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School is out: Winter vacations in Sindh from Dec 22 to Dec 31

All public and private educational institutions across Sindh would remain closed from December 22 to December 31. Photo: file   KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Sunday that all educational institutions will remain closed for winter vacations for 10 days, starting December 22. All public and private educational institutions across the province would remain closed from December 22 to December 31, according to a notification. The vacations have been announced due to cold and dry weathe
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Murree set to receive season?s first snowfall from next week

A vehicle on a road in Murree. Photo: AFP/File ISLAMABAD: With Murree set to receive the first snowfall of the current winter season on Monday, local hoteliers foresee a large influx of tourists next week.  The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast that snow will fall at the scenic hill station on Monday or Tuesday. Muhammad Luqman, the owner of a hotel on the Mall, said there was a likelihood of tourists, mostly residents of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and adjoining areas, thronging Murre
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Princes William and Harry announce sculptor for new Diana statue

A sculptor who produced the image of Queen Elizabeth used on Britain?s coins has been chosen to create a new statue of Princess Diana, the office of Princes William and Harry said on Sunday, to commemorate 20 years since her death. Ian Rank-Broadley, whose effigy of the Queen has appeared on all UK and Commonwealth coinage since 1998, will design the statue, which now will not be unveiled until next year. ?Ian is an extremely gifted sculptor and we know that he will create a fitting and lastin
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Drunk policeman assaults Geo News cameraman in Sukkur

A screengrab of the intoxicated policeman. Photo: Geo News SUKKUR: A Geo News cameraman was assaulted in Shamsabad area of Sukkur on Saturday while trying to film an intoxicated policeman. The inebriated policeman attacked the cameraman while obstructing his coverage and snatched his camera. The cameraman was beaten up more after he condemned the torture being meted out to him. Following the incident, journalists staged a protest outside the SP Office in Sukkur and called for the arrest of th
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Arab states urge US to abandon Jerusalem move

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers on Sunday urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region. The announcement by President Donald Trump on Wednesday was a ?dangerous violation of international law? and had no legal impact, the Arab League said in a statement after several hours of meetings attended by all its members in Cairo. Trump´s endorsement of Israel´s claim to all of Jerusalem as its ca
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UN says missiles fired at Saudi Arabia have 'common origin'

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations officials have found that missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen?s Houthi rebels appear to have a ?common origin,? but they are still investigating US and Saudi claims that Iran supplied them, according to a confidential report. The officials travelled to Saudi Arabia to examine the debris of missiles fired on July 22 and Nov. 4, wrote UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the fourth biannual report on the implementation of UN sanctions and restrictions on Ira
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Thousands march in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu, corruption

TEL AVIV: Thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday for the second consecutive week against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. Police estimated the number of demonstrators at about 10,000 and they followed last Saturday?s demonstration, which was by far the largest of the recent weekly anti-corruption protests when an estimated 20,000 people participated. The protests have been spar
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California firefighters make gains ahead of strong winds

An aircraft drops fire retardant as firefighters take advantage of light winds to attack the Lilac Fire, a fast-moving wildfire in Bonsall, California, US, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake VENTURA: Firefighters in Southern California made progress on Saturday in their multifront battle against a slew of wildfires that have killed at least one person, destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced more than 200,000 people from their homes this week. As the dry Santa Ana winds that have fueled t
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Zidane praises Ronaldo after 'perfect week' for the Portuguese

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said people write off Cristiano Ronaldo at their peril after the Portuguese forward struck twice in the 5-0 drubbing of Sevilla on Saturday as the La Liga champions and their prolific scorer roared back to life. Ronaldo has been widely criticised in Spain for his domestic form this season and before the game with Sevilla he had only scored twice in the league, his lacklustre form mirroring Real?s feeble defence of the title they won so convincingly last May. R
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Egypt reveals artefacts, mummy from tombs in ancient city of Luxor

Egyptian excavation workers begin restoration work on a mummy discovered in the KAMPP 150 tomb. Image Courtesy: ABC via AP/Hamada Elrasam  LUXOR: Egypt?s authorities on Saturday revealed artefacts and a linen-wrapped mummified body ? possibly that of a top official ? from two tombs that were discovered two decades ago in the Nile city of Luxor but had not been fully unexplored. The Ministry of Antiquities said the tombs ? which are located in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor?s west bank
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Norway's Liberal Party seeks to join government

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Grevenbroich, Germany, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Files OSLO: Norway?s Liberal Party will launch formal negotiations to join the right-wing cabinet of Prime Minister Erna Solberg, it said on Saturday, although the government would still be ruling in a minority even if the small centrist group is included. Informal talks have taken place since the government won re-election in September, and bringing in the Liberals could give a boost to polici
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Kane scores twice as Spurs thrash Stoke

Tottenham Hotspur emerged from their recent slump to demolish Stoke City 5-1 at Wembley in the Premier League on Saturday and continue a run of handsome victories over Mark Hughes?s side. One win in five games had dropped Tottenham out of the title race, and out of the top four, but once Ryan Shawcross?s first-half own goal had given them the lead they proved unstoppable. Tottenham have scored 17 goals and conceded one in their last four meetings with Stoke and are the first English top-flight
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German diplomat says CM Shehbaz Sharif a 'visionary leader'

German Ambassador to Pakistan Martin Kobler (L). Image via Martin Kobler's Twitter account (@koblerinpak); Chief Minister of Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif1 LAHORE: Martin Kobler ? the German Ambassador to Pakistan ? on Saturday declared the Chief Minister of Punjab a "visionary leader", citing his leadership of the provincial government, which has worked swiftly with regard to measures for development. Kobler was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Punjab Gas Power Plant in Jhang. ?F
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Chelsea stunned by West Ham, Tottenham return to form

Chelsea?s hopes of retaining the Premier League title suffered a severe blow as West Ham United upset the form book to win the London derby 1-0 on Saturday and give David Moyes his first victory since taking over as manager. Marko Arnautovic?s early goal and a gritty rearguard action by the Hammers inflicted a first league defeat in eight games on third-placed Chelsea who are 11 points behind leaders Manchester City ahead of their game against second-placed Manchester United on Sunday. Tottenh
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Ronaldo at the double as Real blow away Sevilla

Real Madrid?s Cristiano Ronaldo scores their second goal in the match against Sevilla in Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain, December 9, 2017. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his fifth Ballon d?Or award by scoring twice for the first time in a La Liga game this season as champions Real Madrid swept to a 5-0 rout of Sevilla on Saturday to move within five points of leaders Barcelona. Real faced a crisis in defence with Raphael Varane, captain Sergio Ramos, Dani Carva
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UK's Johnson in Iran talks to lobby for jailed aid worker

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS  DUBAI: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson flew to Tehran on Saturday to seek the release of a jailed British-Iranian aid worker. The Foreign Office said Johnson spoke ?frankly? with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif about ?consular cases of dual nationals? such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliff
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Patriotic Balochs have rejected foreign sponsored terrorism: DG ISPR

A former rebel surrenders his weapon to Balochistan CM Sanaullah Zehri. Photo taken from Twitter account of ISPR.  The patriotic Balochs continue to reintegrate voluntarily in the mainstream society, rejecting foreign sponsored terrorism in Balochistan, tweeted Inter Services Public Relations Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor. In a post on Twitter, the DG ISPR stated that self-realisation by misled Balochs reflected the success of relentless efforts made by the civil and military le
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Political tension is apparent in country: Shah Mehmood Qureshi

LAHORE: There is tension in the political atmosphere of the country and political parties should understand each other?s points of view to ease it, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday. Qureshi, who was addressing an All Parties Conference, said that not just the political atmosphere but the country?s institutions have also been affected. Institutes are politicised and affected by nepotism, which is why they cannot perform efficiently, Qureshi added. Qureshi a
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Russia says it is fully committed to nuclear missile pact

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov looks on at the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva October 15, 2013. REUTERS/file MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it was fully committed to a Cold War-era pact with the United States banning intermediate-range cruise missiles, a day after Washington accused Moscow of violating the treaty. The US State Department said on Friday Washington was reviewing military options, including new intermediate-
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Erdogan steps up attacks on 'state of occupation' Israel

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described on Saturday Israel as a ?state of occupation? which used ?terror? against the Palestinians, as he stepped up his criticism of the US recognition of Jerusalem as its capital. Erdogan has been bitterly opposed to the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and has called a summit of Islamic countries on December 13 in Istanbul. ?Israel is a state of occupation,? Erdogan said in a speech in Is
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Libya, Italy to join forces against people traffickers

TRIPOLI: Italy and Libya will set up a joint commission in a bid to fight back against people traffickers and tackle the problem of illegal migration, the Tripoli government said Saturday. The announcement was made after talks in the Libyan capital between Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti and Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. Intelligence agents, coastguard and judicial officials from both countries will sit on the commission, Sarraj's office said in a statement. Human-trafficki
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What made the PCB change its mind on the T-Ten league?

KARACHI: The confession by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that it took a fee of $400,000 from the organisers of the T-Ten League has raised several questions on the board's competency to deal with the matter. PCB, in an earlier statement, had said that the fees was taken from the organisers of the league for releasing centrally contracted players for the four-day event. ?The PCB has taken a fee of US $400,000 from the league to allow only ten of its centrally contracted players to participat
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As winds relent, scorched California hopes for fire relief

OKAI: Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. After a five-day siege, some Californians were finally able to return home to inspect the damage wrought by the wildfires, which forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and destroyed some 700 structures including multimillion-dollar mansions. Despite the intensity of the fires that r
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Egypt archaeologists discover mummy in Luxor

An Egyptian labourer stands next to an ancient Egyptian mural found at the newly discovered "Kampp 161" tomb at Draa Abul Naga necropolis. -AFP1 LUXOR: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy in one of two previously unexplored tombs across the Nile from the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said Saturday. The tombs were found in the 1990s by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp, though she had only reached the entrance gate "but never entered", the ministry said. It s
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It?s a Tuscan affair: Pictures of Anushka-Virat?s dreamy wedding venue

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are to exchange their vows in a hush-hush wedding ceremony in the scenic and historical country, Italy. Courtesy of an India Today exclusive, the keen fans have been given a sneak peek of the venue of the Tuscan wedding. The surreal venue in Tuscany is a castle turned into a villa to accommodate the wedding function and guests, said the media report. The news of Indian Cricket team captain Virat Kohli marrying his long-time girlfriend sent the
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