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Gold smuggling likely to rise in India as festive buyers try to avoid new tax

A customer pays after buying gold ornaments at a jewellery showroom during Dhanteras, a Hindu festival associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, in Mumbai, India October 28, 2016. Photo: Reuters  MUMBAI: Gold smuggling in India, the world?s second-biggest consumer of the metal, is likely to rise during the country?s peak holiday season as buyers try to avoid paying a new sales tax and to dodge new transparency rules. In August, India moved to include gold sales under the Prevention of Mo
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Stokes included in England´s Ashes squad

English all-rounder Ben Stokes. Photo: File LONDON: Ben Stokes was included in England´s 16-man squad for the Ashes tour of Australia announced Wednesday despite his recent arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. Durham all-rounder Stokes was dropped for Wednesday´s fourth one-day international against West Indies at The Oval -- the venue for the Ashes squad announcement after being arrested early on Monday in Bristol. That followed England´s win in the third ODI in the southwest c
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PPP leaders demand Ishaq Dar to step down

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders on Wednesday demanded that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar resign from his office after an accountability court indicted him in an assets reference case. Addressing a press conference here, PPP leader Saleem Mandiwalla said that the country is being embarrassed among the comity of nations for having a a finance minister who was indicted. The party had made a recommendation in a Senate committee that Dar should resign but the Pakistan Muslim League-Naw
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Fewer babies born in Singapore last year despite incentives

SINGAPORE: Fewer babies were born in Singapore last year, according to statistics announced on Wednesday, despite generous government incentives to boost fertility in the city-state. A total of 33,167 Singaporeans were born in 2016, compared to 33,725 in the previous year, the Singapore Department of Statistics said.  However, the 2016 births remained above a 10-year average, it said. According to the World Bank, wealthy Singapore had the fourth-lowest fertility rate in the world in 2015. Th
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Nawaz holds meeting with Shehbaz in Model Town

Shehbaz Sharif (left) and Nawaz Sharif. Photo: File  LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is holding a meeting with his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the latter's residence in Model Town. Sources said the two are discussing the ongoing political situation in the country, the corruption cases being heard against Nawaz and his family, as well as affairs of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Sources said Shehbaz is attempting to convince Nawaz to adopt a less confrontationa
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PTI?s Uzma Kardar?s phone confiscated after courtroom selfies with Naeemul Haque

The phone was returned after Kardar submit a one-page apology and had her nine selfies deleted-Geo News ISLAMABAD: Court officials confiscated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Uzma Kardar?s phone for clicking selfies in the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, where a petition against Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif was being heard. Kardar was seen clicking selfies with PTI leader Naeemul Haque as the hearing was underway. The court authorities after noticing the act ordered her to hand over the
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Advantage for Sri Lanka after Younis-Misbah retirement, says Chandimal

Sri Lankan Test Skipper Dinesh Chandimal speaking in a press conference ahead of the series against Pakistan. Photo: Geo News  ABU DHABI: Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal said on Wednesday that due to the retirement of Misbah ul Haq and Younis Khan, the visiting side will have an advantage over Pakistan in the three-match test series, starting from tomorrow. Speaking at a press conference in a trophy-unveiling ceremony, Chandimal said: ?Misbah and Younis, both played great cricket througho
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India issues medical visa to ailing 7-year-old Pakistani

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has granted a visa to a seven-year-old Pakistani child who requires an open heart surgery after the mother approached the minister on Twitter, Indian media reported. The child?s mother Nida Shoaib applied for a visa last month and approached Swaraj on Monday requesting her to look into the matter. Swaraj told her they are "allowing visa for your 7 years old daughter's open heart surgery in India. We also pray for her early recovery?.
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Illegal kidney transplant hospital owned by KPK health dept officials: Police

Doctors in between the illegal kidney transplantation surgery. Photo: Geo News NOWSHERA: Local police said that the private hospital found involved in illegal kidney transplantation is owned by two officers of the provincial health department. The security officials also informed that a manufacturing factory of fake medicines established behind the hospital was immediately sealed and seven people, including the hospital's in charge, Urologist Dr Abdul Aziz, were booked. The private hospital i
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Rockets rain down at Kabul airport hours after Pentagon, NATO chiefs arrive

KABUL: Several rockets exploded in and around Kabul airport on Wednesday hours after US Defence Secretary James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in the Afghan capital on an unannounced visit, police said. There were no reports of casualties or damage and Mattis was not near the airport when the rockets exploded. Reports in the Afghan media stated that around 20-30 rockets were fired at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The airport was evacuated following the attack
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Iraqi Kurdish leader says 'yes' vote won independence referendum

Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017. REUTERS BAGHDAD/ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted ?yes? to independence in a referendum held in defiance of the government in Baghdad and which had angered their neighbors and their US allies. The Kurds, who have ruled over an autonomous region within Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, consider Monday?s referendum t
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Four security officials injured in roadside blast in Kurram Agency

Photo: File  KURRAM: Four personnel were injured on Wednesday when two roadside bombs exploded near a security forces vehicle close to the Afghan border in Kurram Agency. Officials of the political administration said the incident occurred in Shorki, Lower Kurram.  Four security forces personnel were injured and their vehicle badly damaged as a result of the blasts caused by landmines, said officials.  The vehicle was said to be on routine patrol near the Afghan border when the incident occur
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ATC hears Mashal murder case today

Mashal, a journalism student at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, was brutally lynched to death by a violent mob on April 13, which had accused him of blasphemy-Facebook ABBOTABAD: An anti-terrorism court is conducting the third hearing in murder case of Mashal Khan, and will decide on the bail applications of 18 of the accused. The case is being heard by Justice Fazal Subhan in the premises of Central Jail Haripur, where the accused are being held, amid strict security measures. C
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Pak vs Sri lanka series: first Test to be played tomorrow

Pakistan Test Captain Sarfraz Ahmed. Photo: File  Sri Lanka will be playing the first Test of a three-match series against Pakistan in Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi) tomorrow. Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal will attend the trophy unveiling ceremony scheduled today. Pakistan will step into a new Test era without retired batting greats Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq when they take on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Abu Dhabi from Thursday. Playing withou
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Qatar imports rebound in August, suggesting sanctions impact fading

DUBAI: The value of Qatar?s imports rebounded sharply in August from July, government data showed on Wednesday, suggesting the economic impact of sanctions imposed by other Arab states is fading. Imports plunged by over a third after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties with Doha on June 5. The sanctions - over accusations of supporting terrorism, which Doha denies - disrupted shipping routes to Qatar and closed its land border with Saudi
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Thousands evacuated in Ukraine as ammunition depot explodes

Smoke and flames rise over a warehouse storing ammunition for multiple rocket launcher systems at a military base in the town of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region, Ukraine September 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters  KIEV: Massive explosions and a blaze at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine forced authorities to evacuate 24,000 people and close airspace over the region, officials said on Wednesday. The blasts occurred late on Tuesday at a military base near Kalynivka in the Vynnytsya region, 27
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NAB charges against Dar a joke, says Rana Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah. Photo: File LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah called charges filed by the National Accountability Bureau against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar a ?joke?, while speaking to journalists on Wednesday. He said that there should be a legal basis and justification for the charges put against Dar, adding that the finance minister received salaries from private and multinational companies worth millions of rupees. ?In its 70-year history Supreme Court never fo
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US plans to admit maximum 45,000 refugees in next fiscal year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct 1, a former US official said on Tuesday, a ceiling that would keep admissions to their lowest level in over a decade. The White House settled on the figure after a contentious debate between officials who wanted a lower ceiling and those who wanted a higher one, said the former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. On one side of the debate were off
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Menacing Bali volcano throws tourists' plans into jeopardy

KARANGASEM: Some tourists are having second thoughts about visiting the tropical Indonesian resort island of Bali after repeated warnings that its highest volcano could erupt at any time, half a century after it killed more than 1,000 people. Strong volcanic tremors rumbling underground and billowing white smoke over the scenic Mount Agung have raised alarm, prompting the evacuation of more than 75,000 people within 12 km (7.5 miles). Sitting on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia ha
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Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie finally engaged

The two met on the sets while filming the show?s second seasons while playing Jon Snow and Ygritte in 2012 After denying engagement rumours this year, Game of Thrones onscreen and now offscreen love birds Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have finally announced their engagement, BBC reported. The two met on the sets while filming the show?s second seasons while playing Jon Snow and Ygritte in 2012. After Leslie?s character was killed off in the fourth season, rumours were abound that the two had b
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After spate of suicides, China targets predatory student lending

DENGZHOU: In the final hour of his life, Zheng Dexing, 21, checked into a hotel and told family and friends in a flurry of phone messages that he was about to kill himself. ?Don?t come collect my body - it?s too humiliating,? Zheng wrote to his father from Qingdao, the seaside city where he had fled from his hometown in the central province of Henan. Saddled with crippling debt and hounded by collectors, Zheng plunged to his death from the hotel?s eighth floor last year. A second-year univers
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George Clooney prays for unity as celebs back #TakeAKnee

A screenshot of the Daily Beast article LOS ANGELES: George Clooney on Tuesday became the latest entertainer to add his voice to a divisive national debate in the US over the rights of Americans to stage silent protests during the playing of the national anthem, saying he was praying for unity. In a short poem, the Oscar-winning actor and director wrote that he was praying for America?s children, police, those in the military, and that ?dissent will always be protected in this great country.?
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Amazon says Google has pulled YouTube from Echo Show device in tech face-off

SAN FRANCISCO: In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site?s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service. The spat is the latest in Silicon Valley in which competitive tensions stood in the way of customers. Amazon and Google square off in many areas, from cloud computing and online search, to selling voice-controlled gadgets like the Echo Show. In a statement, Amazo
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Trump hails Saudi ´positive step´ allowing women to drive

US President Donald Trump congratulated Saudi Arabia Tuesday for its decision to join the rest of the world in allowing women to drive, calling it a "positive step" for the ultra-conservative kingdom. "President Donald J. Trump commends the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia´s decision today to affirm the right of women to drive in the kingdom," a White House statement read. "This is a positive step toward promoting the rights and opportunities of women in Saudi Arabia." Saudi king issues decree
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Twitter to test 280-character tweets, busting old limit

The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered. Twitter said on Tuesday that it would begin a test with a random sample of users allowing them to send tweets that are as long as 280 characters, double the existing cap, in most languages around the world. The San Francisco-based company has stood by its short messages as a defining characteristic - like chirps from a bird, which is the company logo - even
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