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Alums invited to stay at Penn State frat where pledge died

Edit This is Money 09 Sep 2017
An email sent this week to dozens of alumni of Beta ... A view of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house is seen Friday, Sept ... Sophomore Tim Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey, became highly intoxicated and later fell several times, including down a long set of basement steps, suffering severe head and abdominal injuries that led to his death two days later....

Euro hits two-and-a-half year high on prospect of QE taper

Edit Irish Independent 09 Sep 2017
The euro climbed to a two-and-a-half year high against the dollar yesterday after European Central Bank comments did little to deter market bulls who ramped up bets the single currency remained broadly undervalued against its rivals ... Fears that the euro's rally would hurt profits at Europe's large exporters has weighed on regional stocks in recent months....

Marine Drive residents urge buildings redevelopment

Edit DNA India 09 Sep 2017
Hence most of the residents park on the streets," said Sunil Lekhi, a Marine Drive resident ... N Shah, another resident of Marine Drive said, "Our ceilings are high now; under redevelopment the height will be reduced and there will ample parking available which will help us park inside building premises instead of streets," Shah told DNA....

OICCI fears Companies Act to affect foreign investors

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
The Overseas Investors Chamber of Comm­erce and Industry (OICCI) on Friday expressed concerns over the newly introduced Companies Act 2017 and feared the shortcomings would adversely affect foreign investors ... issue was related to Section 452 of the companies’ global register of beneficial ownership which is being considered by OICCI as discriminatory and highly negative for attracting large investors....

Rohingya Muslims among 1,000 killed in Myanmar: UN rapporteur

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
Lee, a South Korean academic, said she feared “it’s going to be one of the worst disasters that the world and Myanmar has seen in recent years” ... People expect her to have that big high moral voice but she’s a politician, and what’s the most important objective if you are a politician? Getting elected,” she said ... Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2017....

Third day of Petersburg quadruple murder trial proves difficult for victims' family members

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 09 Sep 2017
As the cameraman that day, Roosevelt, who was in charge of the crime scene investigation, had the grisly task of recording where each of the victims were found in the small house they all shared in the 700 block of Harding Street ... Tanique and her son died as a result of the fire, suffering second- and third-degree burns. Chavis-Ansar died of 13 stab wounds but also suffered second- and third-degree burns, prosecutors said....

Relief as Habib Bank episode ends

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
The quantum of the fine, at $225 million, is substantial, coming in at more than two-thirds of last year’s total profit after tax, but poses no risk to the stability of the bank or the country’s financial system, as was feared ... Fears of wider risks disappear following the out-of-court settlement ... Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2017....

57 police officers set for immediate transfer

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
As many as 57 police officers up to the rank of Additional Inspector General (AIG) are likely to be transferred in compliance with an order of the Sindh High Court (SHC) passed on Thursday as Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) regained powers of the British era through the landmark judgement, which may help the police department end “political interference”, it was learnt on Friday ... Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2017....

Rohingyas’ plight

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
I WOULD like to draw your kind attention to the Muslims of Myanmar who are being killed at the behest of the Myanmar government ... Alli Sikandar Chachar. Ghotki. (2) ... Many families are deprived of their loved ones and rendered homeless, perhaps to be perpetually displaced to suffer hardships for generations ... It is highly unlikely that these efforts will create any impact as far away as Myanmar ... Anjum ... Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2017. ....

Norman Remsen

Edit Republican American 09 Sep 2017
Growing up in Armonk, N.Y., he was a graduate of Pleasantville High School in Mt ... After moving to New Milford, CT, in 1970, he continued is teaching career at Masuk High School in Monroe, and then Schaghticoke Middle School from its opening in 1972 through his retirement in 2015. He was a driver’s education instructor and coordinator for the New Milford High School driver’s education program for several years....

Oakland: Man injured in afternoon shooting

Edit East Bay Times 09 Sep 2017
to a report of a shooting in the 4500 block of Congress Avenue, near High Street, police said....

Civilians fleeing Syria's Raqqa find shelter in ruined town

Edit The National 09 Sep 2017
US-backed fighters seized Tabqa from ISIL in May in a fierce assault that left much of it in ruins, with smashed rooftops sloping into mountains of rubble lining the filthy streets ... Looking out over the destroyed neighbourhood on the banks of the Euphrates River, Mr Khalaf expressed fear he could be kicked out of his hellish new home ... My kids and I will be forced out into the street," he said....

Pakistan seeks changes in FTA with China

Edit Dawn 09 Sep 2017
ISLAMABAD. Pakistan will try to convince Chinese authorities to revise the existing free trade agreement (FTA) on the less-than-equal reciprocity principle, Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik told Dawn on Friday ... But another official told Dawn that Pakistan may not sign the second phase of the FTA as it fears that the move will further increase imports from China ... Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2017. ....
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