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Investors to gain access to Pakistan with imminent fund launch
The first Pakistan fund, the Melchior Selected Trust Pakistan Opportunities Fund (MSTPOF), will be launched on 19 June by Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP, advised by KASB Funds in Karachi. At ...
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The chairman of Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to ...
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Football bridges religious divide in Thai south
AFP © <p>Captains of the Pattani FC football club (left) and Narathiwat FC team exchange flags ahead of a match at the Rainbow stadium in Pattani, in Thailand's troubled south. A ...
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Di Matteo silent on his future with Chelsea
After leading Chelsea to the biggest trophy in club football, Roberto di Matteo's future as manager of the London club is still in doubt.Di Matteo had a conversation with Chelsea owner Roman ...
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Portugal President to visit RI on Tuesday
The President of Portugal, Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva, is scheduled to visit Indonesia from Tuesday to Thursday."This is going to be the first visit of a leader of Portugal since the ...
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Clichéd and formulaic though they may be, when uplifting sports movies are at their best--The Natural (1984) and Hoosiers (1986) ...
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Govt asks National Police to reconsider Gaga concert
The government has asked the National Police to look again at the ongoing controversy over US singer Lady Gaga's planned concert in Jakarta, a senior minister says.Coordinating Political, ...
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3 gas fields onstream in Q1
Three new gas fields with combined production of 130 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) began operations in the first quarter of this year, upstream oil and gas authority BPMigas ...
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Heavy clouds likely to dampen excitement over annular solar eclipse
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Astronomy buffs will have to rely on luck to catch a glimpse of an annular solar eclipse on Monday, as heavy clouds are forecast across the island that day, the Central Weather ...
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Ferries to run at night from Kinmen Matsu to China
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) A nighttime ferry service between southern China and two Taiwan islands will be launched on a trial basisin June, in response to rising demand, the Ministry of Transportation ...
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Bangladesh opposition protests jailed activists
DHAKA, Bangladesh -; Hundreds of opposition protesters rallied Sunday in Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities release 33 of their leaders and find a missing opposition ...
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