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Pakistani tourists are pictured in Khewra salt mine. The centuries-old ...
Mar 18th, 2010
(AFP/File) - Pakistani tourists are pictured in Khewra salt mine. The centuries-old mine is offering experimental asthma therapy, attracting patients from all over the world.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri) -
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said. Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan was due to land at Manchester Airport in north west England at 1230 GMT. T... [Full Article]
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month labor crisis. The rand, which tumbled to a four-year low against the dol... [Full Article]