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23,000 confirmed dead, says Premier
51,000 injured, 2.5 million become homeless
- 2 Army divisions deployed
By Our
Special Correspondent
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Tuesday announced
deployment of two army Divisions and
additional brigades in the quake affected
areas as the official death toll rose to
23,000 with 51,000 injured and another 2.5
million homeless, in country’s worst ever
natural calamity. Prime Minister Shaukat
Aziz told newsmen that the government had
mobilised all resources to meet the major
catastrophe and given Rs 500 million each to
AJK and NWFP governments to cope >> >>
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Compromise in offing over Iran nuclear row
Foreign Desk Report
VIENNA (Austria)—Iran has signaled it may
grant access to sites linked to possible
work on nuclear weapons and other demands
from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to
avoid referral to the Security Council,
diplomats said Tuesday. The diplomats, who
spoke on condition of anonymity because they
were not authorized to discuss the sensitive
negotiations, said a high-ranking delegation
from the International Atomic Energy Agency
was in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss details
of a possible Iranian offer. Besides seeking
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CHINA WATCH
Ashley
Benson arrives at the premiere of ‘Dreamer’ in Los
Angeles.
Actress
Jessica Biel poses for the photo-graphers as she
arrives for the premiere of the film ‘Elizabethtown’
in New York.