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ISLAMABAD - The government on Wednesday admitted that there was no short cut to improve the performance of the Pakistan Railways and any improvement could only be achieved once a heavy investment was made for purchasing new locomotives. Railways Parliamentary Secretary Nauman Islam Shaikh said while replying to a question of PML-N MNA Nisar Tanveer during the NA question-hour session that since 1973, Pakistan last purchased locomotives in 2002. "Since then, no investment has been made

SOHAR - Heavy security prevented fresh protests after Friday prayers in the Omani city of Sohar, where protesters camped out for over a month before security forces moved them out last week.
Checkpoints were set up across the northeastern industrial city with dozens of armoured vehicles blocking access to protest areas. Residents' names were checked against a list and access to mosques was restricted, while a helicopter flew overhead, witnesses said. Demonstrations in Oman,

ABIDJAN - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara launched a major assault on the presidential palace on Tuesday, driving home their campaign to oust Laurent Gbagbo after U.N. and French helicopters left his military bases in flames.
In a sign his support was crumbling, Alcide Djedje, Gbagbo's foreign minister, fled to the residence of the French ambassador in Abidjan, an Ivorian source said.
Sustained machinegun and heavy weapons fire rang

KARACHI - The first World Cup semifinal pushed the market into stagnation, triple digit gains however sustained the bourse the day end, despite off-loading in high priced stocks on strength.
The KSE 100 index closed at 11,711.40 with a gain of 128.37 points while total volume stood at 89,095,915 along with the total value of 5,133,587,271. KSE 30 index gained 126.56 points to close at 11429.64, and All Share index closed at 8,188.00 after gaining 83.34 points. A total of 170

ANKARA - A cold wave that hit Turkey on Wednesday brought heavy snowfalls that paralysed traffic and shut schools in the capital and disrupted road and air travel in other cities. Ankara was buried in 50 centimetres (20 inches) of snow which fell for a second day, snarling traffic despite a major clearance operation.
Schools were closed and residents had difficulty making the journey to work with road and rail links between Ankara and several nearby towns cut off.
The

KHARTOUM - Hundreds of baton-wielding riot police barred Sudanese opposition activists from demonstrating on Wednesday, arresting dozens and beating up others, an AFP correspondent reported.
Some 500 riot police were deployed in Abu Janzeer square, in the centre of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, after an alliance of opposition parties announced plans to hold a demonstration there at 1pm (1000 GMT). As soon as the demonstrators stepped into the square, the police started beating

TEHRAN - Iran on Tuesday said the UN atomic watchdog was under "heavy political pressure" after the agency reported Tehran may have engaged in nuclear weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought."If... the old issue of alleged studies which has no foundation is brought up then it shows that heavy political pressure is being exerted on the agency," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in reaction to the finding.
The IAEA chief Yuikya Amano said on

KARACHI - The soaring prices of POL (petrol, oil and lubricants) have remarkably increased the sale of smuggled Iranian petrol, causing losses worth billions of rupees to the exchequer, while important government personalities are also investing in and harbouring this illegal business, sources have informed Pakistan Today.
The daily consumption of Iranian petrol has gone through the ceiling, whereas a major decline between 10,000 tonnes and 15,000 tonnes in daily consumption of

QUETTA - Dozens of houses were damaged and hundreds of people affected as widespread heavy rain and snowfall lashed Balochistan. A child was injured when a house collapsed in Chattan Pati area of Jaffarabad district while dozens of mud houses were damaged in Naseerabad, Usta Muhammad, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and other eastern parts of the province.
Torrential rain that started on Saturday continued till Sunday morning, badly paralysing normal life. According to reports, heavy rain

PESHAWAR - A heavy rain, flanked by snow on mountainous regions throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and adjoining tribal region, paralysed the smooth business of life on Monday. In Peshawar and other main cities, towns and districts of the province, the rain with brief intervals was in progress since Friday.
A heavy snow was also reported in the mountainous regions like Chitral, Dir, Swat, Mansehra, Kohistan, Batagram, Buner, Shangla and Abbottabad districts while apart from

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik failed to earn a place in Pakistan's preliminary World Cup squad announced on January 4 due to his failure to explain heavy bank account. Although the PCB didn't give any reasons for non-selection of Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria but it has been learnt that during the meeting of integrity committee, Malik failed to give answer regarding the presence of 90,000 British pounds in his bank account.
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PERTH - Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic is confident his heavy playing schedule at the end of 2010 will not hinder him as the new season gets under way.
Djokovic only had a couple of weeks off at the end of last year, after leading Serbia to a historic Davis Cup win over France in early December. Speaking after a 3-0 win for Sebia over Kazakhstan at the mixed-teams Hopman Cup on Sunday, Djokovic admitted the short break was not ideal preparation for the Australian Open