LONDON (Reuters) - A handbag belonging to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold for 25,000 pounds at a charity auction late on Monday, Christies said. Top price on the night was paid for the chief timekeepers stop watch that recorded Roger Bannisters first four-minute mile in 1954. Donated ...

Pakistan Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazimi has said that the Saudi authorities have decided to pay back 250 Riyals each to 25,000 Pakistani hajj pilgrims for insufficient facilities and arrangements. Talking to a private TV channel on Sunday Federal Minister Hamid Saeed Kazimi said he ...

The state-run Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has reissued a tender to export 25,000 tonnes of super basmati rice from the 2008/09 crop, a TCP spokesman said on Friday. The TCP has asked foreign buyers to submit bids by Jan. 21 which will be opened the same day. Bids have been invited for ...

The Trading Corporation of Pakistan decided to sell imported 25000 tonnes of sugar to create stability in sugar prices in the local markets, Geo News reported Friday. According to TCP spokesman Khizr Hayat, on the directives from Economic Coordination Committee, the TCP will sell 25000 tonnes of ...

ISLAMABAD - Giving approval to Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project, federal cabinet which met here Wednesday with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the chair asked the relevant departments to strike final agreement with Tehran in that regard. The federal cabinet has given go-ahead signal to ...

KARACHI - On the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, the CDGK Forest Department will plant Margosa tree (Neem) at various important places including highways and outskirts of the metropolis in the forthcoming spring season, The Nation was told here on Tuesday. Sources in the forest department ...

LAHORE - In line with the policies of the government and mandate of the Authority, TEVTA has launched fifth phase of Special Training Programme (TSTP) to train another lot of 25,000 workers under three-month short courses at selected Institutes across the province. It was stated by acting ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The Red Cross in South Africa said Saturday it was caring for over 25,000 displaced people who have fled nearly two weeks of anti-immigrant violence. "The Red Cross is helping over 25,000 people spread around 21 locations, mainly in Johannesburg. The situation has ...

The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point. Tens of thousands of troops, firefighters and civilians raced to save more than 25,000 people ...