Pakistan eyes billions in foreign investment

Pakistan aims to attract foreign investment worth five billion dollars this year, but needs to tackle reform, maximise anaemic growth and stem rampant violence to clinch its ambitious target.Last fiscal year, Pakistan recorded its worst economic growth in more than a decade, at t …

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A Tale of Two Earthquakes

Lessons we can learn from recent disasters in Haiti and in Chile.

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Haiti earthquake damage estimated up to $14 billion

Haiti's massive earthquake could be the world's most devastating natural disaster since World War II in relation to the country's size and economy, causing as much as $14 billion in damage, according to......

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Minister: Haitians faithful, hopeful despite troubles, poverty

Williams has visited Haiti more than 60 times, including twice since the January earthquake. He returned to the United States at the end of last week from his most recent trip.

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Global swine flu death toll creeps towards 16,000:

The global death toll from swine flu approached the 16,000 mark as the pandemic waned in much of Europe and Asia, the World Health Organisation said.

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New law to tackle online stalkers

Ministers in Scotland are considering a new law which would help stop people stalking and harassing their victims by text or online.

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Paisley wins bid to host Gaelic festival

Paisley has been named as the official host town for the Royal National Mod 2013, one of Scotland's biggest music festivals.

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BBC tells news staff to embrace social media

BBC journalists must keep up with technological change - or leave, the director of BBC Global News Peter Horrocks says

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Al Meezans little heroes raise £10,000 for Haiti | Local News Glasgow

Students with Al Meezan, the Muslim education voluntary organisation, have made a powerful gesture of solidarity with the people of Haiti through a £10,000 fundraising drive.

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Helping mothers at their most trying times in rural Tanzania

Though child mortality in Tanzania has dropped by 30 per cent in the last decade, statistics on maternal mortality are frightening.

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Thousands Flee Somalia fighting, Says UN Refugee agency

Thousands of people have fled Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, since Wednesday, the UN refugee agency has said. "Since the beginning of February, over 8,000 people have left the city to escape the fighting," spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.

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Africa malaria drugs of poor quality

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Man survives 27 days buried alive

DOCTORS treating an emaciated 28-year-old Haitian man today said they believed he survived 27 days buried in rubble after the January 12 earthquake.

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Allan Shearer strikes goals in orphans project

The celebrity was visiting an orphans project supported by the UK-based NGO, Comic Relief and the Omega Foundation.

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Bleak Portrait of Haiti Orphanages Raises Fears

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Ethiopia: 5.2m in need of food

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AfricaNews - Kenya: Cancer kills 50 people daily - The AfricaNews articles of Muhyadin

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G7 nations vow to cancel Haiti debt

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