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newspics3 = "<b>Rights group urges Pakistan to push Mukhtar Mai case</b><br/>‘Human Rights Watch’ called on Pakistan’s government to petition the full court to review the case and asked authorities to protect Mukhtar Mai. Brad Adams, the Asia director of the New York-based rights group, said Pakistan should send a clear signal on...";








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newspics1 = "<b>Aditya Birla launches cement brand in B'desh</b><br/>Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group has launched its cement brand UltraTech in Bangladesh. Dev Banerjee, country head of Bangladesh operations of UltraTech Cement informed that Bangladesh is an emerging market in the world economy with immense...";








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newspics2 = "<b>Pesticide residue found in food across the country</b><br/>A nationwide government survey of cooked food items in Nepal has found residue of banned pesticides in cereals, pulses, vegetables, beaten rice and bread. The survey was sponsored by the World Health Organization or WHO. The Department of Food Technology...";









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newspics4 = "<b>LRRC not to comment on UN Experts Panel report</b><br/>Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has said that it was unaware of the measures the government would take in response to the UN Experts Panel report on Sri Lanka. However, the Commission is in the process of preparing its final report...";








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newspics5 = "<b>India raises quota-free export limit</b><br/>As many as 57 Indian companies including Reliance Industries, State Bank of India and Natural Gas Corporation figure in The Forbes Global 2000 list of public companies based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and market value. Reliance is ranked 121st with three...";








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sthwk = "As the world celebrated the summer solstice as Fete de la Musique on June 21,TV Southasia co hosted the event in an effort to allow expression of all styles of music, through an exquisite musical bouquet of mixed flowers. \"Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead\", said Benjamin Disraeli.";








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