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Hilary Mantel tops Man Booker longlist

LONDON: Former winner Hilary Mantel made the longlist for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced o

Published 25 Jul, 2012 08:57pm

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'Minority Report' software hits the real world

WASHINGTON: The software behind the film "Minority Report" -- where Tom Cruise speeds through video on a large screen us

Published 23 Jul, 2012 07:29pm

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Images of Marilyn Monroe go on display in Poland

WARSAW: A collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe obtained by the Polish state as part of a foreign debt settlement

Published 20 Jul, 2012 09:09pm

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Johnny Depp Turns to Editing for Guthrie’s Last Novel

FAZAL-UR-REHMAN Johnny Depp has turned his hand to editing, in an effort to aid the release of one of Folk Singer Woo

Published 13 Jul, 2012 11:39am

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"Gone Girl" holds on to top spot on US bestsellers list

NEW YORK: "Gone Girl" retained the top spot on Publishers Weekly's bestseller list on Thursday for the second consecutiv

Published 12 Jul, 2012 08:00pm

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Pakistani Critic Muneeza Shamsie announced as a jury member of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

MADIHA AZHAR KARACHI: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has announced its jury of five members including Pakis

Published 11 Jul, 2012 11:33am

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Dolphins to leap, twist and dazzle in Karachi from October

MARIA SAEED KARACHI: The first ever international dolphin show, with the cooperation of the Pakistan Navy is goi

Published 09 Jul, 2012 10:05am

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Garcia Marquez suffers from dementia: brother

MEXICO CITY: Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, arguably best known for his "One Hundred Years of Solitud

Published 07 Jul, 2012 10:57pm

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Shah Rukh Khan’s production unit shutting down?

MARIA SAEED KARACHI: Megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s TV production unit “Red Chillies Idiot Box” has shut down.

Published 07 Jul, 2012 11:32am

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‘Moda in Pelle’ opens first store in South Asia at Lahore

SYED FAHAD AHMED KARACHI : After the British high street brand Quiz Clothing in Lahore , its owners launched their l

Published 06 Jul, 2012 02:32pm

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General public to suggest design for Mehdi Hassan mausoleum

MARIA SAEED KARACHI: As it is planned to build a 2000 square yard mausoleum in memory of the late music mae

Published 05 Jul, 2012 09:48am

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Iranian-born poker player nets record $18mn prize

LAS VEGAS: Iranian-born Las Vegas resident Antonio Esfandiari took out some of poker's biggest names to claim the riches

Published 04 Jul, 2012 10:43pm

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J.K. Rowling reveals ‘The Casual Vacancy’

SYED FAHAD AHMED KARACHI : J.K. Rowling revealed on Tuesday the cover of her first book since the successful Harry Po

Published 04 Jul, 2012 11:20am

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Madonna bribes her way into the Uffizi Gallery

NIDA DAR KARACHI: Madonna has reportedly had a private tour of an Italian art museum after the gallery agreed to

Published 04 Jul, 2012 08:57am

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Two dead in French disco shooting

LILLE: A guman shot dead two people at a nightclub in northern France early Sunday in what appeared to be a revenge atta

Published 01 Jul, 2012 08:01am

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French writer Robert Sabatier dies aged 88: publisher

PARIS: French poet and novelist Robert Sabatier, best known internationally for his book "The Safety Matches", died Thur

Published 29 Jun, 2012 12:23am

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Oldest known pottery is found in China

WASHINGTON: Bits of the oldest known pottery, some 2,000 years older than previously found pieces, have been uncovered i

Published 28 Jun, 2012 09:53pm

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King of Kitsch, Jeff Koons, in Frankfurt double exhibition

FRANKFURT: Love him or hate him, there is no escaping Jeff Koons, the king of pornographic kitsch, in Frankfurt these da

Published 20 Jun, 2012 11:39pm

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'Vampire' rites still have bite in Bulgaria

SOFIA: The ancient skeleton of a man, pinned down in his grave in order not to turn into a vampire, was put on show in B

Published 17 Jun, 2012 08:23am

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Social fallout inspires an art wave on Greece's streets

ATHENS: From political slogans scrawled on the walls to works of street art in run-down neighbourhoods, Greece's economi

Published 16 Jun, 2012 07:42am

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Japan tattooist draws line between art and underworld

TOKYO: For tattoo artist Horiyoshi III, the skin into which he sinks his ink-infused needle is a canvas for the myths an

Published 15 Jun, 2012 04:26am

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Madrid museum to stage major Hopper exhibit

MADRID: Madrid's Thyssen Museum opens Tuesday an exhibition of works by Edward Hopper, one of the largest retrospectives

Published 11 Jun, 2012 10:45pm

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Folies Bergere French cabaret auction beats forecast

PARIS: From French can-can dresses to plumed headdresses, an auction of extravagant costumes by the long-time owner of t

Published 10 Jun, 2012 07:39pm

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Jamil Fakhri's first death anniversary today

ISLAMABAD: Veteran TV actor Jamil Fakhri remembered on his first death anniversary on 9th June. Jamil Fakhri was born i

Published 09 Jun, 2012 10:02am

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Phones, tablets transform handheld game market

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Published 09 Jun, 2012 12:13am

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S. Korea computer game giant takes on US mobile market

LOS ANGELES: South Korea-based WeMade Entertainment went shoulder-to-shoulder Wednesday with titans at the E3 videogam

Published 06 Jun, 2012 10:07pm

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Spanish poet Lorca remembered in New York tour

NEW YORK: The niece of legendary Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca could not contain her tears as she traced the steps

Published 06 Jun, 2012 09:35pm

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Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury dead at 91

LOS ANGELES: Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, whose dystopian works served as cautionary tales about perilous future

Published 06 Jun, 2012 08:25pm

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Mega-dino was lighter than thought

PARIS: One of the heftiest dinosaurs that strode the Earth may have weighed as much as six buses less than thought, acco

Published 06 Jun, 2012 11:06am

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Nintendo seeks E3 game show buzz with Wii U peek

LOS ANGELES: Nintendo provided a glimpse Sunday into its second-generation Wii console as the Japanese videogame giant s

Published 04 Jun, 2012 07:05pm

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Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	280.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	68.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	660.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.77 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 7 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.98 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	280.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	68.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	660.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.77 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 7 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.98 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 5	206.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 5	206.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 5	135.24
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 5	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 5	1.20
Euro to USD / Jul 5	1.03
UK LIBOR % / Jul 5	1.57

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 5	3831.39
India Sensex / Jul 5	53134.35
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 5	26077.04
Nasdaq / Jul 5	11322.24
Hang Seng / Jul 5	21621.01
FTSE 100 / Jul 5	7025.47
Dow Jones / Jul 5	30967.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 5	12401.20
France CAC40 / Jul 5	5794.96

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 5	100.33
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 5	16680.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 5	118800.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 5	1770.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 5	93.42

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