Save children first, then rebuild schools: UN
* UN coordinator says focus should not shift from urgent relief to rehabilitation
* Funds to run out mid-winter
* Guterres assures Musharraf of more relief assistance
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The top UN official coordinating earthquake relief in Pakistan, Jan Vandemoortele,... 
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Half of injured quake survivors may die from cold: NATO
LISBON: Half of the 70,000 people seriously injured in last month’s earthquake that hit north Pakistan and Kashmir may not survive the winter cold, a NATO official said on Thursday. “The extent of the catastrophe that we found there is unimaginable,” Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel Mario Lemos Pires,...
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C’wealth summit opens: Terror threatens us all, says Queen Elizabeth
VALLETTA: Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated the summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Friday with an appeal for “determined action” against terrorism, which “poses a threat to us all”.
The queen said that the club of mostly former British colonies could be “strong and effective” in addressing...
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Over 40 diagnosed with haemorrhagic fever
* 5 deaths in 6 weeks
* Contradictory reports about doctors’ death
KARACHI: More than 40 people have been diagnosed with haemorrhagic fever and are being treated in Karachi, a top health official in the Sindh government told news agencies on Friday.
Hospitals were on alert...
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What is haemorrhagic fever?
LAHORE: Haemorrhagic fevers are a group of illnesses related to the Hazara Virus, found in ticks in Pakistan. Humans may become infected by tick bites, contamination with body contents from disrupted ticks or contact with the blood, tissues or body fluids of infected animals or humans. Symptoms start...
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Sindh CM hires soothsayers to perpetuate his rule
KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has hired two Soothsayers to perpetuate his rule in the province, according to sources.
One of them is a blind “taweez specialist”, while the other is a palmist.
The taweez specialist is Hafiz Muhammad Ahad and the palmist is Ishaq Noor....
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Opp finally rules out participation in parliamentary relief committee
LAHORE: Pledging joint efforts for the rehabilitation of quake-survivors, the combined opposition on Friday finally announced it would not participate in the parliamentary committee set up by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for the rehabilitation and reconstruction on the ground that the committee has not...
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Valletta | Royal dance
A dance troupe performs during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here on Friday. reuters
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