Obama bemoans hardship in Women’’s Day speech

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama warned on Monday that women in America still faced unfairness and hardship, as he vowed to fight for gender equality at a White House reception on International Women’’s Day. “I didn”t run for president so that the dreams of our daughters could be deferred or denied,” Obama said

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PM chairing ECC meeting

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is currently presiding over a meeting of Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) to mull over various issues including reduction in urea fertilizer price, Geo News reported Tuesday. According to sources, the ECC is pondering over various proposals regarding the gas supply to the fertilizers factories and reduction in prices of urea

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Economy back on path of stability: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said with the government’s commitment, important economic targets within a period of two years had been achieved and the economy was back on the path of stability and progress.

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PM announces 10 pc quota for women in CSS

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced establishment of the Office of Women’s Ombudsman, 10% quota for females in CSS and conversion of Youth Development Centres into Working Women Hostels. Addressing a function on the occasion of International Women’s Day here at the Convention Centre, Prime Minister Gilani said the government had initiated a number of measures for the empowerment of women. He said the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) would be given total administrative and financial autonomy and the government had decided to strengthen the First Women Bank to promote economic empowerment of women

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CJ asks govt bodies to mend their ways

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the government organizations should bring order into their offices.

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Violent Protests Rock Greece As PM Seeks German Backing

Violent Protests Rock Greece As PM Seeks German Backing, Greek police clashed with demonstrators protesting sweeping budget cuts on Friday as the government sought support from Germany to help it avoid default, only to be told not to expect a single cent. Police fired tear gas after a union leader was struck and hurt by youths, an agency reporter on the scene said, during protests against sweeping new budget and spending cuts announced Wednesday. The violence erupted as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel later today, with Germany critical to any eurozone effort to help Greece restore its market credibility and already signalling it was not prepared to offer financial assistance.

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John Partick Bedell Dead And May Be Conspiracy

John Partick Bedell Dead and May Be Conspiracy, ?A motive may be surfacing in the case of John Patrick Bedell who went to the Pentagon yesterday about 6:40pm eastern time and shot two police officers.  The two police officers and another police officer returned fire and shot John Patrick Bedell in the head. A conspiracy theory has surfaced that Col

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India Government Demands Hafiz Saeed’s Handover

MUMBAI : India on Wednesday has provided dossiers to Pakistan containing new information with regard to Mumbai attacks, Aaj News quoted Indian news channel. According to the report, India has demanded Pakistan to handover Hafiz Saeed to Indian authorities. Indian government also expressed annoyance over Hafiz Saeed’s interview to private TV channel in which he announced Jihad against India.

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Nhl Trade Deadline

Nhl Trade Deadline : USA TODAY’s hockey writer ranks the teams that he believes had the top 10 trade deadline performances: 1.

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World Cup

World Cup : NEW DELHI — The Netherlands defeated New Zealand 3-1 to remain perfect while Germany routed Canada 6-0 for its second biggest win ever in the field hockey World Cup on Wednesday. Also, South Korea came from behind to edge spirited Argentina 2-1 when Nam Hyun-woo converted a last-minute penalty corner.

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