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Beijing calls for rapid response to bird flu
From Max Lee

BEIJING—Three hours. That's the maximum it should take for a bird-flu outbreak anywhere in the country to be reported to Beijing. The exacting timeline is part of a >> >>
 

Pak, UN set to put fresh pleas for aid

MUZAFFARABAD—Pakistan and the United Nations laid out the quake-hit country’s needs ahead of a major donors meeting, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors before bad weather closes in. Tens of thousands of people remain without adequate shelter and food more than two weeks after the October 8 disaster, despite repeated warnings by UN chiefs that the world has not done enough >> >>


 

President stresses rapid move on LoC opening
By Our Special Correspondent

RAWALPINDI—President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to finding a just and equitable resolution to the long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Speaking to Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik, the President said people of Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control should be allowed to help each other in relief and reconstruction work in the wake of October >> >>

 

• ZTBL abolishes all 49 regional offices, sets up 25 new zones
• Punjab CM, Sheikh Rashid visit quake victims at Pindi
• Nilofar urges philanthropists to donate baby food at relief centres
• UAE Armed Forces’ medical team arrives in Capital
• ‘Rs75m sanctioned for treatment of quake-affectees at twin cities’
• ICRC to help trace families of unaccompanied children
• CDA shuts down private school in face of quake aftershocks
• MINFAL sets 12.5m cotton bales target

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