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Nearly 20,000 dead in South Asian quakePAKISTAN on Sunday said nearly 20,000 people died in an earthquake it called the biggest tragedy in its history, as the devastated nation reached out for help from around the world. More than 42,000 others were injured in Saturday's 7.6 magnitude quake that unleashed its worst fury on Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, President, PM express sorrowPRESIDENT Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse have sent messages to the Indian and Pakistani leaders expressing their sorrow and pledging assistance to them to overcome the disaster caused by the earthquake that ripped through both countries. |
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BUSINESSCall to develop factoring of trade receivable leasingTHE factoring of trade receivable leasing has to be improved for the development of country's Small and Medium Sector Enterprises sector (SME), the Chief Executive Officer of Sampath Leasing and Factoring Limited (SLFL) Nanda Hulangamuwa said. |
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SPORTSWatson and Lee fire Aussies to another resounding winBRETT Lee and Shane Watson decimated the World XI's elite batting line-up to power Australia to a 156-run victory and a Super Series one-day clean sweep at Docklands stadium here on Sunday. Lee claimed 4-30 off nine overs and Watson 4-39 off 7.5 overs as the World XI capitulated for just 137 off 27.5 overs in the all-stars' worst batting performance of the three-match series. |
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Pakistani rescuers search through the debris of the multi-storeyed residential unit, Margalla Tower, the day after a devastating earthquake in Islamabad. |
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