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 Punjab-NWFP border sealed to stem terrorists movementsUpdated at: 1435 PST, Wednesday, September 09, 2009 LAHORE: The Punjab-NWFP border has been sealed to stanch the potential arrival of terrorists in Punjab with heavy deployment of police at the border, Geo News reported Wednesday.According to police, the terrorists used to tread the border passage adjacent to Dera Ghazi Khan to enter Punjab, adding the terrorists responsible for the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, suicide attacks in Dera Ghazi Khan and Mian Chunnu employed the same passage to e .... Full Story |
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 India faces pilots standoff, as 150 flights cancelledUpdated at: 1501 PST, Wednesday, September 09, 2009 NEW DELHI: Jet Airways India Ltd., the nation's second-largest domestic carrier by market share, canceled 169 flights Wednesday on the second day of a standoff with its pilots.The carrier also sacked two pilots, citing disciplinary reasons, Saroj Dutta, Jet's executive director, said.As many as 361 pilots went on sick leave Tuesday to protest against the airline's sacking of two pilots in July. The airline has a total of 760 Indian pilots.The pil .... Full Story |
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 Bullish KSE100-index closes at 9085 pointsUpdated at: 1609 PST, Wednesday, September 09, 2009 KARACHI: Pakistani stocks gained nearly 3 percent on Wednesday to end at their highest close of the year led by the energy sector as global oil prices rallied, dealers said.The Karachi Stock Exchange's (KSE) benchmark 100-share index .KSE closed or 263.42, or 2.99 percent, higher at 9,084.38 on turnover of 219.8 million shares.During the session, the KSE-index made a new intra-day high for this year at 9,121.79 points.The index has gained 54.9 pe .... Full Story |
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Serena ready for Clijsters face-offUpdated at: 1437 PST, Wednesday, September 09, 2009
NEW YORK: Second-ranked Andy Murray was knocked out of the U.S. Open by Marin Cilic of Croatia in a lopsided 7-5, 6-2, 6-2fourth-round loss on Tuesday.After all, Murray arrived at Flushing Meadows ranked No. 2, owner of a tour-leading 37 wins on hard courts this season — and quite sure he was prepared to win his first Grand Slam title a year after reaching the U.S. Open final. Instead, he heads home after the fourth round, a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 loser t .... Full Story
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