Malaysia sends 1st troops to Afghanistan

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is sending military personnel to Afghanistan for the first time to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country, officials said Thursday.

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UK diplomats told to help businesses overseas

TOKYO: Britain’s diplomats will put a significant new emphasis on supporting the country’s economy and helping British companies find new business abroad, says Foreign Secretary William Hague.

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Mixed trend was witnessed in Karachi stock

Karachi, Pakistan News :- Mixed trend was witnessed in Karachi stock market at the start of new business week as the benchmark 100 index surged by 49 points on Monday.

The business activities in the share market started in positive zone and at one point the index crossed 9200 points level. However, lack of interest from investors caused the market to wobble. The KSE-100 index closed at 9233, up 49 points with trade volume of only 70 million shares. The Bank of Punjab remained volume leader with share price of Rs 20.60, down Rs 0.37.

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Mixed trend was witnessed in Karachi stock was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 11:27 pm.