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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's exports exhibited a massive 35 percent increase and exceeded $2.12 billion in December last year. This figure, a record achievement in the 63 years history of Pakistan, was disclosed by the Ministry of Commerce here on Thursday.
A similar unprecedented growth of 20 percent in exports had been achieved from July to December 2010. Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim congratulated exporters and the chambers on this landmark achievement. The

BEIJING - China said Tuesday its foreign exchange reserves hit a record high at the end of 2010, which is likely to fuel calls for a stronger yuan when President Hu Jintao visits Washington next week.
The increase in the forex holdings, already the world's largest, highlighted imbalances in global trade and the challenge Beijing faces in stemming a flood of liquidity into the country.
China's foreign exchange reserves expanded 18.7 percent from a year earlier to $2.847

LONDON - R&B singer Rihanna took the pop music charts by storm this week with a No. 1 single, album and two other songs in the charts. The Official Charts Company said on Sunday the Barbadian singer had rewritten the record books becoming first female solo artist in chart history to achieve five number one singles in consecutive years with "What's My Name." The only other solo artist to equal this achievement was Elvis Presley in the 1950s, it said. The 22 year-old singer knocked X

KARACHI - Pakistan's first fully automated dry bulk cargo terminal Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals Limited (FAP) at PQA, has created a record by discharging 16,500 metric tonnes of canola oilseeds in a day, comfortably bettering the previous 1-day record of about 9,500 metric tons achieved at Karachi Port Trust (KPT).
MV Panagiotis D carrying about 55,000 tonnes of Canola docked at the 11.5 meters draft dedicated and purposed built jetty at FAP, and the cargo of oilseed was

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Attorney General Anwarul Haq to present the draft and other relevant record of the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also directed the petitioner, PML-N Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah, to provide solid evidence today (Wednesday) to prove his claims that the president did not consult the prime

LONDON - Commodity markets were set to end 2010 with a second year of gains, with copper powering to record highs and oil heading for its eighth rise in nine years, while investors prepared for the rally to continue into 2011. The precious metals complex has had a stellar run this year, led by palladium's 94 percent rise, in a broad commodities rally that pushed the 19-commodity CRB index up 15 percent in a second consecutive year of gains. The uncertainty over the US economy this

NEW DELHI - India's intelligence agency wants internet service providers (ISPs) to keep a record of all online activities of customers for a minimum of six months, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
In a communication to the Department of Telecom, India's Intelligence Bureau has sought that addresses of websites visited with date and time and financial transactions of all customers be stored by the internet operators for six months, the Times of India newspaper reported.