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Archive for January, 2011
Egypt unveils new cabinet
Jan 31st
CAIRO: A new Egyptian cabinet promised by embattled President Hosni Mubarak was unveiled on Monday, comprising a largely unchanged lineup but without widely hated interior minister Habib al-Adly or any businessmen.
State television showed images of th…
Windies elect to bat in Sri Lanka one-dayer
Jan 31st
COLOMBO: West Indies captain Darren Sammy elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international on Monday.
The remaining two matches will also be played in Colombo on Friday and Sunday.
West Indies: Darren Sammy…
Egypt crisis sends oil higher, shares lower
Jan 31st
HONG KONG: Oil prices closed in on the $100 a barrel mark on Monday as traders grew increasingly worried about unrest in Egypt, while stock markets in Asia mostly fell.
Share prices partly lost ground due to last week''s sharp falls on Wall St…
Parliamentary committee to decide POL prices today
Jan 31st
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee constituted for the determination of prices of the petroleum products is meeting today (Monday).
Sources in the Petroleum Ministry said that the committee in its meeting will decide about increase in prices.
PCB set to retain Afridi as skipper for World Cup
Jan 31st
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt, in all likelihood, will announce Shahid Afridi as the captain of the Pakistan team for the upcoming World Cup although some players are backing Misbah-ul Haq as the leader.
According to sources…
Egypt protesters call strike, ”million man march”
Jan 31st
CAIRO: Egyptian protesters on Monday called for an indefinite general strike and a “million man march” on Tuesday in Cairo, upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak''s creaking regime.
“It was decided overnight that the…
European stocks dip at open
Jan 31st
LONDON: European stock markets fell slightly at the start of trading on Monday, with London''s FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 0.11 percent to 5,874.72 points.
Frankfurt''s DAX 30 also dipped 0.11 percent to 7,094.56 points a…
No More BlackBerry Services to Foreign Missions
Jan 31st
Pakistani authorities have asked mobile telephone operators to stop BlackBerry services to foreign missions in the country amid concern about the security of the communications, industry sources said on Monday.Two industry officials confirmed that the regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), had asked them to stop all Blackberry services to foreign missions.”I can confirm that [...]
Gas outage to continue on 2nd consecutive day
Jan 31st
FAISALABAD: Gas supply to industrial units in Faisalabad will remain suspended on second consecutive day in accordance with the Gas Load Management (GLM) schedule.
According to new GLM schedule issued from Sui gas, gas supply to industrial units in Fa…
