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Minister: Indonesia, Egypt to Boost Trade Cooperation
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said the visit of Mohamed Elzorkany, Egypt`s assistant foreign affairs minister for Asia, was aimed at boosting bilateral trade cooperation between the two countries.
Pakistan Seeks Word on Wounded Central Asian Fighter
ISLAMABAD, June 16 (Reuters) – The Pakistani military said on Tuesday it had unconfirmed reports that a weekend bombing raid in the South Waziristan tribal region wounded Tahir Yuldeshev, a senior Uzbek militant linked to al Qaeda.
BJP Faces Internal Crisis
NEW DELHI: Crisis within Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its failure to return to power compounded by it remaining 90 seats behind the Congress in new Lok Sabha has raised many questions.
Nigeria: Hajj – 60 Percent of Kano Pilgrims Acquire E-Passport
Director-General of Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Sani Lawal Kofar-Mata says 60 percent of intending pilgrims from Kano have already acquired the mandatory e-passports for this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Malaysia, Six African States Listed for Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday added six African countries to a blacklist of countries trafficking in people, and put US trading partner Malaysia back on the list.
Carter Says Gaza Palestinians Treated Like Animals
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being “treated more like animals than human beings,” former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Tuesday.
U.S. Envoy Talks Middle East Peace with Syria’s Assad
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.S. envoy George Mitchell discussed on Saturday Washington’s Middle East peace efforts with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, marking a further thaw of relations between the two countries.
Water Towers
A water tower is an incredibly simple device. Although water towers come in all shapes and sizes, they all do the same thing: A water tower is simply a large, elevated tank of water.
