbound tourism has been affected up to 30 percent, say the officials of the Outbound Department of the China International.uly, August are generally the peak months for outbo |
2008-08-12
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| China's Sinopec aims to derail ONGC's bid for UK's Imperial Energy |
| London, Aug.4 (ANI): China's Sinopec has reportedly made an approach to the London-listed oil and gas explorer, Imperial Energy, which could derail takeover talks between that group and India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).The Chinese state-owned oil group, also known as China Petr |
2008-08-04
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| Asian typhoon kills two people |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 28 (UPI) -- The Asian typhoon Fung-wong hit Taiwan Monday, killing at least two people and leaving six more injured, authorities said.The storm caused street flooding, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes, halted rail and air service, and forced the closure of |
2008-07-28
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