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Page 1/12 QU honours staff for outstanding work
DOHA: Qatar University (QU) held an annual convocation yesterday to recognise several staff, faculty and graduates for their invaluable contribution to advancing excellence at the university during the 2008/9 academic year.
Aisha Yousef Mohammed Al Mansoor of Foundation Programme and Latifa Al [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Nato air strike a ‘major error’, says Karzai
KABUL: A Nato air strike believed to have killed scores of Afghan civilians was a major “error of judgement” by German forces, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview published yesterday.
Karzai, who is closing in on a first-round victory in a presidential election held last month, als [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Suspected US drone strike kills five in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH: A suspected US drone fired missiles into a hideout of Taliban militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region yesterday, killing five militants, intelligence officials and residents said. The attack took place near Mir Ali town, a major sanctuary for militants linked to Al Qaeda an [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Talk on Musharraf not on Sharif’s Saudi agenda
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif will leave for Saudi Arabia on Thursday next but so far no schedule of his meeting with the Saudi king has been finalised, a report said yesterday.
Sharif along with his family will spend the last 10 days of Ra [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Foreign tenants in Islamabad under watch
ISLAMABAD: The local administration has started a ‘silent’ survey of houses to know who’s living in the federal capital and keep a close eye on foreign nationals, who have acquired residential accommodation on rent, a senior official said yesterday.
“The survey of houses was started on the direct [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Pakistani piece of history loses out to ‘modernity’
ISLAMABAD: Rohtas Fort which proudly withstood fierce assaults and power struggles 450 years ago has finally fallen to the vagaries of modern age — greed and so-called development, a report said yesterday.
If the public had been encroaching upon the grounds of the fort for decades, today the gove [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Pakistan unlikely to meet education goals by 2015, say experts
LAHORE: Academic circles yesterday raised concerns over Pakistan’s low literacy rate, saying the Education for All (EFA) goals can never be achieved by year 2015 given the current state of literacy in the country.
According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNES [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Trial begins in corruption case against Khaleda Zia
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court told former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday it would start trial proceedings against her on a corruption charge filed last year by the army-backed interim government then in power, court officials said.
“We accept the charge and will start trial proceedings on [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Manila fears oil spill from sunken ferry
MANILA: Philippine authorities have put experts on standby to clean up possible oil leaks from a packed ferry that sank off the southern island of Mindanao, leaving nine people dead, officials said yesterday.
Rescuers saved 957 people aboard the ferry. Two people were still missing.
“We are st [more...]
Posted on:9/8/2009 Woman rescued after 24 hours in waters
ZAMBOANGA: A woman who survived more than 24 hours in shark-infested waters off the southern Philippines after the ferry sank was hauled to safety yesterday in what officials hailed a “miracle” rescue.
A specialist airforce rescue team found Lita Casunglon bobbing in the ocean off the Zamboanga p [more...]
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